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Blindfold Chess

essential training

created by Dimosthenis Michailidis

The scope of this book is to make chess players capable of thinking blindfold. There are 131 problems in which the reader has to follow the recorded moves in order to

find the mating move. All problems are based on actual games of masters.

Mathematician Dimosthenis Michailidis

Index

• chapter 1 ◦ Paul Morphy 4◦ Solutions 10

• chapter 2 ◦ Wilhelm Steinitz 16◦ Solutions 22

• chapter 3 ◦ Mikhail Chigorin 29◦ Solutions 34

• chapter 4 ◦ Aron Nimzowitsch 39◦ Solutions 43

• chapter 5 ◦ José Raúl Capablanca 47◦ Solutions 50

• chapter 6 ◦ Alexander Alekhine 53◦ Solutions 58

• chapter 7 ◦ Samuel Reshevsky 63◦ Solutions 66

• chapter 8 ◦ Mikhail Tal 69◦ Solutions 74

• chapter 9 ◦ Bobby Fischer 79◦ Solutions 84

• chapter 10 ◦ Garry Kasparov 88◦ Solutions 97

Chapter 1

Paul Morphy

18 games

let's make two blindfold moves

3

Game 1 Morphy, Paul -- Rousseau, Eugene

16. ... Kd6 17.

Game 2 Mac Connel, James -- Morphy, Paul

23. Rxg1

Game 3 Morphy, Paul -- Mac Connel, James

22. ... b5 23.

Game 4 Morphy, Paul -- Morphy, Alonzo

20. ... Kg8 21.

4

Game 5 Morphy, Paul -- Morphy, Alonzo

45. ... Kh8 46.

Game 6 Morphy, Paul -- Morphy, Ernest

24. ... Qe8 25.

Game 7 Morphy, Paul -- Morphy, Ernest

36. ... Kh8 37.

Game 8 Morphy, Paul -- Maurian, Charles Amedee

12. Kf2

5

Game 9 Meek, Alexander Beaufort -- Morphy, Paul

25. Kg1

Game 10 Morphy, Paul -- NN

28. ... Ka3 29.


32. ... Kh7 33.


22. ... Kb6 23.

6


16. ... Kc2 17.

Game 14 Morphy, Paul -- Duke Karl Count Isouard

16. ... Nxb8 17.

Game 15 Morphy, Paul -- Jefferson, BT.

22. ... Rxf8 23.

Game 16Morphy, Paul -- Smyth, S.

35. ... Kh6 36.

7

Game 17 Morphy, Paul -- Capdevielle, P.

35. ... Kh7 36.

Game 18 Morphy, Paul -- Dominguez

19. ... Qd6 20.

8

Solutions

9

Game 1 Qc7#

Game 2 Nf2#

Game 3 Ra3#

Game 4 Rf8#

10

Game 5 Qh6#

Game 6 Rdxe8#

Game 7 Qf8#

Game 8 Ng4#

11

Game 9 Nf3#

Game 10 Qb3#

Game 11 Qf7#

Game 12 Rb1#

12

Game 13 d3#

Game 14 Rd8#

Game 15 Ne7#

Game 16 Rh7#

13

Game 17 Qxg7#

Game 18 Qxd6#

14

Chapter 2

Wilhelm Steinitz

18 games

let's make three blindfold moves

15

Game 1 Hamppe, Carl -- Steinitz, William

22. ... Qd1+ 23. Rxd1

Game 2 Steinitz, William -- Meitner, Philipp

33. f3+ Kf4 34.

Game 3 Hamppe, Carl -- Steinitz, William

30. ... Rxh2+ 31. Kxh2

Game 4 Reiner -- Steinitz, William

17. ... Qxh2+ 18. Rxh2

16

Game 5 Steinitz, William -- Strauss

28. Qf3+ Kh4 29.

Game 6 Steinitz, William -- Meitner, Philipp

25. Qg5+ Kf7 26.

Game 7 Steinitz, William -- Lange, Max

28. Rh6+ Qf6 29.

Game 8 Steinitz, William -- Lange, Max

22. Rd1+ Kc2 23.

17

Game 9 Steinitz, William -- Robey, J.

36. Qg7 Qd7 37.

Game 10 Steinitz, William -- Maas

32. Nxf7+ Kg8 33.

Game 11 Steinitz, William -- NN

14. Ng8+ Ke8 15.

Game 12 Steinitz, William -- Vines

37. Rb8+ Nxb8 38.

18

Game 13 Steinitz, William -- Brook, O.

30. Rxd7+ Kxd7 31.

Game 14 Steinitz, William -- Ware, Preston

33. Qc6+ Kxe7 34.

Game 15 Steinitz, William -- Rosenthal, Samuel

36. ... Qg2+ 37. Ke3

Game 16 Blackburne, Joseph Henry -- Steinitz,

William

26. Rf8+ Qxf8 27.

19

Game 17 Baird, David Graham -- Steinitz, William

41. ... Bc6+ 42. Kf1

Game 18 Hanham, James Moore -- Steinitz, William

31. ... Qg1+ 32. Rxg1

20

Solutions

21

Game 1 Rxd1#

Game 2 Qe4#

Game 3 Rh8#

Game 4 Rg1#

22

Game 5 Qh3#

Game 6 Qxg7#

Game 7 Rxf6#

Game 8 Rf2#

23

Game 9 Bf7#

Game 10 Rxg7#

Game 11 Bxf7#

Game 12 Rxb8#

24

Game 13 Qe7#

Game 14 Re8#

Game 15 Qf3#

Game 16 Qxh7#

25

Game 17 Qxd1#

Game 18 Nf2#

26

Chapter 3

Mikhail Chigorin

16 games

let's make four blindfold moves

28

Game 1 Chigorin, Mikhail -- Davidov, Mikhail

25. ... Kb8 26. Na6+ bxa6 27.

Game 2 Schiffers, Emanuel Stepanovich --

Chigorin

36. Kf2 Qe2+ 37. Kg3

Game 3 Schiffers, Emanuel Stepanovich --

Chigorin

32. Kd2 Rxf2+ 33. Ke3

Game 4 Chigorin, Mikhail -- Schiffers, Emanuel

26. ... Kg8 27. Re8+ Rf8 28.

29

Game 5 Chigorin, Mikhail -- Schmid, Carl

Friedrich

26. ... Kxh6 27. Qxf6+ Rg6 28.

Game 6 Chigorin, Mikhail -- Alapin, Simon

17. gxf3 Qh2+ 18. Kf1

Game 7 Chigorin, Mikhail -- Fleissig, Bernhard

53. Kxb4 Qb5+ 54. Ka3

Game 8 Englisch, Berthold -- Chigorin, Mikhail

46. ... Kf7 47. Qf5+ Kg8 48.

30

Game 9 Baird, John Washington -- Chigorin,

Mikhail

30. Rh2 Rxf1+ 31. Nxf1

Game 10 Chigorin, Mikhail -- Tarrasch, Siegbert

41. ... Bg8 42. Bh5 Qe6 43.

Game 11 Mason, James -- Chigorin, Mikhail

27. Qe4 Ra3+ 28. Rxa3

Game 12 Chigorin, Mikhail -- Winawer, Szymon

18. ... b5 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20.

31

Game 13 Marco, Georg -- Chigorin, Mikhail

54. Ra6 Kd3 55. Kc1

Game 14 Chigorin, Mikhail -- Rubinstein, Akiba

31. ... Nxf7 32. gxf7 Qe7 33.

Game 15 Marshall, Frank James -- Chigorin,

Mikhail

27. ... Ne4+ 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29.

Game 16 Tarrasch, Siegbert -- Chigorin, Mikhail

60. ... f3 61. Kd6 Kc8 62.

32

Solutions

33

Game 1 Qb4#

Game 2 Qg2#

Game 3 Qd4#

Game 4 Rxf8#

34

Game 5 Rh1#

Game 6 Qh1#

Game 7 Qa5#

Game 8 Re8#

35

Game 9 Qxf1#

Game 10 Qg7#

Game 11 Qb2#

Game 12 Qe6#

36

Game 13 Ra1#

Game 14 Rg8#

Game 15 Qh8#

Game 16 Rg8#

37

Chapter 4

Aron Nimzowitsch

10 games

let's make five blindfold moves

38

Game 1 Nimzowitsch, Aaron -- Albin, Adolf

36. a5 Qe8 37. Rxa7+ Rxa7 38.

Game 2 Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich --

Nimzowitsch

59. Qxb5 f5 60. a6 Bh2 61.

Game 3 Nimzowitsch, Aaron -- Alapin, Simon

17. Qxd7+ Kf8 18. Qd8+ Bxd8 19.

Game 4 Nimzowitsch, Aaron -- Alapin, Simon

16. Bxc6+ Kf8 17. Qd8+ Bxd8 18.

39

Game 5 Nimzowitsch, Aaron -- Tarrasch, Siegbert

30. ... Qh2+ 31. Ke6 Re8+ 32. Kd7

Game 6 Nimzowitsch, Aaron -- Tartakower, Saviely

46. Rf7+ Kg4 47. f3+ Kh5 48.

Game 7Nimzowitsch, Aaron -- Giersing, Johannes

66. Kc4 Re8 67. b7+ Kd8 68.

Game 8 Nimzowitsch, Aaron -- Olson, A.

25. Qf4 Kh6 26. Ne6+ exf4 27.

40

Game 9 Nimzowitsch, Aaron -- Romi, Massimiliano

34. e7+ Kd7 35. Qd5 Bxf1 36.

Game 10 Nimzowitsch, Aaron -- Romi, Massimiliano

30. Re7+ Kd8 31. Rxd7+ Kc8 32.

41

Solutions

42

Game 1 Qb6#

Game 2 Qb7#

Game 3 Re8#

Game 4 Re8#

43

Game 5 Bb5#

Game 6 Rxh7#

Game 7 Rd7#

Game 8 Bg7#

44

Game 9 Qc6#

Game 10 Ne7#

45

Chapter 5

José Raúl Capablanca

6 games

let's make six blindfold moves

46

Game 1 Capablanca, Jose Raul -- Raubitschek,

Rudolf

32. ... Qf4+ 33. Kg1 Qd4 34. Rxa7+ Qxa7 35.

Game 2 Capablanca, Jose Raul -- Marshall, Frank

40. ... Rf2+ 41. Ke4 h4 42. R5g6+ Kh5 43.

Game 3 Capablanca, Jose Raul -- Thomas, George

Alan

51. ... Kf8 52. f6 Be1 53. g6 Bg3 54.

Game 4 Capablanca, Jose Raul -- Steiner, Herman

22. ... Kc5 23. Qxb7 Qb6 24. Rxc6+ Qxc6 25.

47

Game 5 Capablanca, Jose Raul -- Vassaux, G.

27. ... Ne4 28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qh3+ Kg7 30.

Game 6 Capablanca, Jose Raul -- Lewis, J.

34. Kxh5 Qg6+ 35. Kh4 Qg5+ 36. Kh3

48

Solutions

49

Game 1 Qxa7#

Game 2 g4#

Game 3 Rh8#

Game 4 Qb4#

50

Game 5 Qh6#

Game 6 Qh5#

51

Chapter 6

Alexander Alekhine

16 games

let's make seven blindfold moves

52

Game 1 Viakhirev, Apollon -- Alekhine, Alexander

33. ... Qh1+ 34. Bg1 Bh4 35. Rh2 Qg2+ 36. Rxg2

Game 2 Alekhine, Alexander -- Tenner, Oscar

12. Bxf7+ Ke7 13. Bxc5+ Kf6 14. O-O+ Kxe5 15.

Game 3 Alekhine, Alexander -- Johner, Paul F

28. ... Qf2+ 29. Kd1 Qf1+ 30. Qe1 Qd3+ 31. Qd2

Game 4 Fridlizius, J. -- Alekhine, Alexander

38. Qh4 Rc4 39. Bxc4 dxc4 40. Qxh7+ Kxh7 41.

53

Game 5 Levenfish, Grigory -- Alekhine, Alexander

40. ... Nh4 41. f4 Nf3+ 42. Kh1 Qh3+ 43. Qh2

Game 6 Rodzinski -- Alekhine, Alexander

12. ... Nd4 13. d3 Qxd3 14. cxd4 Be7 15. Qxh8

Game 7 Lasker, Edward -- Alekhine, Alexander

43. ... Kh6 44. Qa6+ Kg5 45. Qxa7 Qc3+ 46. Qb3

Game 8 Alekhine, Alexander -- Feldt

15. Nf7 Kxf7 16. Qxe6+ Kg6 17. g4 Be4 18.

54

Game 9 Bogoljubow, Efim -- Alekhine, Alexander

27. ... hxg3+ 28. Nh3 Bxh3 29. gxh3 Rxh3+ 30. Kg2

Game 10 Alekhine, Alexander -- Rojnic, Matko

51. ... g5 52. Nxd5 Qf2+ 53. Rg2 Rxh3+ 54. Kxh3

Game 11 Alekhine, Alexander -- Vardonenko

25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Qxe8+ Kg7 28.

Game 12 Alekhine, Alexander -- Tartakower, Saviely

29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 Ra8 31. Rb6 Rxa7 32.

55

Game 13 Alekhine, Alexander -- Brunner, Erich

23. Nxd5 Qxd4 24. Rxg6 Qc5 25. Rg7+ Kxh6 26.

Game 14 Alekhine, Alexander -- Baljet, Lindenaar

29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Re7+ Kg8 31. Qc4+ Kh8 32.

Game 15 Alekhine, Alexander -- Alden, J.

38. Qd8 h5 39. h4 Qxb2 40. Qg8+ Kh6 41.

Game 16 Alekhine, Alexander -- Vitoria, C.

29. Ra7+ Kf6 30. Ne5 Kg5 31. Rg7+ Kf4 32.

56

Solutions

57

Game 1 fxg2#

Game 2 Rf5#

Game 3 Qxd2#

Game 4 Rh4#

58

Game 5 Qxh2#

Game 6 Bh4#

Game 7 Qexb4#

Game 8 Nh4#

59

Game 9 Rh2#

Game 10 Qh4#

Game 11 Nf5#

Game 12 Rb8#

60

Game 13 Rh7#

Game 14 Bg7#

Game 15 Qh7#

Game 16 Rg4#

61

Chapter 7

Samuel Reshevsky

6 games

let's make eight blindfold moves

62

Game 1 Reshevsky, Samuel Herman -- Denker,

Arnold S

17. ... g6 18. Bxg6+ hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Ke7 20. Qf7+ Kd6 21.

Game 2 Horowitz, Israel Albert -- Reshevsky,

Samuel

30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. Kh1 Ne2 32. Kh2 Rxf1 33. Bxf1

Game 3 Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham -- Reshevsky,

Samuel

48. ... Ke6 49. Qf6+ Kd7 50. e8=Q+ Kxe8 51. Qe6+ Kf8 52.

Game 4 Reshevsky, Samuel -- Bisguier, Arthur

30. ... Rb1 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Ng5+ Kh6 33. Nxf7+ Kh7 34.

63

Game 5 Reshevsky, Samuel Herman -- Evans,

Larry Melvyn

35. ... Rxa6 36. Qxa6 Re2 37. Qa7+ Kh6 38. Qxd4 Ne6 39.

Game 6 Reshevsky, Samuel Herman -- Ljubojevic

39. ... Rg7 40. Re2 Qxc5 41. Qh8+ Kf7 42. Qe8+ Kf6 43.

Game 7 Reshevsky, Samuel Herman -- Shvidler

35. ... Rb8 36. Nxd6+ cxd6 37. Rb3 Rf8 38. Rb7+ Kg6 39.

64

Solutions

65

Game 1 c5#

Game 2 Qg1#

Game 3 Bh6#

Game 4 Rh8#

66

Game 5 Qh8#

Game 6 Qe6#

Game 7 Rg7#

67

Chapter 8

Mikhail Tal

16 games

let's make nine blindfold moves

68

Game 1 Ostrauskas, A. -- Tal, Mihail

35. ... Qh2 36. Ne2 Nd3 37. Ng3 Ne5+ 38. Kf4 Qh4+ 39. Kxe5

Game 2 Beni, Alfred -- Tal, Mihail

34. ... Bc5+ 35. Kf1 Nf4 36. Rxg7+ Kf8 37. Qxf4 Qh1+ 38. Ke2

Game 3 Tal, Mihail -- Hetman

26. Rfd1 Kc8 27. Qf7 Rf8 28. Qxe7 Rf1+ 29. Rxf1 Qxd4 30.

Game 4 Tal, Mihail -- Geller, Efim P

33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Qf7 Rg8 35. Ng6+ Rxg6 36. hxg6 Ne6 37.

69

Game 5 Tal, Mihail -- Tseshkovsky, Vitaly

25. ... Rc2 26. Re2 Bc5+ 27. Kf1 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Rf2+ 29. Ke1

Game 6 Bronstein, David I -- Tal, Mihail

35. ... Rc5+ 36. Kb6 Na8+ 37. Ka6 Rc6+ 38. Kb5 Rb6+ 39. Ka4

Game 7 Tal, Mihail -- Stean, Michael

30. Qf6+ Kg3 31. Qg5+ Kh2 32. Qh4+ Kxg2 33. Rf2+ Kg1 34.

Game 8 Estevez, Guillermo -- Tal, Mihail

33. f5 Re8 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. Ne6 Rg8 36. Qf4 h5 37.

70

Game 9 Tal, Mihail -- Mikhalchishin, Adrian

30. Re1 Rb5 31. Qd1 Rd5 32. Qa1 Rxg5 33. Qa4+ Kd8 34.

Game 10 Tal, Mihail -- Rantanen, Yrjo

26. Bh6 Bxd1 27. Bxg7+ Kg8 28. Bh8 Kxf7 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30.

Game 11 Karner, Hillar -- Tal, Mihail

48. Rf6+ Kg4 49. Rg6 Kf5 50. Rh6 h4 51. f3 Rb5 52.

Game 12 Van der Wiel, John TH -- Tal, Mihail

40. ... Nxc4 41. Rb7+ Kc8 42. Rf7 Rd2+ 43. Kf1 Ne3+ 44. Kg1

71

Game 13 Tal, Mihail -- Van der Wiel, John TH

70. ... Qf4+ 71. Kg6 Ke6 72. Kh5 Qg3 73. Kh6 Kf6 74. Kh7

Game 14 Tal, Mihail -- Ljubojevic, Ljubomir

38. ... Bd4+ 39. Kh1 Nf2+ 40. Kg1 Kg7 41. c3 Ng4+ 42. Kh1

Game 15 Short, Nigel D -- Tal, Mihail

68. ... Kd3 69. Ka4 Qc6+ 70. Kb4 Kc2 71. Ka3 Qb5 72. Ka2

Game 16 Tal, Mihail -- Sveshnikov, Evgeny

33. Nh5+ Kh6 34. Nxf6 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Bxe6 36. Qh4+ Kg7 37.

72

Solutions

73

Game 1 Qf6#

Game 2 Qe1#

Game 3 Rf8#

Game 4 Qh7#

74

Game 5 Nc2#

Game 6 Ra7#

Game 7 Ne2#

Game 8 Qh6#

75

Game 9 Qd7#

Game 10 Qg7#

Game 11 Rf6#

Game 12 Rd1#

76

Game 13 Qg7#

Game 14 Qxh2#

Game 15 Qa4#

Game 16 Rg8#

77

Chapter 9

Bobby Fischer

9 games

let's make ten blindfold moves

78

Game 1 Byrne, Donald -- Fischer, Robert James

37. Ke1 Bb4+ 38. Kd1 Bb3+ 39. Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+ 41. Kc1

Game 2 Surgies, M. -- Fischer, Robert James

26. Qd1 Qxe4 27. Rfxd6 Qe1+ 28. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Rae8 30. Bh6

Game 3 Fischer, Robert James -- Bennett, J1.

35. ... Rxb2+ 36. Kg1 Qc8 37. h4 Bxc3 38. Rd8+ Qxd8 39. Qxc3+ Qf6 40.

Game 4 Keres, Paul -- Fischer, Robert James

49. Nxf2 Qxf2 50. c6 Qxb2 51. Kc5 Qc3+ 52. Kd5 g4 53. Rc4

79

Game 5 Fischer, Robert James -- McCaskey, E.

47. ... a4 48. Nxc6+ Kc8 49. Ne7+ Kd7 50. Nxd5+ Ke6 51. Ke4 a3 52.

Game 6 Fischer, Robert James -- Matulovic, Milan

28. ... Kg6 29. Qf5+ Kh6 30. Qe6+ Kh5 31. Rf5+ Kg4 32. Rf4+ Kxg3 33.

80

Game 7 Greenblatt Programm -- Fischer, Robert

James

35. Bxf2 Qd3+ 36. Kc1 Bxe2 37. Nd2 Rxf2 38. Qxd7 Rf1+ 39. Nxf1

Game 8 Greenblatt Programm -- Fischer, Robert

James

43. Kg2 Bh3+ 44. Kxh3 Kxf1 45. b4 d1=Q 46. Kh2 Qe2+ 47. Kh3

81

Game 9 Fischer, Robert James -- Greenblatt

Programm

16. ... Rd8 17. Qxh3 Na6 18. Rf3 Qg6 19. Rc1 Kg7 20. Rg3 Rh8 21.

82

Solutions

83

Game 1 Rc2#

Game 2 Rf1#

Game 3 Qxf6#

Game 4 Qe5#

84

Game 5 Re7#

Game 6 Qg4#

Game 7 Qd1#

Game 8 Qg2#

85

Game 9 Qh6#

86

Chapter 10

Garry Kasparov

16 games

let's make eleven blindfold moves

87

Game 1 Georgiev, Kiril -- Kasparov, Gary

48. gxf4 b3 49. Rb7 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 b2 51. Bg8 g5 52. hxg5+ Kg6 53.

Game 2 Kasparov, Gary -- Simon, A.

25. Ng7+ Kf8 26. Ne6+ Ke8 27. Rxb7 Ra8 28. Bh4 g5 29. Bxg5 Rg8 30.

88

Game 3 Kasparov, Gary -- Comp Leonardo

Maestro Zuerich

20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qh4 Kg7 22. Bd2 Rfd8 23. Bh6+ Kg6 24. g4 Rxd3 25.

Game 4 Short, Nigel D -- Kasparov, Gary

40. ... Rce8 41. Rc7 Nd3 42. Bd6 Rg8 43. Rxf7 Be5 44. Rxg8+ Rxg8 45. Rd7

89

Game 5 Kasparov, Gary -- Cid, D.

8. Qa4 Qd7 9. d5 O-O-O 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Ba6+ Kb8 12. Qb3+ Ka8 13.

Game 6 Kasparov, Gary -- Paleo, D.

11. Bd3 g5 12. Bxg5 Ne7 13. Qc1 Qd7 14. Bf6 Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16.

90

Game 7 Kasparov, Gary -- Rey

37. b7 e5 38. b8=Q Kxh2 39. Qxe5+ f4 40. exf4 Kh3 41. fxg5 Ba4 42.

Game 8 Kasparov, Gary -- Kamsky, Gata

26. Re7 Rf7 27. Rhe1 Kf8 28. R7e6 Rd7 29. Rf6+ Kg8 30. Ree6 Nf7 31.

91

Game 9 Kasparov, Gary -- Wendling, Jens

33. c7 Rxb6 34. cxd8=Q+ Kxd8 35. Bc7+ Kxc7 36. d8=Q+ Kb7 37. Rd7+ Ka6 38.

Game 10 Kasparov, Gary -- Michaud, Luois

17. Qh5 Bxd4 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bg6+ Kg8 22.

92

Game 11 Kasparov, Gary -- Guillot, Blandine

18. Nxf6+ Kf8 19. Nxh7+ Kg7 20. g5 Kxh7 21. Qh5 Ng8 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23.

Game 12 Kasparov, G -- Print_It

22. h4 Rf8 23. Rf1 Rf4 24. g3 Ra4 25. Qe8 Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Rxa2 27.

93

Game 13 Kasparov, G -- Rodgaard, J

32. exf6 dxc3 33. Re7+ Kxf6 34. Nd5+ Kg5 35. f4+ Kh6 36. g5+ Kh5 37.

Game 14 Kramnik, V -- Kasparov, G

50. ... Bxf3 51. d5+ Kh7 52. Rg1 Re4 53. Qb7 Bxg2+ 54. Rxg2 e1=Q+ 55. Rg1

94

Game 15 Kasparov, G -- Milos, G

48. f4 Qg3 49. Bc4 Nf5 50. Qe8+ Kg7 51. Qxf7+ Kh6 52. Qf8+ Ng7 53.

Game 16 Kasparov, G -- Tambasco, Claudia

24. Nd8+ Kb5 25. a4+ Ka5 26. b4+ cxb4 27. cxb4+ Kxb4 28. Nc6+ Kc5 29.

95

Solutions

96

Game 1 Bh7#

Game 2 Re7#

Game 3 Qh5#

Game 4 Nf2#

97

Game 5 Qb7#

Game 6 Qg5#

Game 7 Qg3#

Game 8 Re8#

98

Game 9 Qa8#

Game 10 Qh8#

Game 11 Ng6#

Game 12 Qh8#

99

Game 13 Nf6#

Game 14 Qf3#

Game 15 Qh8#

Game 16 Rfc1#

100

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