![]() cxb2+ 2 Bxb2 Rc1+! and Carlsen resigned because he loses his queen.ħ.d3 8 Ng5! with a triple attack on f7 is decisive. Rc1+! 4 Kxc1 Ra1 deliver checkmate.ġ. . . ![]() Qxb4! 2 cxb4 Nd2+! 3 Rxd2 and now both 3. ![]() If 2 Nxe1 Qxf2 mate or 2 Kxe1 Bxf2+! 3 Kxf2 Qxc4 wins the queen.ġ.Ne3+! 2 fxe3 Rc2+ 3 Kh3 Qf1+ 4 Kh4 Rxh2+ 5 Kg5 h6+ 6 Kg6 Qf7 mate.īlack won in style by 1. 3 Bg6 mate is a winning threat.ġ Nxg5+ Kh6 2 Nf7+! Kh7 (if Kg6/h5 3 Ne5+ and 4 Nxd3) 3 Qh8+! Kg6 4 Ne5+ and 5 Nxd3 wins.ġ d4 2 d5 3 d6 4 dxc7 5 dxb8=R! 6 Rxb7 7 Rxd7 8 Rxd8 mate.ġ h4! Bc1 (other bishop moves are no better) 2 Qxg6! fxg6 3 Nf6++ and 4 Nxe8 gains at least rook for knight with an easily won ending.ġ. 1 Qxa7+! Kxa7 2 Ra3 mate.ġ Bb3! Rgd8 (if c2 2 a7 Rbd8 3 Bxg8 Rxg8 4 Rc8 wins) 2 Rd6+! Kxe4 3 Bc2 mate.ġ Rxb7! Rxb7 2 e7! wins after Rxe7 3 Bxd5+ Kh8 4 Rf8 mate.ġ Rxd4! Rxd4 2 Rxd4 Rxd4 3 Nd5! cxd5 4 h7 and White’s pawn queens.ġ Qd8+ Kh7 2 Be8! Resigns. Instead 1 Kf2? d2! wins for Black.ġ Bh6! with the double threat 2 Bxe6+ winning the queen and 2 Rxg7+ winning the bishop. 1.Kxf8 2 Qxg6 d2 3 Qc2 Bh6 4 Kf2! (to stop Be3) followed by g3 and f4 after which the d2 pawn falls and the win is simple. The longest Black can hold out is by 1.Re5, when it is mate in nine from the diagram.ġ . . . h5+! 2 Kxh5 Qe5+ 3 Kg4 f5+ 4 Kh5 f4+ 5 Kg4 Qf5 mate.ġ c8=N+! Rxc8 2 bxc8=N+! followed by 3 Rxg1 and White wins with his extra rook.ġ Nh5+! gxh5 (if Kh8 2 Qxf8+! mates or Kg8 2 Nf6+ and 3 Nxe8 wins) 2 Bh6+! and if Kxh6 3 Qf6 mate or Kg8 3 Qxf8+! mates.ġ Re1! Rxe1 2 Bxe1 Bc8 3 a6! Bd7 (if Bxa6 4 d7) 4 a7 Bc6 5 d7! and a white pawn queens.ġ Bf8! is the only way. If Qe8 2 Qxf8+! Qxf8 3 fxg7+ Qxg7 4 Rxd8+ Be8 5 Rxe8 mate. The trap is 1.Qf3? 2 Nxf3 Rxd1+ 3 Ne1! and White wins. White captures Kxh5, then advances his g and h pawns.ġ.c5! 2 Rxc5 Rxc5 3 Qxc5 Qf3! 4 Nxf3 Rxd1+ 5 Ne1 Rxe1 mate. ![]() Black’s bishop check forced White to block the d1-d8 file, eliminating the defence Qd5-d1.ġ Nd7+! and Timman resigned in view of the forced sequence 1.Rxd7 2 Rc8+ Rd8 3 Rxd8+ Qxd8 4 Nxe6+ winning the queen.ġ f4! exf3 en passant 2 Bf2! wins. If 1.Ka6 2 Nf3! and 3 Ra7 mate.ġ.Bd4+! and if 2 cxd4 Qb1+ 3 Ne1 Rxe1+ 4 Bxe1 Qxe1 mate. If Bxb5 2 Qxd8 mate, or Qxb5 2 Nd6+ wins the queen, or 0-0 2 Bxd7 with a rook up. If 5.hxg6 6 h6! and White’s h pawn queens.Ģ457 1 Bb5! Resigns. The game ended 1.f5 2 exf5 gxf5 3 h5 Kxd5 4 g6! e4+ 5 Ke2 and Black resigned. The bishop sacrifice diverted the b8 rook from guarding the back rank.ġ Rd6! with the decisive threats of 2 Rxd8 or of 2 Qxf8+! Qxf8 3 Ng6 mate.ġ.Rh5+! 2 Kxh5 Ng7+ 3 Kh4 (if 3 Kh6 Rh8 mate) Nf5+ 4 Kh5 Rh8+ 5 Kg4 Rh4 mate.ġ e3! d6 2 Qh5 Bg4 3 e4! Bd1! 4 Qxd1 and we have the diagram.ġ.Qh1+ 2 Kf2 g3+! 3 Ke1 (if 3 Kxg3 Qh4 mate) Qxf1+! 4 Kxf1 Rh1 mate.ġ Rxf6! gxf6 2 Kb2 Rxa4 3 Nc5+ and 4 Nxa4 wins.ġ Qd4! b6 2 Ra3 Qb4 3 c3 traps the queen.ġ g5! If now 1.fxg5 2 hxg5 and White, effectively a pawn up, will soon invade the black defences via the queen’s flank. If then 2 Qxg6!? then not 2.hxg6? 3 Nxg6 mate but 2.Qf1+! and mates.ġ Bb2! Rxb2 2 Rxf6+! Qxf6 3 Qd7+ Kf8 4 Re8 mate. If 3.Kd6 (or 3.Kd4 4 Nf3+ and 5 Nxe1 wins the queen) 4 Qd7+! and if 4.Kxe5 5 Qe7+ and 6 Qxe1 or 4.Kc5 5 Nd3+ and 6 Nxe1 both win the queen.ġ Qc6+ Kb8 (if Ka7? 2 Nb5+ wins) 2 Kc2!! Black is in zugzwang (compulsion to make a losing move) as his queen has no safe squares available to retain the guard against Qb7 mate.ġ.Qf2! wins on material for Black. An elegant double bishop mate.ġ Qxa3+ Ra4 2 Qxa4+! bxa4 3 Rd5+ Kb4 (giving up the queen by Qc5 only delays mate) 4 Re4+ Ka3 5 Rxa4 mate.Īnand resigned (see main text) because after playing 1 Qb5? he noticed 1.Qxf3+! when 2 Kxf3 Nh4 is mate while 2 Kg1 Qxh3 is hopeless.ġ Ba6! e5 2 Re2! e4 3 Kb5! Kd3 4 Kb4 mate.ġ Rxc6+! Kxc6 2 Ne5+ Kd5 (if 2.Kc5? 3 Nd3+ forks king and queen) 3 Qb7+! and Black resigned. It’s mate in six at most by 1.Qxf1+! 2 Kxf1 d2+ 3 Kg2 Bc6+ 4 Qd5 Bxd5+ 5 e4 Bxe4+ 6 Kg1 d1=Q mate.ġ.Nxc3? 2 Qxe6+! fxe6 3 Bg6 mate. ![]()
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