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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Garry Kasparov.
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. Y Fedoruk vs Kasparov, Tashkent, 1978
6k1/1p3pb1/4p1p1/2p2p2/2PP1P1q/1P5P/rB1Q2P1/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb2 ]
b)
Black to move and win. Alexander Graf vs Kasparov, Tashkent, 1978
6k1/3r2p1/2p3r1/5q2/2P5/2N1Q2P/PP3P2/3R3K b - - 0 1
[ ...Re7 if Qe3 Re1+ mates ]
c)
Black to move and win. Elmar Magerramov vs Kasparov, Baku, 1979
r3k2r/pp1b1ppp/1qn2n2/8/2Q1p3/2N1N1P1/PP2PPBP/R3K2R b KQkq - 0 1
[ ...Na5 ]
d)
Black Mates in 3. Milorad Knezevic vs Kasparov, Banja-Luka, 1979
6k1/5pp1/8/1bBn1q1p/1P5P/5PP1/3Qp1B1/4K3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb1+ ]
e)
Black to move and win. A Arakelov vs Kasparov, URS, 1979
r1r5/1p1kbppp/4p1b1/nP1pP3/3P2P1/4B2P/n2N1P2/N2RRBK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc3 if Rc1 Ba3 ]
Yusupov vs Kasparov, Linares, 1990
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Kasparov Puzzles, Part II: White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Kasparov vs Slavoljub Marjanovic, Malta, 1980
r4r1k/pbn1Nppp/np3q2/3p2N1/5B2/6PB/Pb3P1P/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nxh7 ]
b)
White Mates in 6. Kasparov vs Istvan Csom, Baku, 1980
r3r1k1/pp3nPp/1b1p1B2/1q1P1N2/8/P4Q2/1P3PK1/R6R w - - 0 1
[ Rxh7 ]
c)
Kasparov vs Colin McNab, Dortmund, 1980
rq3r2/p2R1pkp/3Nn1p1/2p1p3/Q7/2P5/1P3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rb7 w/Nxf7 ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Kasparov vs Zakharov, Moscow, 1981
5r1k/2q1r1p1/1npbBpQB/1p1p3P/p2P2R1/P4PP1/1PR2PK1/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7+ ]
e)
White Mates in 7. Kasparov vs Victor Gavrikov, Frunz, 1981
1rbq4/2b1kp2/2R4R/pp2r3/3pQN2/6P1/PP2PP1P/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Ng6+ ]
Kasparov Puzzles, Part III: Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Vitaly Tseshkovsky vs Kasparov, Frunze, 1981
2r3k1/1p4pp/p1n1p3/4q3/P4BP1/1NP4P/1P3bQ1/R4K2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxf4 if Qxf2 Qc4+ ]
b)
Vladimir Tukmakov vs Kasparov, Frunze, 1981
6k1/4qp2/1B4pp/2R1b3/P2Nb3/1P2Q3/r4PPP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc5 ]
c)
Leonid Yudasin vs Kasparov, Frunze, 1981
2r2rk1/2q2pb1/p3b2p/7B/1p2p3/6Q1/PPPRN1PP/1K5R b - - 0 1
[ ...Qa5 ]
d) White mates in 3. Kasparov vs Elmar Magerramov, USSR, 1982
3r1r1k/1p3p1p/p2p4/4n1NN/6bQ/1BPq4/P3p1PP/1R5K w - - 0 1
e)
Lubomir Kavalek vs Kasparov, Bugojno, 1982
5bk1/ppp4p/3p2p1/3Pp3/1PP1b2P/1QKnB1P1/1P5q/3N2R1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nc1 if Qa4 Na2+ ]
Kasparov Puzzles, Part IV: White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black to move and win. Anatoly Karpov vs Kasparov, Moscow, 1984
2rr2k1/6pp/5p2/p1n5/PbPpP1PP/5P2/2K2B2/1NRR4 b - - 0 1
[ ...d3+ Kb2 d2 Rc2 Nd3+ ]
b)
White Mates in 5. Kasparov vs Mephisto Exclusive, Hamburg Simul, 1985
rb3rk1/1b1q1ppp/1pn1p3/p1p1P2Q/2PpNP2/3P2PP/PP4B1/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ ]
c)
Kasparov vs Turbostar 432, Hamburg Simul, 1985
1r3r1k/p1p5/1nB3Q1/2R2p2/8/1q1P2P1/b4P1P/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re4 ]
d)
Kasparov vs Mephisto 68000, Hamburg simul, 1985
R3n1k1/7p/3prppB/1p2p3/1P2P2Q/7P/5PPK/1q6 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe8+ ]
e)
Kasparov vs Tim Krabbe, Amsterdam simul, 1987
1rb1r2k/2R4p/p4qp1/3Q4/1pB2B2/4P2P/6PK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 if Qb2 Qf7 mates ]
Garry Kasparov, Part V: White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black to move and win. Robert Huebner vs Kasparov, Brussels, 1987
r3r2k/6bp/6q1/2N5/1p1Pp3/5bQP/P4PB1/1R2R1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxg3 if fxg3 Bxd4+ ]
b)
Black Mates in 4. John Van Der Wiel vs Kasparov, Brussels, 1987
6k1/p2R1p1p/5bp1/8/Pn2R1K1/1r6/7P/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...h5+ ]
c)
Black to move and win. Luc Winants vs Kasparov, Brussels, 1987
8/Q1K2pk1/4q1p1/3p2Pp/1R6/P1p1P1P1/8/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe7+ Kb8 Qxa7+ w/...c2 ]
d)
White Mates in 4. Kasparov vs Bent Larsen, Brussels, 1987
1qr2bk1/pb3pp1/1pn3np/3N2NQ/8/P7/BP3PPP/2B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ w/Qxg6+ ]
e)
Kasparov vs Nigel Short, Brussels, 1987
5rk1/pbr1bppp/4nn2/3p1B2/8/P3PN2/1B1N1PPP/1R3RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Be5 if Rd7 Nd4 ]
Garry Kasparov on '60 Minutes', Part I
Garry Kasparov, Part VI: White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black to move and win. Jan Timman vs Kasparov, Reykjavik, 1988
2r5/p2r1k2/4b1pp/1P3p2/8/1Bn2P2/P4KPP/1RN1R3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb3 if Rxb3 Nd1+ ]
b)
Black Mates in 4. Florin Gheorghiu vs Kasparov, Salonika, 1988
6k1/1p5p/p2p1q2/3Pb3/1Q2P3/3b1BpP/PPr3P1/KRN5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxb2+ ]
c)
Kasparov vs Gyula Sax, Tilburg, 1989
2r2kn1/4bp2/p1bp4/1p5N/4PB2/P3QB1q/1PP5/2K3R1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh6+ w/Qxh6+ & Ng7+ ]
d)
Black to move and win. Simen Agdestein vs Kasparov, Tilburg, 1989
1r1qrbk1/3b1p2/Q5p1/4p3/2PpPPPp/1P5P/PB4BK/R2R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re6 if Qa7 Ra8 ]
e)
White Mates in 6. Kasparov vs Anatoly Karpov, Lyon, 1990
r3Rb1k/8/p2p1q1p/3n1bN1/Pn5Q/6RP/1p3PPK/1B6 w - - 0 1
[ Nf7+ ]
Kasparov, Part VII. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Kasparov vs Maximiliano Tejero, Cordoba simul, 1992
3rr1k1/4nppp/pq6/1p4Bn/2pPP1b1/P1P3NP/2B3P1/R1Q2R1K w - - 0 1
[ Nxh5 w/Bxe7 & Qg5 ]
b)
White Mates in 6. Kasparov vs Matthias Wahls, Baden-Baden, 1992
5rk1/pQ4pp/3N1p2/8/8/8/4q1PP/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Qd5+ ]
c)
Black to move and win. Jorge Rubinetti vs Kasparov, Buenos Aires, 1992
8/5p1k/4b1p1/6p1/4B3/P1r3P1/1p3P1P/1R4K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bd5 ]
d)
Black to move and win. Viswanathan Anand vs Kasparov, Paris, 1992
r5k1/1p3pbp/pqn2n2/5R2/P7/2N1R3/1PP2QPP/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng4 if Re8+ Rxe8 Qxb6 Bd4+ ]
e)
Kasparov vs Oxford United Football, 1993
r2r2k1/1ppbqp2/1pnp1np1/4pPB1/1PB1P3/P1PP1N1P/8/R1Q1K1R1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf6 w/Rxg6+ ]
'60 Minutes' Interview, Part II
Kasparov, Part VIII. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Kasparov vs Sick Children's Trust, 1993
2br1r1k/p5p1/1p1qp3/5p2/3b4/1B2B3/PP3PPP/2RQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd4 w/Qh5+ & Rxc8 ]
b)
Black to move and win. Nigel Short vs Kasparov, London, 1993
3r4/p1b3k1/bp5p/2p1n1p1/P1P1Pp2/6Pq/1PQN1P1P/2BRN1K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd2 if Bxd2 Bxc4 ]
c)
Black to move and win. Valentin Arbakov vs Kasparov, Paris, 1994
r6r/3Rqpk1/6p1/pQ2p2n/Pp2P2p/1N2bP2/1P2N1PP/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ Nxg3 hxg3 h3 Qe6 ]
d)
Black to move and win. Veselin Topalov vs Kasparov, Amsterdam, 1995
3q1rk1/4bppp/b7/3rp1P1/ppn2P1P/3R3B/PPP1NB2/1K1QR3 b - - 0 1
[ ...Na3+ bxa3 Bxd3 cxd3 Rxd3 ]
e)
Kasparov vs Pau Xavier Guerrero, Madrid, 1997
3k3r/pRb5/4ppr1/1Q1p2p1/1B1P1qP1/P4P1P/6K1/7R w - - 0 1
[ Rxc7 if Kxc7 Ba5+ mates ]
Kasparov, Part IX. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 5. Kasparov vs Graham Lee, Oakham, 1997
1qrr1nk1/5p1p/1p5Q/pP1bpPP1/4N3/4B3/3R3P/5BK1 w - - 0 1
[ Nf6+ Kh8 Nh5 ]
b)
Black to move and win. Tal Shaked vs Kasparov, Tilburg, 1997
3rr1k1/pb2ppb1/1p4p1/q1pP2Bp/2n1PQ1P/2P2P2/P3N1P1/1BR1K2R b K - 0 1
[ ...Be5 ]
c)
White Mates in 6. Kasparov vs P Munch, Colmar, 1998
r3q3/p1Q1bk2/2p2pp1/4P3/8/4B3/PPP3P1/2KR1B2 w - - 0 1
[ Bc4+ Kg7 exf6+ Kxf6 Qf4+ ]
d)
Kasparov vs Jean Netzer, Colmar, 1998
kb1r3r/pp3p2/3q1n2/1B5p/Q5p1/4B1P1/P4P1P/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rc6 if Qe5 Ra6 ]
e)
Kasparov vs JL Winkelmuller, Colmar, 1998
r1r3k1/2q1npbp/b1p1pBp1/p1NpP1N1/3P2P1/8/PP1Q1P1P/R1R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxg7 if Kxg7 Nxe6+ ]
Kasparov, Part X. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black Mates in 2. Veselin Topalov vs Kasparov, Sofia, 1998
8/p4pk1/6p1/3R4/3nqN1P/2Q3P1/5P2/3r1BK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf1+ ]
b)
Black to move and win. Ilia Smirin vs Kasparov, Tel Aviv (Simul), 1998
6k1/4rp2/Q5p1/3P1pP1/1p3P2/nPpNq2P/P7/K2R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd4 Rc1 Re3 if Ne5 c2# ]
c)
Kasparov vs Ismael Kharmadi, Besancon, 1999
r3k2r/ppp1b2p/4Qp2/3Pn3/5q2/P1N5/BP4PP/1K5R w - - 0 1
[ d6 if cxd6 Nd5 ]
d)
Kasparov vs Malina Nicoara, Besancon, 1999
2r5/p4k1p/1pn1Rp1B/2p4n/P1N5/2Pr4/1P3PP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd6 ]
e)
Kasparov vs Vladimir Kramnik, Frankfurt, 1999
4kr2/2qr1p2/p3p1p1/3b3p/5Q1P/1P3P2/1KP1N1P1/3RR3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxd5 if exd5 Nd4+ Kd8 Ne6+ or if Qxf4 Nxf4 ]
Kasparov, Part XI. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Kasparov vs Maria Joao Caeiro, Lisbon, 1999
r2qrbk1/ppp2pp1/2n4p/3np3/4N3/1BPP1Q1P/PP3PP1/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxd5 ]
b)
Kasparov vs Sara Ferreira, Lisbon, 1999
2rk3r/p1nb1ppp/1p2p3/2n3P1/8/2N1BB2/PPPR1P1P/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Bxc5 if bxc5 Rhd1 ]
c)
Kasparov vs Bruno Martins, Lisbon, 1999
rn2qrk1/pp1b2pp/1n2p3/2p1P1B1/4N3/3B4/PP3PPP/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nd6 ]
d)
Kasparov vs Luis Quintino, Lisbon, 1999
r5rk/pp1b1q1p/2p1pP1Q/7p/4B3/6R1/PPP2PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rg7 ]
e)
White Mates in 5. Kasparov vs Jamie Hillman, Internet, 2000
3r2k1/4Rb1p/p1q2p2/5Qp1/2pB3N/Pr5P/5PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7 ]
Kasparov, Part XII. White to move and win except where noted.
a) White Mates in 3. Kasparov vs Alexander Karman, Internet, 2000
r3rk2/5pn1/pb1nq1pR/1p2p1P1/2p1P3/2P2QN1/PPBB1P2/2K4R w - - 0 1
b)
Kasparov vs Raphael Kruse, Internet, 2000
2k1r1r1/ppq2pp1/2pb1n1p/3n1P2/3P4/P2B1Q1P/1PPB2R1/2KN1R2 w - - 0 1
[ c4 ]
c)
Kasparov vs Jacob Salzberg, Internet, 2000
2r3k1/pp3p2/5bp1/2pN1pq1/2P1r3/1P2P1P1/P2Q1PK1/3R3R w - - 0 1
[ f4 ]
d)
Kasparov vs Evgeny Bareev, Cannes, 2001
5k1r/1p6/2b1pNpp/2q1P2N/5P1Q/pPp5/Pn4PK/4R3 w - - 0 1
[ Nd7+ if Bxd7 Qf6+ mates ]
e)
Black Mates in 4. Vladimir Kramnik vs Kasparov, Moscow, 2001
8/5p1k/4r1p1/2PP1p2/1Q6/1p3bbP/1B2pqP1/R5RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Bxg2+ Rxd2 Qf1+ ]
Kasparov, Part XIII. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Kasparov vs Viktor Korchnoi, Zurich, 2001
1rr5/pp3kp1/1n2p1Np/nB1pP1p1/3P4/1PP4R/P4PP1/R3K3 w - - 0 1
[ Rf3+ if Kxg6 Bd3+ mates ]
b)
Kasparov vs Nigel Short, Zurich, 2001
3brnk1/r6p/1p2pPnQ/pqpp2NN/3P3P/2P3P1/1P3PK1/R3R3 w - - 0 1
[ f7+ Rxf7 Nxf7 Bf6 (if Kxf7 Qg7#) Nd6 ]
c)
Black to move and win. Elisabeth Paehtz vs Kasparov, Munich, 2002
5k2/1b4p1/p3p1nN/1p2P3/3P4/q3R2Q/6PP/2r1R2K b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxe1+ ]
d)
Black to move and win. Zurab Azmaiparashvili vs Kasparov, Crete, 2003
1r4k1/6pp/p1pbp1p1/Q2p4/N2P4/P2KP1P1/1P1B1rqP/2R4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Bc7 if Qxc7 Rxd2+ Kc3 Rdxb2 or if Qc3 Qe4# ]
e)
Kasparov vs Marco Paulo Carneiro, Sao Paulo, 2004
3qkb1r/rB1n1ppp/4p3/8/5B2/5Q1P/PPP3P1/2KR3R w - - 0 1
[ Rxd7 ]
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