www.arves.org - Magyar Sakkvilag 2022

For the hungarian magazine Magyar Sakkvilag 2022 tournament these studies have been competed and awarded:

[Event "MSV-2022 1st prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Hlinka Michal - Kekely, Luboš "] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7k/3R1K2/5b1r/8/8/5b2/P2p4/4R3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2021"] 
 1. Re8+ (1. Rxd2 $2 Bh5+ 2. Kf8 Bc3 $19) 1... Kh7 2. Rxd2 Bg5 (2... Bh5+ 3. Kf8 Kg6 4. Rg2+ Kf5 5. Ra8 Bf3 6. Ra5+ $11) 3. Rd7 {switchback - battery} (3. Rdd8 $2 Bh5+ 4. Kf8 Kh8 $1 {under battery} 5. Rd7 Rg6 6. Kf7+ Rg8+ $19 {from battery }) 3... Rf6+ 4. Ke7 {under battery} Bg4 (4... Ra6+ {from baterry} 5. Kf8+ { from battery} Kg6 6. Rb8 $11) 5. Rb8 $1 (5. Red8 $2 Kg7 6. Ke8+ {from battery} Kg8 {under battery} 7. Ke7+ {from battery} Rf8+ $19 {from baterry}) (5. Kd8+ $2 {from baterry} Rf7+ $19 {from battery}) 5... Kg7 (5... Rc6+ {from baterry} 6. Ke8+ {from battery} Kg6 7. Rdb7 $11) 6. Rdb7 (6. Ke8+ $2 {from baterry} Kg8 { under baterry} 7. Ke7+ {from baterry} Rf8+ $19 {from baterry}) 6... Re6+ 7. Kd7 {under battery} Bf4 8. a4 $1 (8. a3 $2 Be5 9. Rb4 Bf5 10. R4b7 Kf7 11. Kd8+ { from battery} Kf8 {under battery} 12. Kd7+ {from battery} Re8+ $19 {from battery}) 8... Kf7 (8... Be5 9. a5 Kf7 10. a6 Rxa6+ {from battery} 11. Kd8+ { from battery} Kf8 {under battery} 12. Rb1 Re6 13. Rf1+ $11) 9. Rh8 $1 (9. a5 $2 Rd6+ 10. Kc7 {under battery} Bf3 11. a6 Ke7 $1 12. Kc8+ {from battery} Ke8 { under battery} 13. Kc7+ {from battery} Rd8+ $19 {from battery, echo with side line 6.a3?}) (9. Kd8+ $2 {from battery} Kf8 {under battery} 10. Kd7+ {from battery} Re8+ $19 {from battery}) 9... Rd6+ (9... Ra6+ {from battery} 10. Kd8+ {from battery} Ke6 11. Rb8 $1 {as main}) 10. Kc7 {under battery} Ra6+ 11. Kd8+ {from battery} Ke6 12. Rb8 $1 Bf5 (12... Ra7 13. Rb6+ Kd5 14. Rb5+ Kd6 15. Rb6+ Kd5 16. Rb5+ Kc6 17. Rh1 $11) (12... Bf3 13. Re8+ $11) 13. Re8+ (13. Rh5 $2 Be4 14. Rc8 Rd6+ 15. Kc7 Ke7) 13... Kf6 (13... Kd6 14. Re1 $11) 14. Rf8+ $1 { A lot of batteries.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "MSV-2022 3rd-4th prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Krug Peter and Garcia, Mario"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6kN/4K3/7R/2N3P1/7P/4p1pp/7q/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2019"] 
 1. Nd7 $1 (1. Ne4 $2 Qc2 $1 $11) 1... Qc2 (1... Kg7 2. Rg6+ Kxh8 3. Kf8 $1 (3. Nf6 $2 Qa2 $1 $11) 3... Qc2 (3... Qf2+ 4. Nf6 $18) 4. Rg8+ Kh7 5. Nf6# {mate}) 2. Nf7 $1 Qe4+ (2... Qc7 3. Nfe5 Qb7 4. Rg6+ Kh8 5. Kf7 $18) 3. Nfe5 Kg7 4. h5 $1 Qf5 (4... e2 5. Re6 $1 (5. Rf6 $2 Qb4+ $1 6. Kd8 (6. Ke8 e1=Q 7. Rg6+ Kh8 $11) 6... Qa5+ $11) 5... e1=Q 6. h6+ Kh8 (6... Kg8 {/h7} 7. Nf6+ $18) 7. Nf7+ Kg8 8. Nf6# {mate}) 5. Rf6 Qxg5 6. h6+ Qxh6 (6... Kg8 7. Nf3 $1 $18 (7. Nf7 $2 Qh4 $1 8. Ke8 Qe4+ $11)) 7. Rf7+ Kh8 8. Nf6 Qg7 (8... g2 9. Rf8+ Kg7 (9... Qxf8+ 10. Kxf8 g1=Q 11. Nf7# {mate}) 10. Rg8# {mate}) 9. Ke8 $1 Qh6 (9... Qxf7+ 10. Kxf7 g2 11. Ng6#) (9... Qxf6 10. Rxf6 h2 11. Rh6+ Kg7 12. Rg6+ Kh7 13. Kf7 $1 h1=Q 14. Rg7+ Kh6 15. Ng4+ Kh5 16. Nf6+ Kh4 17. Rh7+ $18 {pin}) 10. Rf8+ Kg7 11. Ke7 Qxf6+ 12. Rxf6 e2 (12... h2 13. Rg6+ $18) 13. Rg6+ Kh7 14. Kf7 e1=Q 15. Rg7+ Kh6 (15... Kh8 16. Ng6#) 16. Ng4+ Kh5 17. Nf6+ Kh4 (17... Kh6 18. Rg6# { mate}) 18. Rg4# {mate} 1-0

[Event "MSV-2022 3rd-4th prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Didukh, Serhiy"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3k4/3p4/8/r2P4/3N3b/8/pP6/R5K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "18"] [EventDate "2022"] 
 1. Nb3 $1 (1. Nc2 $2 Bf6 2. Nb4 Ra4 3. Nd3 Rd4 $1 4. Nf2 Rd2 5. Rxa2 Bd4 $19) ( 1. Ne2 $2 Bf6 2. Nc1 Rxd5 3. Nxa2 Ra5 4. Rf1 Bd4+ 5. Kg2 Rxa2 $19) 1... Rb5 2. Nc1 Rxd5 3. Nxa2 (3. Nb3 $2 Rb5 4. Nc1 Bg5 5. Nxa2 Ra5 6. Kh1 Bh6 7. b4 Ra3 8. b5 Bd2 9. b6 Kc8 10. Rf1 Rxa2 11. Rf8+ Kb7 12. Rd8 Kc6 13. b7 Bf4 $19) 3... Ra5 4. Kh1 $1 ({After} 4. Kg2 $2 {the snake crawls back:} Bg5 5. Kh3 Bh6 6. Kg4 Bg7 $19) ({After} 4. b4 $2 Ra4 $1 5. Kh1 {the snake crawls to the left:} Bf2 6. b5 Bd4 $1 7. Rd1 Bb2 8. Rd2 Rxa2 9. Kg2 Kc8 10. b6 d6 $1 11. Kf2 (11. Rxd6 Be5+) 11... Bd4+ $19) 4... Ra4 (4... Be7 5. b4 Bxb4 6. Rb1 Rxa2 7. Rxb4 $11) 5. b3 $1 Ra3 6. b4 Bf2 ({main B)} 6... Bf6 7. Rf1 Bb2 8. Rf8+ $1 Kc7 (8... Ke7 9. Rf2 Rxa2 10. Kg2 Kd8 11. Rc2 d6 12. b5 $11) 9. Rf2 Rxa2 10. Rc2+ Kb6 11. Rd2 $1 Kc7 12. Rc2+ {positional draw.}) 7. b5 Bb6 (7... Bd4 8. Rd1 Bb2 9. Nb4 $11) 8. Rd1 $1 Rxa2 9. Rxd7+ Kxd7 {stalemate.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "MSV-2022 2nd-3rd HM"] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Sprenger, Jan"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5Q2/2p2B2/1p6/2rP4/r4b2/8/2P5/5K1k w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2022"] 
 {Theme: gradual transformation of pin play into battery play on the same diagonal. Queen sacrifices 3. Qa8! [pin] and 11. Kg3+! [battery] with echo checkmates. Logical try 10. Kg3? vs. 10. Qc6!.} 1. Bg6 $1 ({try} 1. Qg7 $2 Bg3 $1 2. Qxg3 Ra1+ 3. Ke2 Rxc2+ 4. Kd3 Ra3+ $1) 1... Rxd5 2. Qh8+ $1 {The queen sacrifice must be prepared with a small logical manoeuvre blocking the h2 square.} (2. Qa8 $4 Rxa8 $1) 2... Bh2 3. Qa8 $1 {pin play with queen sacrifice} Rf4+ $1 (3... Rxa8 4. Be4# {checkmate with active self block}) 4. Ke2 Rfd4 5. Bd3 $1 {White must prevent black counterplay with Rd2+.} (5. c4 $2 Rd2+ 6. Kf1 Rd1+ 7. Kf2 R1d2+ 8. Ke3 Bg1+ $10 {The white king cannot escape from the checks.}) (5. Bf7 $2 Re4+ 6. Kf3 Rde5 $10 {/Rdd4}) 5... b5 {Eliminates the threat c2-c4.} (5... Kg1 6. Qa1+ $1 Kg2 7. Qf1+ Kg3 8. Qf2+ Kh3 9. Bf5+ { and White picks up both black rooks.}) (5... Be5 6. c4 $1 Rxd3 7. cxd5 Rh3 8. d6+ {battery play} Kg1 9. d7 $18) 6. Kf2 {Prepares the bishop transfer to e2.} Rf4+ 7. Ke3 Rfd4 8. Be2 $1 ({Winning the exchange is not enough:} 8. Be4+ $2 Rxe4+ 9. Kxe4 Rd2 $10) 8... Bg1+ 9. Kf3 {unpin} b4 {Still, the black Rd5 cannot move.} (9... Rg5 10. Qh8+ $1 Bh2 11. Qxd4 $18) (9... Rd8 10. Kg3+ $1 Rxa8 11. Bf3# {like in the solution.}) 10. Qc6 $1 {Keeping the bind and adding the strong threat Qg6.} ({logical try} 10. Kg3 $2 {pin play} Bh2+ 11. Kf2 Rf4+ 12. Ke3 Rff5 13. Bg4 Kg1 $1 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 {there is no Qg6+ here} 15. Qg8+ Kh1 $10) 10... Rd6 $5 (10... Bh2 11. Kf2 $1 {reverting to pin play} Rf4+ 12. Ke3 Rff5 13. Bg4 {/Bd3} Kg1 14. Bxf5 Rxf5 15. Qg6+ $1 $18 {shows the difference to the try 10. Kg3.}) 11. Kg3+ $1 {battery play with queen sacrifice} Rxc6 12. Bf3# {echo checkmate with active self block} 1-0

[Event "MSV-2022 2nd-3rd HM"] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Arestov, Pavel and Hlinka, Michal"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/b7/6K1/2k5/8/1P1p2B1/7N/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2022"] 
 1. Be1 (1. Nf3 $2 {/Bf2+?} Kb4 $11) (1. Bf2+ $1) 1... Kd4 2. Nf1 $1 (2. Ng4 $2 Ke4 3. Bd2 Kf3 4. Ne5+ Ke2 5. Nc4 Kd1 $1 6. Kf5 Kc2 7. b4 Bd4 $1 8. b5 Kb3 9. Na5+ Ka4 10. b6 Bxb6 $11) (2. Bf2+ $2 Kc3) (2. Bd2 $2 Ke4 3. Nf1 Kf3 4. Kf5 Ke2 $11 5. Ke4 Kxf1 $11) 2... d2 $1 (2... Ke4 3. Ba5 $18 (3. Bb4)) 3. Nxd2 $1 (3. Bxd2 $2 Kd3 $1 4. Ba5 Bf2 $1 5. Kf5 Kc2 6. b4 Be1 $1 7. Ke4 Kb3 8. b5 Bxa5 $11) 3... Kc3 $1 (3... Kd3 4. Nc4 $1 $18 Kc2 5. b4 Kb3 6. Na5+) 4. Kf6 $1 {try} (4. Kf5 $2 Bb8 $1 {zz} 5. Ke4 Bc7 $1 6. Kf3 Bd8 $1 7. Ke2 Be7 $1 $11) 4... Bb8 (4... Bd4+ $2 5. Kf7 $1 Ba7 6. Kg6 $18 (6. Ke6)) 5. Kf5 $1 {zz} (5. Ke6 $2 Bf4) 5... Bc7 6. Ke4 $1 {zz} Bd8 7. Kd5 $1 (7. Kf3 Be7 $11 (7... Kc2)) ( 7. Ke5 $2 Be7 $1 $11) 7... Be7 8. Kc6 $1 Kc2 (8... Bf8 {/Bb4} 9. Kb5 $1 Bh6 10. b4 $18 {/Ka4}) (8... Kb4 9. Bg3 Kc3 10. Bd6 Bh4 11. b4 $18) 9. Kb5 Kd1 10. Nf3 Ke2 {/Bh4} 11. Bb4 $18 1-0

[Event "MSV-2022 1st Commendation"] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Avni, Amatzia "] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2p5/4PP1k/8/1K6/1B5q/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2022"] 
 1. e7 Qh4+ ({second line} 1... Qg4+ 2. Kc5 $1 {[#]} ({and not} 2. Ka3 $2 Qg6 {e.g.} 3. Ba4 Qd3+ 4. Ka2 Qd2+ 5. Kb3 Qe3+ 6. Kc4 Qe4+ 7. Kb3 c6 $19) ({nor } 2. Bc4 Qe4 3. Kc5 Qe5+ $19) 2... Qf5+ 3. Bd5 $1 (3. Kb4 $2 Qe4+ 4. Ka3 Qe3 5. Ka4 (5. Ka2) 5... Kg6 $19) 3... Qe5 4. Kc4 $1 Kg6 5. Bc6 $11) (1... Qe3 {(Qd7)} 2. Bf7) 2. Ka3 $1 {[#] in contrast to the second line, now this is the correct move, while 2. Kc5 fails.} (2. Kb5 $2 Qg5+ {e.g.} 3. Kb4 (3. Kc6 $4 Qxf6+) 3... Qd2+ 4. Ka3 Qe3 5. Ka2 Kg6 6. Ba4 c6 $19) (2. Kc5 $2 Qf2+ {leads to similar fate:} 3. Kb5 Qf5+ 4. Kb4 Qe4+ 5. Ka3 Qe3 6. Ka4 Kg6 $19 {The guiding principle is this: if black succeeds to avert the threats Bf7 and Ba4, he wins. }) 2... Qh5 (2... Qe4 3. Bf7 $11) 3. Kb4 c6 (3... c5+ 4. Ka3 Qe8 5. Ba4 $11) ( 3... Qh4+ 4. Ka3 Qh5 {repetition}) 4. Ba4 $1 c5+ (4... Qe8 5. Kc5 $11) 5. Ka5 c4+ 6. Kb4 (6. Bb5 $2 c3 $19) 6... c3 7. Kxc3 Qa5+ 8. Kb3 $11 {Accurate king moves according to the BQ first move. The WB finds path to support his e-pawn through f7, a4 or c6.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "MSV-2022 3rd Commendation"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Arestov Pavel"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2p5/8/5N2/8/8/Pn3P2/4k1K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2021"] 
 1. Ne7 (1. Nd4 $2 Kd2 $1 $11) (1. f4 $2 Nd3 $11) 1... Kd2 $1 (1... Ke2 2. f4 Nd3 3. f5 $18) (1... c5 2. f4 Nc4 3. a4 $18) 2. f4 Kc3 $1 (2... Kd3 3. f5 Nc4 4. a4 $1 Kd4 5. f6 $1 Ne5 6. Nc6+ $1 Nxc6 7. f7 $18) 3. f5 Nc4 4. f6 (4. a4 $2 Kb4 $11) 4... Nd6 $1 (4... Ne5 5. Kg2 $1 Kd4 6. Nc6+ $1 Nxc6 7. f7 $18) 5. Kg2 $1 (5. Kf2 $2 Ne4+ $11) (5. Kh2 $2 Nf7 $1 $11) 5... Kd4 $1 (5... Kb4 6. Nd5+ Ka3 7. Nc3 Kb2 8. a4 $18) 6. Nc6+ (6. Nf5+ $2 Nxf5 7. f7 Nh4+ 8. Kh3 Ng6 $19) ( 6. a4 $2 Kc5 $11) 6... Kc5 7. Nd8 $1 (7. Ne7 $2 Nf7 $1 8. Kf3 Kd6 $11) (7. Ne5 $2 Kd5 8. f7 Nxf7 9. Nxf7 Kc5 $11 {(c5)}) 7... Kb4 $1 (7... Kd5 8. Kf3 $18) 8. Kf3 $1 (8. f7 $2 Nxf7 9. Nxf7 Ka3 $11) 8... Ka3 (8... c5 9. Ke2 c4 10. Kd1 Ka3 11. Kc1 Kxa2 12. Nb7 Nf7 13. Kc2 $18) 9. Kg4 $3 (9. Kf4 $2 Kxa2 10. Kg5 Ne4+ $11) 9... Kxa2 10. Kh5 $1 Kb3 11. Kg6 c5 12. Nb7 $1 Nxb7 13. f7 c4 14. f8=Q c3 15. Qf7+ $1 (15. Qg8+ $2 Kb2 $11) (15. Qb8 $2 c2 $11) 15... Kb2 16. Qxb7+ {win} 1-0