Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Vladimir Kramnik.
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)
Kramnik vs Igor Saric, Leningrad, 1991
[ Qxf6+ w/Rxe6+ ]
b)
Kramnik vs Peter Toth, Rio de Janeiro, 1991
r2q2k1/pp3pp1/n3bn1p/2p1N3/1PB5/P1B1P3/2Q2P1P/4K1R1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe6 if fxe6 Rxg7+ mates ]
c)
Kramnik vs Mikhail Ulibin, Chalkidiki, 1992
2r1kn1R/2p2rB1/1p1p2R1/1PnB1p2/2P2P2/4PK2/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf8 if Rxf8 Rxf8+ Kxf8 Rg8+ ]
d)
Kramnik vs Rainer Knaak, Dortmund, 1992
[ Ne2 ]
e)
Kramnik vs Ognjen Cvitan, Munich, 1994
[ Nxa5 Qxa5 Nd5 Qd8 Bb6 ]
Kramnik Puzzles, Part II. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Leonid Yudasin vs Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee, 1994
r5k1/ppQ2p1p/6p1/1N1Prn2/P4q2/2P1R3/1P3PPP/6RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxe3 if fxe3 Ng3+ mates ]
b)
John Nunn vs Kramnik, Monte Carlo (blindfold), 1995
2r2rk1/p1q2pp1/2b1p2p/1p2b3/6nP/2NR1P2/PPPB2P1/2KRQB2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Bg3 Qe2 Nf2 ]
c)
White Mates in 5. Kramnik vs Jaan Ehlvest, Riga, 1995
[ Qa8+ Rc8 Rxd7+ Kxd7 Qd5+ Kc7 Re7+ Kb6 Qb7# ]
d)
Veselin Topalov vs Kramnik, Belgrade, 1995
[ ...Bc3+ Qxc3 a5+ ]
e)
Boris Gelfand vs Kramnik, Berlin, 1996
1r4k1/p5pp/4q3/2Q2pP1/3N4/Prn1P3/1P1B1P1P/KR6 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb2 if Rxb2 Qa2+ ]
Kramnik Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Kramnik vs Loek Van Wely, Tilburg, 1997
2r2bk1/p1nR1rpp/1p2p3/4P3/1P3BB1/P5P1/7P/2R4K w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7 Kxf7 Rc6 ]
b)
Black to move and win. Jan Timman vs Kramnik, Dortmund, 1999
5r1k/6b1/2bqpnnp/Qpp3p1/4P3/1NP3P1/1P2BN1P/2B2RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ra8 if Rd1 Qb8 ]
c)
Kramnik vs "Deep Junior 6", Dortmund, 2000
2b2q1k/r6p/2n1pbB1/p2p1PN1/2pPP2Q/2P5/P2B4/2K4R w - - 0 1
[ Qxh7+ Rxh7 Rxh7+ Kg8 Bf7+ ]
d)
Black to move and win. Garry Kasparov vs Kramnik, Internet, 2001
4r1k1/5p2/5np1/1pRp1b1q/1P6/4PPQ1/6BP/2B4K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne4 if fxe4 Qd1+ mates ]
e)
Black to move and win. Vladimir Akopian vs Kramnik, Moscow, 2002
r5k1/bp3pp1/p1n1p2p/Pr6/4NP2/R4NP1/RP2P1KP/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Nb4 ]
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