www.arves.org - Arves Humor Ty 2004

Studies of the tournament organized by Arves in 2004 with Humor theme for magazine EBUR.

[Event "1.p Humor Tourney EBUR#108"] [Site ""] [Date "2004"] [Round ""] [White "Didukh=S"] [Black "[=3851.06h6h8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r4B1k/3p2Rp/7K/2pp4/1q3pBp/1N4b1/4R3/4r3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "24"] [EventDate "2004"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 
 1. Be6 $1 (1. Bd6 $2 Qc3 2. Re5 Qxe5 3. Bxe5 Rxe5 4. Rxh7+ Kg8 5. Rg7+ Kf8 6. Nxc5 Rd8 7. Nxd7+ Rxd7 8. Rxd7 Ke8) 1... dxe6 2. Bd6 $1 (2. Bxc5 $2 Qc3 $1 3. Nd4 Qd3) (2. Rxh7+ $2 Kg8 3. Bd6 Qc3) 2... Qc3 3. Nd4 $1 Qxd4 (3... Qd3 4. Be5 $1 Rxe2 (4... Qxd4 5. Ra2 $1 Rxa2 6. Rg6+ Rxe5 7. Rg8+ Kxg8) 5. Rxh7+ Kg8 6. Rg7+ Kf8 7. Bd6+ Ke8 8. Re7+) 4. Re5 $1 (4. Be5 $2 f3) 4... Qd3 $1 (4... Qxe5 5. Bxe5 Rxe5 6. Rg8+ Kxg8) 5. Re4 $1 (5. Reg5 $2 f3 $1 6. Be5 Bxe5) 5... Qc3 $1 6. Rd4 $1 (6. Be5 $2 Ra6 7. Rb4 Qxe5) (6. Re5 $2 Qc2 7. Re4 Qb2 8. Re5 Qb1 9. Re4 Qa1 10. Re5 Ra7 11. Rxa7 Qxa7 12. Rg5 f3 $1) 6... Qc2 7. Rd3 $1 (7. Ra4 $2 Rf8 $1 8. Ra8 $1 Qf5 $1 9. Be5 $1 Qh5+ $1 10. Kxh5 Rxe5+ 11. Kh6 Rh5+ $1) 7... Qb2 8. Rc3 Qb1 9. Rc2 Qa1 10. Rb2 $1 (10. Rc3 $2 Ra7) 10... Qxb2 11. Be5 $1 Rxe5 (11... f3 12. Rxg3+ Rxe5 13. Rg8+ Kxg8) (11... Rf8 12. Rxh7+ Kg8 13. Rg7+) 12. Rg8+ $1 Kxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2.p Humor Tourney EBUR#107"] [Site ""] [Date "2004"] [Round ""] [White "Van_Essen=M"] [Black "[+0755.76b7b4"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6br/1KNp1n1r/2p2p2/P1ppRP2/1kP3pP/3PBB2/PN1P4/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2004"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 
 1. Bxc5+ (1. Re8 $2 Nd6+ 2. Kb6 d4 3. Rb8 dxe3 4. a6 Bxc4 $1 5. a3+ Kxa3 6. a7 gxf3 7. Nxc4+ Nxc4+ 8. dxc4 Rxb8+ 9. axb8=Q f2 10. Nb5+ cxb5 11. Qf4 exd2 12. Qe3+ Ka4 $1 13. Qd3 Rxh4) 1... Kxc5 (1... Kxa5 2. a3 $1) 2. d4+ Kxd4 (2... Kb4 3. Re3 $1 dxc4 4. a3+ Kxa5 5. Nxc4+ Ka4 6. Bd1#) (2... Kd6 3. c5#) 3. Nb5+ $1 Kxe5 (3... cxb5 4. Rxd5#) (3... Kc5 4. d4+ Kb4 5. Re3 $1 dxc4 (5... cxb5 6. Rb3+ Kxa5 7. Rxb5#) (5... Rxh4 6. Rb3+ Kxa5 7. Ra3+ Kb4 8. Ra4#) 6. Kb6 $1 cxb5 7. a3#) 4. Nd3+ Kxf5 5. Nd4+ Kg6 6. Nf4+ Kg7 7. Nf5+ Kf8 8. Ng6+ Ke8 9. Kc8 $1 (9. a6 $2 Ne5 10. Nd6+ Kd8 11. a7 Nxg6 12. a8=Q+ Ke7 13. Nf5+ Kf7 14. Bxg4 Nxh4 ) 9... gxf3 10. a6 f2 11. a7 f1=Q 12. a8=N $1 (12. a8=Q $2 Qxf5 13. Kc7+ Nd8) 12... Qf4 $1 13. Nc7+ $1 Qxc7+ 14. Kxc7 dxc4 15. a4 d5 16. Kc8 $1 d4 17. a5 c3 18. a6 cxd2 (18... c2 19. a7 c1=Q 20. a8=N $1) 19. a7 d1=Q 20. a8=N $1 Ne5 21. Nd6# 1-0

[Event "3.p Humor Tourney EBUR#073"] [Site ""] [Date "2004"] [Round ""] [White "Costeff=G"] [Black "[+0124.36e4a8"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k7/1RP1n3/8/N6P/4K3/p3p1B1/1pppP1Bp/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2004"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 
 1. Kd4 (1. Kxe3 $2 h1=Q 2. Rb8+ Ka7 3. Ra8+ Kb6 4. Nc4+ Kb5 5. Nxa3+ Kb6 6. Nc4+ Kb5 7. Bxh1 b1=Q 8. Na3+ Kb6 9. Nxb1 d1=Q 10. Rb8+ Ka7 11. Ra8+ Kb6 12. Rb8+) (1. Ke5 $2 h1=Q 2. Bxh1 d1=Q 3. Be4 c1=Q 4. c8=Q+ Nxc8 5. Rd7+ Kb8 6. Rb7+ Ka8) (1. Kf4 $2 h1=Q 2. Bxh1 d1=Q 3. Rb8+ (3. Be4 Nd5+ 4. Bxd5 c1=Q 5. Bf3 Qd4+ 6. Kg5 Qcc5+ 7. Kg6 Qc2+ 8. Kg5 Qcc5+) 3... Ka7 4. c8=Q Nxc8 5. Nc6+ Ka6 6. Nb4+ Ka5 7. Nc6+ Ka6) (1. Rb8+ $2 Ka7 2. Nc6+ Ka6 3. Nxe7 (3. Nb4+ Ka5 4. Nxc2 d1=Q 5. Be1+ Qxe1 6. Nxe1 a2 7. Rxb2 a1=Q) 3... c1=Q 4. c8=Q+ Qxc8 5. Nxc8 d1=Q 6. Ra8+ Kb5 7. Rb8+ Ka6 8. Ra8+) 1... d1=Q+ (1... h1=Q 2. Rb8+ Ka7 3. Ra8+ Kb6 4. Nc4+ Kb5 5. Ra5+ Kb4 6. Bd6+ Kb3 7. Rxa3#) 2. Kc5 c1=Q+ 3. Kb6 b1=Q+ 4. Ka6 Qc4+ (4... Qxe2+ 5. Rb5+ Qxg2 6. Rb8+) 5. Nxc4 Qa4+ 6. Na5 Qxa5+ 7. Kxa5 Qxb7 8. c8=Q+ (8. Bxb7+ $2 Kxb7 9. Bxh2 a2 10. c8=Q+ Kxc8 11. Be5 Nc6+) (8. c8=R+ {or}) 8... Nxc8 9. Bxb7+ Kxb7 10. Bxh2 Ne7 (10... a2 11. Be5) 11. Ka4 ( 11. Kb5 $2 Nc6) 11... a2 12. Be5 Nf5 {eg} (12... Kc6 13. h6 Ng6 14. Bg7 Kd5 15. Kb3 Nf8 16. Kxa2 Nh7 17. Kb3 Ke4 18. Kc4 Ng5 19. Kc5) 13. Kb3 Ng3 14. h6 Nxe2 15. h7 Nd4+ 16. Kxa2 e2 17. Bg3 1-0

[Event "sp.p Humor Tourney EBUR#093"] [Site ""] [Date "2004"] [Round ""] [White "Costeff=G"] [Black "[+0888.66e1h8"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1r2bb1k/4p3/2pn1p2/pp2p3/1Pr5/N2BPP1n/RBPPNP2/4K1R1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2004"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 
 1. Rh1 $1 (1. Rg3 $2 Rh4 2. bxa5 Ra8 3. Nb1 Ng5 4. Ng1 Bf7 5. Ra1 Bg7 6. Nc3 Ra6 7. Nce2 c5 8. f4 exf4 9. Nxf4 c4 10. Bf1 e5 11. Nfe2 Nge4 12. Rh3 Rxh3 13. Nxh3 b4 14. Nc1 Nb7 15. Ra4 Bf8 16. Bg2 Bd5) (1. Nxc4 $2 Nxg1 2. Nxd6 Nxf3+ 3. Kd1 exd6 4. bxa5 Ra8 5. Be4 Nh4 6. a6 d5 7. Bh1 Bh5 8. f4 Bd6 9. Ke1 Kg7 10. Kf2 Kf8) (1. Bxc4 $2 Nxg1 2. Nxg1 axb4) 1... Rh4 2. Ng1 $1 (2. bxa5 $2 Bh5 3. Ng3 Bxf3 4. Rh2 Ra8 5. Nb1 Kg7 6. Nf5+ Nxf5 7. Bxf5 Bd5 8. Ra1 Ng5 9. Rxh4 Nf3+ 10. Ke2 Nxh4) (2. Nb1 $2 Bh5 3. bxa5 Bxf3 4. Rh2 Kg7 5. Nec3 Nf4 6. Rxh4 Ng2+ 7. Kf1 Nxh4 8. a6 Ra8) 2... Bf7 3. Ra1 $1 axb4 4. Nb1 $1 Be6 (4... Nc4 5. Bc1 Be6 6. Bf1) (4... b3 5. cxb3 Bxb3 6. Rxh3 Rxh3 7. Nxh3) 5. Bf1 $1 (5. f4 $2 Nc4 6. Bxc4 bxc4 7. fxe5 Bg7 8. Ra7 b3 9. cxb3 Rxb3 10. exf6 Rxb2 11. fxg7+ Kxg7 12. Nc3 Nxg1 13. Rxg1+ Kf7) 5... Nc4 (5... Nxg1 6. Rxh4+ Kg8 7. Bg2 Nc4 8. Bc1 e4 9. Rxe4 Bh3 10. Bxh3 Nxh3 11. d3 Ne5 12. Nd2 Ng5 13. Rxb4) (5... b3 6. cxb3 Bxb3 7. Rxh3 Rxh3 8. Nxh3 Nc4 9. Bc1 e6 10. d3 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Rd8 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2) 6. Bc1 $1 Nd6 {eg} (6... Nxg1 7. Rxh4+ Kg7 8. Bg2 e4 9. Rxe4) (6... e4 7. fxe4 Nxg1 8. Rxh4+ Kg7 9. Rh1 Nf3+ 10. Kd1 Rd8 11. Be2 Bg4 12. d3 c5 13. Nd2 Ncxd2 14. Bxd2 Kg6 15. Ra7 Rc8 16. Kc1) (6... Nb6 7. d3 b3 8. cxb3 Bxb3 9. Rxh3 Rxh3 10. Nxh3 Nd5 11. Bb2 b4 12. Nd2 Bc2 13. Ng5 Kg8 14. Ne6) 7. d3 b3 8. cxb3 Bxb3 9. Rxh3 Rxh3 10. Nxh3 b4 11. Bb2 Kg7 12. Nd2 Bf7 13. Bg2 Rb6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 1-0

[Event "1.c Humor Tourney EBUR#103"] [Site ""] [Date "2004"] [Round ""] [White "Kazantsev=V Vinichenko=V"] [Black "[=3018.30a3a1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/4N3/Bn1P1P1P/N7/7n/K7/2q5/k7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "18"] [EventDate "2004"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 
 1. Nb3+ (1. Nc4 $2 Qa4#) (1. Bb5 $2 Qb2#) (1. Kb4 $2 Qa4+ 2. Kc5 Nd7+) 1... Kb1 2. h7 $1 (2. f7 $2 Qa2+ 3. Kb4 Kb2 4. f8=Q Qa4+ 5. Kc5 Nd7+) 2... Qxh7 $1 (2... Qb2+ 3. Kb4 Qxf6 4. Nc5 Qd4+ (4... Nf3 5. Bd3+ Kc1 6. Ka5 Na8 7. d7 Qxe7 8. h8=Q Qxc5+ 9. Bb5 Nd4 10. Qh6+ $1 Kc2 11. Qg6+ Kb2 12. Ka6 Nc7+ 13. Kb7 Nce6 14. Qg2+ Kc3 15. Qg3+ Kb4 16. Qe1+ Kxb5 17. Qb1+ Ka5 18. Qa2+ Kb4 19. Qd2+ Ka3 20. Qd3+) 5. Kb5 Nc4 6. d7 Nd6+ 7. Kb6 Nf7 8. Nc6 Qf6 9. Bc4 Nd8 10. Ne6) 3. f7 Nd7 4. Nf5 $1 (4. f8=Q $2 Nxf8 5. Nf5 Qa7) (4. Nd5 $2 Qc2 5. Nb4 Qb2+ 6. Ka4 Qf2 7. Ka3 Qa7) (4. Bb5 $2 Kc2 5. Nd5 Qh6 6. Nb4+ Kd1 7. Bxd7 Qxd6 8. Bg4+ Ke1 9. Ka4 Ng6 10. Nc5 Ne5 $1 11. Ncd3+ Nxd3 12. Nxd3+ Kd2 13. Nb4 Qf4 $1 14. Be6 Kc3) 4... Qxf5 (4... Kc2 5. Ne3+) 5. f8=Q (5. Bb7 $2 Nc5) 5... Nxf8 6. Bb7 $1 Nf3 (6... Kc2 7. Nd4+) 7. d7 $1 Nxd7 8. Be4+ Qxe4 9. Nd2+ Nxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2.c Humor Tourney EBUR#077"] [Site ""] [Date "2004"] [Round ""] [White "Rossi=P"] [Black "[+4156.27f8h7"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5KR1/QB4pk/P2p3B/1p5p/3b4/5nPp/q2pp3/7n w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2004"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 
 1. Rh8+ $1 (1. Be4+ $2 Kxh6 2. Rh8+ Kg5 3. Qe7+ (3. Qd7 Nxg3 4. Rxh5+ Nxh5 5. Qf5+ Kh4) 3... Bf6 4. Rxh5+ Kxh5 5. Qe8+ Kg4 6. Qg6+ Ng5 $1 7. Qf5+ Kxg3) (1. Bd5 $2 Qxd5 2. Rh8+ (2. Rxg7+ Kxh6 3. Rh7+ Kg6) 2... Kg6 $1 (2... Kxh8 $2 3. Bxg7+ Kh7 4. Bxd4+)) (1. Rxg7+ $2 Kxh6 2. Rh7+ Kg5 $1) (1. Bxg7 $2 Qxg8+) 1... Kxh8 (1... Kg6 2. Be4+ Kf6 3. Qe7#) 2. Bd5 $1 Qxd5 (2... gxh6 3. Qf7 Qxd5 4. Qxd5 Bg7+ 5. Kf7 Ne5+ (5... Ng5+ 6. Kg6) 6. Qxe5 $1 Bxe5 (6... dxe5 7. a7) 7. a7) (2... Bxa7 3. Bxg7+ Kh7 4. Be4#) (2... Qb2 3. Qf7) 3. Bxg7+ Kh7 4. Bxd4+ Kg6 (4... Kh6 5. Qg7#) 5. Qg7+ Kf5 6. Qf6+ Ke4 (6... Kg4 7. Qf4#) 7. Qf4+ Kd3 8. Qe3+ Kc2 (8... Kc4 9. Qc3#) 9. Qc3+ Kd1 10. Qa1+ Kc2 11. Qb2+ Kd3 12. Qc3+ Ke4 13. Qe3+ Kf5 14. Qf4+ Kg6 15. Qf6+ Kh7 16. Qg7# 1-0