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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Kevin Spraggett.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.

a)
Kevin Spraggett vs Bedard, Montreal, 1972
rn4kr/1p3pp1/p6p/2pNP1R1/8/5b2/PPP2PP1/1K1R1B2 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Kf8 Rd8+ ]

b)
Kevin Spraggett vs Bruce Amos, Ottawa, 1973
2rbr3/p4k1p/1nq1N1p1/3pRpP1/1p1P4/1P2QN2/P4K1P/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Nxd8+ if Rxd8 Re7+ ]

c)
Kevin Spraggett vs Dave Boileau, Montreal, 1973
r1bqk1nr/pppnbppp/8/4p3/2B1P3/5N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 0 1
[ Qd5 if Nh6 Bxh6 ]

d)
Kevin Spraggett vs George Levtchouk, Montreal, 1976
3r1r2/4ppkp/6p1/n3NP2/1p1P2P1/nq5P/4RQB1/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Re3 if Qa4 f6+ exf6 Qxf6+ Kg8 Nxf7 ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Kevin Spraggett vs Delva, Columbus, 1977
2rq2k1/3bb2p/n2p2pQ/p2Pp3/2P1N1P1/1P5P/6B1/2B2R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rf7 Kxf7 Qxh7+ Ke8 Qxg6+ ]

1d)
Kevin Spraggett vs George Levtchouk

Kevin Spraggett Puzzles, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Kevin Spraggett vs Sylvain Barbeau, Montreal, 1980
2r3k1/1p2qp1p/p5p1/3Rp1b1/4P3/P3B2P/1P3PP1/3Q2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg4 ]

b)
Kevin Spraggett vs Ignas Zalys, Montreal, 1980
2b3r1/R5pk/2r2p1p/3p4/3P4/5NQP/2q2PPK/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Re8 if Ra6 Rae7 ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Kevin Spraggett vs Jean Jacques Rousseau, Montreal, 1981
3rr2k/p1p1N1pp/bp3p2/5P2/P1Pq4/2R5/4Q1PP/B3RK2 w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ if hxg6 or Kg8 Qxe8+ ]

d)
Kevin Spraggett vs Carlos Jauregui, Toronto, 1983
r6k/1pq1rpbp/2p1nNp1/1n2P3/1P3P2/6PP/3Q1B2/3RRBK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxb5 if cxb5 Nd5 ]

a)
Kevin Spraggett vs Lawrence Day, Ottawa, 1984
r3k2r/pbp1n1pp/1pnb1p2/3qp3/4N3/PP2PN2/1BQP1PPP/R3KB1R w - - 0 1
[ Bc4 if Qa5 b4 or if Nd4 Nxd6+ ]

2b)
Kevin Spraggett vs Ignas Zalys

Kevin Spraggett Puzzles, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Kevin Spraggett vs Daniel King, London, 1985
3R4/1R2r1kp/2p1q1p1/r3np2/P3p3/4P1N1/2Q2PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re8 if Nd7 Rxe7+ Qxe7 Qc3+ Re5 Qd4 ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Kevin Spraggett vs Slobodan Martinovic, Lugano, 1985
3q4/1p2R2p/6k1/pP1N2P1/2rn2P1/7P/6B1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Be4+ Kxg5 Rg7+ Kh4 Rxh7+ Kg3 Re3+ ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Kevin Spraggett vs Milan Andrijevic, San Bernadino Brocco, 1986
r6k/1p1r2p1/3P1pQp/p1qB4/P1P5/6Pb/5P1P/2R1R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ Rxe8 Qxe8+ Kh7 Bg8+ ]

d)
White mates in 2.
Kevin Spraggett vs Gary Basanta, Vancouver, 1986
rq3r1k/pb1RbQ2/np3np1/1p3pp1/1P6/P5P1/1B2PPBP/5RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Bxf6+ ]

e)
Kevin Spraggett vs Cedendemberel Lhagvasuren, Novi Sad, 1990
6k1/2b2r2/p4R1p/2p1P3/8/2N2Q1P/4r1PK/q7 w - - 1 0
[ Qg4+ Kf8 Qc8+ ]

3a)
Kevin Spraggett vs Daniel King

Kevin Spraggett Puzzles, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Kevin Spraggett vs Gary Basanta, Kingston, 1992
2kr3r/2pn1pb1/p6p/1pq1p1p1/4Q3/P1N2PP1/1PB2P2/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qa8+ Nb8 Bf5+ Rd7 Rxd7 Qc6 Rxf7+ ]

b)
White mates in 4.
Kevin Spraggett vs L Pijuan, Andorra, 1993
r1b4k/pp1n1Q1n/1qp1p2p/8/6p1/P5B1/5PPP/3R1RK1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxd7 if Bxd7 Be5+ ]

c)
Kevin Spraggett vs Aldo Haik, Cannes, 1993
8/pp2R3/6kp/3N4/2P2P2/P6q/1P2KRr1/8 w - - 1 0
[ f5+ if Kg5 Rg7+ ]

d)
Kevin Spraggett vs C Nascimento, Portugal, 1994
4r3/pbp3kr/2pp1p1p/q4Pn1/3QPNP1/1PN1R1K1/2P4R/8 w - - 1 0
[ Nh5+ if Kf8 Nxf6 or if Kf7 Qxf6+ Kg8 Qg6+ ]

e)
Kevin Spraggett vs Zdenko Krnic, Toronto, 1995
4kb2/1b2q3/p1p1Q3/7p/6p1/1P6/P4PPP/3R2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qg6+ Qf7 Rd8+ ]

4a)
mate in 6
Kevin Spraggett vs Gary Basanta

Kevin Spraggett Puzzles, Part V.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 6.
Kevin Spraggett vs Fernando Costa, Loures, 1996
4k3/1bRr1p2/p2qp3/6Qp/1P2p3/3P1pP1/P4P1P/2R3K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxb7 if Rd8 Qf6 Qf8 Rcc7 Ra8 Re7+ ]

b)
White mates in 6.
Kevin Spraggett vs Ruben Rodriguez, Zaragoza, 1996
3r2k1/p4Nbp/q3p3/2p3Q1/P7/BP1r2P1/5K1P/3R4 w - - 1 0
[ Nh6+ Kh8 Qxd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Bf8 Bb2+ ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Kevin Spraggett vs Guillaume Pelle, Andorra, 1997
r4q1k/p4p2/3pbNpp/2p4R/2p1P3/P2P2R1/2PQ1KPP/1r6 w - - 1 0
[ Rxh6+ if Kg7 Rh7+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Kevin Spraggett vs Stephane Vignale, Metz, 1997
r1qr3k/pp3pn1/6p1/2pN3p/2PnPN1P/1P4P1/P2Q2K1/2R2R2 w - - 1 0
[ Nxg6+ if fxg6 Qh6+ or if Kh7 Nf6+ ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Kevin Spraggett vs Dragoljub Milicevic, Burnaby, 1998
5rk1/4Qp2/2R3rp/3P1N1q/pP4p1/8/1P3P2/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qxf8+ if Kh7 Qxf7+ Kh8 Rc8+ or if Kxf8 Rc8# ]

5b)
mate in 6
Kevin Spraggett vs Ruben Rodriguez

Kevin Spraggett Puzzles, Part VI.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Kevin Spraggett vs Bradley Willis, Vancouver, 1999
4r1k1/5p1p/5Ppq/2p5/2Bb2Q1/1P6/6PP/5R1K w - - 1 0
[ Bxf7+ if Kxf7 Qd7+ Kf8 f7 mates ]

b)
White mates in 7.
Kevin Spraggett vs Carlos Santos, Porto, 2000
Q4b2/1bq1n1k1/1p1p2pp/1P1Pp3/4N3/3B1P1P/3B2PK/8 w - - 1 0
[ Bxh6+ if Kh8 Qxf8+ Ng8 Bg5 Kh7 Bf6 ]

c)
White mates in 3.
Kevin Spraggett vs Sergio Rocha, Portugal, 2001
7k/4p1rp/3p4/N1pP1QP1/P3P3/1P3K1R/1q6/b7 w - - 1 0
[ Qf8+ Rg8 Rxh7+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Kevin Spraggett vs Mauricio Vassallo, Maia, 2003
3k4/1r1npB2/3P1b1Q/2p4p/p1P5/P5BP/1q4P1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Qh8+ Bxh8 dxe7+ ]

6d)
mate in 3
Kevin Spraggett vs Mauricio Vassallo

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