Best Chess Puzzle of 2008, Round III
45 puzzles have been narrowed down to three.White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Veselin Topalov vs Vassily Ivanchuk, Bilbao, 2008
2RrBrk1/3P2p1/5b1p/1p6/p6P/6P1/8/4R2K w - - 0 1
[ Re6 ]
b)
Dmitry Jakovenko vs Ivan Cheparinov, Sochi, 2008
4k3/8/1ppP2Pp/p1p1p2P/P1P1Nr2/1P6/6K1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ if Rxf6 d7+ ]
c)
Black to move and win. Vladimir Kramnik vs Viswanathan Anand, Nice, 2008
7r/1b5r/1QP3k1/2Pp4/P4qp1/8/2R2PB1/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qf3 if cxb7+ Kf5 ]
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