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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Jennifer Shahade.
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)
Jennifer Shahade vs Martha Fierro Baquero, Guarapuava, 1995
3r3r/4kqpp/2B2p2/p3p3/6Q1/P1P5/5PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7+ if Rxd7 Qxd7+ Kf8 Qd8+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Jennifer Shahade vs Sean Nagle, Kona, 1998
R7/5pkp/3N2p1/2r3Pn/5r2/1P6/P1P5/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Ne8+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Jennifer Shahade vs Albert Chow, Philadelphia, 1998
r1br2k1/4p1b1/pq2pn2/1p4N1/7Q/3B4/PPP3PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bh7+ if Kf8 Qh5 ]

d)
Black mates in 4.
Lewis Eisen vs Jennifer Shahade, Hawaii, 1998
6rk/3Q3p/4p3/4Pp2/3NbP2/pNb4P/PqP2R2/3K4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb1+ if Nc1 Qxc1+ ]

e)
Jennifer Shahade vs Alejandra Guerrero, Istanbul, 2000
3rk1nr/ppp2pp1/2pbb2p/8/N2qPP2/3B2Q1/PPP1K1PP/R1B4R w - - 0 1
[ Be3 if Qxa4 Qxg7 ]

1d)
mate in 4
Lewis Eisen vs Jennifer Shahade

Jennifer Shahade Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Jennifer Shahade vs Arthur Feuerstein, Parsippany, 2002
rn1k3r/1b1q1ppp/p2P4/2B2p2/8/1QNBR3/PP3PPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qb6+ Kc8 Bxf5 ]

b)
White mates in 9.
Jennifer Shahade vs Kristjan Edvardsson, Reykjavik, 2002
1r1n1k2/3Q1p1B/p1pp1q2/1p4N1/3b1P2/P6P/1P4P1/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Re8+ Kg7 Rg8+ Kh6 Qg4 Bf2 g3 ]

c)
White mates in 9.
Jennifer Shahade vs Jerry Hanken, Las Vegas, 2003
r1r5/pR3pkp/2pn1bp1/8/2P2N2/q2B1Q1P/P4PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ne6+ if Kg8 or Kh6 Qxf6 ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Jennifer Shahade vs Nisha Mohota, Beijing, 2008
r6Q/pp2kB1p/2p1P3/q1b1B3/4p3/8/PpP3P1/1K5R w - - 1 0
[ Qf6+ Kf8 Bh5+ ]

2b)
mate in 9
Jennifer Shahade vs Kristjan Edvardsson

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