viswanathan anand: 61 critical positions from his games · pdf file1) ahmed hamed vs...

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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
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Viswanathan
Anand: 61 critical
positions from his
games

1) Ahmed Hamed vs
Viswanathan Anand
Salonika, 1984
2) Javier Gil Capape vs
Viswanathan Anand
Gausdal, 1986
3) Plinio Pazos Gambarrotti
vs Viswanathan Anand
Dubai, 1986
Black mates in 4.
4) Viswanathan Anand
vs Kiril Ninov
Baguio City, 1987
vs Praveen Thipsay
Coimbatoire, 1987
White Mates in 5.
vs Sankar Ganesan
India, 1988

vs Lawrence Cooper
Blackpool, 1988
vs Richard Gerber
Biel, 1988
vs Suhakar Babu
India, 1988
White mates in 5.
vs Fernie Donguines
Asia, 1989
White mates in 4.
11) Vassily Ivanchuk vs
Viswanathan Anand
Reggio Emilia, 1989
vs Boris Spassky
Cannes, 1989

vs Ye Jiang Chuan
Kuala Lumpur, 1989
14) Giovanni Micalizzi vs
Viswanathan Anand
Rome, 1990
15) Viswanathan Anand vs
Ivan Morovic Fernandez
Novi Sad, 1990
White mates in 5.
vs Gary Quillan
Prestwich, 1990
White mates in 2.
vs Valery Salov
Paris, 1991
vs Alexei Dreev
Madras, 1991

19) Alexander Beliavsky
Munich, 1991
Black mates in 5.
vs Illescas
Linares, 1992
vs Lev Polugaevsky
Monaco, 1992
White mates in 3.
vs Evgeny Bareev
Linares, 1993
White Mates in 6.
vs Gundela Heinatz
Bad Mergentheim, 1993
vs Zsuzsa Polgar
Monaco, 1993

vs Sandra Ulms
Bad Morgentheim, 1993
vs Sonja Noll
Bad Mergentheim, 1993
White mates in 2.
vs Andreas Bilawer
Frankfurt, 1994
White mates in 4.
vs R Meschkat
Frankfurt, 1994
White mates in 3.
vs Tor Arne Paulsen
Frankfurt, 1994
White mates in 3.
30) Alexander Morozevich
Moscow, 1995

vs Gata Kamsky
Monaco, 1995
vs Gata Kamsky
Las Palmas, 1995
White Mates in 7.
vs Predrag Nikolic
Paris, 1995
White mates in 3.
vs Vasily Ivanchuk
Dos Hermanas, 1996
White Mates in 6.
vs Peter Leko
Dortmund, 1996
White Mates in 5.
vs Alexander Chernin
Eupen, 1999
White Mates in 4.

37) Stefan Djuric vs
Viswanathan Anand
Bastia, 2000
vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Monaco, 2000
White mates in 4.
vs Alexei Shirov
Frankfurt, 2000
40) Sinisa Drazic vs
Viswanathan Anand
Bastia, 2000
Black mates in 4.
41) Etienne Bacrot vs
Viswanathan Anand
Bastia, 2001
Black Mates in 6.
vs Elizbar Ubilava
Villarrobledo, 2001

vs Alexander Khalifman
Prague, 2002
vs Francisco Vallejo Pons
Monaco, 3/22/2004
White mates in 3.
vs Peter Leko
Dortmund, 2004
46) Giovanni Vescovi vs
Viswanathan Anand
Sao Paulo, 8/23/2004
Black mates in 5.
vs Jan Timman
Wijk aan Zee, 2004
vs Eckhard Schmittdiel
Germany, 2004

vs Vassily Ivanchuk
Monte Carlo, 2004
vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Leon, 2005
51) Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Moscow, 11/22/2007
Black mates in 3.
vs Arkadij Naiditsch
Dortmund, 2007
vs David Pardo Simon
Benidorm, 2007
White mates in 5.
vs Vladislav Tkachiev
Moscow, 11/16/2009
White mates in 3.

55) Nigel Short vs
Viswanathan Anand
London, 12/11/2010
Black mates in 4.
vs Alexei Shirov
Wijk aan Zee, 1/26/2011
vs Alexander Grischuk
Monaco, 3/15/2011
58) Peter Svidler vs
Viswanathan Anand
Stavanger, 5/7/2013
Black mates in 3.
59) Andrei Istratescu vs
Viswanathan Anand
London, 12/12/2013
vs Levon Aronian
Khanty Mansyisk, 3/13/2014

61) Daniel Prill vs
Viswanathan Anand
London, 12/6/2014
Black mates in 2.
Solutions
1) 1...Ra1 if 2.Rxa1 Nf2+
2) 1...Nf3+
3) 1...Qh2+ if 2.Kg5 Qg3+ or if 2.Kg4 Rg2#
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
22) 1.Rf6 if 1...Be2 2.e6
23) 1.Bg5 w/2.Ng3
24) 1.Rh3 w/2.Nh2
25) 1.Na4 if 1...Qa3 2.Nb4 w/3.Bd2
26) 1.Rg7+
27) 1.Rc7+ Kb8 2.Rc8+ Ka7 3.R1c7+ Kb6 4.Rb7#
28) 1.Ra3+ Na5 2.Rxa5+ bxa5 3.b5#
29) 1.Qh7+ Kf8 2.Rf1+
30) 1...Rxb3 if 2.cxb3 Nxe4
31) 1.Bf4
32) 1.f7+ Kg7 2.f8/Q+ w/3.Ne6+
33) 1.Be5+ Kg8 2.Rg7+
34) 1.Qg7+ Kg5 2.h4+ Kxh4 3.Qe5 Rf8 4.Qxe4+
35) 1.Qg5+ Ke5 2.Qg7+ f6 3.Qh6
36) 1.g6
37) 1...Rb4
38) 1.Qh7+ Kf8 2.Bc5+
39) 1.Rxg6+ hxg6 2.Qxg6+ Kh8 3.Qxf7 Rg8 4.Bf8
mates
40) 1...Qh2+ 2.Kf1 Nxe3+ 3.fxe3 Qxg2+
41) 1...Qe2
42) 1.Rxf6 if 1...Rxf6 2.Qe7+
43) 1.Nxf6+ gxf6 2.Bh6
44) 1.Qxh7+
45) 1.Nxe7 Qxe7 2.Bd5
46) 1...Qd7+ 2.Kg6 Qe6+ 3.Qf6+ Qxf6+ 4.Kh5
Qf7+
47) 1.Nxg6 Rxe3 2.Ne7+
48) 1.Ne4 if 1...Nf7 2.Nxd6 w/3.Nc7
or if 1...Bb8 2.Ng3
49) 1.Rxh5+
50) 1.Rd7+ Nxd7 2.Qxg7
51) 1...Qg5+ 2.Kh1 Qg1+
52) 1.Ng5+ Kg8 2.Rg6+ Kf8 3.Nh7
53) 1.Rxh7 if 1...Nf4 2.Qh4 Nh5 3.Rxh5
54) 1.Rh7+ if 1...Kg8 2.Rxh8+
55) 1...Rc1+ 2.Kh2 Qd6+
56) 1.Bh5 if 1...Rxd6 2.Bxf7+ Kf8 3.Bxe8 Kxe8
4.Qg6+
57) 1.Ng5
58) 1...Kg7 if 2.Bxd5 e5
59) 1...Rxg4+ if 2.Kf2 Bh4+
60) 1.Ke3 Re8+ 2.Kd2 Rd8 3.Kc3
61) 1...Kd6

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