www.arves.org - Vandecasteele, Ignace 1926-2018

Studies composed by Arves honorary member

Ignace Marie Joseph Thérès Vandecasteele

(Belgium, 26.10.1926 - 31.5.2018).

Books written by Ignace about endgamestudies:

More about him can be found at german Wikipedia.

(All his studies, more exact dates, possible corrections or cooks and exact details about sources can be found in the

Harold van der Heijden database V (31-12-2015) ).

[Event ""] [Date "1987"] [White "Ignace Vandecasteele"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1b4p1/2n3N1/rP6/P7/8/8/3RK2k w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "1987"] 1. Kf2+ Kh2 2. Rd5 (2. Rd7 $2 Ba8 3. Rxg7 Kh3) 2... Kh3 3. Rh5+ (3. bxc6 $2 Rxd5 4. Nf4+ Kg4 5. Nxd5 Bxc6) 3... Kg4 4. bxc6 Rxh5 (4... Rxa4 5. Rh4+ Kg5 6. Rxa4 Bxc6 7. Ra6) (4... Kxh5 5. Nf4+ Kg4 6. cxb7 Kxf4 7. b8=Q+) (4... Ra6 5. cxb7 Rb6 6. Rb5) (4... Ra7 5. Ra5 Ba6 (5... Rxa5 6. cxb7) 6. Rxa6 Rxa6 7. c7 Rc6 8. Ne5+) 5. Ne5+ (5. cxb7 $2 Rh2+ 6. Ke3 Rb2 7. Ne5+ Kg3) 5... Kf5 (5... Rxe5 6. cxb7 Re8 7. a5 Rb8 8. a6) (5... Kh3 6. cxb7 Rh8 7. Nd7) (5... Kg5 6. cxb7 Rh2+ 7. Ke3 Rb2 8. Nf7+ Kf6 9. Nd6 Ke6 10. Nb5) (5... Kf4 6. cxb7 Rh2+ 7. Kg1 Rb2 8. Nd3+) 6. cxb7 Rh2+ 7. Ke3 Rb2 8. Nc4 (8. Nf7 $2 Ke6 9. a5 Kd7 10. a6 Kc7 11. Nd8 Kb8 12. Nc6+ Kc7 13. Na5 Kb8) 8... Rb3+ 9. Kd4 Ke6 10. Na5 Rb2 (10... Rb4+ 11. Kc5) 11. Nc6 (11. Kc5 $2 Kd7) 11... Kd7 12. b8=Q Rxb8 13. Nxb8+ Kc7 14. Na6+ Kb6 15. Nc5 Ka5 16. Kc3 g5 17. Kb3 g4 18. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Studistica"] [Date "2000"] [White "Ignace Vandecasteele"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/3Q4/1p6/8/8/7N/4k1K1/3q4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2000"] 1. Ng1+ (1. Nf4+ $2 Ke1 2. Qe8+ Kd2 3. Qd7+ Kc2) 1... Ke1 2. Nf3+ Ke2 3. Qb5+ ( 3. Qe6+ $2 Kd3 4. Qd7+ Ke2 5. Qb5+) 3... Ke3 (3... Qd3 4. Qb2+ Ke3 5. Qxb6+ Kf4 (5... Ke2 6. Qf2+ Kd1 7. Qg1+ Kc2 8. Ne1+) 6. Qf6+ Ke4 7. Qe6+ Kf4 8. Qe5+ Kg4 9. Qg5#) 4. Qe5+ (4. Qe8+ $2 Kd3 5. Qd7+ Ke2 6. Qb5+ Ke3 7. Qe5+) (4. Qxb6+ $2 Ke4 5. Qe6+ Kd3 6. Qd7+ Ke2 7. Qb5+ Ke3 8. Qe5+) 4... Kd3 5. Qd4+ Kc2 6. Qa4+ Kc1 7. Qa1+ Kc2 8. Ne1+ (8. Nd4+ $2 Kd2 9. Nf3+ Ke2 10. Qe5+ Kd3 11. Qd4+ Kc2) 8... Kd2 9. Qd4+ (9. Qb2+ $2 Ke3 10. Qe5+ Kd2 11. Qd4+) 9... Kc1 10. Nd3+ (10. Qa1+ $2 Kd2 11. Qd4+ Kc1 12. Qa1+ Kd2) 10... Kc2 11. Nb4+ Kc1 12. Qa1+ (12. Na2+ $2 Kc2 13. Nb4+) (12. Nd3+ $2 Kd2 13. Nb4+ Kc1) 12... Kd2 13. Qb2+ (13. Qd4+ $2 Kc1 14. Qa1+) 13... Ke3 14. Qe5+ Kd2 15. Kf2 (15. Qb2+ $2 Ke3 16. Qe5+ Kd2) (15. Qd4+ $2 Kc1) 15... Kc1 (15... Qb1 16. Qe3+ Kd1 17. Qe1#) 16. Qa1+ Kd2 17. Qb2+ Qc2 {} 18. Qxc2# 1-0

[Event ""] [Date "2008"] [White "Ignace Vandecasteele"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7N/1b6/2n5/rP1R3p/P6k/7P/5K2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2008"] 1. Ng6+ Kxh3 2. Rxh5+ Kg4 3. bxc6 Rxh5 (3... Bxc6 4. Rxa5) 4. Ne5+ (4. cxb7 $2 Rh2+ 5. Ke3 Rb2 6. Ne5+ Kg3) 4... Kf5 (4... Rxe5 5. cxb7 Re8 6. a5 Rb8 7. a6) (4... Kg5 5. Nf3+ Kg4 6. cxb7 Rh8 7. a5 Rf8 8. a6 Rxf3+ 9. Ke2 Rb3 10. a7 Rxb7 11. a8=Q) (4... Kf4 5. cxb7 Rh2+ 6. Kg1 Rb2 7. Nd3+) (4... Kh4 5. cxb7 Rf5+ 6. Nf3+) (4... Kh3 5. cxb7 Rf5+ 6. Nf3 Rf8 7. a5 Rb8 8. a6) 5. cxb7 Rh2+ (5... Rh8 6. a5) 6. Ke3 (6. Kf3 $2 Rb2 7. Nc4 Rb3+ 8. Ke2 Ke6 9. Na5 Rb6 10. Nc6 Kd6 11. b8=Q+ Rxb8 12. Nxb8 Kc5 13. Na6+ Kb6 14. Nb4 Ka5) 6... Rb2 7. Nc4 (7. Nf7 $2 Ke6 8. a5 Kd7 9. a6 Kc7 10. Nd8 Ra2 11. Nc6 Rb2 12. b8=Q+ Rxb8 13. Nxb8 Kxb8) 7... Rb3+ (7... Rxb7 8. Nd6+ Ke6 9. Nxb7) 8. Kd4 Ke6 9. Na5 Rb2 (9... Rb6 10. Kc5 Rb2 11. Nc6 Kd7 12. b8=Q Rxb8 13. Nxb8+) 10. Nc6 Kd7 (10... Rxb7 11. Nd8+) 11. b8=Q Rxb8 12. Nxb8+ Kc7 13. Na6+ Kb6 14. Nc5 1-0

[Event ""] [Date "2004"] [White "Ignace Vandecasteele"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/b6P/2B3r1/7K/8/8/k7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] 1. Bd4+ (1. h7 $2 Rxc5) 1... Ka2 $1 2. h7 Rg2 3. Be5 $1 (3. Kh3 $2 Bf1 $1) 3... Rg1 4. Bh2 (4. Kh3 $2 Bf1+ 5. Kh2 Rg2+ 6. Kh1 Bd3 $1 7. h8=Q Be4 $1) 4... Rg2 5. Bd6 $1 (5. Bb8 $2 Rg1 6. Kh3 Bc8+ $1 7. Kh2 Rb1 8. h8=Q (8. Bg3 Rb2+ 9. Kg1 Rb1+ 10. Kh2 Bb7 11. Kh3 Bc8+) 8... Rxb8) (5. Bc7 $2 Rg1 6. Kh3 Bc8+ 7. Kh2 Rg7 $1 8. h8=Q Rxc7) (5. Be5 $2 Rg1 6. Kh3 Bf1+ 7. Kh2 Rg2+ 8. Kh1 Bd3 9. h8=Q Be4 $1) (5. Bf4 $2 Be2 $1 6. h8=Q (6. Be5 Rg4+ 7. Kh3 Rg5 $1 8. h8=Q Rh5+) (6. Bg3 Rg1 7. Bh2 Rg4+ 8. Kh3 Rg5 9. h8=Q Rh5+ 10. Qxh5 Bxh5) (6. Bh6 Rh2+ 7. Kg5 Rh5+ 8. Kg6 Bd3+) 6... Rg4+ 7. Kh3 Rxf4) 5... Rg1 6. Kh3 Bf1+ 7. Kh2 Rg2+ (7... Rg6 8. h8=Q Rxd6 9. Qg8+ Ka1 $1 10. Qg7+ Kb1 $1 11. Qb7+ Ka1 12. Qb4 $1 Rh6+ 13. Kg1 Ba6 14. Qe1+ Kb2 15. Qd2+) 8. Kh1 Rd2 (8... Bd3 9. h8=Q Be4 10. Qd4 $1) ( 8... Rg6 9. h8=Q Rxd6 10. Qh2+) 9. h8=Q Bg2+ 10. Kg1 $1 (10. Kh2 $2 Bc6+ 11. Kg1 Rd1+ $1 12. Kf2 Rxd6) 10... Rxd6 11. Kxg2 1-0

[Event ""] [Date "2008"] [White "Ignace Vandecasteele"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3k4/8/1R1pbN1q/p7/3P4/6p1/3b2Q1/5K2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2008"] 1. Rxd6+ (1. Rb8+ $2 Ke7 2. Nd5+ (2. Ng8+ Bxg8 3. Qb7+ (3. Rxg8 Qf4+ 4. Ke2 Qe3+ 5. Kd1 Qb3+ 6. Ke2 Qb5+ 7. Kd1 Qa4+ 8. Ke2 Qc4+ 9. Kd1 Qxg8) 3... Kf6 4. Qf3+ Qf4 5. Qxf4+ Bxf4 6. Rxg8 Kf5) 2... Bxd5 3. Qxd5 Qf4+ 4. Kg2 Qf2+ 5. Kh3 Qf1+ 6. Kxg3 Qe1+ 7. Kg2 Qe2+ 8. Kh3 Qe3+ 9. Kg2 Qe2+ 10. Kg3 Qe1+) (1. Qa8+ $2 Ke7 2. Ng8+ (2. Nd5+ Bxd5 3. Qxd5 Qf4+ 4. Kg2 Qf2+) 2... Bxg8 3. Qxg8 Qh1+ 4. Ke2 Qe4+ 5. Kd1 Qe1+ 6. Kc2 Qc1+ 7. Kd3 Qc3+ 8. Ke2 Qe3+ 9. Kd1 Qe1+) 1... Ke7 (1... Kc7 2. Qc6+ Kb8 3. Rd8+ Bc8 4. Rxc8+ Ka7 5. Ra8#) (1... Kc8 2. Qa8+ Kc7 3. Ne8#) 2. Ng8+ Kxd6 (2... Bxg8 3. Rxh6 Bxh6 (3... Bc4+ 4. Kg1 Be3+ 5. Kh1 Bxh6 6. Qb7+ Kd6 7. Qb6+) 4. Qxg3) 3. Nxh6 Bc4+ (3... Bxh6 4. Qxg3+ Kd7 5. d5 Bxd5 6. Qh3+) 4. Kg1 Be3+ 5. Kh1 Bd5 6. Nf7+ (6. Nf5+ $2 Ke6 7. Nxe3 Bxg2+ 8. Kxg2 a4 9. Kxg3 a3 10. Kf3 a2 11. Nc2 Kd5 12. Ke3 Kc4 13. Na1 Kc3 14. d5 Kb2 15. d6 Kxa1 16. d7 Kb1 17. d8=Q a1=Q) 6... Ke6 (6... Kc6 7. Ne5+ Kd6 8. Nc4+ Ke6 (8... Bxc4 9. Qxg3+) 9. Nxe3 Bxg2+ 10. Kxg2 a4 11. Kxg3 a3 12. Kf3 a2 13. Nc2 Kd5 14. Ke3) (6... Bxf7 7. Qxg3+) 7. Nd8+ Kd6 8. Nb7+ Kc6 (8... Ke6 9. Nc5+ Kd6 10. Ne4+ Kc6 (10... Bxe4 11. Qxe4) 11. Qc2+ Kd7 12. Qd3 Bf4 13. Kg1 Bxe4 14. Qxe4) 9. Nxa5+ Kd6 10. Nc4+ Ke6 11. Nxe3 Bxg2+ 12. Kxg2 1-0

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