www.arves.org - Quiet Move Tournament 2002

Studies from the Quiet Move Tournament 2002.

[Event ".c Quiet Move ty EBUR (tt)"]
[Date "2002"]
[White "Costeff,Gady"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b3Q1/1pPnq3/3p2p1/2bPpP1N/2PkP2p/1P3P2/1K3P2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002"]

1. Qd8 (1. Qxc8 $2 Qg5) (1. Kc2 $2 Nf8 2. fxg6 (2. f6
Qxc7 3. Nf4 exf4 4. f7 Nd7 5. f8=N (5. f8=Q Qa5) 5... Ne5 6. Ne6+ Bxe6 7. Qa8
Nxf3) 2... Bb4 3. Nf4 Qf6 4. Ne2+ Kc5) 1... Qf8 (1... Qh7 2. Qg5 Kd3 3. fxg6
Qg8 4. f4 Bd4+ (4... exf4 5. Nxf4+ Kxe4 6. Ne6 Kf3 7. g7) 5. Kb1 Bxf2 (5... h3
6. Qg3+ Kd2 7. f5) 6. Qg2 Bd4 7. f5 b5 8. g7 bxc4 9. bxc4 h3 10. Qxh3+ Kxc4 11.
Qg2) 2. Kc2 (2. Qg5 $2 Kd3 3. Qc1 Bd4+ 4. Kb1 Bxf2 5. fxg6 Qxf3 6. Qc2+ Ke3 7.
Qc3+ Kxe4 8. Qxf3+ Kxf3 9. g7 h3 10. g8=Q h2 11. Qf7+ Ke3 12. Ng3 Bxg3 13. Qf1
Nc5) 2... gxf5 (2... Qh6 3. Ng7 Nb6 4. Qf8 Qh7 (4... Qf4 5. Qxc8 Qxf3 6. Ne6+
Kxe4 7. Ng5+ Kf4 8. Nxf3 Nxc8 9. f6 Kxf3 10. f7) 5. f6 Bh3 6. Qb8) 3. Qg5 (3.
Qxh4 $2 f4 4. Qh1 Bb4 5. Qa1+ Kc5 6. Qa4 Kb6 7. Qxb4+ Kxc7) (3. exf5 $2 Qxf5+)
3... f4 4. Ng7 (4. Qg1 $2 Bb4 5. Qa1+ Kc5 6. Qa4 Kb6 7. Qxb4+ Kxc7) 4... Nb6 (
4... Nf6 5. Qg1 Ba3 6. Qe1 Nxe4 7. Ne6+ Bxe6 8. dxe6 Nf6 9. b4) 5. Qh6 $1 Qf7 (
5... Nd7 6. Ne6#) 6. Qh7 Qf6 (6... Qxc7 7. Ne6+ Bxe6 8. Qxc7 Bh3 9. b4) (6...
Qd7 7. Ne6+) 7. Qh8 Qg6 (7... h3 8. Ne6+ Qxe6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qe8 h2 (10...
Bc8 11. Qb5 h2 12. Qa5) 11. Qh8) 8. Qg8 Qh6 9. Qf8 (9. Qxc8 $2 Qxg7 10. Qxb7
Qg2) (9. Ne6+ $2 Bxe6 10. dxe6 Qh5 11. Qg2 Qe8) 9... Qh7 10. Qf7 Qh8 11. Qf6
Qg8 12. Qg6 Qf8 13. Qh6 $1 Qg8 14. Qg6 Qh8 15. Qf6 Qh7 16. Qf7 Qh6 17. Qf8 Qg6
18. Qg8 Qf6 19. Qh8 (19. Ne6+ $2 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Qe7 21. c8=Q Nxc8 22. Qxc8 Qg7
23. b4 Qg1 24. bxc5 Qxf2+ 25. Kb3 Qe1 26. Qc7 Qb1+ 27. Ka3 h3 28. Qxd6+ Kc3 29.
Qxe5+ Kc2 30. Ka4 h2) 19... Qf7 20. Qh7 Qf8 21. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event ".c Quiet Move ty EBUR (tt)"]
[Date "2002"]
[White "Van Tets,Albert"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "q7/1N1pp3/kP6/B1p2ppp/5P1P/4Pr1b/1PP2P2/3B2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2002"]

1. Be2+ (1. Nxc5+ $2 Kxa5 2. b7 Qg8 3. Bxf3 Qc4 4. b8=Q
(4. hxg5 Qf1+) 4... Qf1+ 5. Kh2 Qxf2+ 6. Kxh3 g4+) (1. Bxf3 $2 Qg8 2. Nxc5+
Kxa5 3. b7 Qc4) 1... c4 (1... Kxb7 2. Bxf3+ Kb8 3. Bxa8 Kxa8 4. hxg5 Bg4 5. g6
Bf3 6. c4 Be2 7. b3) 2. Bxc4+ (2. Bxf3 $2 Qg8 3. Nc5+ (3. hxg5 d6) (3. fxg5 d6)
3... Kxa5 4. b7 gxf4+ 5. Kh2 fxe3 6. fxe3 f4 7. exf4 Bf5) (2. Nc5+ $2 Kxa5 3.
b7 Qg8 4. hxg5 Bg4 5. Nxd7 Rh3 6. Bxg4 hxg4) 2... Kxb7 3. Bd5+ Kb8 4. Bxa8 g4 (
4... Kxa8 { } 5. hxg5 (5. fxg5 $2 f4) 5... Bg4 6. g6 (6. Kg2 $2 h4 7. g6
h3+) 6... Rh3 7. g7 (7. Kg2 $2 Rh4 8. Kg3 (8. g7 Bh3+) 8... Rh3+ 9. Kg2 Rh4)
7... Bf3 8. g8=Q+ Kb7 9. Qg2 $1 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Rh4 11. f3) 5. b7 $1 (5. Bxf3 $2
gxf3 6. Kh2 Bg4 7. Kg1 Bh3) (5. Bd5 $2 e6 6. Bc4 (6. Bxf3 gxf3) 6... g3 7. Be1
gxf2+ 8. Bxf2 Kb7 9. Be2 Bg4) 5... g3 6. Bc7+ Kxc7 7. b8=Q+ Kxb8 8. Bxf3 Bg4 {
 } 9. Kg2 gxf2 (9... Bxf3+ 10. Kxf3 gxf2 11. Kxf2) 10. Kxf2 e6 11. e4 Kc7
12. c3 d6 13. exf5 exf5 14. Bxg4 1-0

[Event "1.hm Quiet Move ty EBUR (tt)"]
[Date "2002"]
[White "Melnichenko,Emil"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1B6/8/K7/1n2P3/kN2n3/8/4b3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2002"]

1. Nc6 (1. Na2 $2 Nbc3+) (1. Bd6 $2 Nbxd6+) (1. Nc2 $2
Nd4+) (1. Nd5 $2 Nbc3+) 1... Nc5+ 2. Kb6 Nd7+ 3. Kb7 (3. Ka6 $2 Nd4+ 4. Kb7
Nxc6 5. Kxc6 Nxb8+ 6. Kd6 Kb5 7. e6 (7. Kc7 Na6+) 7... Kb6) 3... Bf3 4. Bd6 (4.
e6 $2 Nxb8 5. Kxb8 (5. e7 Bxc6+) 5... Bxc6) (4. Bc7 $2 Nd4 5. Bb6 Nxc6 6. e6
Nd4+ 7. Kc7 Nxb6) 4... Bd5 (4... Nxd6+ 5. Kc7 (5. exd6 $2 Kb5) 5... Kb5 6. Nd4+
) (4... Nd4 5. Kc7 Bxc6 6. e6 Nf6 7. Bc5 Nd5+ (7... Ne8+ 8. Kb6) 8. Kd6) (4...
Kb3 5. e6 Nxd6+ (5... Nf6 6. Kb6 Nxd6 (6... Ka4 7. Be5 Ne8 8. Nd4) 7. Nd4+) 6.
Kc7) 5. e6 (5. Bc7 $2 Nd4 6. e6 Bxc6+) (5. Bb8 $2 Nxb8) (5. Kc8 $2 Bxc6 6. e6
Nf6) 5... Bxe6 (5... Nxd6+ 6. Kc7 Kb5 7. exd7) (5... Nf6 6. Be5 Ng4 (6... Ng8
7. Kb6) 7. e7 Nxe5 (7... Bf7 8. Kc8 Be8 9. Kd8 Bxc6 10. e8=Q) 8. e8=Q Nd6+ 9.
Kb6 Nxe8 10. Nxe5) 6. Ne5 (6. Nd8 $2 Bd5+ 7. Nc6 (7. Kc8 Nb6+ 8. Kb8 Nxd6) 7...
Nd4 8. Kc7 Bxc6 9. Bh2 Kb5) (6. Nb8 $2 Nxd6+ 7. Kc6 Nxb8+ 8. Kxd6 Bh3) (6. Na7
$2 Bd5+ 7. Kc8 Nb6+ 8. Kd8 Nxd6 9. Kc7 Ndc4) (6. Ne7 $2 Nxd6+) (6. Be5 $2 Bd5
7. Bb2 Kb3 8. Bc1 Kc4 9. Bb2 (9. Be3 Ne5) (9. Bf4 Nd4) 9... Kc5) 6... Nxd6+ (
6... Bd5+ 7. Ka6 Nf6 (7... Nxd6 8. Nxd7) 8. Be7 Ng8 9. Bg5) 7. Kc6 (7. Kc7 $2
Nb5+ (7... Nxe5 $2 8. Kxd6)) 7... Nxe5+ (7... Nb5 8. Nxd7) 8. Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "1.p Quiet Move ty EBUR (tt)"]
[Date "2002"]
[White "Gonzalez,Luis Miguel "]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2R1N3/p6k/3N4/2K5/3p4/1b6/3p4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2002"]

1. Rc7+ Kg8 $1 (1... Kh6 2. Rg7) (1... Kg6 2. Rg7+ Kh5
3. Nf5) (1... Kh8 2. Nf6 Bc2 3. Nde8 d1=Q 4. Rg7) 2. Nf6+ Kf8 3. Nh5 $1 (3.
Nd7+ $2 Ke7 4. Nf5+ Kf7 5. Rc6 d1=Q 6. Ne5+ Kg8 7. Rc8+ Kh7 8. Rc7+ Kg8 9. Nh6+
Kf8 10. Ng6+ Ke8 11. Kd6 Qc2) 3... Kg8 $1 (3... d1=Q 4. Rc8+ Ke7 5. Re8+ Kd7 6.
Nf6+ Kc7 7. Rc8#) 4. Rg7+ Kf8 $1 (4... Kh8 5. Rg1 d1=Q 6. Nf7+ Bxf7 7. Rxd1
Bxh5 8. Rh1) 5. Rxa7 Kg8 6. Rg7+ Kf8 7. Rb7 $1 Kg8 8. Nf6+ (8. Rxb3 $2 d1=Q 9.
Rg3+ (9. Rb8+ Kh7) (9. Nf6+ Kg7 10. Nfe8+ Kf8 11. Rb8 d3 12. Nc7+ Kg7) 9... Kf8
10. Nf6 d3 11. Rg8+ Ke7 12. Nd5+ Kd7 13. Rg7+ Kd8 14. Nf7+ Ke8 15. Ne5 Qc1+ 16.
Kd6 Qh6+) 8... Kf8 9. Nd7+ Ke7 $1 10. Nf5+ (10. Ne5+ $2 Ke6 $1 11. Rxb3 d1=Q
12. Rd3 Qa4 13. Ndc4 Qa7+) 10... Kf7 (10... Ke8 11. Ne5) (10... Kd8 11. Kd6) (
10... Ke6 11. Nxd4+ Kf7 12. Ne5+ Kg8 13. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 14. Rb8+ Kg7 15. Rd8) 11.
Rb6 $1 (11. Ne5+ $2 Kf6 $1 12. Nxd4 d1=Q 13. Nd7+ Ke7 14. Nb8+ Ke8 15. Nxb3
Qc2+ 16. Kd6 Qd3+ 17. Kc7 Qh7+) 11... d1=Q (11... Kg8 12. Rg6+ Kf7 13. Rg7+ Ke6
14. Nxd4#) (11... Be6 12. Ne5+ Kf6 13. Ng4+ Kg5 14. Nf2 Bxf5 15. Rb2) 12. Ne5+
Kg8 13. Rb8+ Kh7 14. Rb7+ Kg8 15. Nh6+ Kf8 16. Ng6+ Ke8 17. Kd6 1-0

[Event "3.hm Quiet Move ty EBUR (tt)"]
[Date "2002"]
[White "Vandecasteele,Ignace and Missiaen,Roger"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p7/1Pp2rB1/k1K5/8/1P6/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2002"]

1. b7 $1 (1. bxa7 $2 Rf8 2. Bd3 Ra8 3. b4+ Ka4 4. Bc2+
Ka3 5. Kb6 Kxb4) 1... Rf8 (1... Rxg6 2. b8=Q) 2. Bh5 $1 (2. Kxc6 $2 Kb4 3. Bc2
Kc3 4. Bd1 Kd2 5. Bg4 Kc3 6. Bc8 Rf6+ 7. Kc7 Rb6) (2. Bf7 $2 Rb8 3. Kxc6 Kb4 4.
Kc7 Rxb7+ 5. Kxb7 a5 6. Kb6 a4 $1 7. bxa4 Kxa4) 2... Rb8 (2... Rf5+ 3. Kxc6 Rb5
4. Bd1) (2... a6 3. Kxc6 Kb4 4. Bg4 a5 5. Bc8 Rf6+ 6. Kc7) (2... Ka6 3. Kxc6
Rh8 4. Bf7 $1 (4. Bg6 $2 Ka5 5. Kc7 Kb4) (4. Be2+ Ka5 5. Kc5 Rg8 6. Bg4 $1)
4... Ka5 5. Kc7) (2... Rh8 3. Bg4 $1 Rb8 (3... a6 4. Kxc6 Kb4 5. Bc8 Rh6+ 6.
Kc7) 4. Kxc6 Kb4 5. Bd1 Re8 6. Kc7 Re7+ 7. Kb8 a5 8. Ka8) 3. Kxc6 (3. b4+ $2
Ka4 4. Bf3 Kb3 5. Bxc6 a6) 3... Rh8 (3... Kb4 4. Bd1 Rg8 5. Kc7 Rg7+ 6. Kb8) 4.
Bf7 $1 (4. Bg4 $2 Kb4 5. Bd1 Kc3 6. Kc7 Kd2 7. b8=Q Rxb8 8. Kxb8 a5 9. Kc7 Kxd1
10. Kb6 Kc2) (4. Bg6 $2 Kb4 5. Bc2 Kc3) 4... Kb4 (4... Rh6+ 5. Kc7 Rb6 6. b8=Q
Rxb8 7. Kxb8 Kb6 8. Be8) 5. Kc7 $1 a5 $1 (5... Rf8 6. Be6) 6. Be6 $1 Kc3 (6...
a4 7. bxa4 Kxa4 8. Bc8 Rh7+ 9. Bd7+) 7. Bc8 Rh7+ 8. Bd7 Rh8 9. Ba4 $1 Rh7+ 10.
Kb6 Rh6+ 11. Ka7 Rh7 12. Ka8 Rh8+ 13. b8=Q Rxb8+ 14. Kxb8 1-0

[Event "4.hm Quiet Move ty EBUR (tt)"]

[Date "2002"]

[White "Matous,Mario"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7k/r5q1/8/8/4R3/1K3Q2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2002"]

1. Qh2+ $1 (1. Rh3+ $2 Kg7 2. Rg3 Rb6+ 3. Kc3 Rc6+) (1.
Qh4+ $2 Qh6 2. Qe4+ (2. Re7+ Kh8 3. Re8+ Kh7 4. Qe4+ Qg6 $1 5. Re7+ Kh8 6. Qh1+
Qh6 7. Re8+ Kh7) 2... Rg6) 1... Qh6 (1... Kg7 2. Rg3 Rb6+ 3. Kc3 Rc6+ 4. Kd4
Rd6+ 5. Ke5 Re6+ 6. Kf4 Rf6+ 7. Ke3 Re6+ 8. Kf2 Rf6+ 9. Kg2 $1) 2. Qc2+ $1 (2.
Re7+ $2 Kg8 3. Qb8+ Qf8 4. Re8 (4. Qg3+ Kh8 5. Qh4+ Rh6) 4... Rb6+) (2. Rh3 $2
Rb6+ 3. Kc3 Rc6+ 4. Kd4 Rd6+ 5. Ke5 Re6+ 6. Kf5 Rf6+ 7. Kg4 Rg6+ 8. Kf3 Rf6+ 9.
Kg2 Rg6+ 10. Kh1 Qxh3 $1) 2... Rg6 $1 (2... Qg6 3. Re7+ Kh6 4. Qh2+ Kg5 5. Qg3+
Kf5 (5... Kh5 6. Re5+ Kh6 7. Qh4+ Kg7 8. Rg5 Rb6+ 9. Kc3 Rc6+ 10. Kd4 Rd6+ 11.
Ke3 Re6+ 12. Kf3 $1 Rf6+ 13. Kg4 $1) 6. Qe5+ Kg4 7. Rg7) (2... Kg7 3. Qc7+ Kf8
(3... Kg6 4. Rg3+ Kf6 (4... Kf5 5. Qc5+ $1 Kf4 6. Qe3+ Kf5 7. Rf3+ Kg6 8. Qe4+
Kg7 9. Qe7+ Kg8 10. Qe8+) 5. Rf3+ Ke6 6. Qf7+ Ke5 7. Rf5+ Kd4 8. Qd5+) 4. Qe7+
Kg8 5. Qe8+ Kg7 6. Re7+ Kf6 7. Rf7+ $1 Kg5 (7... Kg6 8. Qg8+ Kh5 9. Rf5+ $1 Kh4
10. Qc4+ Kg3 11. Qd3+ Kh4 12. Qe4+) 8. Qe5+ Kg4 9. Qe4+) 3. Re7+ Kh8 4. Qc8+ $1
(4. Qc3+ $2 Rf6 $1 5. Re8+ (5. Rf7 Qh2+) 5... Kh7 $1 6. Qc7+ Qg7 $1 7. Re7 $2
Rf7+) 4... Rg8 5. Qc3+ Rg7 6. Re8+ Kh7 7. Qd3+ Rg6 8. Re7+ Kh8 9. Qd4+ (9. Qd8+
$2 Rg8 10. Qd4+) 9... Rg7 (9... Rf6 10. Rf7 $1 Qh2+ 11. Kc3 $1 Qg3+ (11... Qh3+
12. Kb4 $1) 12. Kc4 $1) 10. Re8+ Kh7 11. Qe4+ Rg6 12. Kb1 $1 Qh2 { } (12...
Qh5 { } 13. Re7+ Kh6 14. Qf4+ Rg5 15. Qf8+ $1) (12... Qg5 13. Re7+ Kh8 14.
Qa8+ Rg8 15. Qh1+) 13. Re7+ Kh6 14. Qe3+ Rg5 15. Re6+ Kh5 16. Qf3+ Rg4 17. Qf5+
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