ARVES Chess Endgamestudy Association.
Search
≡
Open menu
Home
News
Latest News
Tournament Calendar
Archived news messages
Awards
tournament results
Awards Files
Awards replayable
registered users see more
Endgame Studies
Miniatures
Malyutkas
Pawns only
Pawns against others
Knights and Pawns
Knight against Bishop
Knight against Rook
Knight against Queen
Two Knights
Bishops and Pawns
Bishop against Knight
Bishop against Rook
Bishop + Knight others
Bishop against Queen
Two Bishops
Rooks and Pawns
Rook against Knight
Rook against Bishop
Rooks against Queen
Rook + Knight others
Rook + Bishop others
Two Rooks
Queens and Pawns
Queen against Rooks
Queen against others
Training
Study of the year
Study of the year 2015
Study of the year 2014
Study of the year 2013
Study of the year 2012
Study of the year 2010
Studies of the years 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011
Studies by theme
sample cql-files
Albino pawn
Allumwandlung - all promotions
Bristol theme
Castling
Caterpillar - Triple pawns
Chameleon Echo stalemates
Cross check
Doublechecks
Double Excelsior
Duras theme
Excelsior theme
Festina Lente
Fortress
Grimshaw
Ideal Mirror mate
Indian theme
Knight chases other Knight
Knight visits at least twenty different squares.
Kozirev alikes
Loman's move
Miniatures
Mirror mate
Mutual zugzwangs 5-Pieces
Nowotny
Obtrusive bishop
Passed pawn search
Pinned mate
Plachutta
Prokes Manoeuvre
Queen staircase
Rambling Rook
Rook traverses a rectangle
Rook visits each corner
Samecolor Bishops
Troitzky's ending
Unguarded Guard
Valladeo theme
Zwickmuhle / Torre-Lasker theme
Studies by Composer
registered users see more
Instructive studies
Endgamestudy Presentations on Video
Theory
Glossary
Terminology
What is an Endgamestudy?
A minor dual is not a big deal
How to Compose?
Endgame Tablebases
check a 7-men position
GBR code
Hall of Fame
Composers by Alphabet
Composers by Country
Composers by Production Total
Composers by Timeline
Composers born to 1900
Composers born 1900-1932
Composers born >=1933
First Prizes
First prizes 2020
First prizes 2019
First Prizes 2018
First Prizes 2017
First Prizes 2016
First Prizes 2015
First Prizes 2014
First Prizes 2013
First Prizes 2012
First Prizes 2011
First Prizes 2010
Alexander Rueb
Collections
magazines
Magazine EG
EG issues 191 - 214
PDFs to download
EG issues 1 - 190
PDFs to download
EG index
Magyar Sakkvilag 2020
Finals and themes
Argentina magazine
Finales Y Temas
articles PDF
Finales y Temas 131
Finales y Temas 130
Finales Y Temas 129
Finales Y Temas 128
Finales Y Temas 127
Finales Y Temas 126
Finales Y Temas 125
Finales Y Temas 124
Finales Y Temas 123
Finales Y Temas 122
Problem Forum
German magazine
Problem Forum
all
Problem Forum 75
Problem Forum 74
Problem Forum 73
Problem Forum 72
Problem Forum 71
Problem Forum 70
Problem Forum 69
Problem Forum 68
Problem Forum 67
Problem Forum 66
Problem Forum 65
Problem Forum 64
Harold van der Heijden Database
Harold van der Heijden Database Sources
Weltenfern
book by Siegfried Hornecker
Chess Query Language 6
Endgame Study Database
over 25000 studies to find
Authors and Books
Websites
links to others
Downloads
registered users only
British Endgame Study News
British Endgame Study News 1996 (March)
British Endgame Study News 1996 (June)
BESN article about: K+R+B vs K+R
Studies Richard Réti by John Beasley
Depth and Beauty, Artur Mandler book by John Beasley
Reciprocal zugzwangs up to six men
About
Welcome
What We Try To Achieve
What We Do
EG
Agenda
Solving Contests
Arves Solving contests statistics
Arves 10th solving Ty 2019
Arves 9th Solving Ty 2018
Arves 8th Solving Ty 2017
Arves 7th Solving Ty 2016
Tata Solvingcontest 2015
Tata Solvingcontest 2013
Tata Solvingcontest 2012
Tata 2nd Solvingcontest 2011
Who We Are
Board
Become a Member
Photo Gallery
Login or Register
Archive
Paul Valois
Endgames Instructions on YouTube
Chess Query Language 3.02
Introduction
How to Install CQL?
How to run CQL?
CQL Syntactic conventions
CQL Matching games
CQL Matching positions
CQL Finding pairs of positions: The relation list
CQL Tagging: keeping track of piece identity
Downloading CQL
Frequently Asked Questions
CQL Documentation
Magazine EBUR
EBUR-index
Arves Books
Composers by Production HHdbV
Corrections by Peter Krug
Dutch
Alexander Rueb
Oploswedstrijd 2019
Oploswedstrijd 2016
Oploswedstrijd 2011
Oploswedstrijd 2010
Oploswedstrijd 2009
Oploswedstrijd 2008
Oploswedstrijd 2007
Oploswedstrijd 2006
Oploswedstrijd 2004
Oploswedstrijd 2003
Oploswedstrijd 2002
Oploswedstrijd 2001
Historie ARVES
Problemist Ukraine 2024
Avni-70 JT 2024
Sergey Osintsev-JT 64
Finales Y Temas 138
Finales Y Temas 137
Babson Task by Gady Costeff
Liptovsky Mikulas 2024
Hornecker MT 2024
UAPA 23rd 2024
FRME 6th TT 2024
Finales Y Temas 136
SŠZ 100 JT 2024
The Problemist 2023
Sachova Skladba 2023
Jirtdan 2024
Chess Artistry Adventure 2024
Die Schwalbe 2021-2022
8th YCCC 2024
Congress Polish Chess Composers 2024
Finales Y Temas 135
Chess Artistry Adventure in memory of Pal Benko 2022
Finales Y Temas 134
Vratnica-64 2023
Problem Paradise 2023
Pat a Mat 2022-2023
Tehtavaniekka 2023
Variantim 2023
UAPA 22th 2023
Finales Y Temas 133
Sachova Skladba 2022
Schach 2022-2023
Bilokin 85 MT
The Macedonian Problemist 2023
Nosek 70 JT
Oploswedstrijd 2024
Studies awarded for the Magazine tournament Ceskoslovensky Sach 2017.
[Event "1st Prize Ceskoslovensky Sach #7"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Andrej Frolkin Vladimir Samilo"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Michal"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/7k/7P/Rn5P/2B3p1/7P/1K1p1n2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2017"] 1. Bd3+ $3 ({Try:} 1. Be2 $2 gxh3 $1 2. Ra4 ({JP} 2. Ra1 h2 (2... Nd4 $2 3. Kc3 Nxe2+ 4. Kxd2 Ng3 5. Ke3) 3. Kc2 (3. Rf1 Nd4 4. Kc3 Nxe2+ 5. Kxd2 Ng1) 3... d1=Q+ 4. Bxd1 h1=Q) 2... d1=Q 3. Bxd1 Nxd1+ 4. Kc1 Nf2 5. Rh4 Nd6 6. Kd2 Nf5 7. Rxh3 Nxh3 {win after Troitzky}) ({JP} 1. Bb3 $2 gxh3 2. Bc2+ Kxh6 3. Ra6+ Kxh5 4. Ra8 Nd4 5. Kc3 Nf3 6. Rf8 Kg4 7. Rg8+ Kh4 8. Rh8+ Kg3 9. Rg8+ Ng4) 1... Nxd3+ (1... Kxh6 2. Ra6+ Kg5 3. h4+ $1 Kxh5 $11 {a dale JP} 4. Ra8 d1=N+ (4... Nxd3+ 5. Kc2) 5. Kc1) 2. Kc2 gxh3 (2... Nb2 {JP} 3. Kxd2 $1 (3. Ra1 d1=Q+ 4. Rxd1 Nxd1 5. hxg4 Ne3+ 6. Kd3 Nxg4 $19) 3... Nc4+ 4. Kd3 (4. Ke2 Nxa5 5. hxg4 Nd4+ (5... Nc7 6. g5 Ne6 7. g6+ Kxh6 $11) 6. Ke3 Ne6 7. Ke4 Ng5+ 8. Kf5 Kxh6 $11) 4... Nxa5 5. hxg4 $11 {TB7}) 3. Kxd2 Nc1 $1 {to je pekny tah} (3... Ne1 4. Ra1 $1 Nd4 5. Kxe1 $1 (5. Rxe1 $2 Nf3+) (5. Ra7+ $2 Kxh6 6. Ra6+ Kh7 7. Ra7+ Kg8 $1 8. Ra8+ Kf7 9. h6 h2 10. h7 h1=Q 11. h8=Q Nef3+ $1 $19)) ({JP} 3... h2 { tahle varianta tam chybi} 4. Ra1 Nf2 5. Ke2 h1=Q 6. Rxh1 Nxh1 7. Kf3) 4. Ra4 $1 (4. Ra1 $2 Nb3+ $19 (4... Nd4 $6 5. Ra7+ $1 Kxh6 6. Rf7 $1 {see main line})) 4... Nd4 $1 5. Ra7+ $1 (5. Rxd4 $2 Nb3+ 6. Ke3 Nxd4 7. Kf2 Ne2 $1 $19) 5... Kxh6 6. Rf7 $1 ({Try:} 6. Ra6+ $2 Kg5 $1 7. Rg6+ (7. Ra5+ Kf6 $1) 7... Kf4 $1 8. Rf6+ Nf5 9. Re6 Nb3+ $1 10. Kc3 Ne3 11. Rf6+ Kg3 $1 $19) 6... h2 7. Rf6+ $1 (7. Rf1 $2 Nf3+ 8. Ke3 Ng1 $19) 7... Kh7 $1 (7... Kg7 8. Rf1 Nf3+ 9. Ke3 Ng1 10. Kf2 h1=Q 11. Rxg1+ $11) ({JP tuhle variantu nema} 7... Kxh5 8. Rf1 Nf3+ 9. Ke3 Ng1 10. Rf8) 8. Rf7+ $1 Kh8 9. Rf8+ Kh7 10. Rf7+ Kh6 11. Rf6+ Kg5 12. Rf1 Nf3+ 13. Ke3 $1 Ng1 14. Kf2 h1=Q (14... Nce2 15. Kg2 $11) 15. Rxg1+ {draw} 1/2-1/2
your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard
[Event "2nd Prize Ceskoslovensky Sach #3"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Michal Hlinka Jaroslav Polasek"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Michal"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6k1/q7/2PK4/1b3N2/3P1N2/3R4/p2R4/4r3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2017"] 1. Rg3+ $1 (1. Rg2+ $2 Kf8 2. Ng6+ Ke8 3. Ne5 Qb8+ $19 {e.g.} 4. Kd5 Bxc6+ 5. Kxc6 Rc1+ $19) 1... Kf8 2. Ng6+ Ke8 3. Ne5 Qb8+ 4. Kd5 Rxe5+ $1 (4... Bxc6+ 5. Kxc6 Rc1+ 6. Kd5 Qb7+ 7. Ke6 {(d6) =}) 5. dxe5 Bxc6+ $1 (5... a1=Q 6. Rg8+ Kf7 7. Nh6+ Ke7 8. Nf5+ $11) 6. Ke6 $1 (6. Kxc6 $2 Qc8+ 7. Kd5 Qxf5 8. Rxa2 Qf7+ 9. e6 Qf5+ 10. Kd6 Qf4+ $19) 6... Kf8 (6... Qc8+ 7. Kf6 Qxf5+ 8. Kxf5 a1=Q 9. Ke6 $11) 7. Ne7 $1 (7. Ra3 $2 Qe8+ 8. Kf6 Be4 9. Kg5 (9. e6 Bxf5 10. Rdxa2 Bxe6 $19 ) 9... Bxf5 10. Rdxa2 Qg6+ $1 $19) 7... Qxe5+ $1 8. Kxe5 a1=Q+ 9. Kd6 $1 (9. Kf4 $2 Kxe7 $19) 9... Qf6+ 10. Kc7 Kxe7 11. Re3+ $1 Kf8 $1 (11... Kf7 12. Rdd3 $1 {zz} (12. Rd6 $2 Qa1 $19) (12. Ree2 $2 Kg7 $1 $19 {zz})) 12. Rd8+ $1 ({Try: } 12. Rdd3 $2 Kf7 $1 {zz} 13. Rh3 Qe6 $1 14. Rh7+ Kg8 15. Rhh3 Kf8 $1 16. Rd8+ Kg7 17. Rg3+ Kf7 $1 $19) (12. Ree2 $2 Kg7 $1 {zz} 13. Rd6 Qf7+ $19) 12... Kf7 13. Rdd3 $1 {zz} Qg6 14. Rf3+ $1 Bxf3 15. Rd7+ Kg8 16. Rd8+ Kh7 17. Rd7+ Kh6 18. Rd6 {draw} 1/2-1/2
your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard
[Event "3rd Prize Ceskoslovensky Sach #4"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Martin Minski Steffen Nielsen"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Michal"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4b2K/p5p1/6pk/3N4/5PBp/1p1RB3/1qP3P1/b7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2017"] 1. Ne7 $1 {(2.Ng8#)} ({Try:} 1. c3 $2 Qa3 $1 2. Nb4 Bxc3 3. Rd6 Bf6 4. Rxf6 b2 $1 $19) (1. Bd2 $2 Qa3 ({or} 1... bxc2) 2. Bb4 Qa4 3. cxb3 Qb5 4. Be7 g5 5. fxg5+ Kg6 6. Nf4+ Kf7 7. Re3 Be5 8. Bd6 Bxd6 9. Bh5+ g6 10. Bxg6+ Kf8 11. Rxe8+ Qxe8 12. Bxe8 Bxf4 $11) 1... Bf7 2. c3 $3 ({Thematic try:} 2. Rd6 $2 Qf6 3. Nxg6 Qc3 4. Ne5+ g6 5. Rf6 Be8 6. Be2 {position X with wPc2} bxc2 $1 $11) 2... Qxc3 3. Rd6 $1 (3. Rxc3 $2 Bxc3 $11) 3... Qf6 $1 4. Nxg6 Qc3 $1 {switchback} 5. Ne5+ g6 6. Rf6 Be8 7. Be2 $1 {position X without wPc2, zugzwang} (7. Bf3 $2 b2 $1 8. Bc5 $2 Qxf3 $1 $19) 7... b2 (7... a5 {(a6)} 8. Kg8 b2 9. g4 $1 (9. Rb6 b1=Q 10. Rxb1 Qc8) 9... hxg3 10. Rb6 $1 Qxe3 11. Ng4+ Kh5 12. Nxe3+ $18) (7... Qc8 8. f5#) 8. Bc5 $1 Qxc5 9. Rxg6+ Bxg6 10. Ng4+ Kh5 11. Nf6+ Kh6 12. Ng8# 1-0
your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard
[Event "spec. Prize Ceskoslovensky Sach #8 (v)"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Ilham Aliev (version)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Michal"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k1b4K/p1P5/P6p/8/5P2/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "9"] [EventDate "2017"] 1. f5 $3 ({Thematic try:} 1. Kg7 $2 Bxa6 $1 (1... h5 $2 2. f5 Bxf5 3. Kh6 $3 $11 {see solution}) 2. Kxh6 Kb7 $19) 1... Bxf5 2. Kg7 h5 3. Kh6 $3 ({Thematic try:} 3. Kf6 $2 Bc8 $1 4. Kg5 Bxa6 5. Kxh5 Bb7 {(c8)} 6. Kg5 a5 $19) 3... h4 4. Kg5 Bc8 5. Kxh4 {draw. King manoeuvre: Kg7-h6-g5-h4.} 1/2-1/2
your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard
[Event "1 hm. Ceskoslovensky Sach #12"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Jaroslav Polasek"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Michal"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2k5/4R3/2bP4/6K1/6n1/6P1/N5p1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2017"] [SourceDate "2017.11.21"] 1. d7+ $1 (1. Re1 $2 Nh2 2. d7+ Kd8 $1 $19) 1... Bxd7 ({main} 1... Kd8 2. Re8+ $1 (2. Re1 $2 Nh2 3. Kf4 Nf1 $19) 2... Kxd7 3. Re1 Nh2 4. Rd1+ Kc8 $1 (4... Ke7 5. Nc3 Bb5 $1 6. Nd5+ $1 Kf7 7. Ne3 {(e4) =}) 5. Nc3 Bb5 $1 6. Rc1 $1 (6. Nxb5 $2 Nf1 7. Rc1+ Kb8 $1 $19) 6... Kd7 7. Rd1+ Kc6 8. Rc1 $1 Kb7 9. Rb1 $1 Kc8 10. Rc1 {positional draw}) 2. Re1 Nh2 3. Rc1+ Kd8 $1 4. Nc3 Bg4 $1 (4... Bb5 5. Rd1+ Kc8 6. Rc1 $1 $11) 5. Rg1 $1 (5. Ne4 $2 Nf1 6. Kxg4 g1=Q $19) 5... Nf3+ 6. Kxg4 Nxg1 7. Kh5 $1 ({Try:} 7. Kf5 $2 Nf3 $1 8. Ne2 Nd4+ $1 9. Nxd4 g1=Q $19) 7... Kd7 $1 (7... Ke7 8. Nd5+ $11) 8. Kh6 $1 ({Try:} 8. g4 $2 Nh3 $1 9. Ne2 Nf4+ $1 10. Nxf4 g1=Q $19) (8. Kg6 Ke6 9. g4) 8... Ke6 9. g4 Kf7 $1 (9... Nh3 10. Ne2 Kf6 11. g5+ $1 Nxg5 12. Kh5 $11) 10. Kh7 $1 Nh3 11. Ne2 Kf6 (11... Ng5+ 12. Kh6 Nh3 13. Kh7) 12. Kh6 Kf7 13. Kh7 $1 {positional draw} ({Try:} 13. g5 $2 Kg8 $1 14. g6 Kh8 $1 15. g7+ Kg8 16. Kg6 Nf4+ $1 17. Nxf4 g1=Q+ $19) 1/2-1/2
your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard
[Event "2 hm. Ceskoslovensky Sach #1"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Pavel Arestov & Michal Hlinka"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Michal"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/3n4/4R3/3k4/2R4n/2p4K/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2016"] 1. Rec6 Nf3 $1 2. Rxc3 (2. Rc8 $2 Ng5+ 3. Kh4 Ne4 $11) 2... Ng1+ 3. Kh2 $3 ({ Try-1:} 3. Kg2 $2 Ne2 4. R3c4 Nd4 5. Rc8 Nb6 {fork} 6. R8c5+ Kd6 7. Rc1 Nb3 { fork} 8. Rc6+ Kd7 $1 (8... Kd5 $2 9. R1c2 $1 Nd4 10. R2c5+ $18) 9. Rc7+ Kd8 $1 10. R1c3 Nd5 {fork} 11. Rc8+ Kd7 12. R3c6 Na5 {(d4) =}) ({Try-2:} 3. Kh4 $2 Ne2 4. R3c4 (4. Rc2 Nd4 $11 {fork}) 4... Nd4 5. Rc8 Nf5+ $1 6. Kg5 Nd6 $11 {fork}) 3... Ne2 4. R3c4 (4. Rc2 $2 Nd4 $11 {fork}) 4... Nd4 $1 (4... Ne5 {fork} 5. R4c5+ $18) 5. Rc8 (5. Rc7 $2 Ne6 $11 (5... Nb5 $11)) 5... Nb6 {fork} 6. R8c5+ $1 (6. R4c5+ $2 Kd6 7. R8c7 Nd5 $11) 6... Kd6 7. Rc1 (7. Rc3 $2 Na4 $11) 7... Nb3 {fork} 8. Rc6+ Kd7 (8... Kd5 9. R1c2 $1 $18) 9. Rc7+ (9. R1c2 $2 Nd4 10. Rc7+ Kd8 11. Rc1 Nb3 12. R1c3 $18 {loss of time}) (9. R1c3 $2 Nd5 10. R3c4 Na5 $11) 9... Kd8 10. R1c3 $1 (10. R1c6 $2 Nd4 11. Rc1 Nb3 12. R1c3 $18 {loss of time}) 10... Nd5 {fork} 11. Rc8+ Kd7 12. R3c4 $1 (12. Rc2 {or R3c6} Nd4 $18 { loss of time}) 12... Nb6 {fork} 13. R4c7+ $1 (13. R8c7+ Kd8 14. Rc3 Nd5 15. Rc8+ Kd7 16. R3c4 Nb6 17. R4c7+ $18 {loss of time}) 13... Kd6 14. Rc6+ Kd7 15. Rxb6 {win} 1-0
your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard
[Event "com. Ceskoslovensky Sach #12"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Mario G.Garcia"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Michal"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/N5p1/k1K4p/2p5/8/2P5/1q2n1BQ w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2015"] 1. Qc6 $1 (1. Kd6 $2 Qd1+ $1 2. Kc7 Qf3 $1 $11) 1... Nd3+ (1... Qb2 2. Qc7+ Ka4 3. Kd5 Qb5+ 4. Nc5+ $18) 2. cxd3 (2. Kd6 $2 Qxg1 $11) 2... cxd3 (2... Qxg1+ 3. d4 Qg5+ (3... Qb1 4. Nc7 Qb4+ 5. Kd5 Qb3 6. Qc5+ $18) 4. d5 Qe7+ 5. Kxc4 Qe4+ 6. Kc5 Qe7+ 7. Kd4 Qh4+ 8. Ke5 Qe7+ 9. Qe6 Qg5+ 10. Kd6 $18) 3. Qc7+ Kxa6 4. Qc6+ $1 (4. Qc8+ $2 Qb7 5. Qe6+ Ka7 6. Qa2+ Qa6 $1 $11) 4... Ka7 (4... Ka5 5. Qa8#) 5. Bd4 $1 ({Thematic try:} 5. Be3 $2 Kb8 $1 6. Bf4+ Ka7 7. Qa4+ Kb7 8. Qe4+ Ka7 $1 9. Be3 Kb8 $1 10. Qe8+ Kb7 11. Qd7+ Kb8 $1 12. Bd4 d2 $1 (12... Qb7 $2 13. Be5+ $1 Ka7 14. Bc7 $1 d2 15. Bb6+ Kb8 16. Qd6+ Ka8 17. Qd8+ Qb8 18. Qd5+ Qb7 19. Qg8+ Qb8 20. Qa2+ Kb7 21. Qd5+ Ka6 22. Qc4+ {(d3)} Kb7 23. Qe4+ Ka6 24. Qa4+ Kb7 25. Qc6+ Ka6 26. Bc7+ $18 {echo 1}) 13. Be5+ Ka8 $11 { positional draw}) 5... Qb7 6. Kd6+ $1 (6. Kc4+ $2 Kb8 $1 7. Be5+ Ka7 8. Bd4+ Kb8 {positional draw}) 6... Ka8 7. Qa4+ Kb8 8. Qe8+ Qc8 9. Qb5+ Qb7 10. Bb6 $1 d2 11. Bc7+ Ka7 12. Qc5+ Ka8 13. Qa5+ Qa7 14. Qd5+ Qb7 15. Qa2+ Qa7 16. Qg8+ Kb7 17. Qd5+ Kc8 18. Qe6+ Kb7 19. Qe4+ Kc8 20. Qe8+ Kb7 21. Qc6+ Kc8 22. Bb6+ $18 {echo 2. Win.} 1-0
your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard
[Event "com. Ceskoslovensky Sach #3"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Jaroslav Polasek & Emil Vlasak"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Michal"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1pk5/8/2b5/p1B5/8/1p3B2/6K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "18"] [EventDate "2016"] 1. Bd3 $1 ({Try:} 1. Ba2 $2 Kb6 2. Kf1 Bxf2 3. Ke2 Kb5 4. Kd2 Kb4 5. Kc2 b1=Q+ $1 (5... b5 6. Kb1 $1) 6. Kxb1 b5 7. Kb2 Bd4+ $19) 1... Kb6 $1 (1... Bxf2+ 2. Kxf2 a3 3. Bb1 $11) 2. Kf1 Bxf2 (2... a3 3. Bb1 Bxf2 4. Ke2) 3. Ke2 $1 Ka5 ( 3... Kc5 4. Kd2 b5 5. Kc2 b4 6. Kxb2 $1 (6. Kb1 $2 b3 $19 {Not Bc4 as in the main line.}) 6... Bd4+ 7. Ka2 b3+ 8. Ka3 $11) 4. Kd2 $1 (4. Kd1 $6 b1=Q+ $1 5. Bxb1 Kb4 6. Be4 b5 7. Bc6 Kc3 $1 8. Bxb5 (8. Kc1 Be3+ 9. Kb1 Kb3 $1 10. Bxb5 a3 ) 8... a3 $19) 4... b5 $1 (4... b1=Q 5. Bxb1 Kb4 6. Be4 $1 b5 7. Bc6 $11) 5. Kc2 b4 (5... b1=Q+ 6. Kxb1 b4 7. Kc2 $1 b3+ 8. Kc3 $1 Be1+ 9. Kc4 $11) (5... Bd4 $1 6. Kb1 $1 $11 {see main line}) 6. Kb1 $3 {A point!} ({Try:} 6. Kxb2 $2 Bd4+ 7. Ka2 b3+ 8. Ka3 Bc5+ 9. Kb2 Kb4 $19) 6... b3 7. Bc4 $1 Kb4 8. Bd5 {(e6, f7, g8)} a3 9. Bxb3 $1 Kxb3 {- stalemate} 1/2-1/2
your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard
[Event "com. Ceskoslovensky Sach #12"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Daniele Gatti"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Michal"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2k5/Rpq5/PP6/6p1/4p1P1/3pP1P1/3P2Pp/4K3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2017"] 1. Ra8+ Qb8 $1 (1... Kd7 2. bxc7 h1=Q+ 3. Kf2 Kxc7 4. Rc8+ (4. axb7) 4... Kxc8 5. axb7+ Kc7 6. b8=Q+ Kxb8 {stalemate}) 2. Rxb8+ Kxb8 3. a7+ Ka8 4. Kf2 h1=N+ $1 (4... h1=Q {stalemate}) 5. Kf1 $1 ({Try:} 5. Ke1 $2 Nxg3 6. Kd1 Ne2 $19 {zz} 7. Ke1 Nc1 $19) 5... Nxg3+ 6. Ke1 $1 (6. Kf2 $2 Ne2 $19) 6... Ne2 7. Kd1 $1 {zz } Ng3 8. Ke1 Nh1 9. Kf1 $1 (9. Kd1 $2 Nf2+ 10. Kc1 Nxg4 $19 11. Kb2 Nf6 12. Kc3 Nd5+ 13. Kd4 Nxb6 $19) 9... Ng3+ 10. Ke1 Ne2 11. Kd1 {positional draw} 1/2-1/2
your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard