Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Erik Van Den Doel.
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) 
Van Den Doel vs Ralf Gommers, Nijmegen, 1992
1qrrn3/4bkpp/pp1pp3/8/4PPB1/4B3/PP1Q2PP/2RR3K w - - 0 1
[ Bxe6 if Kxe6 Qd5+ mates ]
b) 
Van Den Doel vs Han Janssen, Amsterdam, 1996
rq2r1k1/pQR1bpp1/1p2p1np/3pP3/3P3P/P3B1P1/1P3P2/3R1BK1 w - - 0 1
[ h5 if Qxb7 Rxb7 Nf8 Bb5 ]
c) 
Van Den Doel vs Herman Grooten, Groningen, 1996
4n3/7p/4p1p1/2k1n3/3N4/1R2P3/1P1rB1KP/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rb8 w/Nb3+ ]
d) 
Van Den Doel vs Frank Zeller, Deizisau, 1999
1rb4r/1p2b1k1/p5p1/q2pP2p/3N1B1P/1PP5/P2Q4/3R2RK w - - 0 1
[ e6 if Ra8 Qd3 mates ]
e) 
Van Den Doel vs Pieter Hopman, Dieren, 1999
6k1/4qp2/2pnr1p1/1p6/5B2/pPb2NPQ/P4P1P/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5 ]
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