www.arves.org - Henri Rinck 150 MT 2020 A

Studies awarded for the memory of the birthday 150 years ago of the famous composer:

Rinck, Henri 1870-1952

Section A: Free Theme

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-2nd prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Oleg Pervakov & Karen Sumbatyan"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "B5b1/4pkqP/2P1np2/6p1/8/2p1p2N/8/2K4Q w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "20"] [EventDate "2020"] 
 1. c7 $1 (1. hxg8=Q+ $2 Qxg8 $1 $19) 1... Nxc7 2. Bd5+ $1 (2. Nxg5+ $2 Qxg5 $1 3. h8=Q e2+ 4. Kc2 Qd2+ $19) 2... e6 $1 (2... Nxd5 3. Qxd5+ e6 4. Nxg5+ fxg5 5. Qb7+ Kf6 6. Qf3+ Ke5 7. Qxe3+ Kd5 8. Qd3+ Kc5 9. hxg8=Q Qxg8 10. Qxc3+ $11) 3. Bxe6+ $1 ({Thematic try:} 3. Nxg5+ $2 Qxg5 $1 {correct capture} 4. Bxe6+ Kxe6 $1 {correct capture} 5. hxg8=Q+ Qxg8 6. Qc6+ Kf5 $19) 3... Nxe6 $1 { change of capture} (3... Kxe6 4. h8=Q Qxh8 5. Nxg5+ fxg5 6. Qxh8 $11) 4. Nxg5+ $1 Nxg5 $1 {change of capture} (4... Qxg5 5. Qb7+ Ke8 6. Qc6+ Ke7 7. Qb7+ Kd6 8. Qa6+ $1 Kd7 9. Qa4+ $1 Ke7 10. Qa7+ Ke8 11. Qa4+ Kf8 12. Qa8+ $1 { perpetual chek}) 5. Qh5+ $1 ({Logical try:} 5. h8=Q $2 Qxh8 6. Qxh8 Nh7 $1 { zz, Black domination} 7. Kd1 Kf8 8. Kc1 e2 9. Qxh7 e1=Q+ $19) 5... Kf8 (5... Ke7 6. h8=Q Qxh8 7. Qxh8 e2 8. Qh4 $1 Bc4 9. Qg3 Nf3 10. Qc7+ {perpetual check} ) 6. h8=Q Qxh8 7. Qxh8 Nh7 $1 8. Kd1 $1 {zz} Kf7 9. Kc1 e2 10. Qxh7+ $1 Bxh7 { model stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-special prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Jan Timman"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4b2q/p1n2pkr/5pp1/P1b1pP2/2B1R1P1/P1BQ2K1/6P1/7N w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2020"] 
 1. Nf2 $1 Rh2 $1 (1... Bc6 2. fxg6 fxg6 3. g5 $11) 2. Nh3 Rxh3+ $1 3. gxh3 Qh4+ $1 4. Kxh4 Bf2+ 5. Qg3 g5+ 6. Kh5 Bxg3 7. h4 $1 (7. Bd3 $2 Ne6 $1 8. Rb4 Nf4+ 9. Rxf4 gxf4 $1 10. g5 fxg5 11. Kxg5 f6+ 12. Kg4 Kh6 $19) 7... Bxh4 8. Bd3 $3 Ne6 $1 9. Rb4 $1 ({Thematic try:} 9. Rc4 $2 Be1 $1 10. Bxe1 e4 $1 11. Bd2 Kh7 $1 12. Bxg5 fxg5 $19) 9... Be1 $1 10. Bxe1 e4 11. Bd2 $1 (11. Rxe4 $2 Kh7 $1 $19) 11... Kh7 12. Bxg5 $1 fxg5 13. Rb7 Nf4+ (13... exd3 $2 14. fxe6 d2 15. exf7 $18) 14. Kxg5 exd3 $1 15. Kxf4 d2 16. Rb1 Ba4 17. g5 $1 Kg7 $1 (17... Kg8 18. g6 f6 19. Rb8+ Kg7 20. Rb7+ $11) (17... Bc2 18. Rh1+ Kg8 19. Ke5 Kg7 20. f6+ Kg8 21. g6 $1 $11) 18. f6+ $1 (18. g6 $2 Bc2 $1 19. Rh1 f6 $19) 18... Kh7 19. Rh1+ Kg8 20. g6 $1 fxg6 21. Kg5 Bc2 22. a6 $1 (22. a4 $2 a6 $1 $19) 22... Kf7 23. Rh7+ $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-3rd hon. mention"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Martin Minski & Jan Sprenger"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5r2/k2p4/3KP3/8/8/1n6/3P4/2R5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2020"] 
 1. e7 $1 (1. Rc7+ $2 Kb6 $1 2. exd7 Na5 $1 3. Rc8 Nb7+ $10) 1... Rg8 2. Rg1 $1 (2. Rd1 $2 Rg6+ $1 3. Kxd7 (3. Kc7 Re6 4. Kd8 d5 $1 5. e8=Q Rxe8+ 6. Kxe8 Ka6 7. Kd7 Kb5 8. Kd6 Kc4 9. d3+ Kd4 $11) 3... Nc5+ 4. Ke8 Rh6 $1 5. Kf7 Rh7+ $11) 2... Rh8 $1 3. Rh1 $1 ({Logical try:} 3. d3 $2 Nd4 $1 4. Re1 (4. Rh1 Rxh1 $1 5. e8=Q Nb5+ 6. Kxd7 Rh6 $1 7. Qe3+ Rb6 $11 {fortress}) 4... Ne6 5. Kxd7 Nc5+ 6. Kc7 Na6+ 7. Kd6 Rh6+ { position X with bRh6. White cannot win a tempo with Ke8-f7 e.g.} 8. Kd7 Nb8+ 9. Ke8 Nc6 10. Kf7 Nxe7 $10) 3... Rg8 $1 (3... Rxh1 4. e8=Q Rh6+ 5. Kxd7 Nc5+ 6. Kc7 Rb6 7. Qe3 $1 $18) 4. d3 Nd4 $1 5. Re1 $1 (5. Kxd7 $2 Rg7 6. Rg1 Rh7 $1 7. Rf1 Kb6 $1 8. Rf6+ Kc5 9. Kd8 Rh8+ 10. e8=Q Rxe8+ 11. Kxe8 Kb4 $11) 5... Ne6 6. Kxd7 Nc5+ 7. Kc7 Na6+ 8. Kd6 $1 Rg6+ {position X with bRg6} 9. Kd7 Nb8+ (9... Nc5+ 10. Ke8 Rg8+ 11. Kf7 $18) 10. Ke8 Nc6 11. Kf7 $18 1-0

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-special hon. mention"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Yuri Bazlov"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2P5/2P5/8/4k3/7b/1R6/4BrbK w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2020"] 
 1. Bf2 $1 (1. Rb8 $2 Bb6+ $1 2. Kh2 Bxc7+ $19) (1. Rb4+ $2 Kf3 $1 2. Rb3+ Be3+ 3. Kh2 Rxe1 $19) (1. Rg2 $2 Be3+ 2. Kh2 Bxg2 3. c8=Q Kf3) 1... Bxf2+ 2. Kh2 Bg4 $1 3. Kg2 $1 (3. c8=Q $2 Bxc8 4. Kg2 Bh3+ $1 5. Kxh3 Kf3 6. Rb3+ Be3 $19) 3... Bd4 $1 4. Re2+ $1 (4. Rb8 $2 Rg1+ 5. Kh2 Rc1 $1 6. Kg3 (6. c8=Q Bxc8 7. Rxc8 Be3 $1 8. Rf8 Bf4+ 9. Kg2 Rc2+ 10. Kf1 Kf3 $19) 6... Be6 $1 7. c8=Q (7. Re8 Rc3+ 8. Kg2 Rc2+ 9. Kf1 Rf2+ 10. Ke1 Kd3 $1 $19) 7... Rc3+ $1 8. Kg2 Rc2+ 9. Kh1 Bxc8 10. Rxc8 Kf3 $1 $19) 4... Bxe2 (4... Kd3 5. Re8 $1 $11) 5. c8=Q Rf2+ $1 6. Kg3 $1 (6. Kh3 $2 Be5 $1 7. Kh4 Rf5 8. Qe8 Kf3 $1 9. Qg6 Rf4+ 10. Kh5 Ke3+ 11. Kg5 Rg4+ $19) 6... Rf3+ $1 7. Kg2 $1 ({Thematic try:} 7. Kh4 $2 Bf6+ $1 8. Kh5 Rg3+ 9. Kh6 Bg7+ $1 10. Kh7 Bd3 $1 11. Qb7 Kf4+ $1 12. Kg8 Bd4+ 13. Kf8 Bc5+ 14. Ke8 Rg8+ 15. Kf7 Bc4+ 16. Kf6 Bd4+ 17. Ke7 Rg7+ $19) 7... Bf1+ $1 8. Kh2 $1 Be5+ 9. Kg1 $1 Bh3 $1 10. Qa6 $1 Bd4+ 11. Kh2 $1 Bf1 $1 12. Qc8 $1 Be5+ 13. Kg1 $1 Bh3 14. Qa6 $1 $11 {Pendulum positional draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-2nd commendation"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Daniele Gatti"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1Q6/3q1PpK/B7/p1k2r2/p7/3P4/4p3/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2020"] 
 1. d4+ $1 (1. f8=Q+ $2 Rxf8 2. Qxf8+ Kb6 $1 3. Bc8 Qxd3+ 4. Bf5 Qxf5+ $1 5. Qxf5 e1=Q $19) 1... Kxd4 (1... Kd5 2. f8=Q g6+ (2... Rh5+ 3. Kg8 Qe6+ 4. Qf7 $11) 3. Qg7 Qxg7+ 4. Kxg7 e1=Q 5. Qd8+ $1 $11) 2. Qb6+ $1 (2. Qb2+ $2 Kc5 $1 ({ but not} 2... Kd5 $2 3. Qxe2 $1 Rxf7 4. Bc4+ Kc5 5. Bxf7 Qxf7 6. Qe3+ $1 Kb5 7. Qe5+ Ka6 8. Qe2+ Ka7 9. Qe3+ Kb7 10. Qe4+ $1 Kc7 11. Qe5+ $1 Kc6 12. Qc3+ $1 Kb7 13. Qxa5 g5+ 14. Kh6 $1 {=}) 3. Qc3+ Kb6 {-+}) 2... Ke4 3. Bb7+ Kd3 4. Ba6+ Ke4 (4... Kc2 5. Qe3 $1 e1=Q $1 6. Qxe1 Rf4 $1 7. Qe2+ $1 Qd2 8. Qe6 $11) 5. Bb7+ Kf4 6. Qf2+ Ke5 7. Qc5+ Ke6 8. Qxf5+ $1 Kxf5 9. Bc8 $1 (9. f8=Q+ $2 Kg5 $1 10. Bc8 (10. Qc5+ Qf5+ $19) 10... Qd3+ $19) 9... Qxc8 (9... Kg5 10. Bxd7 e1=Q 11. f8=Q Qh1+ 12. Kxg7 Qh6+ 13. Kg8 Qxf8+ 14. Kxf8 a3 15. Be6 $11) 10. f8=Q+ $1 Kg5 $1 (10... Qxf8 {stalemate}) 11. Qxc8 e1=Q 12. Qc5+ $1 (12. Qd8+ $2 Kh5 $1 13. Qd5+ g5 $19) 12... Kh4 13. Qc4+ $1 (13. Qd4+ $2 Kh5 $1 $19) 13... Kg3 14. Qc7+ $1 (14. Qd3+ $2 Kf4 $1 $19) 14... Kh3 15. Qc8+ $1 (15. Qd7+ $2 Kh4 $1 16. Qxa4+ Qb4 17. Qa1 g5 18. Qh1+ Kg4 $1 $19) 15... Kh4 16. Qc4+ $1 Kg5 (16... Kh5 17. Qf7+ Kg5 18. Qxg7+ $11) 17. Qc5+ $1 (17. Qd5+ $2 Kf6 18. Qd8+ (18. Qc6+ Qe6 $1 $19) 18... Qe7 $1 19. Qd4+ Qe5 $19) 17... Kf4 18. Qf8+ $11 {positional draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-3rd commendation"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Valery Kalashnikov"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2PP1k1P/3P4/5PPp/6q1/5p1p/2rr1P2/2R4K w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2021"] 
 1. Rg1 $1 (1. g6+ $2 Kg7 $1 2. h8=Q+ Kxh8 3. d8=Q+ Kg7 4. Qe7+ Kh6 5. Qe3+ Kg7 6. Qe7+ Kh6 $11) (1. d8=N+ $2 Kg7 $1 2. Ne6+ Kxh7 3. g6+ Kh6 $19) 1... Qg2+ $1 (1... Rxf2 2. g6+ $1 Kg7 3. h8=Q+ Kxh8 4. d8=Q+ Kg7 5. Qe7+ Kh6 6. Qe3+ Kg7 7. Qxf2 Rxf2 8. Rxg4 hxg4 9. f6+ $1 Kxf6 10. d7 $18) (1... Qxg1+ 2. Kxg1 Rxf2 3. g6+ Kg7 4. h8=Q+ Kxh8 5. d8=Q+ Kg7 6. Qe7+ Kh6 7. Qe3+ $18) 2. Rxg2 {[Main A]} fxg2+ ({[Main B]} 2... hxg2+ 3. Kh2 Rd1 $1 4. h8=N+ $1 (4. g6+ $2 Kg7 $1 5. h8=Q+ Kxh8 6. d8=Q+ Kg7 7. Qe7+ Kh6 8. Qe3+ Kg7 9. f6+ Kxg6 $1 $11) 4... Kg7 5. f6+ Kh7 6. g6+ Kh6 7. Nf7+ Kxg6 8. Ne5+ Kf5 9. Nxf3 Rxf2 (9... g1=Q+ 10. Nxg1 Rxf2+ 11. Kg3 $18) 10. Ng1 $18) 3. Kh2 g1=Q+ $1 (3... Rd1 4. g6+ $1 Kg7 5. h8=Q+ Kxh8 6. d8=Q+ Kg7 7. Qe7+ Kh6 8. Qe3+ Kg7 9. f6+ Kxg6 10. Qg3+ $18) 4. Kxg1 h2+ $1 5. Kh1 $1 (5. Kxh2 $2 Rxf2+ 6. Kg3 Rg2+ 7. Kf3 Rgf2+ 8. Ke4 Rfe2+ 9. Kd5 Red2+ $11 {perpetual check}) 5... Rd1+ $1 6. Kxh2 Rxf2+ 7. Kg3 Rxf5 8. d8=N+ $1 (8. h8=N+ $2 Kg7 $1 9. d8=Q Rd3+ 10. Kg2 Rd2+ 11. Kg1 Rd1+ $11 { perpetual check}) 8... Kg6 9. h8=N+ $1 Kxg5 10. Ne6+ $1 1-0

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-4th commendation"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Jan Sprenger"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1k6/3p1K2/8/3PN3/5n2/3P4/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2020"] 
 1. d6 Kc8 2. Ke8 $1 (2. Ke7 $2 Nd5+ $1 3. Ke8 Nf6+ $10) 2... Nh5 3. Ng6 $1 (3. Nxd7 $2 Ng7+ 4. Ke7 Nf5+ $10) (3. Ke7 $2 Ng7 {(g3)=}) 3... Ng7+ $1 (3... Nf6+ 4. Kf7 Ng4 5. Ke7 Ne3 6. Ke8 $18) 4. Kf7 {(8)} Nh5 5. Ke7 Ng7 6. Nh4 $1 {zz} Ne6 (6... Nh5 7. Ng2 Ng3 8. Ne3 Ne2 {transposes to main C}) 7. Ng2 $1 {zz} Nd4 8. Ne3 $1 {[Main A]} Ne6 ({[Main B]} 8... Nc6+ 9. Ke8 Ne5 10. d4 Nf3 11. Nf5 $1 {zz position B1 with Black to move}) ({[Main C]} 8... Ne2 9. Ke8 $1 ({ Logical try with winning plan from main A:} 9. Nd5 $2 Nc1 $1 10. Nf4 Na2 $1 11. Ng6 Nb4 12. Ne5 {position A1 with bSb4} Nd5+ 13. Ke8 Nf6+ $11) 9... Nf4 10. d4 Nh5 11. d5 $1 ({Logical try with winning plan from main B:} 11. Nf5 $2 Nf6+ 12. Kf7 Ne4 13. Ke7 Ng5 ({or} 13... Nd2 14. Ke8 Nf3 $1 { zz position B1 with White to move} 15. d5 Ne5 16. Ne7+ Kb7 17. Kd8 Kb6 $11)) 11... Ng3 12. Ke7 $1 { zz position C1 with bSg3. Compare the logical tries in main A} Ne4 13. Ng4 $1 { zz} (13. Nf5 $2 Nc5 $1 14. Ke8 Kb7 $11) (13. Nd1 $2 Ng3 14. Ne3 Ne4 15. Ng4 { loss of time}) 13... Ng3 $1 (13... Nc3 14. Nf6 {zz position C2 with bSc3}) 14. Nh6 $1 {zz} Nh5 (14... Ne4 15. Ng8 $1 Ng3 16. Ke8 $18) 15. Nf5 $1 {zz} Nf4 16. Ke8 Nxd5 17. Ne7+ Kb7 18. Nxd5 Kc6 19. Ke7 $1 Kxd5 20. Kxd7 $18) 9. Nd5 $1 { Logical try with winning plan from main B:} ({Logical try:} 9. Ke8 $2 Nc5 $1 10. d4 Ne4 11. Nf5 Nf6+ 12. Kf7 Ne4 13. Ke7 Ng5 ({or} 13... Nd2) 14. Ke8 Nf3 $1 {zz position B1 with White to move} 15. d5 Ne5 $10) ({ logical try with winning plan from main C:} 9. Ng4 $2 Nf4 $1 10. d4 Nd5+ 11. Ke8 Nc3 $1 (11... Nb6 $2 12. Ne5 $18) 12. Ne3 Ne4 13. Ke7 Nc3 $1 14. d5 { position C1 with bSc3} Na4 $1 15. Ng4 Nb6 $1 16. Nf6 {position C2 with bSb6} Kb7 17. Nxd7 Nxd5+ $10) 9... Nc5 10. Nf4 $1 {zz} Na4 11. Ng6 Nc5 (11... Nb6 12. Ke8 Kb7 13. Ne5 $18) 12. Ne5 $18 ({or} 12. d4 $18) 1-0

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-5th commendation"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Árpád Rusz"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6R1/4k3/2K5/8/8/8/8/4n3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2020"] 
 1. Kd5 $1 {[Main A]} (1. Rg3 $2 Kf6 $1 2. Kd5 Kf5 3. Re3 Ng2 $1 $11 (3... Nc2 $2 4. Re4 $1 {zz})) 1... Nc2 ({[Main B]} 1... Nd3 2. Rg4 Kf6 3. Rd4 Ne1 (3... Nf2 4. Rf4+ $18) (3... Nc1 4. Rd2 $18) 4. Rd1 $1 (4. Ke4 $2 Ng2 $1 5. Kf3 Ke5 $11) 4... Ng2 (4... Nf3 5. Rf1 $18) 5. Rf1+ Ke7 (5... Kg5 6. Rg1 $18) 6. Ke5 Nh4 7. Rf6 $1 $18 {echo chameleon-zz}) (1... Nf3 2. Rg4 Kf6 3. Rf4+ $18) (1... Kf6 2. Ke4 $18) 2. Ke5 $1 Kd7 (2... Ne3 3. Rg7+ $18) (2... Nb4 3. Rg7+ Kd8 4. Kd6 Na6 5. Rg8#) 3. Rb8 $1 (3. Rg4 $2 Na3 $1 4. Rb4 Kc6 $11) 3... Ne3 { symmetrical position to Main B} 4. Rb4 Kc6 5. Re4 Nd1 (5... Nc2 6. Rc4+ $18) ( 5... Nf1 6. Re2 $18) 6. Re1 $1 (6. Kd4 $2 Nb2 $1 7. Kc3 Kd5 $11) 6... Nb2 (6... Nc3 7. Rc1 $18) 7. Rc1+ Kd7 (7... Kb5 8. Rb1 $18) 8. Kd5 Na4 9. Rc6 $1 $18 { echo chameleon-zz} 1-0

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-special commendation"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Pavel Arestov & Petr Kiryakov"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2K5/5n2/4k3/6PR/2P1r2P/3P4/Q5p1/6q1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2020"] 
 1. c5+ Ke7 2. g6 $1 Qxc5+ $1 (2... Qf1 3. Qd5 $1 g1=Q 4. Qxe4+ Kf8 5. gxf7 $18) 3. Rxc5 Nd6+ $1 4. Kb8 $1 (4. Kc7 $2 g1=Q $11) 4... Rb4+ 5. Ka8 $1 g1=Q {Phenix } 6. Qa7+ Kf6 $1 (6... Ke6 7. Re5+ $1 Kxe5 8. Qxg1 $18) 7. Rf5+ $1 Nxf5 $1 8. Qxg1 Ra4+ $1 (8... Rxh4 9. Qb6+ Kg7 10. Kb7 $1 $18 {transposes to the main line }) 9. Kb8 $1 (9. Kb7 $2 Rxh4 10. Qb6+ Kg5 $1 11. g7 Rh7 $11) 9... Rb4+ 10. Kc8 $1 (10. Kc7 $2 Rxh4 11. Qb6+ Kg5 $1 12. g7 Rh7 $11) 10... Rxh4 11. Qb6+ Kg7 ( 11... Kg5 12. g7 $1 Nxg7 13. Qd8+ $18) 12. Kb7 $1 (12. Kd7 $2 Rg4 13. Qe6 Nh6 $1 14. d4 Rxd4+ $11 {check}) (12. Kc7 $2 Ne7 $1 $11) (12. Qe6 $2 Rh8+ $1 13. Kd7 Rf8 $1 14. d4 Rf6 15. Qe5 Kxg6 $11) 12... Rg4 13. Qe6 Nh6 14. d4 $1 Rxg6 ( 14... Rxd4 15. Qe5+ $18) 15. Qe7+ Nf7 16. Kc7 $1 (16. d5 $2 Rd6 $1 $11) 16... Rf6 17. d5 $1 $18 1-0