www.arves.org - Mat Plus 2010

Studies awarded for the Magazine tournament Mat Plus 2010.

[Event "1/2 prize MatPlus"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Becker=R"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1k6/p7/P7/PP1B4/p3K3/P7/6n1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2010"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 
 1. Ba2 $1 ({Thematic try} 1. b6 $2 Ne1 2. Bc6 Nc2 3. Bb5 Ka8 $1 4. Bc6+ Kb8 5. Bb5 Ka8 6. Bxa4 Nxa3 7. Kd3 Kb8 {(Nb1)} 8. Bc6 Nb1 9. Kc2 Na3+ 10. Kb3 Nb1 11. Bg2 Nd2+ 12. Kc3 Nb1+ 13. Kb2 Nd2 14. Kc3 Nb1+ 15. Kd3 Na3 16. Bc6 Nb1 { positional draw. 17.Bb5 Na3 18.Ba6 not possible.}) 1... Nh4 (1... Ne1 2. Bb1 Ng2 3. Kf3 Nh4+ 4. Kg3 {+-}) 2. Bf7 Ng2 3. Bh5 (3. Bg6 $2 Ne1 4. Ke3 Ng2+ 5. Ke4 Ne1 {=}) 3... Ne1 4. Bd1 (4. b6 $2 Nc2 5. Be2 Ka8 {(Na1) =}) 4... Ng2 5. b6 $1 ({Thematic try} 5. Bxa4 $2 Nh4 6. b6 Ng6 7. Be8 Ne7 8. Ke5 Nc8 $1 9. Bd7 Ne7 10. Be8 Nc8 11. Ke6 axb6 {draw. White is one tempo too late.}) (5. Bc2 $2 Nh4 6. Kf4 Ng2+ 7. Ke4 Nh4 {=}) 5... Nh4 6. Bh5 Ng2 7. Be8 Nh4 8. Bf7 $1 (8. Bxa4 $2 Ng6 9. Be8 Ne7 {and White will again be one tempo too late. Instead, White maneuvers to lose the move.}) 8... Ng2 (8... Ka8 9. Bh5 Kb8 10. Be8 {is the same.}) 9. Bh5 Nh4 (9... Ne1 10. Bd1 Ng2 11. Bxa4 {loses faster.}) 10. Be8 Ka8 11. Bxa4 $1 Ng6 (11... Ng2 12. Bc6+ Kb8 13. Bb7 Ne1 14. a4 Ng2 15. Kf3 Nh4+ 16. Kg4 {(Kf4)} Ng6 17. Kf5 Nf8 18. Bc8 axb6 19. a7+ Kxa7 20. Kf6 Nh7+ 21. Kg6 Nf8+ 22. Kg7 {+-}) 12. Be8 Ne7 (12... Nf8 13. Kf5 Kb8 14. Bc6 Nh7 15. Bd7 Nf8 16. bxa7+ Kxa7 17. Bc8 Kb8 18. a7+ Kxa7 19. Kf6 Nh7+ 20. Kg6 Nf8+ 21. Kg7 {+-}) 13. Ke5 Kb8 14. Ke6 Nc8 15. Bd7 {and White is just in time.} 1-0

[Event "3 prize MatPlus"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Mikitovics=J"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r7/1p1P4/3P4/8/3P2B1/2K1k3/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2010"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 
 1. Kc4 $1 Ke4 (1... b5+ 2. Kc5 $18) (1... Ra4+ 2. Kd5 $1 Ra5+ 3. Ke6 Ra8 4. Ke7 $18 (4. d5 $2 Kd4 $11) (4. Bf3 $2 Kxd4 $11)) (1... Ra4+ 2. Kd5 $1 Ra5+ 3. Ke6 Ra8 4. Ke7 $18) 2. Be2 $3 (2. Bh3 $2 Ra4+ $1 3. Kc5 Ra5+ 4. Kc4 Ra4+ $1 5. Kc5 Ra5+ 6. Kb6 Ra6+ 7. Kc7 Rc6+ 8. Kb8 Rxd6 $11) (2. Bd1 $2 Kf5 $11) (2. Kc5 $2 Ra5+ 3. Kb4 Ra8 4. Kc5 Ra5+ 5. Kb6 Ra6+ $11) 2... Rd8 (2... b5+ 3. Kc5 $18) 3. Bd3+ $1 (3. Bg4 $2 Ra8 $3 4. Be6 Ra4+ 5. Kc5 Ra5+ $11) 3... Kf4 (3... Ke3 4. Bf5 $18) 4. Kd5 $1 (4. Kc5 $2 Rxd7 5. Bb5 Rd8 6. d7 Ke4 7. Ba4 b6+ $1 $11) 4... Rxd7 5. Bb5 $1 (5. Ke6 $2 Rd8 6. Ke7 Rh8 $3 7. d7 Ke3 $1 8. d5 Kd4 $1 $11) 5... Rh7 (5... Rd8 6. d7 Rh8 7. Kd6 {main}) 6. d7 Rh5+ (6... Rh8 7. Kd6 {main}) 7. Ke6 $1 (7. Kd6 $2 Ke4 8. Bc4 Rh6+ 9. Kc7 Rc6+ 10. Kb8 Rd6 $11) 7... Rh8 (7... Rh6+ 8. Ke7 Rh7+ 9. Kd6 $18) 8. Kd6 $1 (8. d5 $2 Rh6+ 9. Ke7 Ke5 $11) 8... Ke4 9. d5 Kd4 10. Bc6 $3 (10. Ba4 $2 Kc4 11. Bd1 Ra8 12. Be2+ Kd4 13. Bb5 Rh8 14. Bc6 {loss of time}) 10... b6 11. Ba4 $1 Rh6+ 12. Kc7 (12. Ke7 $2 Ke5 $1 13. Bc2 Rh8 14. Bb3 Rh7+ 15. Ke8 Rh8+ 16. Ke7 Rh7+ $11) 12... Rh7 13. Bb3 $18 (13. Kxb6 $2 Rxd7 $11) 1-0