www.arves.org - e4-e5 100 Years Cup 2018

Studies awarded for the Magazine e4-e5 100 years Cup 2018.

Celebrating a century since Bukovina got united with the country,

the Romanian Problemists Club in collaboration with the “e4 e5” Magazine.

[Event "«e4 e5»-100; I prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen, (Denmark)"] [Black "Martin Minski (Germany)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2k2q2/1p1p4/1P4P1/3pr3/5p2/2K4p/1Q4PP/3R4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "1910"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 
 1. Kd2 $1 Qf6 $1 {battery} 2. Ra1 $1 {threatens 3.Ra8#} (2. Qc3+ $6 Kd8 $11) 2... Re2+ $1 (2... Kd8 3. Qb4 $1 d6 (3... Re2+ 4. Kxe2 Qxa1 5. Qf8#) 4. g7 $1 Qxg7 5. Qxd6+ Ke8 6. Qb8+ Kf7 7. Qxb7+ $18) 3. Kd1 $1 (3. Kxe2 $2 Qxb2+ $19) 3... Rd2+ $1 4. Ke1 $1 (4. Kc1 $4 Qxb2#) ({logical try} 4. Qxd2 $2 Qxa1+ 5. Qc1+ Qxc1+ 6. Kxc1 hxg2 $1 $19) 4... Re2+ $1 5. Kf1 Rf2+ $1 (5... hxg2+ 6. Kg1 Re1+ 7. Rxe1 Qxb2 8. Re8#) 6. Kg1 Rxg2+ 7. Kf1 $1 { The king must return to save the h2 pawn} ({logical try} 7. Kh1 $6 Rxh2+ $1 8. Kg1 Rg2+ 9. Kf1 Rf2+ $1 10. Ke1 Re2+ $1 11. Kd1 Rd2+ $1 12. Qxd2 $2 (12. Ke1 Re2+ $11) 12... Qxa1+ 13. Qc1+ Qxc1+ 14. Kxc1 h2 $1 $19) 7... Rf2+ $1 8. Ke1 Re2+ $1 9. Kd1 Rd2+ $1 10. Qxd2 $1 Qxa1+ 11. Qc1+ {cross-check!} Qxc1+ 12. Kxc1 Kd8 {Pawns g2 is not on the board and wins} 13. g7 $18 {<<The study was inspired by the famous game Wilhelm Steinitz against Curt von Bardeleben, Hastings 1895>> (authors comment). Modern logical interpretation of the classic combination! Great study!} 1-0

[Event "«e4 e5»-100; II prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Pavel Arestov ((Russia)"] [Black "Daniel Keith (France)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3K4/8/8/2QP4/5k2/8/q1P5/n7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "1910"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 
 1. d6 {with two lines} Qxc2 ({or} 1... Nxc2 2. d7 Qa4 $1 3. Kc8 $1 (3. Kc7 $6 Nd4 $1 4. d8=Q Ne6+ $11 {fork}) (3. Ke7 $6 Nd4 $1 4. d8=Q Nc6+ $11 {fork}) 3... Nd4 $1 4. Qd6+ $1 (4. d8=Q $6 Qa8+ 5. Kd7 Qxd8+ 6. Kxd8 Ne6+ $11 {fork}) 4... Ke4 5. Qg6+ $1 (5. d8=Q $6 Qa8+ 6. Kd7 Qa4+ $1 7. Kc7 (7. Ke7 Nc6+ $11 {fork}) 7... Qa7+ $1 (7... Nb5+ $2 8. Kb6 Nxd6 9. Qh4+ $18) 8. Kc8 Qa8+ 9. Qb8 Qxb8+ 10. Kxb8 Nc6+ $11 {fork}) 5... Ke5 6. Qg5+ $1 Ke6 $1 (6... Ke4 7. d8=Q Qa6+ 8. Kd7 Qa4+ 9. Ke7 $1 Nc6+ 10. Kd6 $1 Nxd8 11. Qg4+ $18) 7. d8=N+ $1 (7. d8=Q $6 Qa8+ 8. Kc7 Qa7+ 9. Kc8 Qa8+ $11) 7... Kd6 8. Nb7+ Ke6 (8... Kc6 9. Qc5#) 9. Nc5+ $18 {fork}) 2. Qb4+ Kf5 $1 (2... Ke5 3. d7 Nb3 4. Qe7+ Kd5 5. Ke8 Qg6+ 6. Qf7+ $18) 3. d7 Nb3 4. Ke8 $1 (4. Ke7 $6 Nc5 $3 5. d8=Q Qe2+ 6. Kd6 Qd3+ 7. Ke7 (7. Kc7 Ne6+) 7... Qe2+ 8. Kf8 Ne6+ $11 {fork}) 4... Qe2+ 5. Kf8 $1 Nd4 $1 6. Qxd4 (6. Qc5+ Qe5 $1 7. Qxe5+ Kxe5 8. d8=Q Ne6+ $11 {fork}) 6... Ke6 $1 7. d8=R $1 (7. d8=Q $6 Qf3+ (7... Qf1+ $144) 8. Kg7 Qf7+ 9. Kh6 Qg6+ $1 10. Kxg6 { stalemate}) 7... Qf3+ 8. Kg7 Qf7+ 9. Kh6 $18 {Amazing miniature find: two variants with weak promotions with branching already on the first move!} 1-0

[Event "«e4 e5»-100; II prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Sergiy Didukh (Ukraine)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1p1N1p1k/b1q2P2/2p1p3/1p2p2p/2b5/6KP/2Q1B3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "1910"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 
 1. Qg5 {The right way to create threat Qg7#. With two main lines} ({After} 1. Nf8+ $6 Kg8 2. Qh6 h3+ (2... Bf1+) 3. Kg1 Bd4+ 4. Bf2 Bxf2+ 5. Kxf2 e3+ 6. Kxe3 Qg2 $1 $11 {whites are saved by stalemate:} 7. Qh7+ Kxf8 8. Qxf7+ Kxf7) 1... Bf1+ $1 (1... h3+ $1 2. Kg1 Bd4+ 3. Bf2 Bxf2+ 4. Kxf2 e3+ $1 5. Kxe3 Qg2 6. Nf8+ $1 Kh8 7. Ng6+ $1 Kg8 (7... fxg6 {closes g-file} 8. Qh6+ Kg8 9. Qg7#) 8. Ne7+ Kf8 9. Qh6+ Ke8 10. Qh8+ Kd7 11. Qc8+ Kd6 12. Nf5+ Kd5 13. Qd7+ Kc4 14. Qd3# {and blacks change plan: they make an anticritical move for future defense against mate}) 2. Kg1 $1 (2. Kxf1 $6 Qa6+ 3. Kg1 Bd4+ $11) 2... Bd4+ 3. Bf2 Bxf2+ 4. Kxf2 (4. Kxf1 $6 Qa6+ $1 5. Kxf2 Qa2+ $11) 4... e3+ $1 5. Ke1 $1 ( 5. Kxe3 $2 Qg2 6. Nf8+ Kh8 7. Ng6+ Kg8 $1 8. Ne7+ Kf8 9. Qh6+ Ke8 10. Qh8+ Kd7 11. Qc8+ Kd6 12. Nf5+ Kd5 13. Qd7+ Kc4 14. Qd3+ Bxd3 $1 { Bishop is on the right side of the critical square d3}) 5... Qg2 6. Nf8+ Kh8 7. Ng6+ $1 Kg8 (7... fxg6 8. Qh6+ Kg8 9. Qg7#) (7... Kh7 8. Qh5+ Kg8 9. Qh8#) 8. Ne7+ Kf8 9. Qh6+ Ke8 10. Qh8+ Kd7 11. Qc8+ Kd6 12. Nf5+ Kd5 13. Nxe3+ $1 $18 { <<That's why King didn't go to e3. A battle of deep white and black logical combinations. White and black deep foresights with sacrifices (Bf1+! Ng6+!) and capture refusals>> (author comment). Unusual and complex idea! But the author, unfortunately, could not get rid of a large number of technical figures and the dual in the try 1.Sf8. Also, the first move of the try is more "mysterious" than the obvious move 1.Qg5.} 1-0

[Event "«e4 e5»-100; 2nd hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Michal Hlinka (Slovakia)"] [Black "Lubos Kekely (Slovakia)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r7/5K2/8/8/1B2B3/7k/1Rp4P/8 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1910"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 
 1... Ra7+ ({Early} 1... c1=Q 2. Bf5+ Kh4 3. Be7+ Kh5 4. Rb4 Ra4 (4... Qe1 5. Bg4+ Kh6 6. Rb6+ Kh7 7. Bf5+ Kh8 8. Rh6#) 5. Bg6+ Kh6 6. Bf8+ Kg5 7. h4#) 2. Kg6 Ra6+ ({Early again} 2... c1=Q 3. Bf5+ Kh4 4. Be7+ Rxe7 5. Rb4+ Qf4 6. Rxf4# ) 3. Kh5 $1 Rh6+ $1 4. Kxh6 c1=Q+ 5. Rd2 Kg4 $1 6. h3+ $1 Kxh3 7. Kh5 $1 Qa1 ( 7... Qf1 8. Rd3+ Kh2 9. Bd6+ Kg1 10. Rg3+ Kf2 11. Rf3+ $18) 8. Bg2+ Kh2 9. Bd6+ Kg1 10. Bc5+ { and here the authors stopped completing the study! But the show must go on!} Kh2 11. Bd5+ $1 {Other moves by the Bishop on the diagonal are a loss of time.} Kh3 12. Rd3+ (12. Rd4 $6 Qe1 $1 13. Rd3+ Kh2 14. Bd6+ Kg1 15. Bc5+ Kh2 $11) 12... Kh2 13. Rd4 (13. Bd4 $6 Qe1 $1 $11) 13... Qc1 (13... Qe1 14. Bd6+ Kg1 15. Rg4+ Kf1 16. Bc4+ $18) 14. Rh4+ Kg3 15. Rg4+ Kh3 16. Bd4 $1 (16. Be6 $6 Qd1 $1 $11) 16... Qe1 17. Bg2+ $1 Kh2 18. Be4 $1 Qe2 (18... Qa5+ 19. Rg5 $18) 19. Be5+ Kh3 20. Bg2+ $1 {three times the Bishop goes to g2!} Qxg2 21. Rh4# {It is inter esting to see how the ring is gradually compressed around the black king, and the queen cannot help anything!} 1-0

[Event "«e4 e5»-100; comm"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Peter Gyarmati (Hungary)"] [Black "Mario Garcia (Argentina)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1n5k/7b/p1p3p1/4N3/p2N4/5K2/8/6B1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "1910"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 
 1. Ne6 $1 c5 2. Bxc5 (2. Nf7+ $6 Kg8 3. Nh6+ Kh8 4. Bxc5 Bg8 $1 $11) 2... Bg8 3. Nxg6+ Kh7 4. Ngf8+ Kh6 (4... Kh8 5. Bd4#) 5. Be3+ Kh5 6. Nd4 $1 { with two (by authors)   lines: first way} Kh4 ({Another way} 6... a3 7. Nf5 a2 8. Ng3+ Kh4 9. Ng6+ Kh3 10. Nf4+ Kh4 ({or} 10... Kh2 11. Nf1+ Kh1 12. Nh5 Bd5+ 13. Kf2 a1=Q 14. Nhg3#) 11. Ne4 a1=Q 12. Bf2#) 7. Ng6+ Kh5 ({or} 7... Kh3 8. Nf4+ Kh4 9. Nf5+ Kg5 10. Ne7 Bb3 11. Nfd5+ Kh4 12. Nf6 a3 13. Bf4 a2 14. Ng6+ Kh3 15. Bg3 Bd1+ 16. Kf2 a1=Q 17. Nf4#) 8. Ne7 Bf7 9. Kg3 $1 a3 10. Ndf5 a2 11. Ng7# {model mirror mate Full domination! It is a pity that Black has no counterplay. The authors declared four different matte finals, but only one of them can be called by the study beautiful. Quantity does not always turn into quality.} 1-0

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