Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Miguel Quinteros.
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)
Quinteros vs Luis Chemes, Buenos Aires, 1966
2rr2k1/pp3qpp/1np1b3/3pPp2/P2Bn3/1P1NP1P1/5PBP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ f3 Ng5 h4 ]

b)
Quinteros vs Mario Pugach, Buenos Aires, 1966
r1b1rn2/1p2qpbk/2p2npp/p3p3/N1PB1PP1/1P3N1P/P4QBK/3RR3 w - - 0 1
[ Bc5 if Qe6 Nxe5 w/Nf3 or if Qc7 Bd6 ]

c)
Quinteros vs Jorge Rubinetti, Buenos Aires, 1966
r5k1/3n2p1/1q1P1pNp/p1n1p2B/2P1b3/P7/1r2QBPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe4 w/Bxb6 ]

d)
Quinteros vs Luis Chemes, Buenos Aires, 1966
r3r1k1/pbn3pp/q1pR1p2/2Q1p3/1P2P3/P3B1P1/5PBP/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf1 if Qa4 Qc4+ Kh8 Qf7 or if Nb5 a4 ]

e)
Quinteros vs Laszlo Szabo, Vinkovci, 1970
7r/2Q1R2p/5qpk/8/2pp3P/P2b2P1/1P4B1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf7 if Qd8 Rxh7+ ]

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