'Sac&Mate' - 1,000 sacs that end in mate
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Henrique Mecking.
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) 
Black mates in 5.
Fernando Vasconcellos vs Henrique Mecking, Rio de Janeiro, 1965
4rqk1/pp4P1/3p3p/2pP4/Q1P4B/K1n3P1/PP6/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb1+ Kb3 Qf3+ Kc2 Re2+ ]
b) 
White mates in 4.
Henrique Mecking vs Joao Souza Mendes, Rio Hondo, 1966
r7/r1k4p/p4QpP/5pP1/2P1pP2/q3P3/5K2/B2R4 w - - 1 0
[ Be5+ Qd6 Qxd6+ Kc8 Qc5+ ]
c) 
Henrique Mecking vs Ingi Johannsson, Lugano, 1968
2kr1b1R/1b3pp1/p2pp3/1pq3P1/2nQPP2/P1N5/1PP1BB2/1K6 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf8 if Rxf8 Qxg7 ]
d) 
White mates in 3.
Henrique Mecking vs Antonio Rocha, Mar del Plata, 1969
rk5r/2p3pp/p1p5/4N3/4P3/2q4P/P4PP1/R2Q2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rb1+ if Ka7 Qd4+ ]
e) 
White mates in 5.
Henrique Mecking vs Victorio Riego, Mar del Plata, 1969
1q1rrn2/1pk2p2/pN1p2p1/Q3PpPp/7P/1B1R1b2/PPP5/2K1R3 w - - 1 0
[ exd6+ Rxd6 Nd5+ if Kd7 Nf6+ Kc8 Rxe8+ or if Kc6 Qc3+ Kd7 Nf6+ ]
1a) 
mate in 5
Fernando Vasconcellos vs Henrique Mecking
Henrique Mecking puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 3.
Henrique Mecking vs Miguel Najdorf, Mar del Plata, 1971
5r1k/7r/p2p1b2/4p2Q/1p6/6R1/PPP3RP/1KN2q2 w - - 1 0
[ Qxh7+ ]
b) 
Henrique Mecking vs Miguel Quinteros, Mar del Plata, 1971
3k2rr/1p3Q1p/1q1p4/2pPp2P/2p5/5R2/PP3PP1/R3K3 w Q - 1 0
[ Ra3 ]
c) 
Henrique Mecking vs Carlos Eleodoro Juarez, Sao Paulo, 1972
r1q1rn1k/1b4pp/1QpR1p2/4p3/p1B1P3/1P6/PB3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bf7 Re7 Rd8 Qc7 Rxa8 Bxa8 Rd8 ]
d) 
Henrique Mecking vs Lian-Ann Tan, Petropolis, 1973
3r2k1/pRp2p2/6pQ/5b2/2B5/2qP2P1/P6P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ Kxf7 Rxc7+ Qxc7 Qh7+ ]
e) 
Black mates in 2.
Vladimir Savon vs Henrique Mecking, Petropolis, 1973
8/6Bp/2k5/8/1p2b1P1/1P5B/KP5P/3r4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rd5 ]
2d) 
Henrique Mecking vs Lian-Ann Tan
Henrique Mecking puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Henrique Mecking vs Alexandre Meirelles, Goiania, 2002
r7/1b1nkrQ1/pq2pb2/1p4B1/8/4PN2/PP3PPP/R2R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd7+ Kxd7 Qxf7+ ]
b) 
Paul Hoffmann vs Henrique Mecking, Internet, 2004
6k1/1p3pp1/p1n4p/3Rb3/1P2N3/2P1B2P/P1r3P1/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...Re2 if Rd3 Re1+ Bg1 Rxe4 ]
c) 
White mates in 3.
Henrique Mecking vs Jose Guillen Ramirez, Ayamonte, 2006
2r5/pb3pk1/1q1rPNpp/1p1p4/2n2Q2/3B4/P4PPP/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Nh5+ ]
d) 
White mates in 2.
Henrique Mecking vs Cloves Moises Grillo, Itu, 2011
1r2r1kq/2p1p3/pp1p4/3P1BPQ/1PP2P2/6P1/P5K1/4R3 w - - 1 0
[ Be6+ ]
e) 
White mates in 2.
Henrique Mecking vs Carlos Alberto Milanelo, Itu, 2011
r4n1k/pp1br2p/2pq3n/5pQ1/2BP4/2N3RP/PP2N1P1/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg8+ ]
f) 
Marcio Faria vs Henrique Mecking, Itu, 2011
rnb1k2r/pp1p1pp1/4p2p/5q2/1bPPn2B/2N2P2/PPQ1N1PP/R3KB1R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Nxc3 Qxf5 Nxe2+ Kxe2 exf5 ]
3f) 
Marcio Faria vs Henrique Mecking
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