Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jacek Gdanski.
White to move and win except where noted.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
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a)

White Mates in 6. Gdanski vs Zbigniew Pyda, Gdynia, 1987
3r4/1p3qb1/p6k/n1p4p/4QN2/1PP4P/2B2PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh7+ Kg5 Ne6+ Kf6 Nxd8 ]

b)

Gdanski vs R Vazquez, Tunja, 1989
2r2k1r/p2R3P/1p2p1n1/5p2/q4P2/P1p1BQK1/6P1/7R w - - 0 1
[ Qb7 if Qc6 Rd8+ ]

c)

Gdanski vs Pawel Staniszewski, Bydgoszcz, 1990
r4r1k/1p2Npbp/p3qBp1/2P1Pb2/8/4QN1P/PP3PP1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd4 if Qd7 or Qc4 Bxg7+ Kxg7 Ndxf5 (if gxf5 Qg5+ mates) ]

d)

Gdanski vs Natalia Konopleva, Dortmund, 1990
r1b2rk1/2pqnp1p/p5p1/1p1P4/3Q4/1BN5/PP3PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne4 ]

e)

Gdanski vs R Ciaxz, Dortmund, 1991
2b1k2r/pp3p2/2qp1p1r/3NnP2/4P3/P5Q1/1PP1B1R1/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Bb5 ]

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jacek Gdanski. White to move and win except where noted.

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jacek Gdanski.
White to move and win except where noted.