Here are some chess puzzles from the games of William Winter.
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)
Winter vs Karoly Sterk, Prague, 1931
5r2/p1r2Nkp/1pp1qnp1/4p3/P2P4/2P2R2/3Q2PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qh6+ ]

b)
Winter vs Vera Menchik, Hastings, 1936
r4rk1/p1BR1ppp/1pn2q2/2b1p3/8/P3P1P1/2Q2PBP/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qa4 if Nb8 Rd3 ]

c)
Winter vs J Gilchrist, Aberdeen, 1939
r3q3/p1n1nkbQ/1p1p2p1/2pPpbPB/P1P1P3/1PN1B1N1/6K1/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf5+ ]

d)
Black Mates in 3. Francesco Lupi vs Winter, 1946
6rk/5p2/2p1p2p/2PpP1q1/3PnQn1/8/4P2P/1N2BR1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ngf2+ Qxf2 Nxf2+ ]

e)
White Mates in 2. Winter vs Jacob Gemzoe, Folkestone, 1933
r3q3/ppp3k1/3p3R/5b2/2PR3Q/2P1PrP1/P7/4K3 w - - 0 1
[ Qf6+ ]

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