100 great chess upsets of 2013
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WTHARVEY.COM
100 Great
Chess Upsets
of 2013[Type the document
subtitle]
Bill Harvey
2/4/2014
David beats Goliath ! Here is a collection of
chess puzzles from games played in 2013,where the underdog beat the grandmaster -
ELO ratings differ by 200 to 600 points or more.
The player at the bottom of the board moves
first and wins. Solutions and diagrams are found
at the end of the pamphlet. Bill Harvey is the
webmaster of wtharvey.com where you will
find 10,000 chess puzzles from classic and
modern grandmaster games.
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1) Philip Lindgren 2232 vs
Jens Kristiansen 2454
Stockholm, 1/2/2013
White mates in 6.
2) Mishra Swayams 2439 vsDoudou Wang 2147
New Delhi, 1/6/2013
3) Andres Kuusk 2171 vs
Roland Berzinsh 2411
Tallinn, 1/11/2013
4) Glen De Schampheleire 2280 vs
Bart Michiels 2505
Belgium, 1/13/2013
White mates in 3.
5) Narayanan Lakshmi 1883 vsR Siddharth 2458
Chennai, 1/18/2013
White mates in 2.
6) B Kumaran 2197 vs
K Rathnakaran 2435
Chennai, 1/19/2013
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7) Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi 2400
vs Sohan Phadke 2175
Chennai, 1/19/2013
8) Ben Polao 2091 vs
Richard Bitoon 2437Tagaytay City, 1/22/2013
9) Emil Sutovsky 2684 vs
Mohammed Al-Sayed 2082
Gibraltar, 1/25/2013
10) Brede Kvisvik 2316
vs Salem Saleh 2536
Gibraltar, 1/26/2013
11) Noaman Omar 2316 vs
Alberto David 2607Gibraltar, 1/29/2013
12) Joao Avalos 2181 vs
Hugo Lopez Silva 2403
Iquique, 2/18/2013
White mates in 4.
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13) Richard Bjerke 2131 vs
Yaacov Norowitz 2432
Reykjavik, 2/20/2013
14) Omid Noroozi 2347 vs
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami 2568Mashad, 2/23/2013
15) Mihaela Sandu 2222 vs
Corina-Isabela Peptan 2443
Baile Olanesti, 2/23/2013
White mates in 2.
16) Jose Sequera 2396 vs
Eduardo Iturrizaga 2646
Cappelle la Grande, 2/23/2013
White mates in 6.
17) Kamran Shirazi 2373 vs
Alexander Zubarev 2591Cappelle la Grande, 2/23/2013
18) Lukasz Jarmula 2164
vs Olav Sepp 2453
Cappelle la Grande, 2/25/2013
White mates in 3.
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19) Judith Fuchs 2292 vs
Marius Manolache 2533
Cappelle la Grande, 2/27/2013
20) Marcin Szelag 2484 vsRadoslaw Wojtaszek 2710
Trzcianka, 3/3/2013
White mates in 4.
21) Alexander Del Campo 2099
vs Elizbar Ubilava 2495
La Roda, 3/28/2013
22) Darwin Yang 2481 vs
Adarsh Jayakumar 2271
Philadelphia, 3/28/2013
Black mates in 4.
23) Stephen Solomon 2390vs Loek Van Wely 2684
Canberra, 3/28/2013
White mates in 4.
24) Orelvis Perez 2487 vs
Miguel Moreno Ibanez 2084
La Roda, 3/29/2013
Black mates in 3.
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25) Sergio Serna Lara 2234 vs
Ibragim Khamrakulov 2506
La Roda, 3/30/2013
White mates in 2.
26) Milos Pavlovic 2509 vs
Fabricio Patuzzo 2297Lugano, 3/30/2013
Black mates in 3.
27) Goran Krustev 2005 vs
Jens Kristiansen 2433
Sofia, 3/31/2013
White mates in 4.
28) Marijan Petrov 2518 vs
Valentine Kalinins 2028
Dublin, 4/1/2013
29) K Visweswaran 2159 vs
Dronavalli Harika 2509Dubai, 4/9/2013
30) Sharma Hemant 2253 vs
Chakkravarthy Deepan 2477
Dubai, 4/10/2013
White mates in 3.
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31) Franck Gertosio 2180 vs
Almira Skripchenko 2430
Calvi, 4/13/2013
White mates in 7.
32) Asiam Aitbayev 2434
vs Kosim Aliyev 2085Tashkent, 4/19/2013
33) Ibrahim Hasan Labib 2426
vs Elijah Emojong 2211
Cairo, 4/30/2013
Black mates in 3.
34) Ezra Kirk 2248 vs
Keith Arkell 2465
England, 5/4/2013
35) Gudmundur Kjartansson 2443
vs Sergey Fedorchuk 2652Legnica, 5/5/2013
White mates in 2.
36) Dmitry Svetushkin 2588 vs
Grzegorz Nasuta 2299
Legnica, 5/5/2013
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37) Piotr Sabuk 2206 vs
Roland Ekstroem 2471
Legnica, 5/7/2013
38) Daniel Semcesen 2464 vs
Bo Garner Christensen 2247Odense, 5/12/2013
39) Danil Dubov 2109 vs
Emil Sutovsky 2671
Legnica, 5/16/2013
40) Ehsan Ghaem Maghami 2561
vs Hamed Nouri 2350
Manila, 5/21/2013
41) Endre Vegh 2298 vs
Laszlo Gonda 2538Zalakaros, 5/22/2013
42) Albert Bokros 2467 vs
Armin Juhasz 2172
Zalakaros, 5/24/2013
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43) Andrew Bird 2184 vs
Gediminas Sarakauskas 2412
Sunningdale, 5/25/2013
44) Wlodzimierz Schmidt 2370 vs
Dimitrios Mastrovasilis 2608Wroclaw, 5/26/2013
45) Loftur Baldvinsson vs
Bragi Thorfinnsson 2478
Reykjavik, 5/31/2013
White mates in 3.
46) Marat Askarov 2467 vs
Andrey Esipenko 2191
Kazan, 6/5/2013
47) Pavel Potapov 2438 vs
Sergei Rublevsky 2688Khanty Mansyisk, 6/8/2013
White mates in 6.
48) Ovidiu Stancu 2075 vs
Timofey Galinsky 2416
Golden Sands, 6/10/2013
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49) Ognjen Jovanic 2535 vs
Christoph Karner 2281
Pula, 6/11/2013
50) Tigran L Petrosian 2663
vs Mhamal Anurag 2401Golden Sands, 6/11/2013
Black mates in 3.
51) Ilya Duzhakov 2334 vs
Andrey Zhigalko 2590
Voronezh, 6/12/2013
52) Petr Mikhalchenko 2328
vs Dmitry Bocharov 2617
Tomsk, 6/15/2013
53) Ha Pasalic 2171 vs
Zeljko Bogut 2437Sarajevo, 6/19/2013
54) Aleksandr Shimanov 2664
vs Danil Dubov 2115
Ekaterinburg, 6/22/2013
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55) Eric Hansen 2581 vs
Maxim Doroshenko 2336
Edmonton, 6/24/2013
56) Andre Meylan 2094 vs
Viesturs Meijers 2470Geneva, 6/24/2013
White mates in 3.
57) Eduardo Garcia 2254 vs
Evgeny Gleizerov 2553
Montcada, 6/25/2013
White mates in 4.
58) Oleg Terletsky 2224 vs
Alexander Zubov 2591
Mukachevo, 6/26/2013
White mates in 5.
59) Raimundo Garcia 2310
vs Diego Flores 2592Buenos Aires, 6/28/2013
60) Gabriel Battaglini 2451
vs Yonatan Levine 2061
Kiryat Ono, 6/30/2013
Black mates in 5.
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61) Sven Tica 2048 vs
Andrey Shariyazdanov 2584
Opatija, 7/5/2013
62) Sonia Gil Quilez 2052vs Kirill Stupak 2510
Pardubice, 7/15/2013
63) Igor Teplyi 2409 vs
Claus Rossen 2163
Horsens, 7/20/2013
Black mates in 5.
64) David Berczes 2548
vs Janos Konnyu 2323
Budapest, 8/6/2013
Black mates in 4.
65) Danil Dubov 2115 vsSergey Fedorchuk 2667
Tromsoe, 8/11/2013
White mates in 4.
66) Anna Zozulia 2316 vs
Namig Guliyev 2569
Latschach, 8/12/2013
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67) Roman Yankovsky 2447
vs Vadim Kudryavtsev 2145
Los Angeles, 8/17/2013
Black mates in 4.
68) Dieter Pirrot 2377 vsIvan Sokolov 2650
Vienna, 8/22/2013
69) Ivan Andres Gonzalez 2331
vs Marc Narciso Dublan 2551
Linares, 8/27/2013
White mates in 6.
70) Piotr Bobras 2532 vs
Przemyslaw Swiech 2289
Gorzow Wielkopolski, 8/30/2013
71) Amalia Aranaz Murillo 2262vs David Larino Nieto 2491
Linares, 9/5/2013
White mates in 3.
72) Goran Segovic 2191
vs Mladen Muse 2434
Bol, 9/14/2013
White mates in 4.
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73) Atousa Pourkashiyan 2303
vs Vasif Durarbeyli 2567
Baku, 9/19/2013
74) Zhokhar Zhanbai Uulu 1843
vs Richard Wang 2430Kocaeli, 9/21/2013
White mates in 2.
75) Urfan Sevdimaliev 2226
vs Lela Javakhishvili 2459
Baku, 9/21/2013
White mates in 5.
76) Kanan Izzat 2347 vs
Aleksandr Shimanov 2655
Baku, 9/22/2013
77) Dmitry Gordievsky 2455
vs Mislav Monjac 2147Budva, 9/29/2013
78) Valerij Popov 2548 vs
Arsen Kukhmazov 2206
St. Petersburg, 10/8/2013
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79) Guliskhan Nakhbayeva 2307
vs Cegmed Batchuluun 2529
Jakarta, 10/10/2013
80) Maxim Matlakov 2676
vs Eugene Yanayt 2225St. Petersburg, 10/11/2013
81) Volodymyr Liuba 2196
vs Tamir Nabaty 2575
Belgrade, 10/12/2013
White mates in 4.
82) Matthias Kierzek 2219 vs
Aleksandr Karpatchev 2461
Arco, 10/15/2013
83) Aleksandr Rakhmanov 2603
vs Konstantin Kavutskiy 2261Saint Louis, 10/15/2013
Black mates in 2.
84) Andrew Tang 2169 vs
Aleksandr Rakhmanov 2603
Saint Louis, 10/16/2013
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85) David Eggleston 2399 vs
Aleksander Delchev 2642
Bad Wiessee, 10/28/2013
86) Winshand Cuhendi Sean 2317vs Vladimir Dobrov 2528
Budapest, 11/6/2013
White mates in 4.
87) Wenjun Ju 2518
vs Doudou Wang 2222
Shijiazhuang, 11/14/2013
Black mates in 4.
88) R R Laxman 2428 vs
Ivan Popov 2652
Chennai, 11/16/2013
White mates in 3.
89) Cristobal Valiente 2225 vsJose Fernando Cubas 2486
Asuncion, 11/24/2013
90) Ulo Tuulik vs
Kaido Kulaots 2567
Puhajarve, 12/1/2013
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91) Javier Moreno Carnero 2519
vs Gerardo Motta 2045
Bogota, 12/5/2013
Black mates in 3.
92) Mateusz Bartel 2626 vs
Bazar Khatanbaatar 2329London, 12/8/2013
Black mates in 3.
93) Georg Halvax vs
Vitaly Kunin 2547
Austria, 12/8/2013
White mates in 4.
94) Kamil Dragun 2543 vs
Linus Johansson 2305
Al-Ain, 12/19/2013
95) Alejandro Franco Alonso 2485
vs Gustavo Bahamonde 2196Elgoibar, 12/20/2013
Black mates in 2.
96) Yan Fang 2297 vs
Yunguo Wan 2516
Tianjin, 12/21/2013
White mates in 6.
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97) Mo Zhai 2267 vs
Xue Zhao 2565
Tianjin, 12/23/2013
98) Kambez Nuri 2297 vs
Vadim Malakhatko 2542Zuerich, 12/27/2013
99) Joaquin Antoli Royo 2405
vs Angel Pes Mateo 2008
Zaragoza, 12/27/2013
Black mates in 4.
100) Nikola Sedlak 2568
vs Josef Jurek 2277
Aschach, 12/29/2013
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White mates in 6.
1) 1.Bf7 Rxh4 2.Qg8+ Kh6 3.Qh8+
2) 1...Ng7
3) 1.Qf4+ if 1...Ke7 2.Qc7+ Kf8
3.Bh6+ mates
White mates in 3.
4) 1.f7+ Kh8 2.Ng6+
White mates in 2.
5) 1.Qh8+
6) 1.Nd5+ Kf8 2.Nf6
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7) 1...Rxd5 2.Qxd5 Rd8
8) 1.Rxf5 if 1...Qf7 2.Rxf6
or if 2.gxf5 Bxf6+
9) 1...d2+ if 2.Ke2 Nd7
or if 2.Kd1 Ng4
10) 1.Rc7 Rd7 2.Rxd7 Qxd7
3.Nxd7 Nxc2 4.Nxb6 axb6 5.Rf7+
11) 1.d5 if 1...exd5 2.b5
White mates in 4.
12) 1.Rf5 w/2.Rxh5+
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13) 1.Rxa5 if 1...bxa5 2.Ne5
or if 1...Rc2 2.Rc5
14) 1.Bf4 Bd6 2.Bd1
if 2...Nc4 3.Bxd6
White mates in 2.
15) 1.Qxe6+
White mates in 6.
16) 1.Rf7+ Kg8 2.Rf8+ Kh7 3.Bd2+
17) 1.Nxd4 if 1...Qxd4 2.Be3 Qd3
3.Rxf8+ Bxf8 4.Qf2
White mates in 3.
18) 1.Qg7+ Rf7 2.Bg5+
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19) 1.Rh3 if 1...Rg7 2.Bh6
White mates in 4.
20) 1.Rxe7+ if 1...Kxe7 2.Qf7+
21) 1.Qf6+
Black mates in 4.
22) 1...Bd5+
White mates in 4.
23) 1.exf7+ Kf8 2.Qh6+
Black mates in 3.
24) 1...Bc4+ 2.Qd3 Qxc2+
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White mates in 7.
31) 1.Re8+ Kh7 2.Qh5+ Bh6 3.Bd3+
32) 1...Qxg4 2.hxg4 Bxe3
3.fxe3 Nc3
Black mates in 3.
33) 1...Qg1+ 2.Kg3 Re3+
34) 1.Bxd7 if 1...Qxd7 2.Qh5 mates
White mates in 2.
35) 1.Rh8+
36) 1...Nd3+ 2.Kd2 Nc5
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37) 1.d6 if 1...Rxd6 2.Bxf6+
38) 1...Rxf3 if 2.Qxc7+ Kg6
3.Qd6+ Rf6
39) 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rxd5 exd5
3.Rxe8
40) 1...Rxf3 if 2.Qc1 Rxf1+
41) 1.Rxf7 Kxf7 2.Qh7+ Kf6
3.Qxg6+ Ke7 4.Qg7+
42) 1...Ne6 if 2.Rh4 f4
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49) 1...Rd1+
Black mates in 3.
50) 1...Qc1+
51) 1.Rxd7 if 1...Rxf3 2.Be6+ mates
52) 1.Rxf6 gxf6 2.Bh6+
if 2...Ke8 3.Bg6
53) 1.Bxe7 Qxe7 2.Qh3
54) 1...Rh4+ 2.Kg3 Qg6+
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55) 1...a3 if 2.bxa3 b3
White mates in 3.
56) 1.Ng7+ Kd7 2.Rc7+ Kd8 3.Rf8#
White mates in 4.
57) 1.Qxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh3+
White mates in 5.
58) 1.Rxg4+ Bxg4 2.Qg2 Bg3 3.Qxg3
59) 1.g4
Black mates in 5.
60) 1...f1/N+ 2.Rxf1 Qd2+
3.Kh3 Bg2+
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61) 1.Bxf7+ if 1...Kxf7 2.Qc4+ Ke8
3.Ne6 Qc8 4.Nxg7+
62) 1.Rxf6+ if 1...Kxf6 2.h7
or if 1...Kh7 2.Bxe5 Nd5 3.Rd6
Black mates in 5.
63) 1...Rg5+
Black mates in 4.
64) 1...Ne2+ 2.Kh1 Nhg3+
3.Kh2 Nxe4+
White mates in 4.
65) 1.Bg7+ Kg8 2.Bf8+
66) 1.Nc5 if 1...Ba8 2.Nc8+
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Black mates in 4.
67) 1...Nf5
68) 1.Qb3+ Kf8 2.Re6 Qxd4
3.Rc4 Qd8 4.Rf4
White mates in 6.
69) 1.Rxe6+ Kxe6 2.Re1+ Re5 3.Qh3+
70) 1...Qf3 if 2.Qxd4 Qxf2+
White mates in 3.
71) 1.Qd8+
White mates in 4.
72) 1.Qd7+ Kf8 2.e7+
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73) 1.Ba6
White mates in 2.
74) 1.Qg7+
White mates in 5.
75) 1.Re8+
76) 1.Nf6+ gxf6 2.Rc7 e5
3.Qxh7+ Kf8 4.Qh8+ Bg8 5.Qxf6+
77) 1...Bxa2+ if 2.Kc1 Qxc2+
mates or if 2.Kxa2 Qxc2
3.Rxd8 Rxd8 4.Be2 Qa4+
78) 1...Be4 if 2.Re1 Nh3+
3.Kf1 Qxf2+
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79) 1.Qxc3 if 1...Rxc3 2.Ra8+ mates
80) 1...Rxb5 2.Qxb5 Rc5 if
3.Rd8+ Qxd8 4.Qxc5 Qf6
or if 3.Qb1 Rg5+
White mates in 4.
81) 1.Rxg7+ Kxg7 2.Ne6+
82) 1.Nd5
Black mates in 2.
83) 1...Ng3+
84) 1.Nb6 if 1...Bh3 2.Bf1
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85) 1.Qf4+ Kg7 2.Qxe5+
White mates in 4.
86) 1.Qg6+ Kh8 2.Ng5
Black mates in 4.
87) 1...Rh2
White mates in 3.
88) 1.Rce7+
89) 1.Bxg5+ Kxg5 2.Rxd8 Rxd8
3.Nf7+
90) 1.Qc3
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Black mates in 3.
91) 1...Be4+ 2.f3 Bxf3+
Black mates in 3.
92) 1...Rg3+ 2.Kf2 e3+
White mates in 4.
93) 1.h6
94) 1...Qe1+ 2.Qf1 Bh2+
Black mates in 2.
95) 1...Rf2+
White mates in 6.
96) 1.Bf6+ Kxf6 2.Qxf8+ Rf7
3.Qxf7+ Ke5 4.Qg7+
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97) 1.Bxe8 if 1...Qxe8 2.Bxg7+
98) 1.Rxd6 if 1...Bxd6 2.Qxf6+
or if 1...Rh6 2.Rxc6
Black mates in 4.
99) 1...Rg2+ 2.Kh1 Rh2+
100) 1...Rf6