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Magnus
Carlsen's
Checkmates
21 Examples
edited by Bill Harvey
8/4/2015

Here are 21 checkmates from the games of

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen. Find
the winning moves. Solutions are found at the
end of the pamphlet.
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1) Magnus Carlsen
vs Victor Hansen
Helsinki, 2002

4) Magnus Carlsen
vs Andre Diamant
Halkidiki, 2003

White mates in 4.

White mates in 4.

2) Magnus Carlsen
vs Lorenz Drabke
Budapest, 2003

5) Magnus Carlsen
vs Helgi Gretarsson
Rethymnon, 2003

White mates in 3.

White mates in 2.

3) Magnus Carlsen
vs Hans Harestad
Copenhagen, 2003

6) Magnus Carlsen
vs Geir Tallaksen
Sandnes, 7/5/2005

White mates in 3.

White mates in 3.

7) Magnus Carlsen
vs Atle Groenn
Sandnes, 7/9/2005

10) Magnus Carlsen

vs Veselin Topalov
Morelia/Linares, 3/4/2008

White mates in 5.

White mates in 4.

8) Magnus Carlsen vs
Zurab Azmaiparashvili
Khanty Mansyisk, 11/29/2005

11) Magnus Carlsen

vs Lenier Dominguez
Sofia, 5/20/2009

White mates in 2.

White mates in 4.

9) Magnus Carlsen
vs Judit Polgar
Bilbao, 10/19/2007

12) Magnus Carlsen

vs Vugar Gashimov
Moscow, 11/17/2009

White mates in 3.

White mates in 2.

13) Magnus Carlsen vs

Viswanathan Anand
Zuerich, 1/29/2014

16) Jon Ludvig Hammer

vs Magnus Carlsen
Halkidiki, 2003

White mates in 3.

Black mates in 2.

14) Magnus Carlsen

vs LakeMonster
Internet, 12/14/2014

17) Viktor Laznicka

vs Magnus Carlsen
Internet, 12/21/2005

White mates in 4.

Black mates in 3.

15) Magnus Carlsen

vs Rainn Wilson
Internet, 12/14/2014

18) Kjetil Stokke vs

Magnus Carlsen
Oslo, 6/8/2006

White mates in 4.

Black mates in 2.

19) Dmitry Andreikin

vs Magnus Carlsen
Moscow, 11/18/2010

1) 1.Qd4+ if 1...Kxg6 2.Qg4+

2) 1.Bxe6+
3) 1.Qxg5+ fxg5 2.Rf7+ Kxh6 3.Rxh7#
4) 1.Rd8+ Qg8 2.bxc7
5) 1.Bg6+
6) 1.Qg7+ Kf5 2.g4+

Black mates in 4.
20) Fabiano Caruana
vs Magnus Carlsen
Moscow, 6/12/2013

7) 1.Rf7+ if 1...Kxe6 2.Qc4# or if 1...Kd8 2.Rd7+

Ke8 3.Rxa7+
8) 1.Rg8+
9) 1.Nf5
10) 1.Bg5 Ne7 2.Qxe7+ Kg8 3.Bh6
11) 1.Rg7+ Kd6 2.Qf8+
12) 1.Qh7+
13) 1.Ne8+ Kg8 2.Qxe6+
14) 1.Nf5 Kh8 2.Qh6 Rg8 3.Qxf6+

Black mates in 5.
21) Norway vs
Magnus Carlsen
Oslo, 11/30/2014

15) 1.Re8+ Rxe8 2.Qxe8+ Kc7 3.Ne6+

16) 1...Qh5+
17) 1...Qxf1+
18) 1...Rh1+
19) 1....Qg1+ if 2.Kh4 Qxh2+
20) 1...Bf2+ 2.Kxf2 Rc2+
21) 1...Rd3+

Black mates in 3.