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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jesse Kraai.
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)
Venlackeranen vs Jesse Kraai, USA, 1990
1r3rk1/n2p1pp1/7p/8/1PQ5/q3PN2/5PPP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rbc8 ]

b)
Andrei Deev vs Jesse Kraai, Berlin, 1995
b6k/2r4p/4p3/Pp2Ppp1/8/1q1P4/Q5PP/R5BK b - - 0 1
[ ...Rc2 ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Jesse Kraai vs Andreas Peters, Germany, 1996
2rnk3/pq3p2/3P1Q1R/1p6/3P4/5P2/P1b1N1P1/5K2 w - - 0 1
[ d7+ if Kxd7 Qd6+ ]

d)
Jesse Kraai vs Peter Enders, Germany, 1999
1bRrq1k1/5pp1/pp1r3p/1b1pN3/3P4/Q3P1PB/5P1P/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxb8 if Rxb8 Qxd6 ]

e)
Robert Gardner vs Jesse Kraai, Edmonton, 2008
r4rk1/4ppbp/b2q1np1/1Np5/5P2/P4N2/1B1PQ1PP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb5 if Qxb5 Rfb8 ]

1e)
Robert Gardner vs Jesse Kraai


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