101 great chess upsets of 2012

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David beats Goliath ! Here is a collection of chess puzzles from games played in 2012, where the underdog beat the grandmaster - ELO ratings differ by 200 to 600 points. The player at the bottom of the board moves first and wins. Solutions and diagrams are found at the end of the pamphlet.

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Page 1: 101 Great Chess Upsets of 2012
Page 2: 101 Great Chess Upsets of 2012

1) Ke Mu 2294vs Oliver Barbosa 2571

Chennai, 1/6/2012

2) Olav Sepp 2488vs Sander Kukk 2139

Tallinn (active), 1/6/2012

3) Vladimir Fedoseev 2154vs Tomi Nyback 2634

Tallinn (active), 1/8/2012

White Mates in 2.

4) Lucas Wickstrom 2237vs Slavko Cicak 2566Sweden, 1/14/2012

5) Michal Matuszewski 2335vs Levan Aroshidze 2581,

Prague, 1/18/2012

6) Prasad Arun 2530vs Zhamsaran Tsydypov 2321

Moscow, 1/29/2012

Black Mates in 3.

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7) Miroslav Miljkovic 2491vs Dimitar Mogilarov 2189

Plovdiv, 2/1/2012

8) Evgeni Janev 2503vs Nino Vlashki 2235

Plovdiv, 2/2/2012

9) Slavisa Mickovic 2097vs Stefan Djuric 2441Pozarevac, 2/14/2012

White Mates in 4.

10) Robin Dragomirescu 2340vs Mircea Parligras 2650

Sarata Monteoru, 2/15/2012

White Mates in 4.

11) Thai Hung Tong 2126vs Rolando Nolte 2455

Ho Chi Minh City, 3/2/2012

12) Nana Dzagnidzevs Gulnar Mammadova 2294

Gaziantep, 3/2/2012

Black Mates in 2.

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13) Jan Markos 2576vs Matej Hrabusa 2344

Czech Republic, 3/4/2012

Black Mates in 4.

14) Svetlana Cherednichenko 2265vs Yuri Shulman 2598Reykjavik, 3/7/2012

White Mates in 3.

15) Mukhit Ismailov 2136vs Pavel Potapov 2468,Tashkent, 3/14/2012

White Mates in 2.

16) Filip Pancevski 2459vs Andrei Volokitin 2695

Plovdiv, 3/20/2012

17) Irina Bulmaga 2360vs Aleksander Mista 2587

Plovdiv, 3/20/2012

18) Bojan Vuckovic 2628vs Michael Fedorovsky 2395

Plovdiv, 3/22/2012

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19) Avital Boruchovsky 2324vs Hannes Stefansson 2534

Plovdiv, 3/29/2012

20) Avital Boruchovsky 2324vs Boris Savchenko 2609

Plovdiv 3/31/2012

21) Lars Karlsson 2475vs Anders Pettersson 2219

Norrkoping, 4/9/2012

22) Cankut Emiroglu 2236vs D Nikola Nestorovic 2462

Skopje, 4/12/2012

23) Yusup Atabayev 2404vs Loek Van Wely 2692

Dubai, 4/19/2012

24) Vahe Baghdasaryan 2393vs Avetik Grigoryan 2621

Dubai, 4/23/2012

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25) Dimitar Marholev 2383vs Aleksander Delchev 2622Panagyurishte, 4/24/2012

26) Glenn Flear 2459vs Bharat Arjun 2210

Lille, 4/24/2012

27) Andrzej Gbyl 2223vs Vadim Shishkin 2464

Krakow, 5/3/2012

28) Aleksej Aleksandrov 2604vs Misraddin Iskandarov 2305

Nakhchivan, 5/3/2012

Black Mates in 2.

29) Sergey Viktorovich Volkov 2623vs Misraddin Iskandarov 2305

Nakhchivan, 5/5/2012

30) Borki Predojevic 2642vs Denis Kadric 2403Sarajevo, 5/6/2012

Black Mates in 5.

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31) Joerg Wegerle 2450vs Constantin Goebel 2215

Wunsiedel, 5/18/2012

32) Yochanan Afek 2291vs Tornike Sanikidze 2549

Altenkirchen, 6/8/2012

33) Jan Suran 2363vs Viktor Laznicka 2693

Hustopece (active), 6/9/2012

34) Tim Lammens 2310vs Dimitri Reinderman 2589

Utrecht, 6/10/2012

35) Rakesh Kulkarni 2234vs Oliver Barbosa 2550

Mumbai, 6/10/2012

36) Christopher Lutz 2571vs Sergio Harnandan 1982

Utrecht, 6/10/2012

Black Mates in 3.

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37) Anton Samojlov 2290vs Alexei Fedorov 2571Voronezh, 6/12/2012

38) Anton Prikhodko 2330vs Alexei Fedorov 2571Voronezh, 6/14/2012

39) Bogdan Belyakov 2312vs Pavel Smirnov 2610Voronezh, 6/15/2012

40) Vladimir Fedoseev 2152vs Alexander Zubov 2617

Voronezh, 6/16/2012

White Mates in 3.

41) Konstantine Shanava 2589vs Artur Gharagyozian 2267

Jermuk, 6/16/2012

Black Mates in 5.

42) Carsten Hoi 2357vs Jon Ludvig Hammer 2630

Oslo, 6/23/2012

White Mates in 5.

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43) Zan Tomazini 2292vs Matej Sebenik 2562Ljubljana, 6/30/2012

44) Daniel Navarro Lopez-Menchero 2230vs Orelvis Perez 2504,

Barbera del Valles, 7/5/2012

45) Peter Pijpersvs Georgui Castaneda 2518

Haarlem, 7/6/2012

46) Petar Drenchev 2506vs Alexander Jovanovic 2200

Paracin, 7/6/2012

47) Anuar Ismagambetov 2471vs Boris Gelfand 2738

Astana (active), 7/7/2012

48) Aleksa Strikovic 2559vs Jasem Alhuwar 2285

Paris, 7/7/2012

Black Mates in 2.

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49) Yuri Borisov 2277vs Andrei Shchekachev 2528

Paris, 7/8/2012

50) Sergey Viktorovich Volkov 2594vs Harilos Karabalis 2251

Rethymno, 7/8/2012

Black Mates in 6

51) Pavel Kotsur 2548vs Veselin Topalov 2752Astana (blitz), 7/9/2012

White Mates in 3.

52) Howard Wu 2120vs Steven Zierk 2478Victoria, 7/9/2012

53) Rinat Dzhumabayev 2525vs Peter Svidler 2749

Astana (blitz), 7/10/2012

54) Mihail Nikitenko 2010vs Andrey Zhigalko 2597

Minsk, 7/10/2012

White Mates in 7.

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55) Michael Richter 2486vs Grzegorz Nasuta 2236

Rethymno, 7/12/2012

56) Bogdan Belyakov 2375vs Ehsan Ghaem Maghami

Pardubice (active), 7/18/2012

57) Giovanni Mejia 1932vs Oliver Barbosa 2554

Boracay Island, 7/22/2012

White Mates in 2.

58) Alexandre Domont 2364vs Kevin Spraggett 2595

Geneva, 8/5/2012

59) Victor Vasilescu 2077vs Nikolaus Stanec 2527

Vienna, 8/13/2012

60) Ilyas Sodikov 2218vs Evandro Amorim Barbosa 2435

Athens, 8/15/2012

White Mates in 4.

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61) Lajos Farkas 2209vs Maarten Solleveld 2536

Vienna, 8/17/2012

62) Victor Lillo Castan 2273vs Roberto Cifuentes Parada 2506

Barcelona, 8/21/2012

63) Elijah Emojong 2147vs Ilmars Starostits 2494

Istanbul, 8/28/2012

64) Ibrahim Mohamed Khouri 2222vs Axel Smith 2491Istanbul, 8/31/2012

White Mates in 5.

65) Ina Firmansyah Faridvs Kirill Stupak 2512Istanbul, 9/1/2012

66) Stanislav Mikheev 2244vs Peter Michalik 2505

Istanbul, 9/1/2012

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67) Pavel Dimitrov 2304vs Vasil Spasov 2582

Sunny Beach, 9/5/2012

White Mates in 6.

68) Nigel Short 2704vs Eugenio Torre 2469

Istanbul, 9/5/2012

69) Zhanibek Amanov 2384vs Alex Lenderman 2613

Internet, 9/10/2012

70) Sinisa Drazic 2532vs Samuel Franklin 1827

Livigno, 9/10/2012

Black Mates in 4.

71) Eric Hansen 2460vs Martin Percivaldi 2015

Borup, 9/21/2012

72) Ivan Fedotov 2080vs Pavel Ponkratov 2591

Uljanovsk, 9/22/2012

White Mates in 3.

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73) Or Ben Porat 2175vs Timofey Galinsky 2431

Oslo, 9/30/2012

74) Emilio Cordova 2574vs Rafael Saladen 2212

Bogota, 10/??/2012

75) Javier Moreno Carnero 2519vs Julian Andres Munoz 2181

Bogota, 10/??/2012

Black Mates in 3.

76) Jens Ove Fries-Nielsen 2365vs Nils Grandelius 2583

Sweden, 10/6/2012

77) Imre Balog 2007vs Robert Markus 2608

Hungary, 10/7/2012

White Mates in 4.

78) S P Sethuraman 2553vs Mhamal Anurag 2349

Kolkata, 10/7/2012

Black Mates in 3.

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79) Evgeniy Najer 2664vs Yiping Lou 2444Beijing, 10/9/2012

Black Mates in 4.

80) Andika Pitra 2340vs Stephen Gordon 2556

Jakarta, 10/12/2012

81) Syarif Mahmud 2291vs Stephen Gordon 2556,

Jakarta, 10/13/2012

82) Kidambi Sundararajan 2450vs S Praneeth 2201

Kolkata, 10/13/2012

83) Alexey Dreev 2677vs Andrey Gorovets 2459

Eilat, 10/14/2012

84) Aman Hambleton 2348vs Alejandro Ramirez 2551

Saint Louis, 10/16/2012

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85) Orce Dancevski 2389vs Arkadij Naiditsch 2704

Eilat, 10/16/2012

White Mates in 5.

86) Walter Wittmann 2245vs Zdenko Kozul 2621Austria, 10/19/2012

87) Vladica Andrejic 2195vs Nebojsa Nikcevic 2432

Cetinje, 10/21/2012

88) Thomas Willemze 2377vs Erwin L'Ami 2631

Hoogeveen, 10/23/2012

89) Alexander Grishin 2219vs Denis Khismatullin 2638

Moscow (active), 11/9/2012

90) Rob Schoorl 2363vs Sabino Brunello 2591

Wijk aan Zee, 11/23/2012

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91) M Mahalakshmi 2041vs Sahaj Grower 2516Chennai, 11/23/2012

92) Jure Borisek 2560vs Samo Stajner 2261

Otocec/Ljubljana, 11/24/2012

93) Oliver Dimakiling 2470vs Narayanan Lakshmi 1883

Chennai, 11/25/2012

Black Mates in 5.

94) Enamul Hossain 2496vs C Revanth GopalaKrishna 2104

Kolkata, 12/3/2012

95) Tamir Nabaty 2569vs Pinto Paolo Ladron De Guevara 2338

Navalmoral de la Mata, 12/7/2012

Black Mates in 3.

96) Jacques Blit 2301vs Gilberto Milos 2586

Santos, 12/10/2012

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97) Zenia Corrales 2217vs Holden Hernandez 2562

Merida, 12/14/2012

98) Vahe Baghdasaryan 2388vs Artur Jussupow 2611

Warsaw (active), 12/15/2012

White Mates in 4.

99) David Navara 2710vs Vojtech Plat 2483

Prague (blitz), 12/15/2012

100) Borislav Ivanov 2227vs Bojan Kurajica 2565

Zadar, 12/17/2012

White Mates in 4.

101) Jorge Alexander Martinez 2195vs Carlos Antonio Hevia Alejano 2508

Bogota, 12/20/2012

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1) 1.Nf4 if 1...e2 2.Nxe2 w/3.Ng3

2) 1...Rxd3

White Mates in 2.3) 1.Be6+

4) 1.a5 if Qd8 2.Nf6+ Kh8 3.Qh4

5) 1.Qg5 if 1...Qa8 2.Nf6+ matesor if 1...Kf8 2.Qxh4

or if 1...Qe6 2.Qd8+ Kh7 3.Qxh4+

Black Mates in 3.6) 1...Qd5

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7) 1...Bxc3+

8) 1...e4 2.Bxc6 exf3 3.Qxf3 Bxc64.Bxe7 Bxe7

White Mates in 4.9) 1.Rh8+ Kf7 2.Nd6+

White Mates in 4.10) 1.Qc7+ Kf6 2.Ne8+

11) 1.Qa7+ Kxc8 2.Qa8+ Kd7 3.Rxb7+ Kc6 4.Rb8+

Black Mates in 2.12) 1...h5+

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Black Mates in 4.13) 1...Rf1+ 2.Ke2 Qf6

White Mates in 3.14) 1.Qh8+ Bh7 2.Bg5+ Kxg5 3.Qf6#

White Mates in 2.15) 1.Bg7+ Kg6 2.f5#

16) 1.Bxd6 if 1...Qxd6 2.Qxf7+ Kh8 3.Re7or if 1...Nb7 2.Be7 Rf8 3.Bf6+ Kg8 4.Qxh4

17) 1.Nxd5

18) 1...Qe3+ if 2.Kc2 Qe2+ 3.Rd2 Qxb5or if 2.Kb1 Qe4+ 3.Kc1 Ra1+ 4.Kd2 Qg2+

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19) 1.Ra2

20) 1.Rf4+ if 1...Kd3 2.Rf3+ matesor if 1...Ke5 2.Bg7+ Kxd6 3.Rd4+

21) 1...Rxg3 2.hxg3 Rh6+3.Kg1 Qe3+ 4.Rf2 Rf6

22) 1.Nb6+ cxb6 2.Nxd6+ Rxd63.Qxd6 if Bc7 or Be7 4.Rxc6(+)

23) 1.Qe5 Rxd4 2.Qxd4 Qxa7 3.c7

24) 1.Rg8+

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25) 1.Nd5 if 1...Qxc6 2.Qxc6 a23.Bc8 a1Q+ 4.Kg2 g6 5.Nxf6

26) 1...Rxd5 if 2.exd5 Qa6+ 3.Kg1 Qe2

27) 1.Re7 Qxd5 2.Qc3 Qd4+3.Qxd4 cxd4 4.Rxd7

Black Mates in 2.28) 1...Bxf2+

29) 1...g5

Black Mates in 5.30) 1...g3+ 2.Kh3 Qf5+ 3.Kxh4 Bf6+

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31) 1...Qd2+ 2.Qxd2 Rxd2+

32) 1.Qf6+ Kf8 2.Qxd6+ Re7 3.Qh6+

33) 1.Nxe6 fxe6 2.Qxe6+ Kh8 3.Rxd7

34) 1.Qxa4 bxa4 2.Rxb7+ Kf6 3.Nf7

35) 1.Bxb8 Qxb8 2.Qxb8+ Nxb83.Bb7 if 3...Nd7 4.c6

Black Mates in 3.36) 1...Be3+ 2.Nxe3 Qh2+

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37) 1.Rf3 if 1...Qb6 2.Rxf6

37) 1.Bc5 if 1...Bd5+ 2.Rb4

39)1.Rxc8 Rxc8 2.Bf5

White Mates in 3.40) 1.Qe6+

Black Mates in 5.41) 1...Qf4+ if 2.Kg1 Rgxg2+ 3.Kh1 Rg1+

or if 2.Kh1 Rb1+ 3.Bd1 Qf1+

White Mates in 5.42) 1.Qh8+ Kh6 2.Rh3+ Kxg6 3.Rg3+ Kh6 4.Qg8

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43) 1.f3 if 1...Rh4 2.g3or if 1...Rf4 2.Nd5

44) 1.Nxe4 if 1...Qxe4 2.Qxb4

45) 1.Qh6

46) 1...Ra1 if 2.Qd2 Rxe1+3.Qxe1 Qe3+ 4.Kf1 Bxd4

47) 1.Bxc5 Qf5 2.Re8+if 2...Rxe8 3.Rxe8+ Kf7 Rf8+

Black Mates in 2.48) 1...Bxd3+

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49) 1.f6+ gxf6 2.Nf5+

Black Mates in 650) 1...Re6+ 2.Kg3 Rg6+ 3.Kh3 Bf6

White Mates in 3.51) 1.Qa8+

52) 1.Qe5+ Qf6 2.Rg8+

53) 1.Qe8+ Kg7 2.Bf8+if 2...Rxf8 3.Qxe5+

White Mates in 7.54) 1.Bh5+ if 1...Ke7 2.Qc5+

or if 1...Rg6 2.Qc7 Qe7 3.Bxg6+

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55)1...Bf5+ 2.Ka1 Ra7+ 3.Ba2 Bc2if 4.Re1 Rxa7+ mates

56) 1.Bxd7 Rxd7 2.Rc8

White Mates in 2.57) Qd7+

58) 1.Bf4 Bxd4+ 2.Kf1 Qc53.Qg3+ Kh7 4.Bxd5

59) 1.Rxd3 if 1...exd3 2.Qb3+ mates

White Mates in 4.60) 1.Rf2 if 1...Kg8 2.Qh2

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61) 1.Rxh5 Rh6 2.Rxh6 Qxh6 3.Re5

62) 1.Na5 Nxa5 2.Nxe7+ Kh83.Nxg6+ w/4.Bxd8

63) 1.Nf5+ exf5 2.Qe3+ Qe6 3.Qxd4

White Mates in 5.64) 1.Rh6+ Kg5 2.R1h5+ Kf4 3.Rf6+

65) 1.Rxg7+ Rxg7 2.Rxg7+ Kxg7 3.d7

66) 1.Bxb6 axb6 2.Bd5+ Bf7 3.Bxc4

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White Mates in 6.67) 1.N5xh6+ Qxh6 2.Nxh6+ Kh8

3.Nf7+ Kg8 4.Ng5

68) 1...Rc1 if 2.Ba5 Ne3

69) 1.Qg4 Kf8 2.Nxf6

Black Mates in 4.70) 1...R8e2+

71) 1...Nxd4 2.Nxd4 g5 if 3.Qe5 f4

White Mates in 3.72) 1.Qxg7+

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73) 1.Bxf5+ if 1...Kxf5 2.Qc2+ Kg43.Rf1 or if 1...Kg7 2.Qxh5

74) 1...Ra4

Black Mates in 3.75) 1...Nf3 2.Bxg6 Ne5+

76) 1.h6 if 1...g6 2.Qxd7 Qxd7 3.Nf6+

White Mates in 4.77) 1.Rxg8+ Kxg8 2.Nh6+ Kh8 3.Rf8+

Black Mates in 3.78) 1...Rd1+ 2.Bf1 Rg4+

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Black Mates in 4.79) 1...g5+ 2.Kh5 Rxh3+ 3.gxh3 Qd1+

80) 1.Bc5+ Kd7 2.d6 Kc6 3.Rxc7+

81) 1.gxf5 if 1...Rxf5 2.Rxf5 Qxf5 3.Rf1

82) 1...Qd8 if 2.Nc6 Qd2

83) 1...Rg8 if 2.Bf1 Bxf1 3.Kxf1 Rc2

84) 1.Nd4 if 1...e3 2.Rxg7+or if 1...Kh8 2.b6 Rf8 3.Rxg7

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White Mates in 5.85) 1.Rxe8+ Qxe8 2.Qf6+ Kg8 3.Bd5+

86) 1.Qb8+ Kg7 2.Nxe6+if 2...fxe6 3.Qa7+

87) 1.Qf8+ Qg8 2.Qf6+ Qg73.Qxh4+ Kg8 4.Qxc4

88)1.Bxg6 if 1...hxg62.Rh4+ Kg8 3.Qb3+ mates

89) 1.Qe8+

90) 1.Nh5

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91) 1.Rxf5 Bxf5 2.Qxf5

92) 1...Qxh3+ 2.gxh3 Rxg1+3.Kxg1 Nf3+

Black Mates in 5.93) 1...Qb2+ if 2.Rf2 Qxf2+

94) 1...Rxf3 if 2.Qxf3 Rg1+

Black Mates in 3.95) 1...Rxh2+

96) 1.Ke3 if 1...Ke5 2.a4

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97) 1.Ne7+ Kh8 2.Nc6

White Mates in 4.98) 1.Rxf8 Kxf8 2.Bh6+

99) 1...gxf4+ if 2.Kxf4 Bg7+or if 2.Kd4 Nd7

White Mates in 4.100) 1.Qh8+ Bh7 2.Be4

101) 1.Qb6