www.arves.org - Zadachy i Etyudy 2006

Studies awarded in the Zadachy i Etyudy Magazine tournament 2006.

[Event "2.c  Zadachy i Etiudy/ 2006"] [Site ""] [Date "2006.12.25"] [Round ""] [White "R.Becker & I.Akobia"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator ",Iuri"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1R2K1nr/7p/8/8/6B1/k6n/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2005"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 
 {White is threatened with Nf6+ and loss of a piece. He delivers rescue checks to black king until the rook can get on b4.} 1. Ra8+ ({Thematic try} 1. Rc8 $5 Nh6+ ({also} 1... Ng5 2. Kf8 Nh6+ 3. Kg7 Rxc8 4. Bxc8 Nhf7 {-+}) 2. Ke7 Rxc8 3. Bxc8 Ng5 4. Kf6 Nhf7 $19) 1... Kb4 { The bK must go only on black squares to avoid being checked by wB.} 2. Rb8+ Ka5 3. Ra8+ Kb6 4. Rb8+ Ka7 5. Rb4 {and protects wB} (5. Rc8 $5 Ng5 ({also} 5... Nh6+ 6. Ke7 Rxc8 7. Bxc8 Ng5 8. Kf6 Nhf7 {-+}) 6. Kf8 (6. Rc4 h5 7. Bd1 Rh7 {-+ }) 6... h5 $19) (5. Rb3 $5 Nh6+ ({also} 5... Nf6+ 6. Kf7 Nxg4 7. Rxh3 h5 {-+}) 6. Ke7 Nxg4 7. Rxh3 h5 $19) 5... Nf6+ (5... Nh6+ 6. Ke7 Ng5 (6... Nxg4 7. Rxg4 Rc8 8. Rh4 Ng5 9. Kf6 Rc5 10. Rg4 {=}) 7. Kf6 ({also} 7. Be2 {(Bd1) =}) 7... Rg8 8. Bh5 Nh3 9. Rd4 Kb6 10. Rd7 Nf4 11. Bf3 Rg3 12. Rxh7 $11) 6. Kf7 Nxg4 7. Kg7 $1 ({Thematic try} 7. Rxg4 $5 Rc8 $1 8. Kf6 Rc6+ 9. Kg7 Rc7+ 10. Kg8 (10. Kh8 Kb7 {transposes}) (10. Kh6 Nf2 {-+}) 10... Kb8 {(Kb6)} 11. Kh8 Kb7 {zz WTM} 12. Kg8 (12. Rh4 Ng5 13. Rh5 Rc5 {-+}) (12. Rg7 h5 {-+}) 12... Kc8 13. Kh8 Rd7 14. Rg8+ Kc7 15. Rg4 Kc6 16. Kg8 Rb7 {(Kd5)} 17. Kh8 Kd5 18. Rh4 Ng5 19. Rh5 h6 20. Kg8 Rh7 {-+}) (7. Ra4+ $2 Kb6 8. Rxg4 (8. Kg7 Rd8 {(Re8)} 9. Rxg4 Rd7+ { transposes}) 8... Rd8 $1 9. Kg7 Rd7+ 10. Kh6 (10. Kg8 Kc6 11. Kh8 Kd5 {-+}) ( 10. Kh8 Kc7 11. Kg8 Kd8 {-+}) 10... Nf2 11. Rf4 Nd1 {(Nd3) -+}) 7... Rc8 (7... Rd8 {(Re8)} 8. Rxg4 Rd7+ 9. Kg8 {(Kh8)} 9... Kb6 10. Rg7 {=}) 8. Ra4+ $3 ({ Thematic try} 8. Rxg4 $5 Rc7+ 9. Kg8 (9. Kh8 Kb7 {transposes}) (9. Kh6 Nf2 {-+} ) 9... Kb8 {(Kb6)} 10. Kh8 Kb7 {zz} 11. Kg8 Kc8 {-+}) 8... Kb6 9. Rxg4 Rc7+ 10. Kg8 $1 {zz BTM} (10. Kh8 $2 Kb7 {zz}) 10... Kb7 11. Kh8 {zz BTM} (11. Rh4 $5 Ng5 $19) 11... Kb8 (11... Ka7 12. Rg7 $11) (11... h6 12. Rh4 Ng5 13. Kg8 Rh7 14. Rh1 Kc7 15. Rd1 $1 Kc6 (15... h5 16. Rg1 $11) 16. Rd2 $1 Kc5 17. Rd1 $1 $11 ) 12. Rg8+ Kb7 13. Rg4 Kb8 14. Rg8+ Kb7 15. Rg4 {positional draw, or} 15... Kb6 16. Kg8 Ra7 17. Kh8 {zz BTM} 17... Rc7 (17... Rd7 18. Rg7 $11) 18. Kg8 { positional draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4.c Zadachy I Etudy 2006"] [Site ""] [Date "2006.10.04"] [Round ""] [White "I.Akobia"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator ",Iuri"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/p7/8/K3P1r1/N2k2P1/R7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2006"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 
 1. Nc1 $1 (1. Rb1 $5 Kxe3 2. Rb2 Kf4+ 3. Ka4 Rg4 $1 4. Nc3 (4. Nc1 Kg3+ 5. Ka3 Kh2 $11) 4... Kg3+ 5. Ka3 Kh2 $11) (1. Rc1 $5 Rxg2 2. e4 Kd3 3. Re1 (3. Nc3 Rg7 4. e5 Re7 $11) 3... Rg6 4. Nc1+ Kd2 $11) 1... Rxe3+ (1... Kxe3 2. Ra2 $1 Rg4 ( 2... Kf4+ 3. Ka4 Rg4 4. Kxa5 $18) 3. Rc2 Rg5 (3... a4 4. Re2+ Kf4 5. Nd3+ Kg3 6. Nf2 Rd4 7. Ne4+ Kg4 8. Nd2 Kf5 9. Nf3 $18) 4. Ka4 Kf4 5. Ne2+ Ke4 6. Ng1 Rd5 7. Rc4+ Kd3 8. Rf4 Rc5 (8... Rg5 9. Nf3 Rc5 10. g3 $18) 9. Nh3 Ke3 10. Rf3+ Ke2 11. Rf8 $18) 2. Ka4 $1 (2. Nb3+ $5 Ke2 $1 3. Kb2 Rg3 $11) 2... Re4+ ({Main} 2... Rg3 3. Nb3+ $1 (3. Kxa5 Kc2 $11) 3... Ke2 (3... Kc3 4. Ra2 Rg4+ 5. Ka3 Rb4 6. Rb2 Rb8 7. Nc5 Rg8 8. Rf2 Kc4 9. Nb7 Kb5 10. Rb2+ Ka6 11. Nc5+ $18) 4. Nd4+ Kf2 5. Ra2+ Ke1 (5... Kf1 6. Nf5 Rg5 7. Ne3+ Ke1 8. g4 $18) 6. Nf5 $1 (6. Nf3+ $5 Kf1 $11) 6... Rg5 (6... Rg4+ 7. Kb3 Rg5 8. Nh4 $18) 7. Ne3 Rg3 8. Nd5 $1 Rg5 9. Nf4 Rg4 10. Re2+ Kf1 11. Re4 $18) 3. Kxa5 (3. Kb5 $5 Rg4 $11) (3. Kb3 $5 Rg4 $11) 3... Rg4 (3... Rc4 4. Kb5 Rg4 5. Kc6 Kc2 6. Kd5 Kb2 7. Ra2+ Kxc1 8. Ke5 $18) 4. Kb6 $3 {zz BTM} ({Thematic try} 4. Kb5 $5 Rg8 $1 {zz WTM} 5. Kb4 (5. Kc4 Ke3 6. Ra3+ Ke4 7. Ra2 Rc8+ $11) (5. Ra2+ Kxc1 6. Kc4 Kd1 7. Kd3 Ke1 8. Ke3 Re8+ 9. Kf3 Rf8+ $11) 5... Rg4+ $1 (5... Kc2 $5 6. Kc4 Kb2 7. Ra2+ Kxc1 8. Kd3 $18) 6. Kb3 (6. Kc5 $5 Rxg2 7. Ra2+ Kc3 8. Ne2+ Kb3 9. Nc1+ Kc3 10. Rxg2 { stalemate}) 6... Rg8 $1 {zz WTM} 7. Kc4 Ke3 8. Ra3+ Ke4 9. Ra2 Rc8+ $11) 4... Rg6+ 5. Kc7 $1 ({Thematic try} 5. Kc5 $5 Rxg2 $1 6. Ra2+ Kc3 7. Ne2+ Kb3 8. Nc1+ Kc3 {positional draw, or} 9. Rxg2 {stalemate}) 5... Kc2 (5... Rg7+ 6. Kd6 Rg6+ 7. Ke5 $18) 6. Kd7 Kb2 7. Ra4 $1 (7. Ra5 $5 Kxc1 $11) 7... Kxc1 8. g4 Kd2 9. Ke7 Ke3 10. Kf7 Rg5 11. Kf6 $18 1/2-1/2