Viswanathan Anand: 61 critical positions from his games

Viswanathan Anand: 61 critical positions from his games Bill Harvey

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8/10/2015

This is a collection of diagrams from games of GM Vishy Anand where the GM has a clear win or mate, provided a single move is played. The reader is invited to find the winning line and a solution set is provided at the back of the pamphlet. The color of the disk on the diagram, indicates whose move it is. Bill Harvey is the webmaster of wtharvey.com where you will find 10,000 chess puzzles from historic and modern games. Away from the board, he catalogs music at a major US library

1) Ahmed Hamed vs Viswanathan Anand Salonika, 1984

4) Viswanathan Anand vs Kiril Ninov Baguio City, 1987

2) Javier Gil Capape vs Viswanathan Anand Gausdal, 1986

5) Viswanathan Anand vs Praveen Thipsay Coimbatoire, 1987

White Mates in 5. 3) Plinio Pazos Gambarrotti vs Viswanathan Anand Dubai, 1986

Black mates in 4.

6) Viswanathan Anand vs Sankar Ganesan India, 1988

7) Viswanathan Anand vs Lawrence Cooper Blackpool, 1988

10) Viswanathan Anand vs Fernie Donguines Asia, 1989

White mates in 4. 8) Viswanathan Anand vs Richard Gerber Biel, 1988

11) Vassily Ivanchuk vs Viswanathan Anand Reggio Emilia, 1989

9) Viswanathan Anand vs Suhakar Babu India, 1988

12) Viswanathan Anand vs Boris Spassky Cannes, 1989

White mates in 5.

13) Viswanathan Anand vs Ye Jiang Chuan Kuala Lumpur, 1989

16) Viswanathan Anand vs Gary Quillan Prestwich, 1990

White mates in 2. 14) Giovanni Micalizzi vs Viswanathan Anand Rome, 1990

17) Viswanathan Anand vs Valery Salov Paris, 1991

15) Viswanathan Anand vs Ivan Morovic Fernandez Novi Sad, 1990

18) Viswanathan Anand vs Alexei Dreev Madras, 1991

White mates in 5.

19) Alexander Beliavsky vs Viswanathan Anand Munich, 1991

22) Viswanathan Anand vs Evgeny Bareev Linares, 1993

Black mates in 5.

White Mates in 6.

20) Viswanathan Anand vs Illescas Linares, 1992

23) Viswanathan Anand vs Gundela Heinatz Bad Mergentheim, 1993

21) Viswanathan Anand vs Lev Polugaevsky Monaco, 1992

24) Viswanathan Anand vs Zsuzsa Polgar Monaco, 1993

White mates in 3.

25) Viswanathan Anand vs Sandra Ulms Bad Morgentheim, 1993

28) Viswanathan Anand vs R Meschkat Frankfurt, 1994

White mates in 3. 26) Viswanathan Anand vs Sonja Noll Bad Mergentheim, 1993

29) Viswanathan Anand vs Tor Arne Paulsen Frankfurt, 1994

White mates in 2.

White mates in 3.

27) Viswanathan Anand vs Andreas Bilawer Frankfurt, 1994

30) Alexander Morozevich vs Viswanathan Anand Moscow, 1995

White mates in 4.

31) Viswanathan Anand vs Gata Kamsky Monaco, 1995

34) Viswanathan Anand vs Vasily Ivanchuk Dos Hermanas, 1996

White Mates in 6. 32) Viswanathan Anand vs Gata Kamsky Las Palmas, 1995

35) Viswanathan Anand vs Peter Leko Dortmund, 1996

White Mates in 7.

White Mates in 5.

33) Viswanathan Anand vs Predrag Nikolic Paris, 1995

36) Viswanathan Anand vs Alexander Chernin Eupen, 1999

White mates in 3.

White Mates in 4.

37) Stefan Djuric vs Viswanathan Anand Bastia, 2000

40) Sinisa Drazic vs Viswanathan Anand Bastia, 2000

Black mates in 4. 38) Viswanathan Anand vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Monaco, 2000

41) Etienne Bacrot vs Viswanathan Anand Bastia, 2001

White mates in 4.

Black Mates in 6.

39) Viswanathan Anand vs Alexei Shirov Frankfurt, 2000

42) Viswanathan Anand vs Elizbar Ubilava Villarrobledo, 2001

43) Viswanathan Anand vs Alexander Khalifman Prague, 2002

46) Giovanni Vescovi vs Viswanathan Anand Sao Paulo, 8/23/2004

Black mates in 5. 44) Viswanathan Anand vs Francisco Vallejo Pons Monaco, 3/22/2004

47) Viswanathan Anand vs Jan Timman Wijk aan Zee, 2004

White mates in 3. 45) Viswanathan Anand vs Peter Leko Dortmund, 2004

48) Viswanathan Anand vs Eckhard Schmittdiel Germany, 2004

49) Viswanathan Anand vs Vassily Ivanchuk Monte Carlo, 2004

52) Viswanathan Anand vs Arkadij Naiditsch Dortmund, 2007

50) Viswanathan Anand vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov Leon, 2005

53) Viswanathan Anand vs David Pardo Simon Benidorm, 2007

White mates in 5. 51) Rustam Kasimdzhanov vs Viswanathan Anand Moscow, 11/22/2007

54) Viswanathan Anand vs Vladislav Tkachiev Moscow, 11/16/2009

Black mates in 3.

White mates in 3.

55) Nigel Short vs Viswanathan Anand London, 12/11/2010

58) Peter Svidler vs Viswanathan Anand Stavanger, 5/7/2013

Black mates in 4.

Black mates in 3.

56) Viswanathan Anand vs Alexei Shirov Wijk aan Zee, 1/26/2011

59) Andrei Istratescu vs Viswanathan Anand London, 12/12/2013

57) Viswanathan Anand vs Alexander Grischuk Monaco, 3/15/2011

60) Viswanathan Anand vs Levon Aronian Khanty Mansyisk, 3/13/2014

61) Daniel Prill vs Viswanathan Anand London, 12/6/2014

Solutions 1) 1...Ra1 if 2.Rxa1 Nf2+ 2) 1...Nf3+ 3) 1...Qh2+ if 2.Kg5 Qg3+ or if 2.Kg4 Rg2#

Black mates in 2.

4) 1.Qh3 5) 1.Qb4+ if 1...Ka2 2.Kc2 6) 1.Rf5 w/2.Qh5+ 7) 1.Qxc5+ w/2.Qg5+ 8) 1.c7+ w/2.Nd6+ & 3.Ne8+ 9) 1.Rxf7+ Nxf7 2.Rh7 if 2...Qg4 3.Ne6+ 10) 1.Rxe4+ fxe4 2.c3 11) 1...Nf2+ if 2.Rxf2 Bxg2+ mates 12) 1.a6 if 1...Be8 2.Nd5+ & 3.Ne7 13) 1.Bxf7+ Rxf7 2.Rg8+ if 2...Rf8 3.Qh5+ mates 14) 1...Bh6 2.Qd3 Qb6 if 3.Rad1 Qxd4 15) 1.c8/Q Rxc8 2.Qe7 16) 1.Rb8+ 17) 1.Bd2 w/2.Rc1 18) 1.Rc7+ if 1...Kxe6 2.Qe3+ mates or if 1...Kd8 2.Rd7+ 19) 1...Rb3+ 2.axb3 Qc2+ 3.Ka1 Qc3+ 20) 1.c5

21) 1.R1g6 43) 1.Nxf6+ gxf6 2.Bh6 22) 1.Rf6 if 1...Be2 2.e6 44) 1.Qxh7+ 23) 1.Bg5 w/2.Ng3 45) 1.Nxe7 Qxe7 2.Bd5 24) 1.Rh3 w/2.Nh2 25) 1.Na4 if 1...Qa3 2.Nb4 w/3.Bd2

46) 1...Qd7+ 2.Kg6 Qe6+ 3.Qf6+ Qxf6+ 4.Kh5 Qf7+

26) 1.Rg7+

47) 1.Nxg6 Rxe3 2.Ne7+

27) 1.Rc7+ Kb8 2.Rc8+ Ka7 3.R1c7+ Kb6 4.Rb7#

48) 1.Ne4 if 1...Nf7 2.Nxd6 w/3.Nc7 or if 1...Bb8 2.Ng3

28) 1.Ra3+ Na5 2.Rxa5+ bxa5 3.b5# 49) 1.Rxh5+ 29) 1.Qh7+ Kf8 2.Rf1+ 50) 1.Rd7+ Nxd7 2.Qxg7 30) 1...Rxb3 if 2.cxb3 Nxe4 51) 1...Qg5+ 2.Kh1 Qg1+ 31) 1.Bf4 52) 1.Ng5+ Kg8 2.Rg6+ Kf8 3.Nh7 32) 1.f7+ Kg7 2.f8/Q+ w/3.Ne6+ 53) 1.Rxh7 if 1...Nf4 2.Qh4 Nh5 3.Rxh5 33) 1.Be5+ Kg8 2.Rg7+ 54) 1.Rh7+ if 1...Kg8 2.Rxh8+ 34) 1.Qg7+ Kg5 2.h4+ Kxh4 3.Qe5 Rf8 4.Qxe4+ 55) 1...Rc1+ 2.Kh2 Qd6+ 35) 1.Qg5+ Ke5 2.Qg7+ f6 3.Qh6 36) 1.g6

56) 1.Bh5 if 1...Rxd6 2.Bxf7+ Kf8 3.Bxe8 Kxe8 4.Qg6+

37) 1...Rb4

57) 1.Ng5

38) 1.Qh7+ Kf8 2.Bc5+

58) 1...Kg7 if 2.Bxd5 e5

39) 1.Rxg6+ hxg6 2.Qxg6+ Kh8 3.Qxf7 Rg8 4.Bf8 mates

59) 1...Rxg4+ if 2.Kf2 Bh4+ 60) 1.Ke3 Re8+ 2.Kd2 Rd8 3.Kc3

40) 1...Qh2+ 2.Kf1 Nxe3+ 3.fxe3 Qxg2+ 61) 1...Kd6 41) 1...Qe2 42) 1.Rxf6 if 1...Rxf6 2.Qe7+