w t h a r v e y . c o m1 0 , 0 0 0 c h e s s p u z z l e s 8 / 1 0 / 2 0 1 5Bill Harvey 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, indicates whose move it is.Bill Harvey is the webmaster of wtharvey.com where you will find 10,000 chess puzzles from historic and modern games.Away from the board, he catalogs music at a major US library Viswanathan Anand: 61 critical positions from his games 1) Ahmed Hamed vs Viswanathan Anand Salonika, 1984 2) Javier Gil Capape vs Viswanathan Anand Gausdal, 1986 3) Plinio Pazos Gambarrotti vs Viswanathan Anand Dubai, 1986 Black mates in 4. 4) Viswanathan Anand vs Kiril Ninov Baguio City, 1987 5) Viswanathan Anand vs Praveen Thipsay Coimbatoire, 1987 White Mates in 5. 6) Viswanathan Anand vs Sankar Ganesan India, 1988 7) Viswanathan Anand vs Lawrence Cooper Blackpool, 1988 8) Viswanathan Anand vs Richard Gerber Biel, 1988 9) Viswanathan Anand vs Suhakar Babu India, 1988 White mates in 5. 10) Viswanathan Anand vs Fernie Donguines Asia, 1989 White mates in 4. 11) Vassily Ivanchuk vs Viswanathan Anand Reggio Emilia, 1989 12) Viswanathan Anand vs Boris Spassky Cannes, 1989 13) Viswanathan Anand vs Ye Jiang Chuan Kuala Lumpur, 1989 14) Giovanni Micalizzi vs Viswanathan Anand Rome, 1990 15) Viswanathan Anand vs Ivan Morovic Fernandez Novi Sad, 1990 White mates in 5. 16) Viswanathan Anand vs Gary Quillan Prestwich, 1990 White mates in 2. 17) Viswanathan Anand vs Valery Salov Paris, 1991 18) Viswanathan Anand vs Alexei Dreev Madras, 1991 19) Alexander Beliavsky vs Viswanathan Anand Munich, 1991 Black mates in 5. 20) Viswanathan Anand vs Illescas Linares, 1992 21) Viswanathan Anand vs Lev Polugaevsky Monaco, 1992 White mates in 3. 22) Viswanathan Anand vs Evgeny Bareev Linares, 1993 White Mates in 6. 23) Viswanathan Anand vs Gundela Heinatz Bad Mergentheim, 1993 24) Viswanathan Anand vs Zsuzsa Polgar Monaco, 1993 25) Viswanathan Anand vs Sandra Ulms Bad Morgentheim, 1993 26) Viswanathan Anand vs Sonja Noll Bad Mergentheim, 1993 White mates in 2. 27) Viswanathan Anandvs Andreas Bilawer Frankfurt, 1994 White mates in 4. 28) Viswanathan Anand vs R Meschkat Frankfurt, 1994 White mates in 3. 29) Viswanathan Anand vs Tor Arne Paulsen Frankfurt, 1994 White mates in 3. 30) Alexander Morozevich vs Viswanathan Anand Moscow, 1995 31) Viswanathan Anand vs Gata Kamsky Monaco, 1995 32) Viswanathan Anand vs Gata Kamsky Las Palmas, 1995 White Mates in 7. 33) Viswanathan Anand vs Predrag Nikolic Paris, 1995 White mates in 3. 34) Viswanathan Anand vs Vasily Ivanchuk Dos Hermanas, 1996 White Mates in 6. 35) Viswanathan Anand vs Peter Leko Dortmund, 1996 White Mates in 5. 36) Viswanathan Anand vs Alexander Chernin Eupen, 1999 White Mates in 4. 37) Stefan Djuric vs Viswanathan Anand Bastia, 2000 38) Viswanathan Anand vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Monaco, 2000 White mates in 4. 39) Viswanathan Anand vs Alexei Shirov Frankfurt, 2000 40) Sinisa Drazic vs Viswanathan Anand Bastia, 2000 Black mates in 4. 41) Etienne Bacrot vs Viswanathan Anand Bastia, 2001 Black Mates in 6. 42) Viswanathan Anand vs Elizbar Ubilava Villarrobledo, 2001 43) Viswanathan Anand vs Alexander Khalifman Prague, 2002 44) Viswanathan Anand vs Francisco Vallejo Pons Monaco, 3/22/2004 White mates in 3. 45) Viswanathan Anand vs Peter Leko Dortmund, 2004 46) Giovanni Vescovi vs Viswanathan Anand Sao Paulo, 8/23/2004 Black mates in 5. 47) Viswanathan Anand vs Jan Timman Wijk aan Zee, 2004 48) Viswanathan Anand vs Eckhard Schmittdiel Germany, 2004 49) Viswanathan Anand vs Vassily Ivanchuk Monte Carlo, 2004 50) Viswanathan Anand vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov Leon, 2005 51) Rustam Kasimdzhanov vs Viswanathan Anand Moscow, 11/22/2007 Black mates in 3. 52) Viswanathan Anand vs Arkadij Naiditsch Dortmund, 2007 53) Viswanathan Anand vs David Pardo Simon Benidorm, 2007 White mates in 5. 54) Viswanathan Anand vs Vladislav Tkachiev Moscow, 11/16/2009 White mates in 3. 55) Nigel Short vs Viswanathan Anand London, 12/11/2010 Black mates in 4. 56) Viswanathan Anand vs Alexei Shirov Wijk aan Zee, 1/26/2011 57) Viswanathan Anand vs Alexander Grischuk Monaco, 3/15/2011 58) Peter Svidler vs Viswanathan Anand Stavanger, 5/7/2013 Black mates in 3. 59) Andrei Istratescu vs Viswanathan Anand London, 12/12/2013 60) Viswanathan Anand vs Levon Aronian Khanty Mansyisk, 3/13/2014 61) Daniel Prill vs Viswanathan Anand London, 12/6/2014 Black mates in 2. Solutions 1) 1...Ra1 if 2.Rxa1 Nf2+ 2) 1...Nf3+ 3) 1...Qh2+ if 2.Kg5 Qg3+ or if 2.Kg4 Rg2# 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+ matesor if 1...Kd8 2.Rd7+ 19) 1...Rb3+ 2.axb3 Qc2+ 3.Ka1 Qc3+ 20) 1.c5 21) 1.R1g6 22) 1.Rf6 if 1...Be2 2.e6 23) 1.Bg5 w/2.Ng3 24) 1.Rh3 w/2.Nh2 25) 1.Na4 if 1...Qa3 2.Nb4 w/3.Bd2 26) 1.Rg7+ 27) 1.Rc7+ Kb8 2.Rc8+ Ka7 3.R1c7+ Kb6 4.Rb7# 28) 1.Ra3+ Na5 2.Rxa5+ bxa5 3.b5# 29) 1.Qh7+ Kf8 2.Rf1+ 30) 1...Rxb3 if 2.cxb3 Nxe4 31) 1.Bf4 32) 1.f7+ Kg7 2.f8/Q+ w/3.Ne6+ 33) 1.Be5+ Kg8 2.Rg7+ 34) 1.Qg7+ Kg5 2.h4+ Kxh4 3.Qe5 Rf8 4.Qxe4+ 35) 1.Qg5+ Ke5 2.Qg7+ f6 3.Qh6 36) 1.g6 37) 1...Rb4 38) 1.Qh7+ Kf8 2.Bc5+ 39) 1.Rxg6+ hxg6 2.Qxg6+ Kh8 3.Qxf7 Rg8 4.Bf8 mates 40) 1...Qh2+ 2.Kf1 Nxe3+ 3.fxe3 Qxg2+ 41) 1...Qe2 42) 1.Rxf6 if 1...Rxf6 2.Qe7+ 43) 1.Nxf6+ gxf6 2.Bh6 44) 1.Qxh7+ 45) 1.Nxe7 Qxe7 2.Bd5 46) 1...Qd7+ 2.Kg6 Qe6+ 3.Qf6+ Qxf6+ 4.Kh5 Qf7+ 47) 1.Nxg6 Rxe3 2.Ne7+ 48) 1.Ne4 if 1...Nf7 2.Nxd6 w/3.Nc7or if 1...Bb8 2.Ng3 49) 1.Rxh5+ 50) 1.Rd7+ Nxd7 2.Qxg7 51) 1...Qg5+ 2.Kh1 Qg1+ 52) 1.Ng5+ Kg8 2.Rg6+ Kf8 3.Nh7 53) 1.Rxh7 if 1...Nf4 2.Qh4 Nh5 3.Rxh5 54) 1.Rh7+ if 1...Kg8 2.Rxh8+ 55) 1...Rc1+ 2.Kh2 Qd6+ 56) 1.Bh5 if 1...Rxd6 2.Bxf7+ Kf8 3.Bxe8 Kxe8 4.Qg6+ 57) 1.Ng5 58) 1...Kg7 if 2.Bxd5 e5 59) 1...Rxg4+ if 2.Kf2 Bh4+ 60) 1.Ke3 Re8+ 2.Kd2 Rd8 3.Kc3 61) 1...Kd6