Kasparov, Garry – Anand, Viswanathan by Andreas
White to move and checkmate in 5. No computer please.
1k5r/1r4pp/1B6/3pq3/4n3/1Q6/3p2PP/R4RK1 w – – 0 30
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1.Ra8+ Kxa8
2.Qa3+ Kb8
3.Rf8+ Rxf8+
4.Qxf8+ Qe8
5.Qxe8#
1.Ra8+ Kxa8
2.Qa3+ Kb8
3.Rf8+
fails to 3…Qe8. Where is the mate in the next 2 moves?
1. Rf8+ leads to mate in 5 if Black takes the rook. If he plays 1…Qe8, then at least White wins the queen. I don’t know if there’s still a mate in 5.
1.Rf8 on 1… Qe8 2.Ra8 Kxa8 3.Qa3 Kb8 4.Qxe8 mate quicker
Phil from Paris
Anybody got an ID on when and where this was played? I can’t seem to find it on chessgames.com.
1.Ra8+ Kxa8
2.Qa3+ Kb8
3.Rf8+
fails to 3…Qe8. Where is the mate in the next 2 moves?
Mate in two?! After 3…Qe8 White not only doesn’t mate in two, as you correctly point out, he loses.
1 Ra8+ Kxa8
2 Rf8+ Qe8
3 Rxe8+ Rxe8
4 Qa4+ Kg1
5 Qxe8#
If 2 … Rxf8 3 Qa4+
Steve from Argentina
1 Ra8 Kxa8
2 Rf8+ Rb8
Instead
1 Rf8+
If 1 … Rxf8 2 Ra8+ Kxa8 3 Qa3+
If 1 … Qe8 2 Ra8+ Kxa8 3 Qa4+ (Qe8 is pinned)
Steve from Argentina again
Disappointed in your April 1st joke because it made too much sense.
Best wishes always to you and Paul.
Marv G.
The right sequence is :
30.Rf8+!
[30.Ra8+?? Kxa8 31.Qa3+ Kb8 32.Rf8+ Qe8! 33.Rxe8+ Rxe8–+]
30…Rxf8
[If 30…Qe8 then 31.Rxe8+ (31.Ra8+ Kxa8 32.Qa4+ Kb8 33.Qxe8#) 31…Rxe8 32.Ra8+ Kxa8 and now the Queen goes to a4 (and not to a3 as in the main line) so as to attack the Rook on e8. 33.Qa4+ Kb8 34.Qxe8#]
31.Ra8+ Kxa8 32.Qa3+ Kb8 33.Qxf8+ Qe8 34.Qxe8#
Actually this is a variation analysis from this game :
Kasparov,Garry (2812) – Anand,Viswanathan (2781)
Linares16th Linares (3), 23.02.1999
Pharaoh
(27) Kasparov,Garry (2812) – Anand,Viswanathan (2781) [D20]
Linares16th Linares (3), 23.02.1999
[Huzman]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.0–0 Be6 7.Bb5 Bc5 8.Nbd2 [8.b4 Bb6 9.Bb2 Nge7 10.Nxd4 0–0 11.Nxc6 Nxc6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Qc2 a5 14.a3 Qg5 15.Qxc6 Rad8© 16.Nc3 axb4 17.axb4 Rd4?? 18.Ra8? (Ή18.Bc1 Qh4 19.Ra8) 18…Bh3 19.g3 (19.Rxf8+ Kxf8 20.e5 Bxg2!–+) 19…Rxa8 20.Qxa8+ Rd8 21.Ra1 h6 22.Qa4 Qf6 0–1 Rakhmangulov,A-Svetushkin,D/Alushta 1999/CBM 70_07 (22)] 8…Qd6N [8…Nge7 9.Nb3 (9.Ng5 Qd7 10.Nxe6 Qxe6 11.Nb3 Qd6 12.Bf4 (12.Qg4 0–0 13.Bf4 Ne5 14.Bxe5 Qxe5 15.f4 d3+ 16.Kh1 ½–½ Dreev,A-Rublevsky,S/Elista 1998/CBM 65_03 (16)) 12…Qxf4 13.Nxc5 0–0 14.Rc1 (14.g3 Qh6 15.Rc1 Rfd8 16.Nxb7 Rdb8 17.Qa4 Ne5 18.Rxc7 N7g6 (18…Nf3+ 19.Kg2 Nh4+! 20.Kh1 (20.gxh4 Qf4! 21.Rfc1 Rxb7) 20…Nf3=) 19.Qb3 Nf8 20.Qd5± 0–1 Dreev,A-Svidler,P/Elista 1997/CBM 59/[Petursson] (29)) 14…Ne5 (14…Rfb8 15.g3 Qh6 16.f4 (16.Qa4 a6 17.Bxc6 Nxc6 18.Kg2 b5 19.Qc2 Ne5 20.Nb3 d3 21.Qxc7 Nc4µ 1–0 Stocek,J-Ashley,M/Budapest 1997/CBM 61 ext (70)) 16…a6 17.Bd3 a5 18.Qa4 Nb4 19.Bc4 b5 20.Bxb5 Nxa2 21.Rc4 c6 22.Qxa2 cxb5 23.Rxd4 Qb6³ 1–0 Browne,W-Kaidanov,G/Denver 1998/CBM 68_07 (40).) 15.g3 Qh6 16.f4 a6 17.Be2 b6 18.Nb3 d3 19.Bh5 N5c6 20.Bf3 Rad8 21.Rc3 Qd6 22.e5 Qd7 23.Be4± 1–0 Granda Zuniga,J-Ibragimov,I/New York 1997/EXP 57 (39)) 9…Bb6 10.Nbxd4 Bd7 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qe2 0–0 13.Bg5 Qe8 14.Bxc6 Nxc6 15.Rad1 Qe6 16.a3 Rae8= 0–1 Kuzmin,A-Rublevsky,S/Moscow 1996/EXP 52 (54)] 9.e5 Qd5 10.Ng5! 0–0–0 [10…Rd8 11.Bc4 Qxe5 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Re1+-] 11.Bc4 Qd7 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.b4! Nxb4 [13…Bb6 14.Qb3 (14.Nf3 Nge7 15.Ng5 Nd5 16.Bxd5 Qxd5!µ) 14…Qe7! 15.Bxe6+ Kb8 16.Nf3 Qxb4 17.Qxb4 Nxb4 18.Bg5©; 13…Bxb4 14.Qb3 Re8 15.Rb1‚] 14.Qb3 [14.Ba3!? L.Ljubojevic 14…a5 (14…Nd3 15.Qb3) 15.Ne4 Bb6 16.Qb3 Re8 (16…Nd5 17.Nd6+ Kb8 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Bc5 cxd6 20.e6 Qxe6 21.Qxb6) 17.Bxb4 axb4 18.a3!‚] 14…Nd5 15.Ne4 Bb6 [15…Qc6 16.Rb1 Nb6 17.Bxe6+ Kb8 18.Nxc5 Qxc5 19.Re1! (19.Bg5 Nf6 (19…Re8 20.Rfe1!© (20.Bf7 Qxe5 (20…Rxe5 21.Bf4 Nf6 22.Qg3ƒ) 21.Bxe8 Qxg5!µ) ) 20.Rfe1 h6 21.Rbc1 Qf8 22.Bd2©) 19…Qe7 (19…Qc3 20.Bg5 Re8 21.Bf7ƒ) 20.a4‚] 16.a4! a5 [16…a6 17.a5 Ba7 18.Bg5 Rf8 19.Rfc1‚] 17.Nd6+! Kb8 [17…cxd6 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Qxb6 dxe5 20.Bd2 Ne7 (20…Kb8 -see the text of the game.) 21.Qa7! Nc6 22.Rfc1‚] 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Bd2 cxd6 20.Qxb6 dxe5 21.f4 [21.Rfe1 G.Kasparov 21…Qd6 a) 21…Re8 22.Rxe5! Rxe5 23.Bf4+-; b) 21…Ne7 22.Rxe5 Nc6 23.Bf4 Ka8 24.Rb1 Rhf8 (24…Rhe8!? 25.Rxd5 Re1+ 26.Rxe1 Qxd5„) 25.Rxd5 Rxf4! 26.Rxd7 Rxd7©; 22.Qb5 a) 22.Qxd6+ Rxd6 23.Rxe5 Nf6³; b) 22.Bxa5 Nf6 23.Qxd6+ (23.f4!? exf4 24.Qxd4 Rde8 25.Bb4©) 23…Rxd6 24.Rxe5 Rc8µ; 22…Ne7 23.Rxe5! Nc6! (23…Qxe5? 24.Rb1 Qc7 25.Bf4+-) 24.Rb1 Rd7 25.Bf4! Nxe5 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.Qxd7 Qc7 28.Qxd5=; 21.Rab1 Ne7 22.Rb5 Qc7!? (22…Nc8 23.Qxa5‚) 23.Qxc7+ Kxc7 24.Bxa5+ Kb8 25.Bxd8 Rxd8©] 21…Nf6 [21…e4? 22.f5 e3 23.Be1+-; 21…Ne7 22.fxe5 Nc6 23.e6 Qxe6 24.Rab1 Rd7 25.Bf4+ Ka8 26.Bc7] 22.fxe5 Ne4 23.Bxa5 [23.e6 Qc6 24.Bf4+ Ka8 25.Qxa5+ Qa6 26.Qxa6+ bxa6 27.Be5 d3 28.Rf7 Ng5! 29.Bxg7 Nxf7 30.exf7 Rhf8 31.Bxf8 Rxf8 32.Rd1 Rxf7 33.Rxd3 Rf5=; 23.Bf4 Qc6 24.e6+ Ka8 25.Qxa5+ Qa6=] 23…d3 24.e6?! [24.Qb4! G.Kasparov 24…Rde8 (24…Rc8 25.Bb6±) 25.Bb6 d2 26.a5! Qe7 (26…Rxe5 27.a6 Qe7 28.Ba7+!+-) 27.Qb3 Qxe5 28.a6 Re7 29.axb7+- …Rxb7 30.Rf8+! Rxf8 31.Ra8+! Kxa8 32.Qa3+ Kb8 33.Qxf8+ G.Kasparov] 24…Qd6 25.Qxd6+ Rxd6 26.e7 Rf6 27.Rxf6 Nxf6 28.Rd1 Re8 29.Bb4² [29.Bb4 Ng8 30.Rxd3 Kc7 31.Rxd5 Nxe7 32.Rh5 h6 33.Bc3²] ½–½
Pharaoh
Wow. This is what I call super-tactic!
Thanks for the heads up Pharoh. Can we post links to chessgmaes.com?
I don’t see why not, but you may ask Chessgames.com first.
Please note again that this position didn’t result from the actual game, it is a position that results from analysis done on the 24th move of this game.
Pharaoh
I just checked on Chessgames.com and this game exists there.
Pharaoh