See 3 or 4 moves ahead
Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Richard Pert.
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) 
Richard Pert vs Matthew Rose, England, 1997
5k2/2n2ppp/rNr5/3p4/pR6/2P2P2/1P3KPP/R7 w - - 1 0
[ Nd7+ Ke7 Nb8 ]
b) 
Jonathan Hawes vs Richard Pert, Southend 2000
4rrk1/p1p3pp/bp1p4/2n5/2qNP3/2P2PB1/P2Q2PP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nxe4 if fxe4 Rxf1+ mates of if Qc1 Nxc3 ]
c) 
Luke McShane vs Richard Pert, England, 2004
2r3k1/5p2/5pp1/pp1r4/1q6/4Q2P/P1p2BP1/R3R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re5 if Qc1 Rxe1+ Bxe1 Qd4+ Kh2 Qxa1 Qxa1 c1/Q+ ]
d) 
Mike Surtees vs Richard Pert, Douglas, 2005
4r3/pk6/1p6/2qp1nPp/2p2p1P/P1P2P2/1P1N3Q/K2Rr1R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...R8e2 Qh1 Rxg1 if Rxg1 Ng3 or if Qxg1 Rxd2 ]
e) 
Black mates in 6.
Ankush Khandelwal vs Richard Pert, Swansea, 2006
8/1p5p/3b2pk/P2P1p2/7r/4r1qP/6P1/1R1R1BQK b - - 0 1
[ ...Re2 if Bxe2 Rxh3+ ]
1c) 
Luke McShane vs Richard Pert
Richard Pert puzzles, pt. ii.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a) 
White mates in 2.
Richard Pert vs David Ledger, Hastings, 2010
2B2b1r/5ppp/5n2/2p1k3/qN6/r4P2/3Q2PP/2R1K2R w K - 1 0
[ f4+ ]
b) 
Richard Pert vs Rohan Churm, England, 2015
3r2k1/1p3p1p/p3nQp1/3p4/1P3q2/2PB3P/1P3PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe6 ]
c) 
Alistair Hill vs Richard Pert, Coventry, 2015
6k1/pb4pp/6q1/1Pp2p2/P1P3n1/8/1Q4PP/4NBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qh6 if Nf3 Qe3+ Kh1 Nf2+ ]
d) 
White mates in 7.
Richard Pert vs Hassan Mugalu, Southend, 2016
4r3/6kp/p3Qpb1/5p1P/3P1P2/4PRN1/P5P1/2q2BK1 w - - 1 0
[ Nxf5+ Bxf5 h6+ if Kg6 Rg3+ ]
e) 
Maria Eizaguerri Floris vs Richard Pert, London, 2016
5rk1/p4pp1/q3p2p/1Npn3P/6P1/1Q2P3/PPP5/2KR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...c4 Qxc4 Nxe3 ]
2d) 
mate in 7
Richard Pert vs Hassan Mugalu
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