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Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Vladimir Kramnik. The color dot on the right side of the diagram indicates whose move it is. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) White Mates in 6. 6) 7) 8) Black Mates in 6. 9)

21 Chess Puzzles by Vladimir Kramnik

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Here are some chess puzzles from the games

of Vladimir Kramnik. The color dot on the right side of the diagram indicates whose move it is.

1)

2)

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5)

White Mates in 6.

6)

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8)

Black Mates in 6.

9)

10)

White Mates in 5.

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White Mates in 4.

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1) Kramnik vs Igor Saric, Leningrad, 1991

[ Qxf6+ w/Rxe6+ ]

2) Black Mates in 4.

Michail Brodsky vs Kramnik, Kherson, 1991

[ ...Qa4+ Kb1 Ba2+ ]

3) Zurab Sturua vs Kramnik, Moscow, 1992

[ ...Bc4 bxc4 bxc4 Qe2 c3 Bxc3 dxc3 Nf3 Bxc1 ]

4) Kramnik vs Felix Levin, Dortmund, 1992

[ Nxc6 w/Nxa7 ]

5) White Mates in 6.

Kramnik vs Robert Huebner, Biel, 1993

[ R2d7 Rg7 Qe8 ]

6) Kramnik vs Ognjen Cvitan, Munich, 1994

[ Nxa5 Qxa5 Nd5 Qd8 Bb6 ]

7) Kramnik vs Judit Polgar, New York, 1994

[ Ra7 ]

8) Black Mates in 6.

Leonid Yudasin vs Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee, 1994

[ ...Rd1+ Kxd1 Qd3+ ]

9) Leonid Yudasin vs Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee, 1994

[ ...Qxe3 if fxe3 Ng3+ mates ]

10) White Mates in 5.

Kramnik vs Jaan Ehlvest, Riga, 1995

[ Qa8+ Rc8 Rxd7+ Kxd7 Qd5+ ]

11) Veselin Topalov vs Kramnik, Belgrade, 1995

[ ...Bc3+ Qxc3 a5+ ]

12) Kramnik vs Nigel Short, Horgen, 1995

[ Rc8+ w/Re8+ Re6+ & Re7+ ]

13) Boris Gelfand vs Kramnik, Berlin, 1996

[ ...Rxb2 if Rxb2 Qa2+ ]

14) Kramnik vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Melody Amber (blindfold), 1997

[ Rxa3 Rxa3 d8/Q ]

15) Alexander Beliavsky vs Kramnik, Belgrade, 1997

[ ...Rxc3 if bxc3 Bb5+ ]

16) Kramnik vs Loek Van Wely, Wijk aan Zee, 1998

[ Bxg7 if Kxg7 or Qxg7 Nc7 ]

17) Jan Timman vs Kramnik, Dortmund, 1999

[ ...Ra8 if Rd1 Qb8 ]

18) White Mates in 4.

Kramnik vs C Houze, Lyons, 2001

[ Rd8+ if Ke7 Re8+ or if Kf7 Qc4+ ]

19) Garry Kasparov vs Kramnik, Internet, 2001

[ ...Ne4 if fxe4 Qd1+ mates ]

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20) Vladimir Akopian vs Kramnik, Moscow, 2002

[ ...Nb4 ]

21) Evgeny Bareev vs Kramnik, Monte Carlo (blindfold), 2004

[ ...Nxf5 Rxf5 Nc2 ]