www.arves.org - Die Schwalbe 2013-2014 Ty

Studies from the informal Ty from magazine Die Schwalbe 2013-2014

[Event "1.p Die Schwalbe"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Minski=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "N6K/8/8/N5p1/3k4/8/8/1b5B w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2012"] {("Die Schwalbe" No.259 February 2013, #15451) position X} 1. Nb3+ $1 ({thematic try:} 1. Nc7 $2 Be4 2. Ne6+ Kd5 $1 (2... Ke5 $2 3. Nc4+ Kd5 4. Ne3+ $1 Ke5 5. Ng4+ $18) 3. Nc7+ Kd4 4. Ne6+ Kd5 $11 { positional draw, 5. Nf4+? impossible because of the bPg5.}) (1. Nc6+ $2 Ke3 2. Nc7 Be4 3. Nd5+ Kd3 4. Ne5+ Kd4 $11) 1... Kc3 (1... Ke3 2. Nc7 $1 g4 3. Nc5 $1 $18) 2. Nc5 Kd4 3. Ne6+ Ke5 4. Nxg5 (4. Nac7 $2 Be4 5. Bxe4 Kxe4 $11) 4... Kf4 (4... Kf5 5. Nf7 Be4 6. Nd6+ $18) 5. Ne6+ Ke5 6. Nc5 Kd4 7. Nb3+ Kc3 8. Na5 (8. Nc1 $2 Kd2 9. Nb3+ Kc3) (8. Bd5 $2 Ba2 $11) 8... Kd4 { position X without the bPg5} 9. Nc7 $1 Be4 10. Ne6+ Kd5 {, now} (10... Ke3 { /Ke5} 11. Nc4+ $18) 11. Nf4+ {is possible} Ke5 (11... Kd4 12. Nb3+ Ke3 13. Nd5+ $1 Kd3 14. Nc5+ $18) 12. Ng2 Bd5 (12... Kd4 13. Nb3+ Kc3 14. Nc5 $18) 13. Kg7 Kd4 14. Kf6 Kc3 (14... Kc5 15. Ke5 Bf3 {/Ba8} 16. Nb3+ $18) 15. Ke5 Bf3 {/Ba8} 16. Kd6 Kb4 17. Nc6+ $18 1-0

[Event "1.c Die Schwalbe#16139"] [Site ""] [Date "2014"] [Round ""] [White "Van der Heijden=H"] [Black "(+3015.31c8e4)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2K4B/2P5/5P1N/1n5N/4kp2/8/6Pq/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2014"] {Die Schwalbe/12} 1. f7 (1. Kd8 $2 Nxc7) (1. Kd7 $2 Qxg2 2. c8=Q (2. f7 Qd2+ 3. Kc6 Qd5+ 4. Kb6 Qa8 5. Bg7 Qa7+ 6. Kxb5 Qb7+) 2... Qd2+ 3. Ke7 Qb4+ 4. Kd8 Qa5+ 5. Kd7 Qd2+ 6. Ke6 Qa2+ 7. Ke7 Qa3+ 8. Kd8 Qa5+) 1... f3 2. gxf3+ (2. g3 $2 Qc2 3. Nf6+ Kd3 4. Ne8 Nxc7 5. Nxc7 Qc5 6. Bg7 f2 7. f8=Q Qxf8+ 8. Bxf8 f1=Q) 2... Kd5 $1 (2... Kd3 3. f4 Qh3+ 4. Kd8 Na7 5. f5 Qh4+ 6. Bf6 Qb4 7. Ke8) 3. f4 Qh3+ (3... Qc2 4. Be5 Qc5 5. Nf6+ Kc6 6. Kd8 Nxc7 7. Bxc7 Qf8+ 8. Ne8 Qxh6 9. Ke7 Qh7 10. Nf6 Qg7 11. Be5) 4. Kd8 (4. Ng4 $2 Nd6+ 5. Kd8 Nxf7+ 6. Ke7 Nd6) 4... Nxc7 (4... Nd6 5. Nf6+ Kc6 6. f8=Q Qc8+ 7. Ke7 Qxc7+ 8. Ke6) 5. Kxc7 (5. f8=Q $2 Ne6+) 5... Qa3 $1 (5... Qxh5 6. f8=Q) 6. Nf6+ Ke6 (6... Kc4 7. Bg7) 7. f8=N+ $1 (7. f8=Q $2 Qc5+ 8. Qxc5) (7. f5+ $2 Ke7 8. Nfg8+ (8. Nd5+ Kf8) 8... Kf8) 7... Qxf8 (7... Ke7 8. Ng6+ Ke6 9. f5#) 8. f5+ Ke7 (8... Ke5 9. Nd7+) 9. Nhg8+ (9. Nfg8+ $2 Ke8 10. Nf6+ Ke7) (9. Nd5+ $2 Ke8 10. Nf6+ Ke7) 9... Kf7 10. Kd7 $1 Qa3 (10... Qe7+ 11. Nxe7) 11. Nh6+ Kf8 12. Nh7# 1-0

[Event "1.sp.hm Shakhmatny Listok#341"] [Site ""] [Date "1929.01.25"] [Round ""] [White "Troitzky=A"] [Black "(+0041.02b1h8), F."] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "b6k/7p/2p5/8/8/2N5/3B4/1K6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1929"] {7.p USSR Study Composition champ 1929.} 1. Bh6 $1 Kg8 (1... c5 2. Nb5 $1 Kg8 ( 2... Be4+ 3. Kb2 Kg8 4. Nd6 $1) (2... Bf3 3. Nd6 Bg2 4. Kc2 Kg8 5. Kd2 Bf3 6. Ke3 Bc6 (6... Bg2 7. Kf4 c4 8. Ke5 c3 9. Kf6 Bh3 10. Ne4 c2 11. Ke7 c1=Q 12. Nf6+ Kh8 13. Bxc1 Kg7 14. Nh5+ Kg6 15. Nf4+) 7. Kf4 c4 8. Ke5 c3 9. Kf6 Bd7 10. Ne4 c2 11. Ke7 Bf5 (11... c1=Q 12. Nf6+ Kh8 13. Bxc1 Bf5 14. Bh6) 12. Nf6+ Kh8 13. Kf8 c1=Q 14. Bg7#) 3. Nd6 Bd5 4. Kc2 c4 5. Kc3 Be6 6. Kd4 Bf7 7. Ke5 c3 8. Kf6 Bb3 9. Nf5 c2 10. Ne7+ Kh8 11. Bg7#) (1... Bb7 2. Ne4 Kg8 3. Nd6 $1) 2. Ne4 $1 Kf7 (2... c5 3. Nd6 $1 Bc6 (3... c4 4. Kc2 Bd5 5. Kc3 Be6 6. Kd4 Bf7 7. Ke5 c3 8. Kf6 Bh5 9. Nf5 c2 10. Ne7+ Kh8 11. Bg7#) 4. Kc2 Bf3 5. Kd2 Bd5 6. Ke3 Bc6 7. Kf4 c4 8. Ke5 c3 9. Kf6 Bd7 10. Ne4 c2 11. Ke7 Bc6 (11... c1=Q 12. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 13. Bxc1 h5 14. Kf8) 12. Nf6+ Kh8 13. Kf8 c1=Q 14. Bg7# (14. Bxc1 $2)) 3. Nc5 Kg6 (3... Ke7 4. Bf4 Kf6 (4... Kd8 5. Kc2) 5. Kc2 Kf5 6. Bd6 Kg4 7. Kd2 Kf3 8. Ke1 Kg2 9. Ke2 h5 10. Be7 Kg3 11. Kf1) 4. Bf8 h5 $1 5. Kc2 Kf5 (5... h4 6. Kd3 Kf5 (6... h3 7. Bd6 Kf5 8. Ke3 Kg4 9. Kf2) 7. Bd6 Kg4 8. Ke3) 6. Bd6 $1 Kg4 7. Kd2 Kf3 (7... h4 8. Ke2) 8. Ke1 (8. Be7 $2 Kf4 $1) 8... Kg2 (8... Ke3 9. Be5 ) 9. Be7 Kg3 10. Kf1 Kf3 (10... h4 11. Kg1 h3 12. Kh1) 11. Bd6 Ke3 12. Be5 $1 Kd2 13. Kg2 Kc2 14. Kh3 Kb1 15. Kh4 Ka2 16. Kxh5 Ka3 17. Bc3 $1 1-0