See 3 or 4 moves ahead
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Hans Niemann.
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) 
Hans Niemann vs Agata Bykovtsev, Las Vegas, 2015
7k/2R4p/p2r1b2/1p1P3B/3pr3/1P6/P6P/1K4R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rc8+ if Bd8 Bf7 h6 Rg8+ ]
b) 
Black mates in 3.
Jayden Lee vs Hans Niemann, Philadelphia, 2017
6k1/p4pp1/6p1/4B1P1/BPp1nP2/4b2P/P6K/R4r2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf2+ if Kh1 Ng3+ or if Kg1 Re2+ ]
c) 
Hans Niemann vs Joshua Ruiz, Internet, 2018
8/7p/1p1k1P2/p3NP2/2P1K3/8/Pr5P/8 w - - 1 0
[ c5+ if Kxc5 Nd3+ or if bxc5 Nc4+ or if Kc7 f7 ]
d) 
White mates in 4.
Hans Niemann vs Shelev Oberoi, Philadelphia, 2018
5r2/pp2k1b1/b6p/3Q4/4N1pN/3n2P1/P4PP1/6K1 w - - 1 0
[ Ng6+ Ke8 Qe6+ Kd8 Qd6+ ]
e) 
Ewing Gabriel vs Hans Niemann, Philadelphia, 2018
r4rk1/3n1pp1/p1p1pn1p/qp1p4/2PPP3/bPNQ1N1P/PBR2PP1/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb2 Rxb2 b4 if Ne2 dxe4 ]
1e) 
Ewing Gabriel vs Hans Niemann
Hans Niemann puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
Hans Niemann vs Victor Plotkin, Philadelphia, 2019
r2q2k1/p2p1rpp/1pp2b2/3n4/2N2B2/1Q4P1/PP2PP1P/R4RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nd6 if Re7 e4 ]
b) 
White mates in 5.
Hans Niemann vs Leonid Yudasin, New York, 2019
2R2bk1/5rpp/4Qn2/p2p4/1p1q1B2/6P1/PP3PKP/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxf8+ Kxf8 Bd6+ Kg8 Qc8+ ]
c) 
White mates in 2.
Hans Niemann vs Sriram Krishnakumar, Las Vegas, 2019
r1bqr3/1ppk3p/3b2pB/p1P1Q3/1PBp4/3P4/P2N1PPP/R5K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bb5+ ]
d) 
Black mates in 3.
Andrew Hong vs Hans Niemann, San Jose, 2019
8/7R/p1k1p1p1/3nP3/Np1KN1P1/3Pn3/PP3q2/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc2+ Kc4 Qd4+ Kb3 Na1# ]
e) 
White mates in 2.
Hans Niemann vs Zoran Novoselski, Internet, 2020
r1b1rn1k/1p3Qp1/p1q3Pp/3N4/2nP4/P2B4/1PP2P2/2KR3R w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6+ ]
2d) 
mate in 3
Andrew Hong vs Hans Niemann
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