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. Javier Gil Capape vs Anand, Gausdal, 1986
3r2k1/4qppp/p7/1pp1n3/4P3/BP6/P2R1PPP/3Q2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nf3+ ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Anand vs N Babu, India, 1988
r1b1k2r/p4pp1/1pn1p2p/4Pn1P/3p2q1/P2B1N2/2PB1PP1/1R2QK1R w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ ]
c)
Anand vs Lawrence Cooper, Blackpool, 1988
3r1k2/1b3p1p/p7/1pp4n/8/2PP1q1P/PPB2Q2/4RNK1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxc5+ w/Qg5+ ]
d)
Anand vs Richard Gerber, Biel, 1988
3k4/5pb1/2P5/pN5P/1p6/1P3p2/1P6/4K3 w - - 0 1
[ c7+ w/Nd6+ & Ne8+ ]
e)
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 ]
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Anand Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Anand vs Valery Salov, Paris, 1991
r1b2rk1/1p3p1p/pn1p2pB/q3b3/3p4/NB5P/PP3PP1/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bd2 w/Rc1 ]
b)
White Mates in 3. Anand vs Victor Bologan, Calcutta, 1992
4q3/5R2/P2p2p1/3Np1k1/4P2p/r7/5QK1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Qf6+ ]
c)
Anand vs Gundela Heinatz, Bad Mergentheim, 1993
r3r1k1/pp1b1pbp/1np3p1/8/3PP2q/1B2BP2/P2QN1PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 w/Ng3 ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Anand vs Alexander Chernin, Eupen, 1999
2q1nrk1/p3pp2/3p1P1Q/2pP2P1/4P2P/2b2R2/Pn4R1/7K w - - 0 1
[ g6 Qh3+ Rxh3 Nxf6 gxf7+ ]
e)
Anand vs Veselin Topalov, Monaco, 1999
3q1rbk/pR5p/2rp3Q/3Nb3/2P1P3/1R6/P4pP1/3B1K2 w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7+ Bxh7 Rb7 ]
Anand Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black to move and win. Stefan Djuric vs Anand, Bastia, 2000
1kr5/1pqB1ppp/pr2p3/3p4/Q2Pn3/R4RPP/PPP2P2/2K5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb4 ]
b)
Black Mates in 6. Etienne Bacrot vs Anand, Bastia, 2001
5rk1/p4ppp/R3p3/7q/Q3P3/2P1n1P1/Pr3PBP/4R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe2 ]
c)
Anand vs Elizbar Ubilava, Villarrobledo, 2001
8/pp3rk1/1q1PQnp1/2p5/2P4r/3R1R2/PP3PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6 if Rxf6 Qe7+ ]
d)
Anand vs Alexander Graf, Benidorm, 2003
6k1/5p1p/2R3n1/3B2Q1/1q6/3r3P/1b4P1/6BK w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6+ hxg6 Qxg6+ Kh8 Qxd3 ]
e)
Anand vs Francisco Vallejo-Pons, Monte Carlo, 2004
2r2r2/1p1b2kp/3N1bp1/p3q3/Pn1NPp2/1B3P2/1PP4Q/1K1R2R1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf5+ Bxf5 Nf5+ if Kh8 Qxh7+ mates ]
Aronian vs Anand, Mexico City, 2007
Anand, Part IV. White to move and win.
a)
Anand vs Loek Van Wely, Monte Carlo, 2004
4r2r/5R1p/p2Q1p2/4n2k/4pq2/1B2Nb2/PP5P/1K4R1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf6 if Qxe3 Rf5+ mates ]
b)
Anand vs Peter Leko, Dortmund, 2004
r1bq1r1k/p3nppp/3p3b/2pNp3/2B1P3/P1PP1N2/5PPP/1R1Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxe7 Qxe7 Bd5 ]
c)
Anand vs Sergei Rublevsky, Bastia, 2004
r1n1rbk1/1b1p1p2/pB2p1p1/N3P2p/q1P2P2/3B3R/1P3QPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc2 if Qb4 Rb3 or if Qa2 Bb3 ]
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