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Studies from the Botvinnik 100 Memorial tourney 2012

Michael Botvinnik (1911-1995, Russia) was a World Champion in Chess.

[Event "Sp.p Botvinnik 100 "] [Date "2011.05.21"] [White "Akobia=I"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2r5/2p5/8/Pp1N4/NP6/p1K5/4P3/2k5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2011"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kb3 $1 (1. Nc5 $2 a2 2. Nb3+ (2. Nd3+ Kb1 $11) 2... Kb1 3. Nd2+ Kc1 4. Nb3+ Kb1 {positional draw}) 1... bxa4+ (1... a2 2. Kxa2 c6 3. Nab6 $18) (1... c6 2. Nab6 Re8 3. Nf4 Re4 4. Nd3+ Kb1 5. Kxa3 $18) 2. Kxa3 c6 3. Ne7 $1 Rc7 4. Nxc6 $1 Rxc6 5. b5 Rc3+ (5... Rc5 6. Kxa4 Rc4+ 7. Kb3 $18) 6. Kxa4 {B)} Kb2 ({main} 6... Kc2 7. a6 $1 (7. b6 Rb3 $11) 7... Rc4+ 8. Ka5 $1 ({Thematic try} 8. Ka3 $2 Kc3 9. a7 Rc8 10. b6 Rd8 $3 (10... Ra8 $2 11. Ka4 Kc4 12. Ka5 Kc5 13. Ka6 Rd8 14. e4 $18) 11. b7 Rd1 12. Ka4 Kc4 13. Ka5 Kc5 14. Ka4 Kc4 15. Ka3 Kc3 16. Ka2 Rd2+ 17. Kb1 Rd1+ 18. Ka2 Rd2+ {positional draw}) 8... Kb3 9. Kb6 Kb4 10. a7 Rc8 11. Ka6 $1 Rh8 (11... Kc5 12. b6 Rd8 13. e4 Rf8 14. e5 Rf4 15. e6 $18) 12. b6 Kc5 13. b7 Rh6+ 14. Ka5 Rh1 15. Ka4 Kc4 16. Ka3 Kc3 17. Ka2 $18) 7. a6 Rb3 8. e3 $3 {zz} ({Thematic try} 8. e4 $2 Kc3 9. a7 Rb1 10. b6 Kc4 11. Ka3 Rh1 $3 (11... Rg1 $2 12. Kb2 {main}) 12. Kb2 Rh2+ 13. Kc1 Kc3 14. Kd1 Kd3 15. Ke1 Ke3 16. Kf1 Kf3 {and impossible the check a8Q+, because a8-h1 blocked by wPe4} 17. Ke1 Ke3 {positional draw}) 8... Kc3 $1 (8... Rxe3 9. b6 (9. a7 $2 Ra3+ $11) 9... Ra3+ 10. Kb5 Rb3+ 11. Kc6 Rc3+ 12. Kb7 $18) 9. a7 Rb1 10. b6 Kc4 11. Ka3 Rg1 12. Kb2 Rg2+ 13. Kc1 Kc3 14. Kd1 Kd3 15. Ke1 Kxe3 16. Kf1 Rf2+ 17. Kg1 Ra2 18. b7 $18 1-0

[Event "7.Hm Botvinnik 100 "] [Date "????"] [White "Akobia=I & Becker=R"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1r1R4/1rpp1k1p/3P3P/1P6/K7/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2011"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. dxc7 $1 ({Thematic try} 1. Rxb8 $2 Rxb8 2. dxc7 Ra8+ 3. Kb4 Ke6 $1 ({not} 3... Ke7 $2 4. Kc5 Rc8 5. b6 Ke6 6. Kd4 $1 Kd6 7. b7 Kxc7 8. bxc8=Q+ Kxc8 9. Ke5 {=}) 4. Kc5 (4. b6 Kd6 5. b7 Ra4+ $1 6. Kxa4 Kxc7 {-+}) 4... Rc8 5. b6 Ke5 $1 {zz} 6. Kb5 Kd6 7. b7 Kxc7 {-+}) 1... Ra7+ 2. Kb4 Rxb5+ $1 3. Kc4 $3 ({ Thematic try} 3. Kxb5 $2 Rxc7 {zz} 4. Ka5 (4. Kb6 Rc6+ 5. Kb5 Ke7 {(Rd6) -+}) ( 4. Rh8 Kg6 {-+}) 4... Rc5+ 5. Kb4 Rd5 6. Kc4 Rd6 7. Kc5 Ke7 {-+}) 3... Rxc7+ 4. Kxb5 {zz} Kg6 (4... Kf6 {(Ke6)} 5. Rg8 $1 d6 6. Rh8 {(K~) =}) 5. Kb6 Rc6+ 6. Kb5 Rd6 7. Kc5 Rd2 (7... Rd1 8. Rg8+ Kxh6 9. Rg2 $1 {transposing to main line}) (7... Rd3 8. Rg8+ Kxh6 9. Rg1 $1 {transposing to main line}) 8. Rg8+ Kxh6 9. Rg3 $1 ({Thematic try} 9. Rg1 $2 Kh5 $1 10. Rh1+ Kg6 11. Rg1+ Kf6 12. Rf1+ Kg7 13. Rg1+ Kh8 14. Rh1 Rd3 $1 {zz. Black uses zuzgzwang to improve the position of his rook} 15. Rh2 Rd1 $1 {zz} 16. Rh3 {Black now advances the h-pawn 16...} Rg1 $1 17. Kd6 Kg7 18. Kxd7 Kg6 19. Ke6 h5 20. Ke5 Kg5 21. Ke4 Kg4 22. Ra3 Re1+ 23. Kd3 {compare with 27.Kd3 in the main line} h4 24. Ra8 h3 25. Rg8+ Kf3 26. Rf8+ Kg2 27. Rg8+ Kh1 28. Rh8 h2 29. Kd2 Rg1 {-+}) 9... Rd1 {Black tries to improve the position of his rook} (9... d6+ 10. Kc6 Kh5 11. Rh3+ Kg6 12. Rg3+ Kf6 13. Rh3 {=}) 10. Rg2 $1 (10. Kc4 $2 Rd6 11. Kc5 Rg6 {-+}) (10. Rf3 $2 Kg5 11. Rg3+ Kh4 {-+}) 10... Rd3 11. Rg1 $1 Rd2 12. Rg3 Kh5 13. Rh3+ Kg6 14. Rg3+ Kf6 15. Rh3 $1 (15. Rf3+ $2 Kg5 16. Rg3+ Kh4 $19) 15... Kg7 16. Rg3+ Kh8 17. Rh3 {zz} Rd1 {Black tries again to improve the position of his rook} 18. Rh2 $1 {zz} Rd3 (18... Rg1 19. Kd6 Kg7 20. Kxd7 Kg6 21. Ke6 h5 (21... Re1+ 22. Kd5 h5 23. Kd4 {(Kc4)} Kg5 24. Kd3 h4 25. Re2 {=}) 22. Ke5 {(Kd5)} Kg5 23. Ke4 {(Kd4)} Kg4 24. Ke3 h4 25. Kf2 {=}) 19. Rh1 $1 {zz} (19. Rg2 $2 h6 $1 20. Rh2 Kh7 21. Rh1 Rd2 22. Rh3 Kg6 23. Rg3+ Kf5 24. Rh3 Kg5 25. Rg3+ Kh4 {-+}) 19... Rd2 20. Rh3 Rg2 21. Kd6 (21. Rd3 $2 Rg7 {-+}) 21... Kg7 22. Kxd7 Kg6 23. Ke6 h5 24. Ke5 {(Kd5)} Kg5 25. Ke4 Kg4 26. Ra3 {(Rb3,Rc3)} Re2+ 27. Kd3 {The difference! The rook is one square closer to the wK compared with thematic try 9.Rg1?. Draw.} 1/2-1/2

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