Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Hans Kmoch.
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) 
Kmoch vs Ernst Gruenfeld, Debrecen, 1925
6k1/2q3p1/P1bR3p/r7/2PQp3/4P2P/6P1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc6 if Qxc6 Qd8+ ]
b) 
Kmoch vs Edgard Colle, Budapest, 1926
r1b5/p3b2p/1p1p1k2/1NpP1n2/2P3B1/P2N4/1P5P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc7 if Rb8 Ne6 ]
c) 
Kmoch vs Zoltan Von Balla, Budapest, 1928
1r4k1/2prq1p1/4p2p/p1Rn1p2/P2P4/3NP1QP/5PP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne5 ]
d) 
Kmoch vs Sigmund Beutum, Vienna, 1928
2kr1br1/pp3p2/3nbp1p/q2p4/4P2N/2NB2P1/PPQ4P/1K1R3R w - - 0 1
[ Nxd5+ Kb8 b4 if Qa3 Qc7+ ]
e) 
Kmoch vs Siegfried Wolf, Vienna, 1928
3qk2r/1p2b2p/1np1P1p1/2n4r/p3pP2/P1N1B2P/1P1Q1P2/1K1R1BR1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd8 Bxd8 Be2 if Rf5 Bg4 ]
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