Viswanathan

Anand: 61 critical
positions from his
games
Bill Harvey

wtharvey.com
10,000 chess puzzles

8/10/2015

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
the pamphlet. The color of the disk on the diagram,
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1) Ahmed Hamed vs
Viswanathan Anand
Salonika, 1984

4) Viswanathan Anand
vs Kiril Ninov
Baguio City, 1987

2) Javier Gil Capape vs

Viswanathan Anand
Gausdal, 1986

5) Viswanathan Anand
vs Praveen Thipsay
Coimbatoire, 1987

White Mates in 5.
3) Plinio Pazos Gambarrotti
vs Viswanathan Anand
Dubai, 1986

Black mates in 4.

6) Viswanathan Anand
vs Sankar Ganesan
India, 1988

7) Viswanathan Anand
vs Lawrence Cooper
Blackpool, 1988

10) Viswanathan Anand

vs Fernie Donguines
Asia, 1989

White mates in 4.
8) Viswanathan Anand
vs Richard Gerber
Biel, 1988

11) Vassily Ivanchuk vs

Viswanathan Anand
Reggio Emilia, 1989

9) Viswanathan Anand
vs Suhakar Babu
India, 1988

12) Viswanathan Anand

vs Boris Spassky
Cannes, 1989

White mates in 5.

13) Viswanathan Anand

vs Ye Jiang Chuan
Kuala Lumpur, 1989

16) Viswanathan Anand

vs Gary Quillan
Prestwich, 1990

White mates in 2.
14) Giovanni Micalizzi vs
Viswanathan Anand
Rome, 1990

17) Viswanathan Anand

vs Valery Salov
Paris, 1991

15) Viswanathan Anand vs

Ivan Morovic Fernandez
Novi Sad, 1990

18) Viswanathan Anand

vs Alexei Dreev
Madras, 1991

White mates in 5.

19) Alexander Beliavsky

vs Viswanathan Anand
Munich, 1991

22) Viswanathan Anand

vs Evgeny Bareev
Linares, 1993

Black mates in 5.

White Mates in 6.

20) Viswanathan Anand

vs Illescas
Linares, 1992

23) Viswanathan Anand

vs Gundela Heinatz
Bad Mergentheim, 1993

21) Viswanathan Anand

vs Lev Polugaevsky
Monaco, 1992

24) Viswanathan Anand

vs Zsuzsa Polgar
Monaco, 1993

White mates in 3.

25) Viswanathan Anand

vs Sandra Ulms
Bad Morgentheim, 1993

28) Viswanathan Anand

vs R Meschkat
Frankfurt, 1994

White mates in 3.
26) Viswanathan Anand
vs Sonja Noll
Bad Mergentheim, 1993

29) Viswanathan Anand

vs Tor Arne Paulsen
Frankfurt, 1994

White mates in 2.

White mates in 3.

27) Viswanathan Anand

vs Andreas Bilawer
Frankfurt, 1994

30) Alexander Morozevich

vs Viswanathan Anand
Moscow, 1995

White mates in 4.

31) Viswanathan Anand

vs Gata Kamsky
Monaco, 1995

34) Viswanathan Anand

vs Vasily Ivanchuk
Dos Hermanas, 1996

White Mates in 6.
32) Viswanathan Anand
vs Gata Kamsky
Las Palmas, 1995

35) Viswanathan Anand

vs Peter Leko
Dortmund, 1996

White Mates in 7.

White Mates in 5.

33) Viswanathan Anand

vs Predrag Nikolic
Paris, 1995

36) Viswanathan Anand

vs Alexander Chernin
Eupen, 1999

White mates in 3.

White Mates in 4.

37) Stefan Djuric vs

Viswanathan Anand
Bastia, 2000

40) Sinisa Drazic vs

Viswanathan Anand
Bastia, 2000

Black mates in 4.
38) Viswanathan Anand
vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Monaco, 2000

41) Etienne Bacrot vs

Viswanathan Anand
Bastia, 2001

White mates in 4.

Black Mates in 6.

39) Viswanathan Anand

vs Alexei Shirov
Frankfurt, 2000

42) Viswanathan Anand

vs Elizbar Ubilava
Villarrobledo, 2001

43) Viswanathan Anand

vs Alexander Khalifman
Prague, 2002

46) Giovanni Vescovi vs

Viswanathan Anand
Sao Paulo, 8/23/2004

Black mates in 5.
44) Viswanathan Anand
vs Francisco Vallejo Pons
Monaco, 3/22/2004

47) Viswanathan Anand

vs Jan Timman
Wijk aan Zee, 2004

White mates in 3.
45) Viswanathan Anand
vs Peter Leko
Dortmund, 2004

48) Viswanathan Anand

vs Eckhard Schmittdiel
Germany, 2004

49) Viswanathan Anand

vs Vassily Ivanchuk
Monte Carlo, 2004

52) Viswanathan Anand

vs Arkadij Naiditsch
Dortmund, 2007

50) Viswanathan Anand

vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Leon, 2005

53) Viswanathan Anand

vs David Pardo Simon
Benidorm, 2007

White mates in 5.
51) Rustam Kasimdzhanov
vs Viswanathan Anand
Moscow, 11/22/2007

54) Viswanathan Anand

vs Vladislav Tkachiev
Moscow, 11/16/2009

Black mates in 3.

White mates in 3.

55) Nigel Short vs

Viswanathan Anand
London, 12/11/2010

58) Peter Svidler vs

Viswanathan Anand
Stavanger, 5/7/2013

Black mates in 4.

Black mates in 3.

56) Viswanathan Anand

vs Alexei Shirov
Wijk aan Zee, 1/26/2011

59) Andrei Istratescu vs

Viswanathan Anand
London, 12/12/2013

57) Viswanathan Anand

vs Alexander Grischuk
Monaco, 3/15/2011

60) Viswanathan Anand

vs Levon Aronian
Khanty Mansyisk, 3/13/2014

61) Daniel Prill vs

Viswanathan Anand
London, 12/6/2014

Solutions
1) 1...Ra1 if 2.Rxa1 Nf2+
2) 1...Nf3+
3) 1...Qh2+ if 2.Kg5 Qg3+ or if 2.Kg4 Rg2#

Black mates in 2.

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
43) 1.Nxf6+ gxf6 2.Bh6
22) 1.Rf6 if 1...Be2 2.e6
44) 1.Qxh7+
23) 1.Bg5 w/2.Ng3
45) 1.Nxe7 Qxe7 2.Bd5
24) 1.Rh3 w/2.Nh2
25) 1.Na4 if 1...Qa3 2.Nb4 w/3.Bd2

46) 1...Qd7+ 2.Kg6 Qe6+ 3.Qf6+ Qxf6+ 4.Kh5

Qf7+

26) 1.Rg7+

47) 1.Nxg6 Rxe3 2.Ne7+

27) 1.Rc7+ Kb8 2.Rc8+ Ka7 3.R1c7+ Kb6 4.Rb7#

48) 1.Ne4 if 1...Nf7 2.Nxd6 w/3.Nc7

or if 1...Bb8 2.Ng3

28) 1.Ra3+ Na5 2.Rxa5+ bxa5 3.b5#

49) 1.Rxh5+
29) 1.Qh7+ Kf8 2.Rf1+
50) 1.Rd7+ Nxd7 2.Qxg7
30) 1...Rxb3 if 2.cxb3 Nxe4
51) 1...Qg5+ 2.Kh1 Qg1+
31) 1.Bf4
52) 1.Ng5+ Kg8 2.Rg6+ Kf8 3.Nh7
32) 1.f7+ Kg7 2.f8/Q+ w/3.Ne6+
53) 1.Rxh7 if 1...Nf4 2.Qh4 Nh5 3.Rxh5
33) 1.Be5+ Kg8 2.Rg7+
54) 1.Rh7+ if 1...Kg8 2.Rxh8+
34) 1.Qg7+ Kg5 2.h4+ Kxh4 3.Qe5 Rf8 4.Qxe4+
55) 1...Rc1+ 2.Kh2 Qd6+
35) 1.Qg5+ Ke5 2.Qg7+ f6 3.Qh6
36) 1.g6

56) 1.Bh5 if 1...Rxd6 2.Bxf7+ Kf8 3.Bxe8 Kxe8

4.Qg6+

37) 1...Rb4

57) 1.Ng5

38) 1.Qh7+ Kf8 2.Bc5+

58) 1...Kg7 if 2.Bxd5 e5

39) 1.Rxg6+ hxg6 2.Qxg6+ Kh8 3.Qxf7 Rg8 4.Bf8

mates

59) 1...Rxg4+ if 2.Kf2 Bh4+

60) 1.Ke3 Re8+ 2.Kd2 Rd8 3.Kc3

40) 1...Qh2+ 2.Kf1 Nxe3+ 3.fxe3 Qxg2+

61) 1...Kd6
41) 1...Qe2
42) 1.Rxf6 if 1...Rxf6 2.Qe7+