Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Viswanathan Anand.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
Black to move and win. Ahmed Hamed vs Anand, Salonika, 1984
6k1/5p1p/4p1p1/2p1P3/2P4P/3P2PK/R1Q3B1/1r1n2q1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ra1 if Rxa1 Nf2+ ]
b)
Black to move and win. Javier Gil Capape vs Anand, Gausdal, 1986
3r2k1/4qppp/p7/1pp1n3/4P3/BP6/P2R1PPP/3Q2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ ]
c)
Anand vs Kiril Ninov, Baguio City, 1987
3rnrk1/1b3pp1/1q2p1P1/p3P3/1p1N4/4Q3/PPP4P/2KR1R2 w - - 0 1
[ Qh3 ]
d)
White Mates in 5. Anand vs Praveen Thipsay, Coimbatoire, 1987
8/8/8/2Q5/8/3K4/1k6/q7 w - - 0 1
[ Qb4+ ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Anand vs N Babu, India, 1988
3rrk2/1p1qppb1/3p2Q1/pN2n3/P2NP3/1PP4R/6PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ ]
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Anand Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Anand vs Sankar Ganesan, India, 1988
r3k2r/4b2p/3pBp2/1bq5/1p2P3/3N4/PpP1Q1PP/1K1R1R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rf5 w/Qh5+ ]
b)
Anand vs Lawrence Cooper, Blackpool, 1988
3r1k2/1b3p1p/p7/1pp4n/8/2PP1q1P/PPB2Q2/4RNK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc5+ w/Qg5+ ]
c)
Anand vs Richard Gerber, Biel, 1988
3k4/5pb1/2P5/pN5P/1p6/1P3p2/1P6/4K3 w - - 0 1
[ c7+ w/Nd6+ & Ne8+ ]
d)
Black to move and win. Vassily Ivanchuk vs Anand, Reggio Emilia, 1989
2k1rr2/ppp3pp/2n3q1/3p1p2/3Pn2b/NNPB1P1b/PPQ3PP/R1B2R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf2+ if Rxf2 Bxg2+ mates ]
e)
Anand vs Boris Spassky, Cannes, 1989
8/5b2/6p1/P6p/5k2/1PNn4/6P1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ a6 if Be8 Nd5+ & Ne7 ]
Anand vs Leko, Tal Memorial, 2009
Anand Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Anand vs Ye Jiang Chuan, Kuala Lumpur, 1989
3rkr2/3b1p2/p1n1p2p/2qpP2B/5P1Q/2N3R1/PPP5/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ Rxf7 Rg8+ if Rf8 Qh5+ mates ]
b)
White Mates in 6. Anand vs Ivan Morovic Fernandez, Novi Sad, 1990
4r2k/2P2r1p/1p1Q1p1P/3P2p1/2b5/8/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qe6 if Rff8 c8/Q ]
c)
Black to move and win. Giovanni Micalizzi vs Anand, Rome, 1990
r2qkb1r/3bpp2/p1np1p2/1p3P2/3NP2p/2N5/PPPQB1PP/R4RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Bh6 Qd3 Qb6 if Rad1 Qxd4 ]
d)
Anand vs Valery Salov, Paris, 1991
r1b2rk1/1p3p1p/pn1p2pB/q3b3/3p4/NB5P/PP3PP1/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd2 w/Rc1 ]
e)
Anand vs Alexei Dreev, Madras, 1991
7r/p3kp1p/bp2P3/1q1p4/3Q4/2R3P1/1r5P/4N1KR w - - 0 1
[ Rc7+ if Kxe6 Qe3+ mates or if Kd8 Rd7+ ]
Aronian vs Anand, Mexico City, 2007
Anand, Part IV. White to move and win.
a)
Black Mates in 5. Alexander Beliavsky vs Anand, Munich, 1991
5rk1/p1q2p1N/1p4p1/3bP2P/5Q2/2r1n3/P3B1P1/1K1R3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb3+ axb3 Qc2+ ]
b)
Anand vs Illescas, Linares, 1992
br4k1/q1r1bppp/pn1pp3/N3n3/1PPBP3/P4P2/5QPP/2RR1B1K w - - 0 1
[ c5 ]
c)
White Mates in 6. Anand vs Evgeny Bareev, Linares, 1993
3qbrk1/5p2/8/3pP1bQ/1PpB4/2P5/6PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf6 if Be2 e6 ]
d)
Anand vs Gundela Heinatz, Bad Mergentheim, 1993
r3r1k1/pp1b1pbp/1np3p1/8/3PP2q/1B2BP2/P2QN1PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 w/Ng3 ]
e)
Anand vs Zsuzsa Polgar, Monaco, 1993
r1b1k2r/p4pp1/1pn1p2p/4Pn1P/3p2q1/P2B1N2/2PB1PP1/1R2QK1R w - - 0 1
[ Rh3 w/Nh2 ]
Anand, Part V. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Anand vs Sandra Ulms, Bad Morgentheim, 1993
rnb2rk1/pp2ppbp/3p1np1/8/2PNP3/2N1B3/Pq2BPPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Na4 if Qa3 Nb4 w/Bd2 ]
b)
Black to move and win. Alexander Morozevich vs Anand, Moscow, 1995
2b1k1r1/2qnbp2/p2p1n1p/4pP2/1r2P1p1/1NN1B1Q1/1PP1B1PP/2KRR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb3 if cxb3 Nxe4 ]
c)
Anand vs Gata Kamsky, Monaco, 1995
2r3k1/2P1rpp1/p1R4p/1p2P3/1b1pR3/1Q4BP/3q1PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bf4 ]
d)
White Mates in 7. Anand vs Gata Kamsky, Las Palmas, 1995
6k1/8/5Pp1/3n2Np/1qP2Q2/2r4P/1p3PP1/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ f7+ Kg7 f8/Q+ w/Ne6+ ]
e)
White Mates in 6. Anand vs Vasily Ivanchuk, Dos Hermanas, 1996
2r5/5R2/6pk/1p2Q2p/4n3/7P/3q1PPK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qg7+ Kg5 h4+ Qe5 Rf8 Qxe4+ ]
Anand, Part VI. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 5. Anand vs Peter Leko, Dortmund GER, 1996
2q5/5p1p/p3pk2/5p2/7P/1P4P1/r1PQ1P2/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qg5+ Ke5 Qg7+ f6 Qh6 ]
b) White Mates in 4. Anand vs Alexander Chernin, Eupen, 1999
2q1nrk1/p3pp2/3p1P1Q/2pP2P1/4P2P/2b2R2/Pn4R1/7K w - - 0 1
c)
Black to move and win. Stefan Djuric vs Anand, Bastia, 2000
1kr5/1pqB1ppp/pr2p3/3p4/Q2Pn3/R4RPP/PPP2P2/2K5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb4 ]
d)
Anand vs Alexei Shirov, Frankfurt, 2000
r5k1/1b1n1r1p/1p2p1pQ/pq2Pp1N/2pP1P1P/B1P3R1/6P1/R3K3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ hxg6 Qxg6+ Kh8 Qxf7 Rg8 Bf8 mates ]
e)
Black Mates in 6. Etienne Bacrot vs Anand, Bastia, 2001
5rk1/p4ppp/R3p3/7q/Q3P3/2P1n1P1/Pr3PBP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe2 ]
Anand, Part VII. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Anand vs Elizbar Ubilava, Villarrobledo, 2001
8/pp3rk1/1q1PQnp1/2p5/2P4r/3R1R2/PP3PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6 if Rxf6 Qe7+ ]
b)
Anand vs Alexander Khalifman, Prague, 2002
rn3rk1/3q1ppp/p2p1b2/1ppbp3/4P1N1/P1PP3P/1P3PP1/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxf6+ gxf6 Bh6 ]
c)
Anand vs Peter Leko, Dortmund, 2004
r1bq1r1k/p3nppp/3p3b/2pNp3/2B1P3/P1PP1N2/5PPP/1R1Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe7 Qxe7 Bd5 ]
d)
Black to move and win. Giovanni Vescovi vs Anand, Sao Paulo, 2004
5Qbk/1p4p1/2p4p/8/P3nK2/4B2P/1P4B1/3q4 b - - 0 1
[ ...g5+ Kf5 (if Kxe4 Qd5#) Qd7+ Kg6 Qe6+ ]
e)
Anand vs Jan Timman, Wijk aan Zee, 2004
2q5/2nb1rk1/p2ppbp1/8/1p1NPN2/1Pr1BP2/P1P4Q/1K4R1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxg6 Rxe3 Ne7+ ]
Anand, Part VIII. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Anand vs Eckhard Schmittdiel, Germany, 2004
r3b2k/pp6/3bN3/2pPnr1p/2p5/P1N4P/1P2R1B1/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Ne4 if Nf7 Nxd6 w/Nc7 or if Bb8 Ng3 ]
b)
Anand vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Monte Carlo, 2004
r7/P1q2p1k/6p1/R6p/3Qp2P/6P1/5P1K/8 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh5+ ]
c)
Anand vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Leon, 2005
2r5/2q1kpr1/p3P3/2b1n1P1/2B5/PPQ1p3/2P5/1K1R1R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rd7+ Nxd7 Qxg7 ]
d)
Anand vs Arkadij Naiditsch, Dortmund, 2007
8/7k/4NR2/5P2/2p3b1/2r5/5K2/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5+ Kg8 Rg6+ Kf8 Nh7 ]
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