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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Alexandre Lesiege.
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)
Alexandre Lesiege vs Jean-Pierre Boudre, France, 1992
r3kb1r/p2n1ppp/b1p1p3/3q4/1p1P4/5N2/PPQ1PPPP/R1B1KB1R w - - 0 1
[ e4 if Qa5 Qxc6 ]

b)
White mates in 8.
Alexandre Lesiege vs Alaa-Eddine Moussa, North Bay, 1996
7r/5kp1/1p1P1p2/p3pPP1/qP6/P2p1Qn1/5K2/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Qb7+ Kf8 Qe7+ Kg8 Qd8+ Kh7 g6+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Alexandre Lesiege vs Danny Goldenberg, Defi, 1997
5r1k/1p4pp/p2N4/3Qp3/P2n1bP1/5P1q/1PP2R1P/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Nf7+ if Kg8 Nh6+ ]

d)
White mates in 8.
Alexandre Lesiege vs Benoit St Pierre, Quebec, 1997
3b2k1/2r2r2/3p1p2/3PpRp1/1qN1Q3/1P5R/6P1/7K w - - 0 1
[ Rxg5+ if Kf8 Rh8+ Ke7 Qf5 or if fxg5 Qg6+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Alexandre Lesiege vs Robin Girard, Quebec, 1997
8/pp2Q1p1/2p3kp/6q1/5n2/1B2R2P/PP1r1PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe8+ if Kf5 Be6+ Nxe6 Qxe6+ or if Kh7 Bg8+ ]

f)
White mates in 6.
Alexandre Lesiege vs Corina Peptan, Bermuda, 1998
4r1k1/p1qn1p2/4P1pp/2nP4/2p5/2Q1R1PP/PrB5/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ exf7+ Kxf7 Rf3+ if Kg8 Rxe8+ ]

g)
Alexandre Lesiege vs Francois Leveille, Quebec, 1998
6k1/4p1bp/6p1/P2p4/2b5/4B1P1/1r3PBP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc4 dxc4 Bd5+ w/a6 ]

1f)
mate in 6
Alexandre Lesiege vs Corina Peptan

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