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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Julian Hodgson.
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 5.
Julian Hodgson vs David Goodman, London, 1979
r3rk2/ppp4Q/6pR/4pp2/3q1n2/6N1/PPP5/1K3R2 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf5 if e4 Rxg6 ]

b)
Julian Hodgson vs David Strauss, London, 1979
r4rk1/p7/2nq2p1/1R3nB1/8/1PP4P/2P1Q1P1/R5K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd1 if Qc7 Qe6+ Kh8 Rd7 ]

c)
Julian Hodgson vs Michael Alcock, Morecambe, 1981
r1bq1rk1/pp2npbp/6p1/n1pP1p2/2B4Q/2NP1N2/PPP3PP/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 if Re8 Rfe1 or if f6 d6+ ]

d)
White mates in 5.
Julian Hodgson vs Witalis Sapis, Leningrad, 1983
8/1pNRn2Q/p1q2kp1/4rp2/2p5/7P/PP3PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne8+ Kg5 f4+ Kxf4 Qh4+ ]

e)
Julian Hodgson vs Petter Stigar, Copenhagen, 1983
6k1/pp3pp1/4p3/2P2n1p/2P5/1P3NPq/Pb1Q1P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qd8+ Kh7 Ng5+ ]

1d)
mate in 5
Julian Hodgson vs Witalis Sapis

Julian Hodgson Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Julian Hodgson vs Erik Teichmann, Edinburgh, 1985
4nr2/p2qbNkp/1pn1p1p1/4P1N1/5B2/1Q4P1/P4P1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe6+ if Kg8 Nh6+ Kh8 Nxf8 or if Kxf7 Nc5+ ]

b)
Julian Hodgson vs Hans Ree, Wijk aan Zee, 1986
2r3k1/3b2pp/4p3/pp1pPp2/2rN3q/P1PQ3P/1P3PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf5 if exf5 Qxd5+ or if Qg5 Nd6 ]

c)
Julian Hodgson vs Hans-Hubert Sonntag, Benidorm, 1989
2r1k1r1/pp1b1p1p/q2Pp3/5p2/1bNQ1P2/2N5/PP4PP/3RK2R w K - 0 1
[ Qf6 if Kf8 Ne5 ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Julian Hodgson vs Colin McNab, Edinburgh, 1989
r1k2r2/p5Rp/3R4/3p3p/3B4/3B4/PP1q3P/7K w - - 0 1
[ Ba6+ Kb8 Rb6+ ]

e)
Julian Hodgson vs Marinus Kuijf, Lucerne, 1989
8/1p5k/p3N1bp/3pP1P1/8/6RP/4r1PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nf8+ if Kg7 gxh6+ Kxf8 Rxg6 ]

2d)
mate in 3
Julian Hodgson vs Colin McNab

Julian Hodgson Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Julian Hodgson vs Julien Shepley, London, 1990
r1b1kb1r/pp2n2p/2pq1p2/3pn1p1/3Q4/2N1P1B1/PPP2PPP/2KR1BNR w kq - 0 1
[ Ne4 if Qe6 Nxf6+ ]

b)
Julian Hodgson vs Maxwell Fuller, Novi Sad, 1990
2r1rbk1/p2n1p1p/6p1/3np3/2B1N3/4qPN1/P1PQ2PP/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe3 Nxe3 Rxd7 Nxc4 Nf6+ ]

c)
Julian Hodgson vs Jim Plaskett, Eastbourne, 1991
r6k/pp5p/n5p1/6Nn/2B2b2/2P1BP2/1P5P/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf4 if Nxf4 Rd7 mates ]

d)
Julian Hodgson vs Praveen Thipsay, Kuala Lumpur, 1992
6k1/1rN1R1p1/4n3/p7/1p5r/1P6/P2R3P/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ if Kf7 Rd7+ or if Nf8 Rf2 ]

e)
White mates in 5.
Julian Hodgson vs Alexander Chudinovskikh, San Bernadino Brocco, 1992
5qrk/pp3pRp/2p2p2/3n1N2/8/1P4QP/P4PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ ]

3b)
Julian Hodgson vs Maxwell Fuller

Julian Hodgson Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Julian Hodgson vs Bin-Sattar Reefat, Dhaka, 1993
4r1k1/2qb2p1/1p1b3p/2pP1p2/1nP1NP2/2B5/5QPP/1B3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg3 if Re7 Nxd6 Qxd6 Be5 or if Bf8 Nf6+ ]

b)
Julian Hodgson vs Jayant Gokhale, Great Britain, 1993
r4r1k/1p1q3p/3bbp2/p4p1P/5N2/2Q1P3/PP2NP2/1K4RR w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ if hxg6 hxg6+ Kg8 g7 ]

c)
Julian Hodgson vs Ruiz Jesus Cerrajeria, Zaragoza, 1993
q4k2/5ppQ/3p4/r1pPp3/8/2P4P/5PP1/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rb8+ ]

d)
Julian Hodgson vs Rod Planas, Winnipeg, 1994
1rr2bk1/pp3ppp/5p2/1QnN3q/8/4PNP1/PP3PKP/2RR4 w - - 0 1
[ b4 if Ne6 Nxf6+ ]

e)
Julian Hodgson vs Victor Delgado, New York, 1995
r1b1k1nr/pp2ppbp/3p2p1/2qN4/3nP3/8/PPPBNPPP/R2QKB1R w KQkq - 0 1
[ Bc3 if Ne6 Bxg7 Nxg7 b4 or if e6 b4 ]

4d)
Julian Hodgson vs Rod Planas

Julian Hodgson Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Julian Hodgson vs J Trevelman, Paris, 1995
2rr2k1/pbn3p1/3qpb1p/1p2N2Q/3P4/P2B2P1/1P3PP1/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qf7+ Kh8 Ng6+ Kh7 Ne7+ ]

b)
Julian Hodgson vs R Hurn, Ebbw Vale, 1997
r1bq1rk1/1p2bppp/p3pn2/2n1B3/2N5/1P3NP1/P3PPBP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxd8 if Rxd8 Nb6 or if Bxd8 Bd6 ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Julian Hodgson vs Jonathan Rowson, Rotherham, 1997
1k5r/3R1pbp/1B2p3/2NpPn2/5p2/8/1PP3PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rc7 if Re8 Nd7+ ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Julian Hodgson vs Dale Haessel, Winnipeg, 1997
r2r4/1bp2pk1/p3pNp1/4P1P1/2p2Q2/2P5/qP3PP1/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Rh7+ Kf8 Nd7+ ]

e)
Julian Hodgson vs Richard Bates, England, 1998
5rk1/p1rn1p2/1p1R1Bp1/2p5/6R1/2P5/P4P1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7 if Rxd7 Rh4 mates ]

f)
Julian Hodgson vs Richard Pert, Bradford, 2001
r3k2r/1pqnb1pp/p1n1Q3/2p3N1/8/8/P1PB2PP/1R3RK1 w kq - 0 1
[ Qf7+ Kd8 Ne6+ ]

g)
Julian Hodgson vs Thomas Paehtz, Germany, 2002
2rr4/6k1/p2P1pp1/2n1p2p/2Q1P3/2R1N3/1qP3PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nf5+ if Kf8 Ne7 or if gxf5 Rg3+ mates ]

5a)
mate in 6
Julian Hodgson vs J Trevelman


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