Here are some chess 4) 7)

puzzles from the games

of Vladimir Kramnik.
The color dot on the right side of the
diagram indicates whose move it is.

1)

5)

8)

2)

White Mates in 6.

Black Mates in 6.
6)
9)

3)
10) 13) 16)

White Mates in 5.
17)

11) 14)

15) 18)
12)

White Mates in 4.
19) Michail Brodsky vs Kramnik, [ ...Rd1+ Kxd1 Qd3+ ]
Kherson, 1991

[ ...Qa4+ Kb1 Ba2+ ]

9) Leonid Yudasin vs
Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee, 1994

3) Zurab Sturua vs Kramnik, [ ...Qxe3 if fxe3 Ng3+ mates ]

Moscow, 1992

[ ...Bc4 bxc4 bxc4 Qe2 c3

Bxc3 dxc3 Nf3 Bxc1 ] 10) White Mates in 5.

Kramnik vs Jaan Ehlvest,

20)
Riga, 1995
4) Kramnik vs Felix Levin,
[ Qa8+ Rc8 Rxd7+ Kxd7 Qd5+
Dortmund, 1992
]
[ Nxc6 w/Nxa7 ]

11) Veselin Topalov vs

5) White Mates in 6. Kramnik, Belgrade, 1995

Kramnik vs Robert Huebner, [ ...Bc3+ Qxc3 a5+ ]

Biel, 1993
21) [ R2d7 Rg7 Qe8 ]
12) Kramnik vs Nigel Short,
Horgen, 1995

6) Kramnik vs Ognjen Cvitan, [ Rc8+ w/Re8+ Re6+ &

Munich, 1994 Re7+ ]

[ Nxa5 Qxa5 Nd5 Qd8 Bb6 ]

13) Boris Gelfand vs

Kramnik, Berlin, 1996
7) Kramnik vs Judit Polgar,
New York, 1994 [ ...Rxb2 if Rxb2 Qa2+ ]
1) Kramnik vs Igor Saric,
Leningrad, 1991 [ Ra7 ]

[ Qxf6+ w/Rxe6+ ] 14) Kramnik vs Ljubomir

Ljubojevic, Melody Amber
8) Black Mates in 6. (blindfold), 1997

2) Black Mates in 4. Leonid Yudasin vs Kramnik, [ Rxa3 Rxa3 d8/Q ]

Wijk aan Zee, 1994

15) Alexander Beliavsky vs
Kramnik, Belgrade, 1997
[ ...Rxc3 if bxc3 Bb5+ ]
21) Evgeny Bareev vs
Kramnik, Monte Carlo
(blindfold), 2004
[ ...Nxf5 Rxf5 Nc2 ]

16) Kramnik vs Loek Van

Wely, Wijk aan Zee, 1998

[ Bxg7 if Kxg7 or Qxg7 Nc7 ]

17) Jan Timman vs Kramnik,

Dortmund, 1999

[ ...Ra8 if Rd1 Qb8 ]

18) White Mates in 4.

Kramnik vs C Houze, Lyons,

2001

[ Rd8+ if Ke7 Re8+ or if Kf7

Qc4+ ]

19) Garry Kasparov vs

Kramnik, Internet, 2001

[ ...Ne4 if fxe4 Qd1+ mates ]

20) Vladimir Akopian vs

Kramnik, Moscow, 2002

[ ...Nb4 ]