Apadana · Combinations of the great
WorksheetEvery click puts together 20 new puzzles of Apadana at random to print – or 10, 30 or 40, 10 a page, with a page of solutions if you like.As a PDF: choose “Save as PDF” in the print window of the browser.The hall of the great.
As the Apadana of Persepolis showed the peoples of the empire, this page shows the great players of chess history: their most famous combinations and puzzles from their games.
The players
Puzzles from the games of the world champions, the great before 1950 and the players rated 2700 and more – always with the player of the page to move: the move played or missed in the game.
World champions
World champions
- Gukesh Dommaraju 29 May 2006 World champion since 2024 · Peak rating 2794 68 puzzles →
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Ding Liren 1992 World champion 2023–2024 · Peak rating 2816 0 puzzles
- Magnus Carlsen 30 Nov 1990 World champion 2013–2023 · Peak rating 2882 162 puzzles →
- Viswanathan Anand 11 Dec 1969 World champion 2007–2013 · FIDE world champion 2000–2002 · Peak rating 2817 191 puzzles →
- Vladimir Kramnik 25 Jun 1975 World champion 2000–2007 · Peak rating 2817 134 puzzles →
- Garry Kasparov 13 Apr 1963 World champion 1985–2000 · Peak rating 2851 224 puzzles →
- Anatoly Karpov 23 May 1951 World champion 1975–1985 · FIDE world champion 1993–1999 · Peak rating 2780 229 puzzles →
- Bobby Fischer 9 Mar 1943 World champion 1972–1975 · Peak rating 2785 90 puzzles →
- Boris Spassky 30 Jan 1937 World champion 1969–1972 93 puzzles →
- Tigran Petrosian 17 Jun 1929 World champion 1963–1969 79 puzzles →
- Mikhail Tal 9 Nov 1936 World champion 1960–1961 · Peak rating 2705 217 puzzles →
- Vasily Smyslov 24 Mar 1921 World champion 1957–1958 105 puzzles →
- Mikhail Botvinnik 17 Aug 1911 World champion 1948–1957 · World champion 1958–1960 · World champion 1961–1963 50 puzzles →
- Max Euwe 20 May 1901 World champion 1935–1937 85 puzzles →
- Alexander Alekhine 31 Oct 1892–1946 World champion 1927–1935 · World champion 1937–1946 193 puzzles →
- José Raúl Capablanca 6 Nov 1888–1942 World champion 1921–1927 84 puzzles →
- Emanuel Lasker 24 Dec 1868–1941 World champion 1894–1921 95 puzzles →
- Wilhelm Steinitz 17 May 1836–1900 World champion 1886–1894 97 puzzles →
FIDE world champions
- Veselin Topalov 15 Mar 1975 FIDE world champion 2005–2006 · Peak rating 2816 136 puzzles →
- Rustam Kasimdzhanov 5 Dec 1979 FIDE world champion 2004–2005 · Peak rating 2715 66 puzzles →
- Ruslan Ponomariov 11 Oct 1983 FIDE world champion 2002–2004 · Peak rating 2764 90 puzzles →
- Alexander Khalifman 18 Jan 1966 FIDE world champion 1999–2000 · Peak rating 2702 90 puzzles →
Women's world champions
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Ju Wenjun Women’s world champion since 2018 0 puzzles
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Tan Zhongyi Women’s world champion 2017–2018 0 puzzles
- Mariya Muzychuk 21 Sept 1992 Women’s world champion 2015–2016 33 puzzles →
- Anna Ushenina 30 Aug 1985 Women’s world champion 2012–2013 41 puzzles →
- Hou Yifan 27 Feb 1994 Women’s world champion 2010–2012 · Women’s world champion 2013–2015 · Women’s world champion 2016–2017 6 puzzles →
- Alexandra Kosteniuk 23 Apr 1984 Women’s world champion 2008–2010 71 puzzles →
- Xu Yuhua 29 Oct 1976 Women’s world champion 2006–2008 22 puzzles →
- Antoaneta Stefanova 19 Apr 1979 Women’s world champion 2004–2006 59 puzzles →
- Zhu Chen 13 Mar 1976 Women’s world champion 2001–2004 33 puzzles →
- Susan Polgar 19 Apr 1969 Women’s world champion 1996–1999 46 puzzles →
- Xie Jun 30 Oct 1970 Women’s world champion 1991–1996 · Women’s world champion 1999–2001 37 puzzles →
- Maia Chiburdanidze 17 Jan 1961 Women’s world champion 1978–1991 61 puzzles →
- Nona Gaprindashvili 3 May 1941 Women’s world champion 1962–1978 81 puzzles →
- Olga Rubtsova 20 Aug 1909 Women’s world champion 1956–1958 6 puzzles →
- Elisaveta Bykova 4 Nov 1913 Women’s world champion 1953–1956 · Women’s world champion 1958–1962 7 puzzles →
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Lyudmila Rudenko Women’s world champion 1950–1953 0 puzzles
- Vera Menchik 1 Mar 1906–1944 Women’s world champion 1927–1944 7 puzzles →
The great before 1950
- Gioachino Greco 1600–1634 48 puzzles →
- François-André Danican Philidor 7 Sept 1726–1795 8 puzzles →
- Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais 1795–1840 16 puzzles →
- Ludwig Bledow 27 Jul 1795–1846 5 puzzles →
- Alexander McDonnell 22 May 1798–1835 20 puzzles →
- Lionel Kieseritzky 1 Jan 1806–1853 6 puzzles →
- Bernhard Horwitz 10 May 1807–1885 12 puzzles →
- Howard Staunton 1 Apr 1810–1874 30 puzzles →
- Johann Löwenthal 15 Jul 1810–1876 12 puzzles →
- Adolf Anderssen 6 Jul 1818–1879 84 puzzles →
- Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa 17 Oct 1818–1899 28 puzzles →
- Daniel Harrwitz 29 Apr 1823–1884 10 puzzles →
- Jean Dufresne 14 Feb 1829–1893 1 puzzle →
- Henry Bird 14 Jul 1830–1908 30 puzzles →
- Max Lange 1832–1899 11 puzzles →
- Louis Paulsen 15 Jan 1833–1891 32 puzzles →
- George Henry Mackenzie 24 Mar 1837–1891 38 puzzles →
- Ignatz Kolisch 6 Apr 1837–1889 20 puzzles →
- Paul Morphy 22 Jun 1837–1884 78 puzzles →
- Samuel Rosenthal 7 Sept 1837–1902 4 puzzles →
- Szymon Winawer 6 Mar 1838–1919 19 puzzles →
- Joseph Henry Blackburne 10 Dec 1841–1924 73 puzzles →
- Johannes Zukertort 7 Sept 1842–1888 28 puzzles →
- Johann Berger 11 Apr 1845–1933 8 puzzles →
- Adolf Albin 14 Sept 1848–1920 12 puzzles →
- Amos Burn 31 Dec 1848–1925 28 puzzles →
- James Mason 19 Nov 1849–1905 34 puzzles →
- Emanuel Schiffers 4 May 1850–1904 16 puzzles →
- Mikhail Chigorin 12 Nov 1850–1908 74 puzzles →
- Berthold Englisch 9 Jul 1851–1897 12 puzzles →
- Isidor Gunsberg 1 Nov 1854–1930 19 puzzles →
- Simon Alapin 5 Nov 1856–1923 17 puzzles →
- Max Weiss 21 Jul 1857–1927 1 puzzle →
- Jackson Showalter 1859–1935 37 puzzles →
- Siegbert Tarrasch 5 Mar 1862–1934 51 puzzles →
- Georg Marco 29 Nov 1863–1923 20 puzzles →
- Dawid Janowski 6 Jun 1868–1927 64 puzzles →
- Richard Teichmann 24 Dec 1868–1925 30 puzzles →
- Carl Walbrodt 28 Nov 1871–1902 8 puzzles →
- Harry Nelson Pillsbury 5 Dec 1872–1906 40 puzzles →
- Oscar Chajes 14 Dec 1873–1928 13 puzzles →
- Rudolf Charousek 19 Sept 1873–1900 15 puzzles →
- Carl Schlechter 2 Mar 1874–1918 34 puzzles →
- Hugo Süchting 8 Oct 1874–1916 6 puzzles →
- Stepan Levitsky 13 Apr 1876–1924 3 puzzles →
- Frank Marshall 10 Aug 1877–1944 105 puzzles →
- Paul Saladin Leonhardt 13 Nov 1877–1934 30 puzzles →
- Rudolf Swiderski 28 Jul 1878–1909 10 puzzles →
- Dawid Przepiórka 22 Dec 1880–1940 13 puzzles →
- Leó Forgács 5 Oct 1881–1930 3 puzzles →
- Rudolf Spielmann 5 May 1883–1942 65 puzzles →
- Zoltán von Balla 31 Aug 1883–1945 10 puzzles →
- Benjamin Blumenfeld 24 May 1884–1947 4 puzzles →
- Frederick Yates 16 Jan 1884–1932 41 puzzles →
- Karel Treybal 2 Feb 1885–1941 18 puzzles →
- Aron Nimzowitsch 7 Nov 1886–1935 39 puzzles →
- Paul Johner 10 Sept 1887–1938 18 puzzles →
- Richard Réti 28 May 1889–1929 38 puzzles →
- Ilya Rabinovich 23 May 1891–1942 8 puzzles →
- Gyula Breyer 30 Apr 1893–1921 11 puzzles →
- Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky 28 Nov 1894–1941 8 puzzles →
- Edgar Colle 18 May 1897–1932 20 puzzles →
- Endre Steiner 27 Jun 1901–1944 16 puzzles →
- Salo Landau 1 Apr 1903–1944 7 puzzles →
- Vladimirs Petrovs 1907–1943 15 puzzles →
- Nikolai Riumin 5 Sept 1908–1942 9 puzzles →
- Vsevolod Rauzer 16 Oct 1908–1941 5 puzzles →
- Sergey Belavenets 18 Jul 1910–1942 5 puzzles →
- Klaus Junge 1 Jan 1924–1945 5 puzzles →
Rated 2700 and more
- Alexander Beliavsky 17 Dec 1953 Peak rating 2710 172 puzzles →
- Zurab Azmaiparashvili 16 Mar 1960 Peak rating 2702 66 puzzles →
- Michał Krasenkow 14 Nov 1963 Peak rating 2702 206 puzzles →
- Valery Salov 26 May 1964 Peak rating 2715 43 puzzles →
- Nigel Short 1 Jun 1965 Peak rating 2712 146 puzzles →
- Evgeny Bareev 21 Nov 1966 Peak rating 2739 100 puzzles →
- Boris Gelfand 24 Jun 1968 Peak rating 2777 131 puzzles →
- Ilya Smirin 12 Jan 1968 Peak rating 2702 115 puzzles →
- Ivan Sokolov 13 Jun 1968 Peak rating 2706 171 puzzles →
- Alexey Dreev 30 Jan 1969 Peak rating 2711 147 puzzles →
- Vasyl Ivanchuk 18 Mar 1969 Peak rating 2787 193 puzzles →
- Michael Adams 17 Nov 1971 Peak rating 2761 155 puzzles →
- Viktor Bologan 14 Dec 1971 Peak rating 2734 160 puzzles →
- Vladimir Akopian 7 Dec 1971 Peak rating 2713 88 puzzles →
- Alexei Shirov 4 Jul 1972 Peak rating 2755 241 puzzles →
- Vadim Milov 1 Aug 1972 Peak rating 2705 96 puzzles →
- Peter Heine Nielsen 24 May 1973 Peak rating 2700 101 puzzles →
- Gata Kamsky 2 Jun 1974 Peak rating 2763 98 puzzles →
- Sergei Rublevsky 15 Oct 1974 Peak rating 2706 109 puzzles →
- Alexander Onischuk 3 Sept 1975 Peak rating 2701 58 puzzles →
- Judit Polgár 23 Jul 1976 Peak rating 2735 127 puzzles →
- Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 1 Aug 1976 Peak rating 2707 97 puzzles →
- Peter Svidler 17 Jun 1976 Peak rating 2769 130 puzzles →
- Zoltán Almási 29 Aug 1976 Peak rating 2726 91 puzzles →
- Alexander Morozevich 18 Jul 1977 Peak rating 2788 159 puzzles →
- Emil Sutovsky 19 Sept 1977 Peak rating 2703 130 puzzles →
- Evgeny Najer 22 Jun 1977 Peak rating 2707 105 puzzles →
- Sergei Movsesian 3 Nov 1978 Peak rating 2751 150 puzzles →
- Alexander Motylev 17 Jun 1979 Peak rating 2710 106 puzzles →
- Peter Leko 8 Sept 1979 Peak rating 2763 58 puzzles →
- Alexander Moiseenko 17 May 1980 Peak rating 2726 140 puzzles →
- Vladimir Malakhov 27 Nov 1980 Peak rating 2732 68 puzzles →
- Krishnan Sasikiran 7 Jan 1981 Peak rating 2720 123 puzzles →
- Laurent Fressinet 30 Nov 1981 Peak rating 2720 149 puzzles →
- Lázaro Bruzón 2 May 1982 Peak rating 2717 70 puzzles →
- Levon Aronian 6 Oct 1982 Peak rating 2830 129 puzzles →
- Alexander Grischuk 31 Oct 1983 Peak rating 2810 135 puzzles →
- Baadur Jobava 26 Nov 1983 Peak rating 2734 114 puzzles →
- Dmitry Jakovenko 28 Jun 1983 Peak rating 2760 111 puzzles →
- Étienne Bacrot 22 Jan 1983 Peak rating 2749 116 puzzles →
- Gabriel Sargissian 3 Sept 1983 Peak rating 2711 61 puzzles →
- Leinier Domínguez 23 Sept 1983 Peak rating 2768 92 puzzles →
- Ni Hua 31 May 1983 Peak rating 2724 31 puzzles →
- Pavel Eljanov 10 May 1983 Peak rating 2765 89 puzzles →
- Denis Khismatullin 28 Dec 1984 Peak rating 2714 120 puzzles →
- Luke McShane 7 Jan 1984 Peak rating 2713 112 puzzles →
- Alexander Riazantsev 12 Sept 1985 Peak rating 2720 103 puzzles →
- Anton Korobov 25 Jun 1985 Peak rating 2723 136 puzzles →
- Arkadij Naiditsch 25 Oct 1985 Peak rating 2737 141 puzzles →
- Bu Xiangzhi 10 Dec 1985 Peak rating 2731 59 puzzles →
- David Navara 27 Mar 1985 Peak rating 2751 187 puzzles →
- Ernesto Inarkiev 9 Dec 1985 Peak rating 2732 82 puzzles →
- Evgeny Alekseev 28 Nov 1985 Peak rating 2725 92 puzzles →
- Ferenc Berkes 8 Aug 1985 Peak rating 2706 102 puzzles →
- Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 12 Apr 1985 Peak rating 2820 160 puzzles →
- Zahar Efimenko 3 Jul 1985 Peak rating 2708 64 puzzles →
- Alexander Areshchenko 15 Jun 1986 Peak rating 2720 78 puzzles →
- Andrei Volokitin 18 Jun 1986 Peak rating 2725 74 puzzles →
- Boris Grachev 27 Mar 1986 Peak rating 2705 94 puzzles →
- Ivan Cheparinov 26 Nov 1986 Peak rating 2718 123 puzzles →
- Pentala Harikrishna 10 May 1986 Peak rating 2770 104 puzzles →
- Vugar Gashimov 24 Jul 1986 Peak rating 2761 38 puzzles →
- Yuriy Kryvoruchko 19 Dec 1986 Peak rating 2717 54 puzzles →
- Evgeny Tomashevsky 1 Jul 1987 Peak rating 2758 49 puzzles →
- Gawain Jones 11 Dec 1987 Peak rating 2709 136 puzzles →
- Hikaru Nakamura 9 Dec 1987 Peak rating 2816 177 puzzles →
- Igor Lysyj 1 Jan 1987 Peak rating 2700 63 puzzles →
- Nikita Vitiugov 4 Feb 1987 Peak rating 2751 88 puzzles →
- Teimour Radjabov 12 Mar 1987 Peak rating 2793 74 puzzles →
- Wang Yue 31 Mar 1987 Peak rating 2756 21 puzzles →
- Bassem Amin 9 Sept 1988 Peak rating 2712 90 puzzles →
- Igor Kovalenko 29 Dec 1988 Peak rating 2702 111 puzzles →
- Markus Ragger 5 Feb 1988 Peak rating 2703 80 puzzles →
- Rauf Mamedov 26 Apr 1988 Peak rating 2709 152 puzzles →
- Li Chao 21 Apr 1989 Peak rating 2758 12 puzzles →
- Maxim Rodshtein 19 Jan 1989 Peak rating 2710 50 puzzles →
- Viktor Láznička 1989 Peak rating 2704 90 puzzles →
- Wang Hao 4 Aug 1989 Peak rating 2763 21 puzzles →
- David Howell 14 Nov 1990 Peak rating 2712 92 puzzles →
- Dmitry Andreikin 5 Feb 1990 Peak rating 2743 101 puzzles →
- Ian Nepomniachtchi 14 Jul 1990 Peak rating 2795 104 puzzles →
- Ivan Šarić 17 Aug 1990 Peak rating 2703 102 puzzles →
- Jon Ludvig Hammer 2 Jun 1990 Peak rating 2705 60 puzzles →
- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 21 Oct 1990 Peak rating 2819 135 puzzles →
- Romain Edouard 28 Nov 1990 Peak rating 2702 90 puzzles →
- Sergey Karjakin 12 Jan 1990 Peak rating 2788 138 puzzles →
- Maxim Matlakov 5 Mar 1991 Peak rating 2738 84 puzzles →
- Samuel Shankland 1 Oct 1991 Peak rating 2731 45 puzzles →
- Adhiban Baskaran 15 Aug 1992 Peak rating 2701 74 puzzles →
- Fabiano Caruana 30 Jul 1992 Peak rating 2844 160 puzzles →
- Sanan Sjugirov 31 Jan 1993 Peak rating 2712 86 puzzles →
- Wesley So 9 Oct 1993 Peak rating 2822 79 puzzles →
- Anish Giri 28 Jun 1994 Peak rating 2798 51 puzzles →
- Ray Robson 25 Oct 1994 Peak rating 2704 36 puzzles →
- Vladislav Kovalev 6 Jan 1994 Peak rating 2703 80 puzzles →
- David Antón Guijarro 23 Jun 1995 Peak rating 2703 96 puzzles →
- Vladimir Fedoseev 16 Feb 1995 Peak rating 2739 99 puzzles →
- Daniil Dubov 18 Apr 1996 Peak rating 2720 82 puzzles →
- Richárd Rapport 25 Mar 1996 Peak rating 2776 79 puzzles →
- Kirill Alekseenko 22 Jun 1997 Peak rating 2715 83 puzzles →
- Jan-Krzysztof Duda 26 Apr 1998 Peak rating 2760 96 puzzles →
- Vladislav Artemiev 5 Mar 1998 Peak rating 2761 114 puzzles →
- Alexey Sarana 26 Jan 2000 Peak rating 2717 81 puzzles →
- Haik M. Martirosyan 14 Jul 2000 Peak rating 2708 41 puzzles →
- Jeffery Xiong 30 Oct 2000 Peak rating 2712 33 puzzles →
- Parham Maghsoodloo 11 Aug 2000 Peak rating 2742 78 puzzles →
- Samuel Sevian 26 Dec 2000 Peak rating 2703 50 puzzles →
- Amin Tabatabaei 5 Feb 2001 Peak rating 2722 47 puzzles →
- Bogdan-Daniel Deac 8 Oct 2001 Peak rating 2710 28 puzzles →
- Andrey Esipenko 22 Mar 2002 Peak rating 2723 60 puzzles →
- Alireza Firouzja 18 Jun 2003 Peak rating 2804 82 puzzles →
- Arjun Erigaisi 3 Sept 2003 Peak rating 2801 46 puzzles →
- Awonder Liang 9 Apr 2003 Peak rating 2719 32 puzzles →
- Hans Niemann 20 Jun 2003 Peak rating 2742 55 puzzles →
- Nodirbek Abdusattorov 18 Sept 2004 Peak rating 2783 55 puzzles →
- Vincent Keymer 15 Nov 2004 Peak rating 2776 31 puzzles →
- Javokhir Sindarov 8 Dec 2005 Peak rating 2777 41 puzzles →
- Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa 10 Aug 2005 Peak rating 2785 29 puzzles →
- Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş 3 Jun 2011 Peak rating 2713 4 puzzles →