www.arves.org - Strategems 2011

Studies awarded for the USA Magazine tournament Strategems 2011.

[Event "Hm StrateGems 2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.12.25"] [Round ""] [White "Pallier=Alain"] [Black "EO 208"] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6n1/8/8/PK1N4/8/1p1R2pb/7k/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "35"] 
 1. Ne3 $1 (1. Nf4 $2 Bf1 $1) (1. a6 $2 Bf1 $1) 1... g2 2. Nxg2 Bxg2 3. Rxb3 Ne7 4. Rc3 $1 (4. Ra3 $2 Nc6 $1 5. a6 Nb8 $1 6. a7 Nc6 7. a8=Q Nd4+ $11) 4... Nd5 ( 4... Bf1+ 5. Kc5 Kg2 6. Re3 Nf5 7. Re1 {/e5} Ba6 8. Re5 Ng3 9. Re6 Bf1 10. Kd4 Nf5+ 11. Ke4 Ng3+ 12. Ke5 $18) 5. Rc1 $1 ({try} 5. Rc8 $2 Bf1+ 6. Kc5 Nf4 $1 7. Kd4 Kg3 {/h3=}) ({Thematic try} 5. Rc2 $2 Kg3 $1 6. Kc5 Nc7 $1 7. Kb6 Nd5+ $1 8. Kc5 Nc7 9. Kb6 Nd5+ {positional draw}) (5. Rb3 Ne7 6. Rc3 Nd5 {loss of time} ) 5... Bf3 6. Rc8 $1 (6. a6 $2 Be2+ $11) (6. Rc2+ $2 Kg3 7. a6 Be4 8. Rc8 Bd3+ $1 $11) 6... Be2+ 7. Kc5 Nf4 $1 8. Kd4 $1 Ba6 9. Ra8 ({Thematic try} 9. Rg8 $2 Kh3 $1 10. Ke4 Ne6 11. Rg6 Bb7+ 12. Ke3 Bc8 13. Rg8 Ba6 14. Rg6 Bc8 {/c4 positional draw}) 9... Ne6+ 10. Ke3 $3 Nc5 11. Rf8 $3 ({Thematic try} 11. Rg8 $2 Kh3 $1 12. Rg6 Bf1 $3 13. Kf2 Ba6 14. Ke3 Bf1 {positional draw}) 11... Kg2 $1 12. Rf2+ (12. Rf6 $2 Bf1 13. Rf2+ Kg1 14. Rf5 Na6 $11) 12... Kg3 13. Rf6 Bb7 14. Rb6 $1 Bg2 15. Kd4 Nd7 16. Rb2 $1 Ba8 17. a6 Kf4 18. Rb5 $1 $18 *