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Exercise 79:
1.
e5-h5 g6xh5 (otherwise mate on h7)
2.
h6-f6 mate
Exercise 80:
1.
e5xd7+
d4xe2 (nothing is altered by
d4-e6 either) 2.
d7-f6 mate (double
check!)
Exercise 81:
After 1.
h7-g7, Black is powerless to
prevent 2.
h3-f3 mate (Karpov-Mecking,
Hastings 1971/72).
Exercise 82:
1.
e6-g4+
g3-f2 2.
c3-d1 mate (a
variation from the game Karpov-Cobo,
Skopje 1972).
Exercise 83:
1. ...
f4-c1 threatens mate on h2 and
simultaneously attacks the queen! (A
variation from Smejkal-Karpov, Leningrad
1973.)
Exercise 84:
1. ... f3xg2+ 2.
h1-h2
f8-d6 mate (a
variation from Ljubojević-Karpov, Manila
1976).
Exercise 85:
1. ...
e3xg3+ 2.f2xg3
f4xg3 mate, or
2.
h3-h2
f4xf2+ 3.
h2-h1
e3-e1 mate
(Tarjan-Karpov, Skopje 1976).
Exercise 86:
1.
e8xg8+
h8xg8 2.
e1-e8 mate (a
variation from Karpov-Dorfman, Moscow
1976).
Exercise 87:
1.
f7-d8+ is the only correct dis-covered
check, stopping the black king from taking
refuge on g8. Black now resigned, for
wherever he moves his king, White plays
2.
f3-f8 mate. The only other possibility
is 1. ...
d7-f5 2.
f3xf5+
f8-e7, as the
escape square d7 is now free. However,
White still has many ways of winning, e.g.
3.
f5-e5+
e7xd8 4.
f1-f8+
d8-d7
5.
e5xg7+
d7-c6 6.
f8-f6+ winning the
queen. (Karpov-Korchnoi, 8th match game,
Baguio 1978.)
Exercise 88:
White can capture the queen with 1.
e5xa1,
because 1. ...
e3-e1 isn’t mate – White
would parry the check with 2.
f6-f1,
delivering mate himself! (A variation from
Karpov-Hübner, Bad Kissingen 1980.)
Exercise 89:
1.
c1-h1+
d4-h4 2.g2-g4 mate (Karpov-
Larsen, Linares 1983).
Exercise 90:
After 1.
d3xc4 Black resigned, as he can’t
recapture on account of 2.
a7xf7 mate
(Karpov-Geller, Moscow 1983).
Exercise 91:
Oddly enough, the solution is another
queen sacrifice on c4: 1.
d3xc4, and if 1.
...
c8xc4, then 2.
f1-f8 mate (a variation
from Karpov-Kasparov, 9th match game,
Seville 1987).
Exercise 92:
1. ...
d6-h2+ 2.
g1xh2
a1xf1 (a variation
from Timman-Karpov, World Championship
Candidates final 1990).
Exercise 93:
1.
d3-d8+
g7-f8 2.
d2-h6, and Black
can only prevent mate with the pointless
queen sacrifice
c6-c1+ (a variation from
Karpov-Kasparov, 17th match game, Lyon
1990).
Exercise 94:
1.g2-g3 threatens mate by 2.
h8-h4 or 2.f3-
f4. Black can only delay the mate by one
move, with a desperate sacrifice such as 1. ...
e6xe4 (a variation from Karpov - Van der
Wiel, Haninge 1990).
