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Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations
Fourth Edition
209. MIL. PERUNOVIC – MIH. STOJANOVIC
Srbija 2010 — 109/162
Annihilation of defence
I a
White to Play and Win
333. A. GRISCHUK – E. SUTOVSKY
Plovdiv 2003 — 89/159
Blockade
III b
White to Play and Win
763. P. ELJANOV – A. DELCHEV
France 2010 — 109c/3
Clearance
I c

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White to Play and Win
1139. M. MILJKOVIC – S. GROVER
Vrachati 2012 — 115/158
Deflection
I d
White to Play and Win
1344. V. ANAND – M. CARLSEN
Morelia/Linares 2007 — 99/247
Discovered attack
I e
White to Play and Win

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1440. L. PANTSULAIA – JU. POLGAR
Aix-les-Bains 2011 — 111/3
Pinning
I f
Black to Play and Win
2000. V. ANAND – V. TOPALOV
Sofia (m/4) 2010 — 108/134
Demolition of pawn structure
I g
White to Play and Win

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2668. F. VALLEJO PONS – V. TOPALOV
Leon (m/3-rapid) 2012 — 115/70
Decoy
I h
White to Play and Win
2916. A. POPOVICS – KRISZ. SZABO
Magyarorszag 2006 — 96c/5
Interference
I i
Black to Play and Win
2988. G. SARGISSIAN – F. CARUANA
Ohrid 2009 — 107/22
Double attack
I j
White to Play and Win

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209. MIL. PERUNOVIC – MIH. STOJANOVIC
Solutions:
1.Rh4! f6 [1...gf4 2.Nf6 Qf6 3.Bh7 Kh8 4.ef6 and White is winning] 2.Ng5 fg5 3.Rh8 Kh8 4.Qh2 Kg8
5.Qh7 Kf7 6.Bg6# 1 : 0 [Mil. Perunovic]
333. A. GRISCHUK – E. SUTOVSKY
1.f6! Bf6 2.e5 Bg5 [2...Bg7 3.Qe4 and White is winning, weak points Qg3, b7] 3.Bf2 Qf4 4.Re4 Qf5
5.Qe2 [with the idea g4] 1 : 0 [A. Grischuk]
763. P. ELJANOV – A. DELCHEV
1.Bg5! [1...Qg5 2.Rg5 Rg5 3.Nh6 and White is winning; 1...Rg5 2.Rh7! Kh7 3.Qh4 Kg6 4.Qh6#] 1 : 0
[S. Perun]
1139. M. MILJKOVIC – S. GROVER
1.Bb5!! Nc6 [1...Bb5 2.Ne6 Kh7 3.Qh6! Kh6 4.Rh3#; 1...Bc8 2.Nd5! Qd5 3.Re7 Kf8 4.Rc7! and White is
winning; 1...Rah8 2.Rd3! Bb5 3.Rd4 Qc6 4.Ne6 Kf7 5.Ng5 and White is winning] 2.Bc6 Qc6 [2...Bc6
3.Ne6 Kh7 4.Qh6! Kh6 5.Rh3#] 3.Qd4 Kf7 4.Rc3 Qb5 5.Rc7 [5... Rd8 6.Ne6 and White is winning]
1 : 0 [M. D. Miljkovic]
1344. V. ANAND – M. CARLSEN
1.Ne6! [1.Nf3 Kg7 equal] 1...Kh7! [1...g5 2.Ng5 hg5 3.Qg5 Kf8 4.f4! ef4 5.Qf4 Be8 6.Qf6! Nb6 7.e5 and
White is winning; 1...fe6! 2.de6 Be8 a) 3.e7! Kg7 (3...Kh8 4.Qh6) 4.Qd5 Rc4 (4...Bd7 5.Qf7 Kh8 6.Qg6
and White is winning) 5.Bc4 bc4 6.Qc4 Nc7 7.Rc1 Nb5 8.Qc8 Qc8 9.Rc8 Kf7 10.Ra8 Nc3 11.Ra6 Ke7
(11...Ne4 12.a4±) 12.f3 g5²; b) 3.Qh6 3...Nb6 b1) 4.f4 Qa7 5.f5 Nc4 6.Kh1 (6.Kh2 Qe3 7.Qh4 g5 8.Qh6
Nd2) 6...Qe3 7.Qh4ƒ; b2) 4.e7 4...Nc4 5.Qf8 Kh7 b21) 6.f4 Qa8 7.Rf3!! (7.f5 gf5 8.Rf5 Qe4 9.Rf6 Qe3
10.Kh2 e4 11.Rf4 and White is winning) 7...Qe4 (7...Qa7 8.Kh2) 8.f5 gf5 9.Rg3! and White is winning;
b22) 6.Bd1! 6...Bc6 7.Qf7 Kh6 8.f4 Rg8 9.fe5 Ne5 10.Qf8 Kh7 11.Rf4! Rf8 12.ef8Q Qf8 13.Rf8 and White
is winning] 2.f4 Qa7 [2...fe6 3.de6 Be8 4.f5±] 3.Kh2 Be8 4.f5! [4.fe5 fe6! 5.ed6 e5„] 4...gf5 5.ef5
[5.Ng5 Kg8 6.ef5 and White is winning] 5...f6 [5...fe6 6.de6 Qd4 a) 7.Qd4 ed4 8.f6± Nb6 9.f7 Bf7 10.ef7
(10.Rf7 Kg6 11.Rf4 d5 12.e7 Re8 13.Bc2 Kg7 14.Rg4 Kh8 15.Rg6 Nc4) 10...Rf8 (with the idea d5, Nc4)
11.Be6± Nc4 12.Rd1 Ne5 13.Rd4 Nf7 14.Rf4! (14.Bf7 Rf7 15.Rd6 Rf4! 16.a3 a5 17.ba5 Ra4) 14...Kg7
15.Bf7 Rf7 16.Rf7 Kf7 17.Kg3 Ke6 18.Kf3 Ke5 19.g4 d5 20.h4 d4 21.g5 hg5 22.hg5 Kf5 23.g6 Kg6 24.Ke4
and White is winning; b) 7.Qe1 7...e4 b1) 8.f6 Qe5 9.Kh1 (9.Qg3 Qg3 10.Kg3 Nb6) 9...Bg6 10.f7 Rf8
11.Qh4 d5!; b2) 8.Qh4! Qe5 9.Kg1 e3 10.Qe7 Qg7 11.Qg7 Kg7 12.f6 Kg8 13.Rf3 and White is winning]
6.Re1! [6.Rf3 Bf7 7.Rg3 Rg8 8.Rg8 Bg8 9.Qc3 Nb6 (9...Qb7 10.Qg3 Qf7 11.Bd1 and White is winning) ]
6...Nc7 [6...Nb6! 7.Re4 h5! (7...Bf7 8.Rg4 Rg8 9.Rh4 h5 10.Bd1 and White is winning; 7...Nc4 8.Nf8!)
8.Rh4 (8.Qe1 Nc4 9.Bd1 and White is winning) 8...Qb7 9.Qf2 and White is winning] 7.Rc1! and White is
winning [V. Anand]

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1440. L. PANTSULAIA – JU. POLGAR
1...Rb1!! 2.Kd1 [2.Qd5 Rc1#; 2.Qd1 Ra1 3.a3 e4 and Black is winning] 2...e4 [2...Qd7! 3.Qa8 (3.Nb1
Be4 and Black is winning) 3...Kh7 and Black is winning] 3.Qf4 Ra1 4.Qb8 time Kh7 5.g4 [5.Qb2 Rb1!
6.Nb1 Bc2!! 7.Ke2 (7.Kc2 Qd3#) 7...Qd3 8.Ke1 Qd1#] 5...Qd7 6.Qe5 e3 [6...Qa4 7.Nb3 cb3 8.Qf5 Kg8
9.Qc8 equal; 7...e3! and Black is winning] 7.fe3 [7.Qe3 Qa4 8.Nb3 Ra2 and Black is winning] 7...Qa4
8.Ke1 Rc1 9.Kf2 Rg1 0 : 1 [Ju. Polgar]
2000. V. ANAND – V. TOPALOV
1.Nh6! gh6 2.Qh6 f6 3.e5 [3.Bh3 Qe7 4.Rc4 Rd6 5.Rd6 Qd6 6.Qg6 Kh8 7.e5 Qd1 8.Bf1 and White is
winning; 4...Nc7 unclear] 3...Bg2 [3...fe5 4.Qe6 Kh7 (4...Kh8 5.Qe5 Kg8 6.Rd4 and White is winning)
5.Rc6 Qf2 6.Kh1 and White is winning, with the idea Be4] 4.ef6! Rd6 [4...Qh7 5.Qg5 Kh8 6.Rc4 and
White is winning] 5.Rd6 Be4 [5...Bd5 6.Rc4! Bc4 7.Rd4 Rf6 8.Rd8 Kf7 9.Qh7#] 6.Re6 Nd3 [6...Qh7
7.Qg5 Bg6 (7...Kh8 8.Re4 and White is winning) 8.f7 Kf7 9.Re7 Kg8 10.Rh7 and White is winning] 7.Rc2
Qh7 8.f7 Qf7 9.Re4 Qf5 10.Re7 1 : 0 [V. Anand]
2668. F. VALLEJO PONS – V. TOPALOV
1.Rg8!! [1... Kg8 2.Qg1 Kf8 3.Qg7 Ke8 4.Qg8 Kd7 5.Qf7 Kd8 6.Ba5 and White is winning] 1 : 0 [Sa.
Velickovic]
2916. A. POPOVICS – KRISZ. SZABO
1...Ncd2!! 2.Nd2 [2.g3 Bf5 and Black is winning; 2.Re2 Nf3 3.gf3 Bf1 4.Rf1 Qg5 and Black is winning]
2...Nf2 3.Kg1 Rg2! 4.Bg2 Qg5 [5.Kf1 Qg2 6.Ke2 Bg4 7.Nf3 Bf3 8.Kd2 Nd1 9.Kd3 Be4#] [Krisz.
Szabo, L. Hazai]
2988. G. SARGISSIAN – F. CARUANA
1.Re6! and White is winning fe6 2.Bh6 Kg8 3.Rb3! [3... Qb3 4.Qe6 Kh8 5.Qf7] 1 : 0 [RR]