www.arves.org - 3rd Youth Chess Composing Challenge 2018

Studies awarded for the 3rd Youth Chess Compsing Challenge, held in Orchid 2018.

[Event "1st place 3rd YCCC, Section B"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "No.17 Ilija Serafimovic , (Serbia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/1P4P1/4p3/8/7n/2r5/1k1K4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2018"] 
 1. b7 Nf2+ 2. Ke1 Nd3+ 3. Kd1 (3. Kf1 $2 Rf2+ $1 4. Kg1 Rf8 $19) 3... Rb2 4. g7 e4 $1 5. g8=Q e3 $1 {(threatens 6...e2#/Rd2#)} 6. Qg2 $1 {Thematic move} (6. b8=Q $2 e2#) 6... Rxg2 7. b8=Q+ Rb2 8. Qh2 $1 {Thematic move} (8. Qxb2+ $2 Nxb2+ $1 9. Ke2 Nc4 $19) 8... Nf2+ (8... Rf2 9. Qb8+ Rb2 10. Qh2) (8... Rxh2 { stalemate}) 9. Ke1 Nd3+ 10. Kd1 Ka1 11. Qe2 $1 (11. Qg2 $2 Rb1+ $1 12. Kc2 (12. Ke2 Nf4+ $19 {fork}) 12... Ne1+ $19 {fork}) 11... Nf2+ 12. Kc1 Rb1+ 13. Kc2 Rb2+ 14. Kc1 Rxe2 {stalemate. Black can not prevent the promotion of a white passed pawn and therefore he plays 4 . .. e4 and 5 ... e3 with mate threat. But then the quiet queen sacrifice 6.Qg2! follows with the thematic echo 8. Qh2! I also like 11.Qe2! with the try 11.Qg2? and the pointed stalemate. All pieces move. A sympathetic miniature!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd place 3rd YCCC, Section B"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "No.3 Aleksey Popov, (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "Q2RR3/3Ppp2/p7/4P1P1/8/5K2/2p2p1k/5q2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2018"] 
 1. Rh8+ Kg1 2. Rh1+ $1 Kxh1 3. Rh8+ Kg1 4. Rh1+ Kxh1 5. Kg3+ Kg1 6. d8=Q Qh3+ $1 {Thematic move} (6... c1=Q 7. Qh1+ $1 {Thematic move} Kxh1 8. Qh8+ Kg1 9. Qh2#) 7. Kxh3 f1=Q+ 8. Kg4 $1 Qd1+ $1 9. Qf3 $3 Qxd8 (9... Qxf3+ 10. Kxf3 c1=Q 11. Qd4+ {+-}) 10. Qe3+ $1 Kg2 (10... Kf1 11. Kg3 $18) 11. Qe2+ Kg1 12. Kg3 Qd3+ $1 {Thematic move} 13. Qxd3 c1=Q 14. Qd4+ Kf1 15. Qf2# {In the starting position White is two rooks up, which are sacrificed immediately . This works mechanically and has nothing to do with the topic. I would skip the first 4 moves. Then it's a natural queen endgame. I especially like the threat Qh1+!! and the black defense Qh3+!! The queen sacrifices are partially similar in the study HHdbV # 57551 by B. Taranets 1952. 12 ... Qd3+! is only a delay of defeat.} 1-0

[Event "5th place 3rd YCCC, Section B"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "No.21 Danila Pavlov, (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2Q5/PP2p1k1/4P1p1/7p/2n2p1P/1p6/1P4pp/1KB4r w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "22"] [EventDate "2018"] 
 1. Qf8+ $1 {Thematic move} (1. Qxc4 $2 Rxc1+ 2. Qxc1 g1=Q 3. b8=Q h1=Q 4. Qh8+ {(Qg8, Qf8)} Kxh8 5. a8=Q+ Qxa8 6. Qxg1 Qa2+ 7. Kc1 Qa1+ 8. Kd2 Qxg1 {0-1}) (1. Qh8+ $2 {(Qg8)} Kxh8 {(Kg8)} 2. b8=Q+ Kh7 $1 3. Qh8+ {(Qg8)} Kxh8 {(Kg8)} 4. a8=Q+ Kh7 $1 5. Qxg2 Rd1 6. Qxh2 f3 7. Qc7 Nd2+ 8. Ka1 Rxc1+ 9. Qxc1 f2 {0-1}) 1... Kxf8 2. b8=Q+ Kg7 3. Qf8+ $1 {Thematic move} Kxf8 4. a8=Q+ Kg7 5. Qxg2 Rd1 6. Qxh2 f3 (6... g5 7. Qe2 {(Qg2)} Nd2+ 8. Qxd2 Rxd2 9. Bxd2 Kf6 {(Kg6)} 10. Kc1 Kf5 11. Kd1 $2 (11. hxg5 $1 h4 12. g6 (12. Bxf4 $1 Kxf4 13. g6 h3 14. g7 h2 15. g8=Q h1=Q+ 16. Kd2 $11 {1/2:1/2}) 12... h3 13. Bxf4 $1 (13. g7 $4 h2 14. g8=Q h1=Q+ 15. Be1 Qxe1#) 13... Kxf4 14. g7 h2 15. g8=Q h1=Q+ 16. Kd2 $11) 11... gxh4 12. Ke2 Ke4 13. Kf2 h3 14. Bb4 Kd3 15. Bc5 h4 16. Kf3 h2 17. Kg2 f3+ 18. Kxh2 Ke2 19. Kh3 f2 20. Bxf2 Kxf2 21. Kxh4 Kf3 22. Kg5 Ke4 23. Kg6 Ke5 24. Kf7 Kd6 {0-1}) 7. Qc7 $1 Nd2+ 8. Ka1 Rxc1+ $1 9. Qxc1 f2 10. Qc3+ Kh7 11. Qg7+ $1 {Thematic move} ({dual minor} 11. Qh8+ $1 Kxh8 {stalemate}) 11... Kxg7 { stalemate. Another romantic study in which the white king is in mortal danger. Therefore the forced mechanical queen sacrifices on f8 to open the long diagonal. I think the captures 5.Qxg2 and 6.Qxh2 are too rude. After all, the quiet move 7.Qc7! and the black counterplay 8 ... Rxc1+! 9.Qxc1 f2. It's a pity that the thematic move 11.Qg7+! is dualistic by 11.Qh8+!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th place 3rd YCCC, Section B"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "No.20 Danila Pavlov , (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3K3n/4p1nk/6b1/5NR1/r4Q1r/q4N2/3p4/4R3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2018"] 
 1. Rh5+ $1 {mainline A:} Rxh5 (1... Kg8 2. Nh6+ Kh7 3. Ng5#) ({mainlie B:} 1... Nxh5 2. Ng5+ Kg8 3. Nh6+ Kg7 4. Qf8+ $1 {Thematic move} Kxf8 5. Ne6#) (1... Bxh5 2. Qh6+ Kg8 3. Qxg7#) 2. Qh6+ $1 {Thematic move} Rxh6 (2... Kg8 3. Qxg7#) 3. Ng5+ Kg8 4. Nxh6+ Kf8 5. Rf1+ Qf3 (5... Nf7+ 6. Rxf7+ Bxf7 7. Nh7#) 6. Rxf3+ Rf4 7. Rxf4+ Nf7+ 8. Rxf7+ Bxf7 9. Nh7# {A good key followed by thematic queen sacrifices with mate finale in two parallel variations. But there are too many technical defects. The initial position is unnatural and has too much tension. So the white queen is attacked twice. In A 5..Qf3 and 6...Rf4 are just delays. The black major pieces do not matter. In B the white rook has no function. Unfortunately, everything is forced with check.} 1-0

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