5 Puzzles by Veselin Topalov

Submitted by WTHarvey on Tue, 09/30/2008 at 10:01am.

Veselin Topalov is back on top of the FIDE ratings list for October.  Here are some of his puzzles.  It's Black to move and win.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More of Topalov's puzzles are at wtharvey.com/topa.html

» posted in WTHarvey's Blog
 

Comments:

by lotus_elise - 12 months ago
olongapo Philippines
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 428

NICE

by Theodred - 13 months ago
Birmingham England
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 219

Out of the first 3 .. I got the second and third and half-way through the first ;) The others wouldn't load ;(

by JCRchess - 13 months ago
Connecticut United States
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 404

In the 2nd puzzle, it can be noted that if play continues  4.) Qa8+ Qf8(forced)  5.) Qxa6 ....... Greenfeld at least has a fighting chance to earn a draw with some savvy perpetual checks.

Terrific puzzles!

by Doctor-J - 13 months ago
Stockholm Sweden
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 5

Postaljester: About the third puzzle. He's threatening mate at the same time he's threatening the knight. That's why it works.

by Power_Terrorist - 13 months ago
Hong Kong
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 211

better than daily puzzles

by ghanaman - 13 months ago
Accra Ghana
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 99

the last one is magical

by northsea - 13 months ago
Hummelsta Sweden
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 140

they were quite difficult Smile

by metafor - 13 months ago
San Juan Puerto Rico
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 50

4. Nxc8?? Qxb2#

by PYL - 13 months ago
Quebec City Canada
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 50

postaljester if you move the knight it's checkmate and the knight can't move and protect b2 from the queen and bishop line.

 

I liked those the 2nd and 4th were easy but I had some trouble in the others. I wouldn't have found them without knowing it was a winning situation.

by postaljester - 13 months ago
california United States
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 96

honestly i dont get how the 3rd one wins a knight when the knight is free to attack his rook.

by hatman123 - 13 months ago
sydney Australia
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 1141

could be in the daily puzzles you know

by armchairQB - 13 months ago
Austin, TX United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 76

Thanks for these puzzles - it's great to have several tough ones in a row like this!

by shuttlechess92 - 13 months ago
California United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 1851

nice!

by figrock - 13 months ago
United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 1438

Topalov...Thanx for sharing. Nice Elo of 2791.

by veljomedic - 13 months ago
Elverum Norway
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 375

Maybe that is the reason of the high elo-rating. Seeing all the combinations directly to win. But the game development and the mindthinking does help in a game for the tunnel-vision. Really nice combinations.Thanx for sharing 

by donngerard - 13 months ago
Cebu Philippines
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 3520

nice but pls flip the board

by brandonQDSH - 13 months ago
Honolulu, HI United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 996

Whoever made this puzzles, thanks for not flipping the board so that we can see it from Black's point of view! Would've made the puzzles a lot more enjoyable =/

by metaphysicks - 13 months ago
lowa United States
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 8

lol 4th one

by Nf6 - 13 months ago
Glossop, Manchester England
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 145

Wonderful in execution, so difficult to spot

by ADK - 13 months ago
Santa Clarita, CA United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 16240

Cool puzzles...

ADK

 

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