Tips from a World

Champion
GM Viswanathan Anand
Question 1.
Black to play.
Use a pin to win material.

Question 2.
White to play.
How does White win material here?

Question 3.
Black to play.
Can you spot a tactical trick for
Black?

Question 4.
White to play.
How does White win material?

Question 5.
White to play.
Can you find a win for White?

Question 6.
White to play.
Black has countered the threat to his
Knight with 14...Qf6, intending
Qxf3+.
What should White do?

Question 7.
White to play.
How does White win?

Question 8.
Black to play.
Mate in 4!

Question 9.
White to play and win.

Question 10.
White to play.
White has a brilliant tactical means
to set the stage for his passed pawn.
Find it!

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The Solutions.
1...Nd4 wins the Knight on f3 as if it moves, Black wins the Queen.
1.e4 Bg6 2.e5 forks Bishop and Knight.
1...Nf3+! 2.gxf3 Qg5+ 3.Kf1 Rxd2
1.Qd3 threatens mate on h7 so ...g6 2.b5 forking Knight and Bishop.
1.e7+! Rxe7 2.Rxe7 Kxe7 3.Nd5+ Ke6 the King wont be able defend his Queen
4.Nc7+ Kd6 (4... Ke5 5.Qd5#) 5.Qxf5
15.gxh5! anyway as Qxf3+ 16.Kc2 Qxh1 17.Qf2 and the Queen cannot escape.
Next comes Bh3 or Bd3 and the Queen will have to give herself up for the Rook.
1.Nf6+ wins the Queen as 1...Qxf6? 2.Rxe8+ Kg7 3.h6 is checkmate!
1...Nf3+! 2.gxf3 Rxe1+ 3.Kg2 Nf4+ 4.Kg3 Rg1#
1.Qxg7+! Kxg7 2.c4+ Kf7 3.cxd5 and White has an easy win.
1.Nd3+!! Nxd3 diverting the Black Knight away from the coming action 2.a6 Be8
heading for c6 to guard a8 3.Nd5+ Ke5 4.Ne7! protecting the c6 square Kd6 5.a7
and the pawn promotes.