www.arves.org - Springaren 2018

Studies awarded for the Springaren 2018 tournament.

Peter Krug with his girlfriend Nadia Cipriani, celebrating 1st place !

[Event "1.p Springaren"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Peter Krug & Mario Garcia"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/R2N2k1/p3p2p/2N2p2/8/1p2pPPK/6P1/1n3r2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2018"] 
 {Themes: a) Domination ; b) Culmination in mate} 1. Kh2 $1 (1. Ne5+ $2 Kf6 $1 ( 1... Kg8 $2 2. Kh2 e2 3. Ncd7 $1 $18 {see in (1)}) 2. Ncd7+ Ke7 $1 $11 (2... Kg7 $2 3. Kh2 $1 e2 4. f4 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:00:02] see in}) 3. Kh2 e2 4. Nc5+ Ke8 $11) 1... e2 (1... h5 2. Nxe6+ Kf7 3. Ndf8+ Kf6 4. f4 e2 5. Ng5 $18) 2. Ne5+ Kh8 $1 ({main 1 :} 2... Kg8 3. Ncd7 $1 {(1)} Kg7 4. f4 $1 {(2)} Rh1+ 5. Kxh1 e1=Q+ 6. Kh2 Qe3 7. Rb7 $1 Qe4 8. Rc7 $1 {(3)} Qc2 9. Ra7 $1 Qf2 10. Rb7 $1 Qe2 11. Nf6+ Kxf6 12. Rf7# {mate}) 3. Ng6+ Kg8 4. Nd7 $1 Rh1+ ({main 2 :} 4... Kg7 5. Nde5+ Kg8 6. Rf7 $1 e1=Q (6... Rh1+ 7. Kxh1 e1=Q+ 8. Kh2 Qxe5 9. Nxe5 Nd2 10. Rb7 $1 $18) 7. Ne7+ Kh8 8. N5g6# {mate}) 5. Kxh1 e1=Q+ 6. Kh2 Qc3 (6... Kg7 7. Nde5+ $18 {[%emt 0:00:02] see main}) 7. Nge5 Kg7 8. f4 $1 (8. Nf6+ $2 Kxf6 9. f4 Qxe5 $1 $11) 8... Qd4 (8... Qe3 9. Rb7 Qe4 10. Rc7 $18 {see main 1 in (3) }) 9. Nc5+ Kg8 ({main 3 :} 9... Kh8 10. Ng6+ Kg8 11. Ra8+ Kf7 (11... Kg7 12. Nxe6+ $18 {fork}) 12. Ne5+ Ke7 13. Nc6+ $18 {fork}) 10. Rg7+ $1 {sacrifice} ( 10. Ra8+ $2 Kh7 11. Nxe6 Qb6 $11) 10... Kxg7 (10... Kh8 11. Nxe6 Qxe5 12. fxe5 Nc3 13. Rb7 $18) 11. Nxe6+ {fork} Kf6 12. Nxd4 Nd2 13. Nd3 a5 14. Nb2 $18 1-0

[Event "2.c Springaren"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Peter Krug & Mario Garcia"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2b2B1n/4PkP1/4qP2/6KP/5P2/2b5/6P1/3R4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2018"] 
 {Theme: elimination of the threat of mate in the corner of the board in the black counterplay} 1. e8=Q+ (1. e8=B+ $2 Kg8 $1 $19) 1... Kxe8 2. Rd8+ $1 Kxd8 3. Be7+ Qxe7 $1 4. fxe7+ (4. gxh8=Q+ $2 Qe8 5. Qxe8+ (5. Qg7 Bd7 $19) 5... Kxe8 6. Kg6 Kf8 7. h6 Kg8 $19) 4... Kxe7 5. g8=Q Bf6+ 6. Kh6 Nf7+ (6... Bf5 7. g4 Nf7+ 8. Qxf7+ Kxf7 9. gxf5 $11) 7. Kg6 $1 (7. Kh7 $2 Bf5+ 8. Qg6 Nd6 9. Qxf5 ( 9. g4 Bxg6+ 10. hxg6 Kf8 $19) 9... Nxf5 10. g4 Ng7 11. Kg8 Ne6 12. h6 Nxf4 13. h7 Ng6 $19) 7... Bf5+ 8. Kxf5 Nh6+ 9. Kg6 Nxg8 10. h6 Bh8 $1 (10... Ke6 11. f5+ Ke5 12. g4 Ne7+ 13. Kf7 $11) 11. Kh7 Kf8 (11... Nf6+ 12. Kxh8 Kf7 13. g4 $1 $11 {similar to solution}) 12. Kxh8 Nf6 13. g3 $1 {Position of mutual Zugzwang} Kf7 14. g4 $1 Nxg4 15. f5 $1 (15. h7 $2 Nh6 16. f5 Kf8 17. f6 Nf7#) 15... Ne5 16. f6 $1 {Zugzwang} Nf3 17. h7 Ne5 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2