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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Zenon Franco-Ocampos.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a) 
White mates in 6.
Zenon Franco-Ocampos vs Ballague Clua, Buenos Aires, 1978
r2q2k1/pb2r3/1p4PQ/4p3/3p4/3B4/PP4PP/2R2R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ Qxf8 Bc4+ Bd5 Bxd5+ Qf7 Qh7+ Kf8 Qh8+ Qg8 Qxg8# ]
b) 
Zenon Franco-Ocampos vs Herman Van Riemsdijk, Moron, 1982
8/7R/1p2k2P/8/8/p2nbNB1/6PK/r7 w - - 0 1
[ Re7+ Kxe7 h7 ]
c) 
White mates in 6.
Zenon Franco-Ocampos vs Cristobal Valiente, Argentina, 1988
1r1r2k1/5p1p/p2n1Qp1/4R3/3n4/PB3P2/3q1P1P/B5RK w - - 0 1
[ Bxd4 Qxd4 Rxg6+ hxg6 Qxg6+ Kf8 Qh6+ Kg8 Rg5+ Qg7 Qxg7# ]
d) 
White mates in 3.
Zenon Franco-Ocampos vs Slobodan Kovacevic, Mislata, 1993
r2r4/1b3k2/3Pq3/pBp1p2p/Pp6/6R1/1P3P2/R2Q2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxh5+ Kf8 Qh8+ ]
e) 
White mates in 7.
Zenon Franco-Ocampos vs P Felices, Las Palmas, 1994
5r2/pppQb2R/3p1kp1/3PqpN1/3p4/3P2P1/PP1KPP2/8 w - - 0 1
[ f4 Qe3+ Kd1 Qg1+ Kc2 Qe3 Ne4+ Qxe4 dxe4 d3+ Kd2 dxe2 Qe6# ]
1c) 
mate in 6
Zenon Franco-Ocampos vs Cristobal Valiente
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