Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Gildardo Garcia.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a) 
Garcia vs Oscar Castro, Medelin, 1977
r1b2r2/1p2npkp/4pN2/4NpP1/p4P1b/P4Q2/Bq5P/3R1K1R w - - 0 1
[ Nd3 if Qc3 Qh5 ]
b) 
Garcia vs Daniel Campora, Bogota, 1979
2k5/pp5p/3b2r1/3N4/8/5R2/PP3BnP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Bg3 if Bxg3 Ne7+ ]
c) 
Garcia vs Jose Rodriguez, Bogota, 1979
5k2/1R6/1p4P1/5K1N/3b1P2/p7/8/6r1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6 ]
d) 
Garcia vs Juan Minaya, Bogota, 1980
5k1r/r1qn1ppp/p3p3/1p2P1Q1/1P2N3/8/P1P3PP/2KRR3 w - - 0 1
[ Nc5 if h6 Nxd7+ ]
e) 
Garcia vs Amador Rodriguez, Salonika, 1984
4r3/3k1pQ1/p2np1N1/q7/3PbPP1/8/B1R5/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne5+ if Ke7 Qg5+ mates ]
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