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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jose Fernandez Garcia.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)
White mates in 3.
Jose Fernandez Garcia vs Lucas Mendoza Contreras, Spain, 1990
4rk2/1p1r1p1R/p2p4/3P2P1/4q3/7Q/PPP5/1KN5 w - - 1 0
[ Qh6+ ]

b)
Jose Fernandez Garcia vs David Macias Alejandro, Las Palmas, 1993
r1br2k1/1p3ppp/p3pn2/q3p3/2P2P2/2N1Q3/PP2B1PP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxe5 if Qb6+ c5 Rxd1 Rxd1 Qa5 b4 ]

c)
Sergio Arias Torio vs Jose Fernandez Garcia, Oviedo, 1993
r3r1k1/pp3ppp/2n5/2pP2n1/5qb1/5N2/PBPPBPPP/1R1Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe2 if Qxe2 Nxf3+ gxf3 Bxf3 or if Nxg5 Qxg5 dxc6 Bf3 g3 Qf5 ]

d)
Black mates in 5.
Jordi Argente Cuerda vs Jose Fernandez Garcia, Vilanova, 1994
4r3/6bk/2qp3p/R1p2p2/5B2/1PNP2PP/5K2/3Q4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd4+ Be3 Bxe3+ Kf1 Qh1+ ]

e)
Jose Fernandez Garcia vs Jose Sanchez, Euskadi, 1996
4r2k/3R3p/p5p1/1p2p1PP/4P3/2P4Q/q1P2r2/2K4R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh7+ if Kg8 Rh8+ Kg7 Qd7+ or if Kxh7 hxg6+ Kxg6 Qh7+ ]

1d)
mate in 5
Jordi Argente Cuerda vs Jose Fernandez Garcia

Jose Fernandez Garcia puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
A Moreto vs Jose Fernandez Garcia, Euskadi, 1996
rnb2rk1/5pbp/P2p1qp1/2pQ4/P3P3/5P2/1P4PP/RN2KBNR b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Qxb2 if Qxa8 Qc1+ Ke2 Bxa6+ Kf2 Bd4+ mates ]

b)
Black mates in 4.
Francisco Criado Plaza vs Jose Fernandez Garcia, Euskadi, 1997
3q3r/p4pk1/1p3bp1/3p4/5P2/1BPQ1Rp1/Pr4P1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rh1+ Kxh1 Qh8+ ]

c)
Narciso Bravo Barranco vs Jose Fernandez Garcia, Barcelona, 2000
r2r2k1/2p2ppp/1pn5/p1n1p3/P3P3/2P1R1P1/1P3P1P/R1BqQNK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb3 Rb1 Qc2 ]

d)
Jose Fernandez Garcia vs Eduardo Serrano Salvador, Mislata, 2001
1rbr2k1/p1q3pp/2n2pn1/1pPp4/2pN4/2P3P1/PP2QPBP/R1B1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxd5+ if Rxd5 Qe8+ Nf8 Nxc6 Ra8 Ne7+ ]

e)
Xavier March Morla vs Jose Fernandez Garcia, Cala Mandia, 2001
r3q1k1/5ppp/p1P5/3p4/PQ4b1/5nN1/1PP2PPP/R1B2K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...a5 Qc3 d4 ]

2a)
A Moreto vs Jose Fernandez Garcia

Jose Fernandez Garcia puzzles, pt. iii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 5.
Jose Fernandez Garcia vs Tomas Alonso Martinez, Mondariz, 2002
r3qr2/1p5R/3p1k2/p2P1p2/2P1n3/7R/PP4PP/3Q2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qd4+ Qe5 R3h6+ Kg5 Qe3+ f4 h4+ ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Jose Fernandez Garcia vs Jose Silvan Pages Jose, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 2004
5rk1/p2R1R1p/1r2n3/3Bp3/8/2PP3P/P1P3P1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rg7+ ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Jose Fernandez Garcia vs Antonio Lopez Del Alamo, Sevilla, 2004
2r1k2r/p2R3p/2b3p1/2p1p1B1/2P5/4p3/PP4PP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re7+ Kf8 Rf1+ Kg8 Bh6 ]

d)
Jose Fernandez Garcia vs Lucas Mendoza, Tenerife, 2009
3r3k/r2R1ppp/2p1nq2/1p2pQ2/4P3/2P4P/PP3PP1/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd8+ Nxd8 Qxe5 ]

e)
Rudolf-Ra Gehrmann vs Jose Fernandez Garcia, Canary Islands, 2011
rnbq1rk1/pp1p1ppp/2p2n2/3P4/1bP1N3/6P1/PP1BPP1P/R2QKBNR b KQ - 0 1
[ ...Nxe4 Bxb4 Qb6 ]

f)
Pedro Machin Arbelo vs Jose Fernandez Garcia, Tenerife, 2014
3rr1k1/p4p1p/1q4p1/2pp4/4n2P/2PQ3R/PP2BPP1/1R3K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...c4 Qe3 Qxe3 fxe3 Nd2+ ]

3a)
mate in 5
Jose Fernandez Garcia vs Tomas Alonso Martinez


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