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Carlsson Memorial 2013

Oscar Carlson 1924-2011, Argentina

[Event "1.prize"] [Date "2013"] [White "Garcia=M (Argentina), Mikitovics=J(Hungar"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4N3/1P3P2/8/3nn3/1q6/1P6/2P1K1R1/1k6 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "49"] 1. b8=Q {sacrifice1} Qe4+ (1... Nf4+ 2. Kf1 $1 (2. Kf2 Qd4+ 3. Kg3 Qe3+ $19) 2... Qe4 (2... Qxb8 3. f8=Q $11) 3. Qxe5 $1 {acrifice2} Qxg2+ 4. Ke1 Qg1+ 5. Kd2 Qc1+ (5... Qf2+ 6. Kc3 $11) 6. Kc3 Qxc2+ 7. Kd4 $11 (7. Kb4 $2 Nd3+ {fork 1 } 8. Ka5 Qa2+ $1 9. Kb5 Qxb3+ (9... Nxe5 $2 10. f8=Q Qxb3+ 11. Qb4 $11) 10. Ka6 Nxe5 11. f8=Q Qa4+ 12. Kb6 Nd7+ {fork 2})) 2. Kf2 $1 Qf3+ 3. Ke1 Qe3+ 4. Kf1 Qf3+ 5. Ke1 Qe3+ 6. Kf1 Qc1+ 7. Kf2 $1 Qd2+ (7... Qxc2+ 8. Kg3 $1 Qg6+ 9. Kf2 { and plaey leads to main line}) 8. Kg3 Qf4+ 9. Kh3 Qh6+ 10. Kg3 Qg5+ 11. Kf2 Qf4+ 12. Ke1 ({Try-} 12. Kg1 $2 Qd4+ 13. Kf1 Ne3+ 14. Ke2 Qd1+ 15. Kxe3 Qf3+ 16. Kd4 Nc6+ $19 {fork 3}) (12. Ke2 $2 Nc3+ $19) 12... Qc1+ 13. Kf2 { positional draw 1} Qxc2+ 14. Kg3 Qg6+ 15. Kf2 (15. Kh2 $2 Qh6+ 16. Kg1 Qc1+ 17. Kh2 Qf4+ 18. Kh3 Qh6+ 19. Kg3 Qg5+ $19) 15... Qxf7+ 16. Kg1 Ne3 ({or also} 16... Qf4 17. Qa7 $1 (17. Qd6 $2 Qd4+ $1 18. Kf1 Qd1+ 19. Kf2 Qd2+ 20. Kg3 Qg5+ 21. Kf2 Qe3+ 22. Kf1 Nd3 23. Qg3 Qc1+ 24. Ke2 N5f4+ {fork 4}) 17... Nf3+ 18. Kf2 Nh4+ 19. Kg1 Nxg2 20. Qf2 $11) ({or also} 16... Nf3+ 17. Kf2 $3 (17. Kh1 $2 Qh7+ 18. Rh2 Qd3 19. Kg2 Ne1+ $19) (17. Kf1 $2 Ne3+ {fork 5} 18. Kf2 Ne5+ 19. Kxe3 Qf3+ 20. Kd2 Qxg2+ $19) 17... Nd4+ 18. Kg1 Ne3 19. Kh1 $1 Nf3 20. Ng7 $1 Ne1 21. Qb5 $1 N1xg2 22. Qd3+ $11) 17. Rb2+ $3 {sacrifice3} (17. Qb5 $2 Nf3+ 18. Kf2 Nd4+ {fork 5}) (17. Qa8 $2 Qf1+ 18. Kh2 Nf3+ 19. Kg3 Qxg2+ 20. Kf4 Qg5+ 21. Kxf3 Qg2+ $19) 17... Ka1 18. Nf6 $3 {sacrifice4} (18. Qxe5 $2 Qf1+ 19. Kh2 Ng4+ {fork 6}) 18... Qg6+ 19. Kh1 $1 (19. Kf2 $2 Nd1+ {fork 7}) 19... Qg3 $1 20. Qg8 $1 Ng6 (20... Qh3+ 21. Rh2 Qf3+ 22. Rg2 N5g4 23. Qxg4 $11) 21. Rf2 $3 { sacrifice5} Qh4+ ({main A} 21... Qxf2 22. Qxg6 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Qe1+ 24. Kh2 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 {positional draw2}) 22. Kg1 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 { positional draw3. positional draw3. Study with an abundance of tactical ideas: Sacrifices (5x); - Forks (7x); - Positional draws (3x). By far the best large-scale work!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2.prize"] [Date "2013"] [White "Minski=M (Germany)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnK1k3/p1R5/4n3/1P6/8/8/1B6/8 w q - 0 0"] [PlyCount "27"] 1. Re7+ $3 {Paradoxal sacrifice!} ({Thematic try} 1. Kb7 $2 Nxc7 2. Be5 Nxb5 3. Kxa8 Nc6 {(Nd7)-+ Note that both the moves of bN taking control of the e5-square.}) (1. Rh7 $2 Nd7+ 2. Kb7 Rb8+ 3. Kxa7 Rxb5 {(KRB-KRSS Black wins):} 4. Rh8+ Ndf8 5. Bc3 Kd7 6. Bg7 Kc7 7. Ka6 Rb6+ 8. Ka5 Nd7 9. Bh6 Rb3 $19) 1... Kxe7 2. Ba3+ {As can be seen, rook sacrifice was necessary for this check! However, as we will see the main thing for White is to 'take' the diagonal a3-f8} Ke8 {switchback of king. White now conducts his plan with wB on a3.} 3. Kb7 Nc7 {if compare this position with 1...Nxc7 in thematic try we can see difference only in the location of wB. This solves the problem of the White.} 4. Bd6 (4. Kxc7 $2 Nd7 $19) 4... Nxb5 5. Kxa8 {(compare position with 3.Kxa8 in thematic try. Here White's problems solved dislocation of wB on d6!)} Nc6 ({ main A} 5... Kd7 6. Bxb8 Kc8 7. Bc7 $1 (7. Bxa7 $2 Nc7# {ideal mate}) 7... Kxc7 {model stalemate. Yes, this is short line. But deserve the attention the classic mate-stalemate.}) 6. Bc5 a5 7. Kb7 Kd7 8. Kb6 Nd6 9. Bg1 $1 {It seems paradoxical that there is no other squares for wB! All other squares are mined!} ({try} 9. Be3 {(a3)?} Nc4+ $19) ({try} 9. Bf2 $2 Ne4 $1 10. Be1 a4 $1 $19) 9... Ne4 ({or also} 9... a4 10. Bc5 Ne4 11. Ba3 $11) 10. Kb5 Nc3+ 11. Kc4 Ne2 12. Bc5 (12. Be3 $2 a4 $1 13. Bd2 Kc7 $1 ({not} 13... a3 $2 14. Kb3 $11)) 12... Kc7 13. Kb3 $1 (13. Kb5 $2 Nc3+ 14. Kc4 Ne4 $1 ({not} 14... Na4 $2 15. Be3 $1 Nb6+ 16. Kb5 a4 17. Bxb6+ $11)) 13... Ned4+ 14. Ka4 $1 $11 {. It is a mistake if someone thinks - all this is very simple. But simplicity is often a "genius"!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3.prize"] [Date "2013"] [White "Pallier=A (France)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4K3/8/2Pq2k1/R2p4/8/1P1N3B/3n1PPR/1r6 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "63"] 1. Bf5+ $1 {Sacrifice for the "life of Rh2"!} Kxf5 {And now everything is as it should play -} (1... Kg5 2. f4+ Kxf5 3. Rxd5+ Qxd5 4. Rh5+ Ke4 5. Rxd5 Kxd5 6. c7 Rh1 7. c8=Q Rh8+ 8. Kd7 Rxc8 9. Kxc8 $18) 2. Rxd5+ Qxd5 3. Rh5+ Ke4 4. Rxd5 $1 ({Thematic try} 4. f3+ $2 Kd4 5. Rxd5+ Kxd5 6. c7 Rh1 7. c8=Q Rh8+ 8. Kd7 Rxc8 9. Kxc8 Nxb3 10. Kd7 $1 Nd2 $1 11. Ke7 Kd4 12. Ne1 Ke5 13. Kf7 Kf5 $11 ) (4. Nc5+ $2 Kd4 5. Rxd5+ Kxd5 6. c7 Rh1 7. c8=Q Rh8+ 8. Kd7 Rxc8 9. Kxc8 Kxc5 $11) 4... Kxd5 5. c7 Rh1 6. c8=Q Rh8+ 7. Kd7 Rxc8 8. Kxc8 Nxb3 9. Kd7 $1 {the difference between this position and the position after 10.Kd7 in thematic try is just locattion of f-pawn!} Kd4 10. Ne1 (10. Nb2 $2 Nc5+ $1 (10... Ke4 $2 11. Kd6 $16) 11. Kd6 Ne4+ $11) 10... Ke5 (10... Nc5+ 11. Kc6 $1 Ne4 12. f3 Nd2 13. Kd6 $1 $18) 11. Nf3+ (11. Kc6 $2 Nd2 12. Nd3+ Kd4 {(e4)=}) 11... Ke4 12. Kc6 $3 ({Thematic try} 12. Kd6 $2 Nc1 $1 13. Ne1 Ne2 $1 {zz} 14. Ke6 Nf4+ $11) (12. Ne1 $2 Ke5 13. Nf3+ Ke4 14. Kc6 {loss of time}) 12... Nc1 13. Ne1 Ne2 14. Kd6 $1 {zz (position of the thematic try 12.Kd6? after 13...Ne2)} Nd4 15. Ke7 $1 (15. Kc5 Ne2 16. Kd6 {loss of time}) 15... Ke5 16. Nd3+ (16. Kf7 $2 Kf5 17. Kg7 Kg5 18. Kf7 Kf5 {positional draw}) 16... Ke4 17. Nb2 $1 (17. Nb4 Ke5 18. Nd3+ {loss of time}) 17... Kf5 18. Kd6 (18. Nd3 Ke4 19. Nb2 {loss of time}) 18... Ke4 19. Na4 $1 Nc2 20. Nc5+ Kf4 21. Nd3+ Ke4 22. Ne5 Nd4 23. Ng6 (23. Ng4 Nc2 24. Ne5 {loss of time}) 23... Nf3 $1 24. Ke6 $1 Ne1 25. f4 (25. g4 $2 Nd3 $1 26. g5 Nxf2 $11) 25... Nxg2 26. f5 Ne1 27. Ne5 $1 Ng2 28. f6 Nf4+ 29. Kd6 Kf5 30. f7 Ne6 31. Nd7 Nf8 32. Ke7 $18 {. This is the modern study of the logical style. Interestingly here are the two thematic tries and mutual zugzvangs. Slightly reduces the impression "a table play" at the end of the solution} 1-0

[Event "4.prize"] [Date "2013"] [White "Arestov=P (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1N6/4P3/1Pp5/2R5/3k2P1/4r1nK/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "23"] 1. Rc1 (1. Rxc5 $2 Nf4+ $1 2. Kg1 Nxe6 $11) 1... Nf4+ 2. Kh1 $3 ({Thematic try } 2. Kg1 $2 Nxe6 3. Nxc5+ Nxc5 4. Rxc5 Rb2 5. Re5 Kd4 6. Rf5 Ke4 7. g4 { (compare with main 7.g4)} Kd4 {(d3)} 8. g5 Ke4 9. Rc5 Kf3 $11) 2... Nxe6 3. Nxc5+ $1 Nxc5 4. Rxc5 {and we are at the EGTB teritory} Rb2 5. Re5 $1 { important chose of rooks move!} ({Thematic try} 5. Rf5 $2 Kd4 6. g4 Ke4 {zz} 7. Kg1 Kd4 {(e3)} 8. g5 Ke4 9. Rc5 Kf3 $11) 5... Kd4 6. Rf5 $1 Ke4 7. g4 {zz owning to 2.Kh1!} (7. Rf4+ $2 Ke5 {(d5)=}) 7... Ke3 ({main} 7... Kd4 8. g5 Ke4 9. Rc5 Kd4 10. g6 $1 Kxc5 11. g7 $18) 8. b6 (8. Rf8 Ke4 9. Rf5 {loss of time}) 8... Ke4 9. Rf6 $1 Ke5 10. g5 $1 Rb4 11. Kh2 $1 (11. Kg2 $2 Rg4+) 11... Rh4+ 12. Kg3 $18 {. Many may say - after 4.Rxe5 it is all from the area EGTB. Yes, here we are in the area and this is a trivial questions. However, the author has worked perfectly! Besides all the advantages we see an unexpected move 2. Kh1!! (In the introduction before of the EGTB material! ) This point of "looking ahead" very important!} 1-0

[Event "2.HM"] [Date "2013"] [White "González=L (España)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7k/3r2N1/8/8/3B1K2/8/PPP5/4r3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] 1. Bc3 $1 (1. Nf5+ $2 Kh7 2. Bc3 Re8 {thechnical win of Black}) 1... Rf1+ 2. Ke5 $1 (2. Ke4 $2 Rxg7 3. b4 Rd1 4. b5 (4. Bxg7+ Kxg7 $19) 4... Kg8 5. Bxg7 Kxg7 $19) 2... Rxg7 3. Kd6 $1 (3. Kd5 $2 Kg8 {(h7)} 4. Bxg7 Kxg7 5. b4 Kf7 6. a4 Rc1 $19) 3... Kg8 ({main A} 3... Rd1+ 4. Kc6 $1 (4. Kc5 Ra1 5. a3 Kg8 {(h7)} 6. Bxg7 Kxg7 $19) 4... Ra1 5. a3 Ra2 6. Kd6 $3 {switchback} Kg8 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. b4 Kf7 9. b5 Ke8 10. b6 Kd8 11. b7 Rb2 12. Kc6 Rxc2+ 13. Kb6 {(d6)} Rb2+ 14. Kc6 Rc2+ 15. Kd6 Rb2 16. Kc6 {draws with perpetual check.}) 4. Bxg7 Kxg7 5. b4 $1 Kf7 6. a4 $1 Ke8 7. Kc7 Rf7+ 8. Kc8 Rf4 9. c3 Rc4+ 10. Kb7 $1 (10. Kb8 $2 Kd7 $1 11. a5 Kc6 12. a6 Rh4 $19) 10... Kd7 11. a5 Rc7+ 12. Kb8 $1 (12. Kb6 $2 Rxc3 {(Kc8)-+}) 12... Rxc3 13. a6 Rc8+ 14. Kb7 Rc7+ 15. Kb6 $1 (15. Kb8 $2 Kc6 16. a7 Rb7+ $19) 15... Rc6+ 16. Kb7 Rc7+ 17. Kb6 {draws with perpetual check.. After a short introduction there are two main lines of a rook ending with the positional draws. Everything looks like a practical game. Memorized the move 6. Kd6!! in the line A.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "1.sp.prize"] [Date "2013"] [White "Becker=R (USA)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4q3/4p3/1Q2Kp2/8/8/3Bp3/k7/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "37"] 1. Bc4+ $1 Ka1 2. Qb4 $1 ({Thematic try} 2. Qb3 $2 Qg8+ 3. Kd7 Qg4+ $1 ({not} 3... Qa8 $2 4. Qb4 f5 5. Kc7 $1 Qa7+ 6. Kc6 $18 {similar of the main line}) 4. Kd8 (4. Kc7 Qf4+ 5. Kb7 Qe4+ 6. Ka7 Qd4+ $11) 4... Qd4+ 5. Ke8 Qb2 $1 6. Qd1+ Qb1 7. Qd4+ Qb2 8. Qd1+ Qb1 9. Qa4+ Kb2 10. Qb3+ Kc1 11. Qxe3+ Kb2 $11) (2. Qd4+ Kb1 3. Qd1+ Kb2 4. Qb3+ Kc1 5. Qxe3+ Kb1 {(c2)} 6. Bd3+ Kb2 $11) 2... Qg8+ 3. Kd7 (3. Kxe7 Qg7+ {(h7)=}) 3... Qa8 (3... Qg4+ 4. Kd8 $1 Qd4+ 5. Ke8 Qb2 6. Qa5+ $18) 4. Kc7 $1 (4. Bb3 $2 Qg2 $1 $11) (4. Kxe7 $2 Qe4+ 5. Kf8 Qa8+ 6. Kf7 f5 $1 7. Ke7 Qe4+ 8. Kf8 Qa8+ 9. Kf7 f4 10. Ke7 Qe4+ $11) (4. Qc3+ Kb1 5. Bd3+ Ka2 6. Qc2+ Ka3 7. Qc1+ Kb4 8. Qb2+ Kc5 9. Qb5+ Kd4 10. Qc4+ Ke5 $11) 4... Qa7+ (4... e2 5. Qe1+ Kb2 6. Qd2+ $18) (4... e5 5. Qc3+ Kb1 6. Bd3+ Ka2 7. Qc2+ Ka3 8. Qc1+) 5. Kc6 Qa8+ 6. Kd7 f5 (6... Qa7+ 7. Ke6 Qa8 8. Qc3+ Kb1 9. Bd3+ Ka2 10. Qc2+ $18) 7. Kc7 $1 (7. Qc3+ $2 Kb1 8. Bd3+ Ka2 9. Qc2+ Ka3 10. Qc1+ Kb4 $11) ({For White early to play} 7. Bb3 $2 {because Black's queen has good squares e4 and g2 for drawing. So, White's king should making more maneuvres to force Black's f-pawn move 'ahead'.}) 7... Qa7+ 8. Kc6 Qa8+ 9. Kd7 $1 f4 10. Kc7 Qa7+ 11. Kc6 Qa8+ 12. Kd7 {Here White's king ends his maneuvers a triangle form c7-c6-d7. After this maneuvers of wK Black moves -} f3 13. Bb3 $1 {This move is effective now, because f-pawn has blocked f3 and unprotected e4-square.} Qa7+ 14. Ke8 $1 (14. Kd8 $2 Qa8+ 15. Kd7 {loss of time}) 14... Qa8+ 15. Kf7 $1 Qc6 16. Qa3+ {(a5)} Kb1 17. Qa2+ Kc1 18. Qa1+ Kd2 19. Qd1+ $18 {. The interesting modern implementation of of the struggle between "old rivals Q+Bishop and Q+Pawns"! The study is decorated with many important univocal tries.} 1-0

[Event "2.sp.prize"] [Date "2013"] [White "Hlinka=M (Slovakia), Kekely=L (Slovakia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7n/4NPN1/4P1pk/1K2Q3/1p6/1rPP3p/2qP4/8 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] 1... bxc3+ 2. Kc6 $1 {White's king must quickly occupe e8-square} ({Another alternative is delayed -} 2. Kc5 $2 cxd2+ 3. Kd6 Qxd3+ 4. Nd5 Nxf7+ 5. exf7 Qa6+ 6. Ke7 Rb7+ 7. Kf8 d1=Q 8. Kg8 Qa8+ $1 9. Ne8 Rxf7 $19) 2... cxd2+ 3. Kd7 Rxd3+ (3... Qxd3+ 4. Ke8 Qb5+ 5. Qxb5 Rxb5 6. Nc6 Kh7 7. f8=Q d1=Q 8. Qe7 Kh6 9. Qf8 {switchback=}) (3... Rb7+ 4. Ke8 Qa4+ 5. Kf8 Nxf7 6. exf7 Rxe7 7. Kxe7 Qb4+ 8. Ke8 d1=Q 9. f8=Q $11) 4. Ke8 Rd8+ $1 5. Kxd8 Nxf7+ (5... d1=Q+ 6. Ke8 Qa4+ 7. Kf8 Nxf7 8. Kxf7 Qf3+ 9. Ngf5+ gxf5 10. Qf6+ $11) 6. exf7 d1=Q+ 7. Ke8 (7. Nd5 $2 Qc5 $1 8. Nf5+ gxf5 9. Qf6+ Kh5 10. Qxf5+ Kh4 $19) 7... Qa4+ 8. Kf8 Qd8+ 9. Ne8 Qad4 10. Qh8+ $3 (10. Ng8+ $2 Kh7 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 $19) 10... Qxh8+ 11. Ng8+ Kg5 {stalemate} (11... Qxg8+ 12. fxg8=Q $11 {. Study of classical style with the original stalemate. Of course, because of the complex idea here suffers introductory play.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "3.sp.prize"] [Date "2013"] [White "Vladimir Tomeo Amigo=I (Arg)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/2p1P3/3R4/4P3/7p/3K3p/6nk w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2013"] 1. Ke3 $1 (1. Ke1 $2 Kg2 {(cd)=}) 1... cxd5 2. Kf2 d4 $3 (2... dxe4 3. e7 e3+ 4. Kxe3 Kg2 5. e8=Q h1=Q (5... h1=N 6. Qg6+ $18) 6. Qe4+ Nf3 7. Qxf3+ Kh2 8. Qf4+ $1 Kg2 9. Qf2#) 3. e7 d3 4. e8=B $1 (4. e8=Q $2 d2 5. Qd7 d1=Q 6. Qxd1 { stalemate}) 4... Nf3 5. Ba4 $1 ({Alternative move is try only -} 5. Bh5 $2 Nd2 6. Bg6 Nb1 $1 7. Bh5 Nd2 8. Bg6 Nb1 {positional draw, or} 9. e5 Nc3 $1 10. Bxd3 Nd1+ $1 11. Kf1 Ne3+ 12. Kf2 Nd1+ {(g4) positional draw}) 5... d2 6. Bd1 Ne1 7. e5 $1 (7. Kf1 $2 Ng2 $1 {The only move!} 8. Kf2 Ne3 $1 ({not} 8... Nh4 $2 9. e5 Ng2 10. e6 $18) 9. Bf3+ Ng2 $11) 7... Nd3+ 8. Kf1 Nxe5 (8... Nf4 9. e6 $1 (9. Bf3+ $2 Ng2 10. Kf2 d1=Q 11. Bxd1 Ne3 $1 12. Bf3+ Ng2 13. Bh5 Ne3 $11) 9... Ng2 10. Kf2 Ne3 11. Bf3+ Ng2 12. e7 $18) 9. Be2 $1 {That's a surprise! It is interesting that there is only one winning square for bishop!} (9. Bh5 $2 Ng4 $1 $11) 9... d1=Q+ 10. Bxd1 {with mate 11.Bf3# Very rarely seen motivation of a bishop promotion! Unusual moment 9.Be2! Also, interesting try 5.Bh5?} 1-0

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