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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Ehsan Ghaem Maghami.
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) 
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs Hamid Dehghani, Arak, 1998
4k2r/Qp2bppp/2qnp3/8/8/2PR4/P4PPP/3R2K1 w k - 0 1
[ Rxd6 Bxd6 Qa8+ ]
b) 
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs E Akbarinia, Iran, 1998
3r1k1r/p3bppp/1p2p1b1/1B2P3/N3nPP1/4B2P/PP6/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd8+ if Bxd8 Rd1 Be7 Rc1 Kg8 Rc7 ]
c) 
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs Mhamadreaza Afshari, Iran, 2000
r2qkb1r/p4ppp/5n2/1Np5/4p3/5QP1/PPP1NP1P/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf4 Rc8 Rad1 if Nd7 Qxe4+ w/Nd6+ or if Qb6 Qe5+ w/Nd6+ ]
d) 
White mates in 5.
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs Ahamed Hatem, Udaipur, 2000
8/q4p2/5P1p/2P1Q3/4R1pk/1P4rP/P5P1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxg3+ ]
e) 
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs Stefan Bromberger, Goa, 2002
n2rr1k1/5pb1/3B2p1/qNpBn3/5QP1/1P6/2b1NP2/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5 if Bxe5 Qxf7+ Kh8 Kg2 Bxd1 Rh1+ mates ]
1a) 
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs Hamid Dehghani
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs Ali Mohammed, Sanaa, 2002
r2q1rk1/p4pb1/bp4pp/n2Pp3/2p3P1/1PP1B1NP/P4PB1/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ b4 if Nb7 Qa4 ]
b) 
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs Mehrdad Ardeshi, Teheran, 2002
1q2rbk1/1p3ppp/2n5/rR6/Q3B1P1/4B2P/4PP2/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxa5 Nxa5 Qxa5 Rxe4 Rd8 if b6 Bxb6 or if Qe5 Qa3 ]
c) 
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs Sergey Kayumov, Abudhabi, 2003
2r5/p4p1p/4pPkp/4Pq2/4R3/8/PP4r1/KQ1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Rf1 if Rf2 Rg1+ ]
d) 
White mates in 4.
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs Saeed Ishaq, Sharjah, 2003
k2n1q1r/p1pB2p1/P4pP1/1Qp1p3/8/2P1BbN1/P7/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Bc6+ Bxc6 Rxd8+ Qxd8 Qxc6+ ]
e) 
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs Rafael Vaganian, Tripoli, 2004
8/2pr1k1p/1p2q1pb/4r3/2p5/2P1B2P/P1Q2PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7+ Qxd7 Rd1 ]
2d) 
mate in 4
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs Saeed Ishaq
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs R Bancod, Calvia (ol), 2004
1r1q1k1r/1b2npp1/1pp2n1p/3Pp2P/p1P1PQ2/P1BB2R1/1P3PP1/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe5 if Nxh5 Qg4 ]
b) 
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs Pouria Darini, Dubai, 2006
2r1rnk1/1p2ppbp/p2p2p1/qN2P3/2PB1P2/1P6/P4QPP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bb6 Qb4 Nc7 if Red8 Nd5 Qa3 Nxe7+ ]
c) 
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs Michael Tscharotschkin, Calvia, 2006
r3nrk1/p1p2ppp/1p1p4/7B/2P1b2q/1PQ5/PB3PPP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe4 if Qxh5 Rxe8 or if Qxe4 Bf3 ]
d) 
Anatoly Karpov vs Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Teheran, 2009
r1bq1rk1/6pp/2n1p3/pQ1pn3/8/PP3P2/3B1NPP/2R1KB1R b K - 0 1
[ ...Nd4 if Qa4 Nexf3+ gxf3 Nxf3+ Kd1 Nxd2 Kxd2 Rxf2+ ]
e) 
Mehdi Hosseinipour vs Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Teheran, 2017
2r5/1p1bkp2/pb1pp3/4n1p1/3BP1P1/2P1KP2/P1P4R/3R1B2 b - - 0 1
[ 1...Rxc3+ if 2.Rd3 Bxd4+ 3.Kxd4 Rxd3+ 4.Bxd3 Nxf3+ or if 2.Bd3 Nc4+ ]
f) 
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs Orkhan Abdulov, Nakhchivan, 2018
1rr3k1/R4p2/1nBpp1p1/1R5p/2pP4/4P1P1/1P3P1P/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ 1.Rb7 ]
3b) 
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami vs Pouria Darini
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