Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Henrique Mecking.
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)
Mecking vs Jorge Rubinetti, Rio Hondo, 1966
r4k2/1p2r3/2p1PpQ1/1q5n/1Pp4P/7P/6B1/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6+ Nxf6 Qxf6+ ]
b)
Black to move and win. Alberto Foguelman vs Mecking, Buenos Aires, 1967
4rrk1/p5p1/3b3p/1pp5/4N1P1/5P1q/PPQ1K2P/5R1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 if Rxf3 Qg2+ ]
c)
Mecking vs Ingi Johannsson, Lugano, 1968
2kr1b1R/1b3pp1/p2pp3/1pq3P1/2nQPP2/P1N5/1PP1BB2/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf8 if Rxf8 Qxg7 ]
d)
White Mates in 3. Mecking vs Antonio Rocha, Mar del Plata, 1969
rk5r/2p3pp/p1p5/4N3/4P3/2q4P/P4PP1/R2Q2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rb1+ if Ka7 Qd4+ ]
e)
Mecking vs Carlos Eleodoro Juarez, Sao Paulo, 1972
r2R1n1k/1bq1rBpp/1Qp2p2/4p3/p3P3/1P6/PB3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxa8 Bxa8 Rd8 ]
Mecking Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Mecking vs Jorge Rubinetti, Sao Paulo, 1972
r1bqr3/6Q1/p2kp3/1p1pn3/2nN4/2N5/PPP3B1/1K1R1R2 w - - 0 1
[ Ne4+ dxe4 Nxe6+ if Kxe6 Bh3+ mates ]
b)
Mecking vs Lian-Ann Tan, Petropolis, 1973
3r2k1/pRp2p2/6pQ/5b2/2B5/2qP2P1/P6P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ Kxf7 Rxc7+ Qxc7 Qh7+ ]
c)
Black to move and win. Lian-Ann Tan vs Mecking, Manila, 1976
6k1/pp3p1p/3p1Qp1/3P4/4K1P1/1P2RP2/2rq4/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb4+ Qd4 f5+ ]
d)
Mecking vs Colin Pace, Bled, 2002
1rb1q2k/1p5n/p2pBnpB/2pP4/P5Np/2P5/3Q2PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg7+ Kxg7 Qh6+ Kh8 Nxf6 Qe7 Nxh7 ]
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