www.arves.org - Babich-115 and Olimpiev-85 MT 2022

Studies awarded for the P. Babich-115 and B. Olimpiev-85 MT 2022 tournament.

Winners Martin Minski and Jan Sprenger (August 2020 in Berlin)

[Event "1.p P. Babich-115 & B. Olimpiev-85"] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "J. Sprenger & M. Minski"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/P5R1/8/1q3k2/1Pr2p1P/2r1p2K/1R6/5B2 w - - 0 1"] 
   
 1. Bd3+ $1 (1. a8=Q $2 e2+) 1... Rxd3 2. a8=Q e2+ (2... Qc6 3. Qf8+ Ke4 4. Re7+ Kf3 5. Qf5 Qc8 6. Re6 $18) 3. Kh2 Rh3+ $1 (3... e1=Q 4. Qf8+ Ke4 5. Re7+ $1 (5. Qe7+ $2 Qe5 6. Qxe5+ Kxe5 7. Re7+ $11) 5... Kf3 6. Rxe1 $18) 4. Kxh3 e1=Q 5. Qf8+ (5. Rg5+ $2 Ke6 6. Rg6+ Kf5 7. Rg5+ Ke6 8. Qg8+ Kd6 9. Qf8+ Kc7 10. Rg7+ Qd7+ 11. Rxd7+ Kxd7 $11) 5... Ke4 6. Qe7+ $1 (6. Re7+ $2 Kf3 7. Rxe1 Qd7+ 8. Kh2 Rc2+ $1 9. Re2 (9. Rxc2 Qh3+ $1 10. Kxh3 {stalemate}) 9... Rxe2+ 10. Rxe2 Qg4 $1 $11) 6... Kf3 $1 (6... Qe5 7. Qxe5+ Kxe5 8. Re7+ Kf6 9. Rxe1 $18) 7. Qxe1 (7. Rb3+ $2 Qc3 8. Rg2 Qf5+ 9. Kh2 Qfd3 $11) 7... Qf5+ 8. Kh2 Rc2+ 9. Kg1 Qg6+ $1 (9... Qc5+ 10. Kh1 $1 $18 (10. bxc5 $2 Rg2+ 11. Kh1 Rh2+ 12. Kxh2 { stalemate})) 10. Qg3+ $3 {the point} (10. Rxg6 $2 Rg2+ 11. Kh1 Rh2+ 12. Kxh2 { stalemate}) 10... fxg3 (10... Qxg3+ 11. Rxg3+ fxg3 12. Rxc2 $18) 11. Rb3+ Kf4 12. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "2.p P. Babich-115 & B. Olimpiev-85"] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Hlinka & Kekely & Arestov"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1p2P3/pP2P3/rN5p/k6p/2p4P/K7/3n4 w - - 0 1"] 
   
 1. Nd4 $1 (1. e8=Q $2 Rxb5 $11) 1... c2 $1 2. Nxc2 Nc3+ 3. Kb2 Nb5 $1 4. e8=N $1 (4. e8=Q $2 {stalemate}) (4. e8=R $2 Nd6 5. Rd8 Nf5 6. Nd4 Ng7 7. Rd7 Nxe6 8. Nxe6 Rb5+ 9. Kc3 Rb3+ 10. Kc2 Rxb6 11. Nc5+ Ka3 12. Rd3+ Ka2 $11) 4... Na3 5. Nxa3 Re5 6. Nc7 (6. Ng7 $2 Kb4 7. Nc2+ Kc4 8. Nd4 Kxd4 9. e7 Rxe7 10. Nf5+ Kc5 11. Nxe7 Kxb6 $11) 6... Re4 (6... Re2+ 7. Nc2 Ka5 8. Kc3 Kxb6 9. Kd3 { as main}) 7. Nc2 (7. Nb1 $2 Ka5 8. Nc3 Re3 9. N3d5 Rxh3 10. Kc2 Rg3 11. e7 Rg8 12. Nf6 Rc8 13. e8=Q Rxe8 14. Ncxe8 Kxb6 15. Nxh5 h3 $11) 7... Ka5 8. Kc3 Kxb6 9. Kd3 Re5 10. Kd4 Re2 11. Nd5+ Kc6 12. Nce3 Kd6 (12... a5 13. Ke5 a4 14. e7 Kd7 15. Kf6 Rf2+ 16. Nf5 b5 17. Kg6 $18) 13. Nc4+ (13. e7 $2 Kd7 14. Nf5 Re6 15. Ng7 Rxe7 $11) 13... Kxe6 (13... Kc6 14. Na5+ Kd6 15. Nxb7+ $18) 14. Nf4+ { fork} Kf5 15. Nxe2 1-0

[Event "1.hm P. Babich-115 & B. Olimpiev-85"] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "M. Hlinka & L. Kekely"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/R7/4K1bP/8/6nk/6r1/2P1P3/8 w - - 0 1"] 
   
 1. h7 Re3+ 2. Kd6 (2. Kd5 Nf6+) 2... Re8 3. Rg7 $1 Bf5 $1 (3... Bxc2 4. Rg8 $11 ) 4. e4 $1 (4. Rg8 $2 Re6+ $19) (4. Re7 $2 Rd8+ 5. Kc7 Rh8 $19) 4... Ne3 $1 ( 4... Nh6 5. Rg8 Nf7+ 6. Kc5 Re5+ (6... Bd7 7. Kb6 {or} (7. Kd4 $11)) 7. Kd4 Rxe4+ 8. Kd5 Re5+ (8... Bxh7 9. Rg7 Ng5 10. Rxh7+ $11) 9. Kd4 Re4+ 10. Kd5 { positional draw}) 5. c3 $3 {zz, festina lente} (5. Rg8 $2 Re6+ 6. Kd7 Bxh7 $19) ({try} 5. c4 $2 Kh5 $1 {zz} 6. Re7 Rd8+ 7. Kc7 Rc8+ 8. Kb7 Bg4 9. c5 Kg6 $19) ( 5. exf5 $2 Nxf5+ $19 {fork}) 5... Kh5 (5... Bxe4 6. Rg8 $11) (5... Re6+ 6. Kd7 $11) 6. c4 $1 {zz} (6. Rg3 $2 Nc4+ 7. Kd5 Be6+ 8. Kc5 Kh6 $19) (6. h8=Q+ $2 Rxh8 7. Rg3 Nc4+ 8. Kd5 Nb6+ 9. Kc6 Rh6+ $19) 6... Kh6 (6... Bg6 7. Rg8 Nxc4+ 8. Kc5 $11) (6... Nxc4+ 7. Kc5 $11) 7. h8=Q+ $1 (7. Rg3 $2 Nxc4+ 8. Kd5 {or Kc5 } Be6+ $19) 7... Rxh8 8. Rg3 Nxc4+ 9. Kd5 $1 Nb6+ 10. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2.hm P. Babich-115 & B. Olimpiev-85"] [Site "ACER-PC"] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "P. Arestov & P. Krug"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2R1K3/8/4P3/8/2p3n1/6p1/6k1/8 w - - 0 1"] 
 1. e7 $1 (1. Kd7 $2 Ne5+ 2. Kd6 (2. Kd8 Ng6 3. Rc5 c3 4. Rxc3 Kh2 5. Rc5 g2 6. Rh5+ Kg1 7. Rh6 Nf4 8. e7 Kf2 9. e8=Q g1=Q $11) 2... Ng6 3. Rg8 c3 4. Rxg6 c2 5. e7 c1=Q 6. e8=Q Qa3+ 7. Kd5 Qd3+ $11) 1... Kh3 (1... Kf3 2. Kf8 $1 g2 3. e8=Q g1=Q 4. Rxc4 Ne3 5. Qh5+ Kf2 6. Rf4+ $18) 2. Rxc4 Ne3 3. Kd8 $1 ({ Thematic try} 3. Kf8 $5 Nxc4 4. e8=Q g2 5. Qe1 Nd2 $1 6. Qe3+ Kh4 7. Qf2+ Kh3 8. Ke7 Ne4 9. Qe1 (9. Qg1) 9... Nd2 $1 10. Qe3+ Kg4 11. Qf2 Kh3 12. Kd7 Ne4 13. Qe1 Nc5+ $11) (3. Kd7 $2 Nd5 $11) 3... Nxc4 4. e8=Q g2 5. Qe1 Nd2 6. Qe3+ Kg4 7. Qf2 Kh3 8. Kc7 $1 (8. Kd7 $2 Ne4 9. Qe1 Nc5+ $1 10. Kd6 Nd3 11. Qe3+ Kh2 12. Qd2 Kh1 $1 13. Qh6+ Kg1 14. Kd5 Kf1 $11) (8. Ke7 $2 Ne4 9. Qe1 Nd2 $1 10. Qe3+ Kg4 11. Qf2 Kh3 12. Ke6 Ne4 13. Qe1 Ng5+ 14. Kf5 Nf3 $11) 8... Ne4 9. Qe1 Nd2 ( 9... Ng3 10. Qe3 Kh2 11. Qh6+ Kg1 12. Kc6 Nh1 13. Qf4 $18) 10. Qe3+ Kg4 11. Qf2 Kh3 12. Kc6 Ne4 13. Qe1 Nd2 (13... Kh2 14. Qh4+ Kg1) 14. Qe3+ Kg4 15. Qf2 Kh3 16. Kd5 1-0