www.arves.org - Brieger MT 2014

Studies awarded for the Robert Brieger Memorial Ty 2014.

Brieger, Robert 1925-2012

[Event "1st Prize"] [Date "2014"] [White "Martin Minski"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "R4K2/N7/6N1/5p2/8/5p2/8/5b1k w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2013"] [SourceDate "2014.01.04"] 1. Kg7 $1 ({thematic try:} 1. Ke7 $2 f2 2. Rh8+ Kg2 $1 3. Nh4+ Kg3 4. Nxf5+ Kf4 5. Rf8 Bg2 $1 6. Nd4+ (6. Nd6+ Kg3 $1 $11) 6... Ke3 7. Nc2+ Ke2 $11 { compare with the mainline A after 7...Ke2}) (1. Nh4 $2 f2 (1... Bg2 $2 2. Nxf3 $1 $18) 2. Nxf5 Bg2 (2... Bh3 $2 3. Ne3 $18) 3. Ng3+ Kh2 $11) (1. Nc6 $2 Bg2 $1 (1... f2 $2 2. Ra1 Kh2 3. Rxf1 Kg2 4. Ra1 f1=Q 5. Rxf1 Kxf1 6. Nf4 $18) 2. Ra2 Kg1 3. Nd4 f2 4. Ne2+ Kh2 $11) 1... f2 2. Rh8+ {mainline A:} Kg2 ({mainline B: } 2... Bh3 $5 3. Rxh3+ Kg1 (3... Kg2 4. Nf4+ Kg1 5. Rg3+ Kh1 6. Rf3 Kg1 7. Nh3+ Kg2 8. Rxf2+ $18) 4. Rg3+ $1 (4. Rf3 $2 f4 $1 $11) 4... Kh2 5. Rf3 Kg2 6. Rf4 $1 (6. Rxf2+ $2 Kxf2 $11) (6. Nh4+ $2 Kg1 7. Ng6 f4 $1 $11) 6... f1=Q 7. Rxf1 Kxf1 8. Nf4 $1 $18 {win after Troitzky} (8. Kf6 $2 f4 $1 $11)) (2... Kg1 3. Nf4 Bg2 4. Ne2+ Kf1 5. Ng3+ Kg1 6. Kf6 f4 7. Ne2+ Kf1 8. Nxf4 Kg1 9. Ne2+ $18) 3. Nh4+ Kg3 4. Nxf5+ Kf4 5. Rf8 $1 (5. Nh4 $2 Bh3 $1 6. Rf8+ Ke3 $1 7. Rf3+ Ke2 8. Rxh3 f1=Q $11) (5. Nd4 $2 Bd3 $1 6. Rf8+ Kg3 $1 7. Rf3+ Kg2 8. Rxd3 f1=Q $11) 5... Bg2 (5... Be2 6. Nd4+ Ke3 7. Nc2+ Kd2 8. Rxf2 $18) (5... Bd3 6. Nh4+ Kg3 ( 6... Ke3 7. Ng2+ Ke2 8. Nf4+ $18) 7. Rf3+ Kxh4 8. Rxf2 $18) 6. Nd4+ Ke3 (6... Kg3 7. Ne2+ Kh2 8. Rxf2 $18) 7. Nc2+ Ke2 8. Re8+ $1 Be4 $5 (8... Kd2 9. Ne3 $18 ) 9. Rxe4+ Kf3 10. Re3+ $1 (10. Re8 $2 f1=Q 11. Rf8+ Ke2 12. Nd4+ Ke1 $11) 10... Kf4 11. Re8 {/Re7/Re6} f1=Q 12. Rf8+ $18 1-0

[Event "Special Honourable Mention"] [Date "2014"] [White "Anatoly Skripnik"] [Black "Michal Hlinka"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/p7/6p1/7P/P4rp1/8/7R/k3K3 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2013"] [SourceDate "2014.01.04"] 1... g3 (1... gxh5 {main line} 2. Rxh5 Rxa4 3. Kd2 $1 (3. Rb5 $2 a6 $1 $19) 3... g3 4. Rg5 g2 5. Kc2 (5. Kc1 $2 Rc4+ $19) 5... a6 6. Rg6 $1 (6. Rg3 $6 a5 $1 {zz} 7. Rg5 Ra3 {zz} 8. Kc1 Rc3+ 9. Kd2 Kb2 $1 10. Rb5+ Rb3 $19) 6... Ra3 7. Rg4 (7. Rg5 $2 a5 $19 {zz}) 7... a5 8. Rg5 {zz} a4 9. Rg4 {zz} Ra2+ 10. Kc1 {zz } a3 11. Rg3 {zz} Rf2 12. Rxa3+ Ra2 13. Rg3 $11) 2. Rg2 (2. Rh1 $2 g2 $19) 2... gxh5 3. Rxg3 Rxa4 4. Rg5 $1 (4. Rg7 $6 a5 5. Rg5 h4 6. Kd2 h3 7. Rh5 h2 8. Kc2 Ra3 $1 {zz} 9. Kc1 Rc3+ 10. Kd2 Kb2 11. Rb5+ Rb3 $19) (4. Kd2 $6 Ra2+ 5. Kc1 Ra5 $1 6. Kc2 Ka2 $1 $19) 4... h4 5. Kd2 $1 (5. Kd1 $2 Kb2 $1 6. Rb5+ Kc3 $19) 5... h3 6. Rh5 Ra3 7. Kc2 (7. Kc1 $2 Rc3+ $19) 7... a6 8. Rh6 $1 (8. Rh4 $2 a5 {zz}) 8... a5 9. Rh4 {zz} h2 10. Rh5 {zz} a4 (10... Ra4 11. Rh3 $1 {zz} Ra2+ ( 11... Rc4+ 12. Kd3 $1 $11 (12. Kb3 $2 Rb4+ 13. Ka3 Rb2 $19)) 12. Kc1) 11. Rh4 { zz} Ra2+ (11... Ka2 12. Rxh2) 12. Kc1 {zz} a3 13. Rh3 {zz} Rg2 14. Rxa3+ Ra2 15. Rh3 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Honourable Mention"] [Date "2014"] [White "Mario Garcia"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3r4/2R5/5p2/4k3/1PP2p2/2K5/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2012"] [SourceDate "2014.01.04"] 1. Re7+ Kf5 2. Re1 $1 (2. c5 $2 Rd1 $1 3. Re2 (3. Kc2 Rd4 $11) 3... f3 4. Rc2 { (Ke5)=}) 2... f3 3. c5 $1 ({Thematic Try:} 3. b5 $2 {and BTM Black draws} Re8 $1 ({Not} 3... Kf4 4. c5 f2 5. Rf1 Kf3 6. Kc4 Ke2 7. Rxf2+ Kxf2 8. b6 {/c6+-}) 4. Rf1 Re3+ $1 5. Kb4 Ke4 $1 (5... Ke6 $2 6. Kc5 $1 $18) 6. b6 (6. c5 Re2 7. c6 Rc2 8. Kb3 Rc5 9. Kb4 Rc2 $11) 6... Re2 7. c5 (7. Kc5 Rb2 $3 $11 ({Not} 7... f2 $2 8. b7 Rb2 9. Rxf2 Rxb7 10. Rxf6 $18)) 7... Rb2+ 8. Ka3 Rb5 9. Ka4 Rb2 $11) 3... Re8 $1 (3... Kf4 4. b5 {(c6)} f2 5. Rf1 Kf3 6. b6 {(c6)} Rb8 7. Kc4 {(b4)} Ke2 8. Rxf2+ Kxf2 9. Kb5 f5 10. c6 f4 11. c7 Rc8 12. b7 Rxc7 13. b8=Q Rf7 14. Kc4 $1 f3 15. Qh2+ Kf1 16. Kd3 {and easy technical win}) 4. Rf1 $1 (4. Kd2 Rb8 5. Rb1 Ke4 6. c6 f2 7. Ke2 Kd5 8. b5 Kc5 9. Kxf2 Kb6 10. Kf3 Rh8 11. Kf4 f5 12. Rb3 Rh4+ 13. Kxf5 (13. Ke5 f4)) 4... Re3+ (4... Ke4 5. Kc4 Ke3 6. c6 $1 Ke2 7. Rb1 ({or} 7. Rh1 f2 8. b5 Rh8 9. Rb1 Rd8 10. c7 Rd1 11. Rb2+ $18 { etc With similar sequence}) 7... f2 8. b5 Rd8 9. c7 Rd1 10. Rb2+ Rd2 11. Kc3 $1 Rxb2 12. Kxb2 f1=Q 13. c8=Q $18) (4... Kf4 5. b5 Kg3 6. b6 Rb8 (6... f2 7. c6 Re6 8. c7 Rc6+ 9. Kd4) 7. Rg1+ Kf2) 5. Kd2 $1 (5. Kd4 $2 Re4+ 6. Kd5 Rxb4 7. c6 Rb8 8. Rxf3+ Kg5 $11) (5. Kc4 $2 Ke6 $1 6. Kb5 Kd5 $1 7. c6 (7. Kb6 Re6+ 8. Kb5 Re3 $11) 7... Rc3 8. Rd1+ Ke4 $11 9. Kb6 Ke3 10. c7 f2 11. Kb7 f5 12. b5 Ke2 13. Rb1 f4 14. b6 f3 15. c8=Q Rxc8 16. Kxc8 f1=Q 17. Rxf1 Kxf1 18. b7 f2 19. b8=Q) 5... Rb3 (5... Ra3 {e.g} 6. c6 Ke6 7. b5 Kd6 8. Rc1 Ra2+ 9. Ke1 Kc7 10. b6+ $18) 6. c6 Rxb4 7. c7 Rc4 8. Rc1 $18 1-0

[Event "1st Commendation"] [Date "2014"] [White "Iuri Akobia"] [Black "Enzo Minerva"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "N7/qP6/2PR4/k4rB1/8/1p3B2/8/N5K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2013"] [SourceDate "2014.01.04"] 1. Kh2 $1 ({Thematic try (logical)} 1. Kh1 $2 Rxf3 2. Nxb3+ Rxb3 3. Nb6 Kxb6 4. b8=Q+ Qxb8 5. c7+ $1 Kxc7 6. Bf4 Qb7+ $19 { /Qa8+-+...Black wins since the White king is on h1 instead of h2}) (1. Kg2 $2 Rxg5+ 2. Kh3 Qe3 3. Nxb3+ Qxb3 $19) 1... Rxf3 ({main} 1... Qf2+ 2. Bg2 Rxg5 3. Rd5+ Rxd5 4. Nxb3+ Kb4 ({or also} 4... Ka4 5. Nb6+ $1 Qxb6 6. Bxd5 $11) (4... Ka6 5. Nc7+ $1 $11) 5. b8=Q+ Ka3 (5... Kc3 $4 6. Qg3+) 6. Kh3 $1 Rd3+ ({or also } 6... Rh5+ 7. Kg4 Qf5+ 8. Kg3 Rg5+ 9. Kh2 Qh7+ 10. Kg1 $11) 7. Kh2 Rd5 8. Kh3 {positional draw, or} Qe3+ 9. Kh4 $1 (9. Kg4 $2 Rg5+ $19) 9... Qf2+ 10. Kh3 { positional draw, or} Rg5 11. Qd6+ $1 $11 (11. Be4 $2 Qf1+ 12. Kh4 Qf6 $1 $19)) 2. Nxb3+ $1 Rxb3 3. Nb6 $3 {key move!} Kxb6 4. b8=Q+ Qxb8 5. c7+ Kxc7 6. Bf4 Rb2+ 7. Kg3 Rb3+ 8. Kh2 Rb2+ 9. Kg3 {positional draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Commendation"] [Date "2014"] [White "Oleg Pervakov"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6k1/6N1/5K2/8/8/5p2/1Q6/6q1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2013"] [SourceDate "2014.01.04"] 1. Qa2+ $1 (1. Qb3+ $2 Kh8 $1) ({Thematic try} 1. Nf5 $2 Qa7 $1 2. Qb3+ Kf8 $1 3. Qb4+ Ke8 $1 4. Ng7+ Kd8 $1 5. Ne6+ Kc8 $1 6. Qc4+ Kb8 $1 $11 { finished the trip from g8 to b8!} (6... Kd7 $2 7. Qd5+ $18) (6... Kb7 $2 7. Qc7+ Ka8 8. Qc8+ Qb8 9. Nc7+ Ka7 10. Qa6#)) (1. Ne6 $2 Qa7 $1 $11) 1... Kh7 $1 2. Qc2+ Kh6 3. Qd2+ Kh7 4. Qd3+ (4. Qc2+ {loss of time}) 4... Kh8 $1 { quicker loss, but harder to find OTB} (4... Kg8 {lasts a little longer}) 5. Ne6 $1 (5. Qd8+ Kh7 6. Qd3+ {loss of time}) 5... f2 6. Qd8+ Kh7 ({Main} 6... Qg8 7. Qd4 $1 {first battery} f1=Q+ 8. Ke7+ Kh7 9. Qh4+ Kg6 10. Qg5+ Kh7 11. Qh5# { first mate}) 7. Qc7+ $1 (7. Qd7+ $2 Kh6 $1 8. Qd2+ Kh5 $1 $11) 7... Kh8 $1 ( 7... Kh6 8. Qf4+ Kh5 (8... Kh7 9. Ng5+ $18) 9. Ng7+ $18) 8. Qc8+ $1 { Qb8/d8 loss of time} Qg8 (8... Kh7 9. Nf8+ Kh6 10. Qh3#) 9. Qc1 $1 ({ Thematic try} 9. Qc3 $2 f1=Q+ 10. Ke7+ Kh7 {and no} 11. Qh3+) 9... Qh7 (9... Qg1 10. Qh6+ Kg8 11. Qf8+ Kh7 12. Ng5+ $18) (9... f1=Q+ 10. Qxf1 Qh7 11. Qa1 $18) 10. Qc3 $1 {second battery} ({But not} 10. Qb2 $2 f1=Q+ 11. Kg5+ Kg8 12. Qb8+ Kf7 13. Qc7+ Kxe6 $11) 10... Qb7 {quicker loss than ...Qd7} ({Or} 10... f1=Q+ 11. Kg5+ Kg8 12. Qc8+ Kf7 13. Qd7+ Kg8 14. Qe8+ Qf8 15. Qxf8#) 11. Qd4 $1 {Again battery!} (11. Qh3+ Qh7 12. Qc3 Qb7 {goes to the solution}) 11... Qh7 ({ Or} 11... f1=Q+ 12. Kg6+ Kg8 13. Qd8+ Qf8 14. Qxf8#) 12. Kg5+ (12. Qd8+ Qg8 13. Qd4 Qh7 14. Qc3 Qb7 {goes to the solution}) 12... Kg8 13. Qd8+ Kf7 14. Qd7+ ( 14. Qf6+ Ke8 15. Qd8+ Kf7 {goes to the solution}) 14... Kg8 15. Qe8# {echo mate } 1-0

[Event "1st Special Commendation"] [Date "2014"] [White "Luis Miguel Gonzalez"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K7/B7/3r1k2/5p2/4Pp2/3P3B/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2013"] [SourceDate "2014.01.04"] 1. e5+ $1 Kxe5 2. Bb8 f3 $1 3. Bf1 $3 (3. Kb7 $2 Ke6 4. Bxd6 Kxd6 5. Bf1 Kd7 $1 {zz}) 3... Kd5 (3... f4 4. Kb7 Kd5 5. Bxd6 Kxd6 6. Kb6 Kd5 7. Kb5 Kd4 8. Kc6 $18) 4. Bxd6 Kxd6 5. Kb8 $3 {zz} (5. Kb7 $2 Kd7 $1 {zz}) 5... Kd7 $1 6. Kb7 $1 {zz} (6. Bh3 $2 Kc6 $1 7. Bxf5 Kd5 8. Bh3 Kd4 9. Bf1 Ke3 10. Kc7 Kf2 11. Bh3 Kg3 $11) 6... Kd6 7. Kb6 {zz} f4 $1 (7... Kd5 8. Kc7 Kc5 9. Kd7 Kd5 10. Ke7 Ke5 11. Kf7 f4 12. Kg6 $18) 8. Kb7 $1 (8. Kb5 $2 Kd5 9. Kb4 (9. Kb6 Kd6 10. Kb7 { loss of time}) 9... Kd4 10. Kb3 Ke3 11. Kc2 Kf2 $11) (8. Bh3 $2 Kd5 9. Kb5 (9. Bf1 Kd6 10. Kb7 {loss of time}) 9... Kd4 10. Bf1 Ke3 11. Kc4 Kf2 $11) 8... Kd7 9. Kb8 $1 Kd6 $1 10. Kc8 $1 Kc6 11. Kd8 Kd6 12. Ke8 Ke6 13. Kf8 Kf6 14. Kg8 $1 (14. Bh3 $2 Ke5 15. Kg7 Kd4 16. Bf1 Ke3 17. Kf6 Kf2 $11) 14... f2 $1 (14... Kg6 15. Bh3 f2 16. Kf8 Kf6 17. Ke8 f3 18. Kd7 Ke5 19. Kc6 Kd4 20. Bf1 $18) 15. Kh7 $1 (15. Bh3 $2 f3 16. Kh7 Kg5 17. Kg7 (17. Bf1 Kh5 18. Kg7 Kg5 19. Kf7 { loss of time}) 17... Kf4 18. Kg6 Kg3 19. Bf1 Kh2 20. d4 Kg1 $11) 15... Kg5 16. Kg7 $1 (16. Be2 {(g2)?} f3 17. Bf1 Kh5 18. Kg7 Kg5 19. Kf7 {loss of time}) 16... f3 17. Kf7 Kf5 18. Ke7 Ke5 19. Kd7 Kd5 20. Kc7 Kc5 21. Kb7 Kd5 22. Kb6 Kd4 (22... Kd6) 23. Kc6 $1 Ke3 24. Kd5 $1 Kd2 25. Ke4 Ke1 26. Bh3 f1=Q 27. Bxf1 Kxf1 28. Kxf3 {wins} 1-0

[Event "2nd Special Commendation"] [Date "2014"] [White "Geir Sune Tallaksen Ostmoe"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/KP2n2B/2pp4/1k6/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2013"] [SourceDate "2014.01.04"] 1. b6 (1. Be8 $2 c3 2. b6 Nc4+ $19) 1... Nd7 $1 (1... c3 2. Bd1+ Kc4 (2... c2 3. Bxc2+ Kxc2 4. b7 Nd7 5. Kb5 d3 6. Kc6 d2 7. Kxd7 d1=Q+ 8. Kc7 $11) 3. b7 Nd7 4. Ba4 Nb8 5. Bb5+ Kb3 (5... Kc5 6. Bd3 $11) 6. Bd3 c2 7. Bxc2+ Kxc2 8. Kb6 d3 9. Kc7 d2 10. Kxb8 d1=Q 11. Kc7 $11) (1... Nc6+ 2. Kb5 Nd8 3. Kc5 d3 4. Bf7 $1 $11) 2. b7 d3 $1 (2... c3 3. Bd1+ { transposes to the lines arising after 1... c3.}) 3. Bf7 $1 { Preventing 3...c3 and forcing 3...d2.} (3. Be8 $2 Nb8 4. Bb5 Kc3 $1 5. Kb6 (5. Ba4 Kb2 6. Kb6 c3 $19) 5... Kb4 $1 6. Kc7 (6. Bxc4 Kxc4 7. Kc7 Na6+ 8. Kb6 Nc5 $1 $19) 6... d2 7. Kxb8 d1=Q 8. Kc7 Kc5 9. b8=Q Qd6+ 10. Kc8 Qxb8+ 11. Kxb8 Kxb5 $19) (3. Kb5 $2 c3 4. Kc6 Nb8+ 5. Kc7 c2 6. Kxb8 c1=Q $19) (3. Bg6 $2 Nb8 $19) 3... d2 4. Be8 $1 Nb8 (4... d1=Q 5. b8=Q+ $1 Nxb8 6. Ba4+ $11) (4... Ka3 5. Bxd7 d1=Q 6. b8=Q Qd2+ 7. Kb6 Qxd7 8. Kc5 $1 $11) 5. Ba4+ Ka3 (5... Kb2 6. Kb6 Ka3 (6... c3 7. Kc7 {will transpose to the main line.}) 7. Bd1 Kb4 8. Bc2 c3 9. Bd1 $11 {and Black can make no progress.}) 6. Bd1 $1 { Completing the bishop's journey from h5 to d1 - via f7, e8 and a4.} c3 7. Kb6 Kb2 8. Kc7 (8. Ka7 $2 Nd7 9. Ba4 Kc1 $1 10. Bxd7 d1=Q 11. b8=Q Qxd7+ $19) 8... Na6+ 9. Kb6 Nb8 10. Kc7 (10. Ka7 Nd7 11. Ba4 Kc1 12. Bxd7 d1=Q 13. b8=Q Qxd7+ $19) 10... c2 11. Bxc2 Kxc2 12. Kxb8 d1=Q 13. Kc7 {=} 1/2-1/2