Chess Puzzles from the games of Ron Henley.

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ron Henley.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

a)

White mates in 2.
Ron Henley vs Andrzej Sydor, Manchester, 1981
r1b2k2/5p2/1bp1p3/4q2N/1pB4Q/8/P4PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8+ ]

b)

Angus Dunnington vs Ron Henley, Forth Worth, 1987
rqr5/6kp/3p2p1/pP1Pp3/4P1n1/1P1Q4/3N2PP/1R2RBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb6+ Re3 Nxe3 Nf3 Ng4+ Nd4 exd4 ]

c)

Black mates in 2.
Computer "Fritz 2" vs Ron Henley, USA, 1993
b6k/P7/8/7p/1pP2r2/3Np2q/1R3bPN/5Q1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxh2+ ]

d)

Black mates in 3.
Computer "Fritz 2" vs Ron Henley, USA, 1993
3r2k1/5p2/2p3nQ/2p1p1NP/p1b1P1P1/P7/5q2/6RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh4+ ]

e)

Black mates in 3.
Computer "Fritz 2" vs Ron Henley, USA, 1993
6rk/2p4r/p3bp2/Ppp1p3/4Pn2/1PPPRK1p/1N1N1P2/3Q3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg4+ ]

f)

White mates in 2.
Ron Henley vs SH Airapetian, Las Vegas, 1996
4b3/R5pk/4Q2p/2pp2P1/1p6/3q4/1P3PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh6+ ]

g)

Black mates in 2.
Anton Del Mundo vs Ron Henley, Las Vegas, 1997
6k1/pp6/3p2p1/4b3/P5p1/1PP3P1/2R3K1/R1B1r2r b - - 0 1
[ ...Rhg1+ ]

b)

Angus Dunnington vs Ron Henley

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