www.arves.org - Problem Forum 2009-2010

Studies awarded for the German Magazine tournament Problem Forum 2009-2010.

[Event "3rd Prize"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Richard Becker"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3k4/1p6/p1bK4/p4Q2/1p6/8/PP6/4r3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "43"] 
 1. Qg4 $1 (1. Qf8+ $2 Be8 {=}) (1. Qg5+ $2 Kc8 {=}) (1. Qxa5+ $2 Ke8 2. Qh5+ Kf8 {=}) 1... Re8 (1... Bb5 2. Qh4+ {+-}) 2. Qg7 $1 (2. Qh3 $2 Bb5 3. Qh7 Re2 { =}) 2... Re1 3. Qh8+ $1 (3. Qg8+ $2 Be8 4. Qg4 Rh1 {=}) 3... Re8 4. Qh7 $1 Re4 5. Qc7+ $1 Ke8 6. Qg7 $1 Kd8 7. Qg1 $1 (7. b3 $2 a4 8. bxa4 Re1 9. Qh8+ Re8 10. Qh7 Re4 11. Qc7+ Ke8 12. Qg7 Kd8 13. Qg1 Bd7 14. Qg5+ (14. Qb6+ Ke8 15. Qxb7 Re6+ {(Bf5) =}) 14... Kc8 15. Qc5+ Kb8 16. Kxd7 Rg4 {(Re2) =}) 7... a4 (7... Bb5 8. Qg5+ Kc8 9. Qf5+ {+-}) (7... Bd7 8. Qg5+ Kc8 9. Qc5+ Kb8 10. Kxd7 {+-}) (7... Kc8 8. Qa7 {+-}) 8. Qg8+ (8. b3 $2 axb3 9. axb3 Bd7 10. Qg5+ Kc8 11. Qc5+ Kb8 12. Kxd7 Re2 {=}) 8... Re8 9. Qh7 Re4 10. Qc7+ Ke8 11. Qg7 Kd8 12. Qg1 a3 ( 12... b3 13. a3 {+-}) (12... Bd7 13. Qg5+ Kc8 14. Qc5+ Kb8 15. Kxd7 b3 16. a3 { +-}) 13. b3 a5 (13... Bd7 14. Qg5+ Kc8 15. Qc5+ Kb8 16. Kxd7 {+-}) 14. Qg5+ ( 14. Qg8+ $2 Re8 15. Qg4 a4 16. bxa4 b3 {=}) 14... Kc8 15. Qg7 Kd8 (15... Kb8 16. Qc7+ Ka7 17. Qxa5+ Kb8 18. Qd8+ Ka7 19. Kc7 Rf4 20. Qb8+ Ka6 21. Qa8+ Kb5 22. Qa4+ Kc5 23. Qa5+ Kd4 24. Qxb4+ {+-}) 16. Qg1 a4 17. bxa4 b3 18. a5 (18. Qg8+ $2 Re8 19. Qh7 Re4 20. Qc7+ Ke8 21. Qg7 Kd8 22. axb3 a2 23. Qh8+ Re8 24. Qb2 Bd7 25. Qxa2 Re6+ 26. Kd5 Ra6 {=}) 18... b2 (18... Bd7 19. Qb6+ Ke8 20. Qxb3 Re6+ 21. Kc7 {+-}) 19. a6 b1=Q 20. Qxb1 Rd4+ (20... Kc8 21. a7 {+-}) 21. Kc5 (21. Ke5 $2 Rd5+ 22. Ke6 Kc7 {=}) 21... Rd5+ 22. Kb6 {+-} 1-0