www.arves.org - Variantim 2007-2008

Studies awarded in the Variantim Magazine tournament 2007-2008.

[Event "1.hm Variantim 2007-2008"] [Site ""] [Date "2009.08.20"] [Round ""] [White "R.Becker & I.Akobia"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/NBp2p2/8/7n/1k6/2p2p2/P3P3/6K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2005"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 
 1. Nc6+ (1. Be4 $2 fxe2 2. Kf2 Ng3 3. Bd3 c2 4. Bxc2 Kc3 5. Ke1 Kxc2 {-+}) (1. a3+ $5 Kb3 2. Nb5 fxe2 3. Nd4+ Kxa3 4. Nxe2 c2 5. Be4 Ng3 6. Bxc2 Nxe2+ 7. Kf2 Nd4 $19) 1... Ka3 (1... Kc5 2. Kf2 c2 3. Na5 Kb6 4. Nb3 {=}) 2. Nd4 c5 (2... fxe2 3. Nxe2 c2 4. Be4 Ng3 5. Bxc2 Nxe2+ 6. Kf2 Nc1 7. Ke3 Nxa2 8. Kd4 $11) 3. Nb3 (3. Nc2+ $2 Kb2 4. Ne1 fxe2 5. Kf2 Nf4 6. Be4 Kc1 7. Ke3 Kd1 8. Nc2 Ne6 9. Kf2 Kd2 $19) (3. Nb5+ $2 Kb2 {(Kb4)} 4. Nxc3 Kxc3 5. Bxf3 Nf6 6. a4 Kb4 7. Kf2 c4 8. a5 Kxa5 9. Ke1 Kb4 10. Kd2 Kb3 11. Kc1 Kc3 $19) 3... Kxa2 (3... Nf4 4. Be4 c4 5. Nd4 fxe2 6. Kf2 Nh3+ 7. Kxe2 $11) (3... c2 4. Be4 fxe2 5. Kf2 Kb2 6. Bxc2 Kxc2 7. Kxe2 c4 8. Nd4+ Kb2 9. a4 Nf4+ 10. Ke3 Nd5+ 11. Ke4 Nc3+ (11... Nb4 12. Ke5 c3 13. Kf6 $11) 12. Ke5 {(Kf5)} Nxa4 13. Nb5 {=}) 4. Nxc5 (4. Bd5 $2 Nf4 5. Bxf7 Kb2 6. Kf2 (6. exf3 c2 {-+}) 6... Nh3+ 7. Kxf3 Ng5+ 8. Kf4 Nxf7 {-+}) 4... c2 5. Bd5+ Kb1 6. Be4 fxe2 7. Kf2 Ng3 8. Bh7 $1 (8. Bd3 $5 Kb2 9. Na4+ (9. Bxc2 Kxc2 10. Ke1 f5 $19) 9... Kb3 10. Bxc2+ Kxc2 11. Ke1 Kd3 $19) 8... f5 9. Nd3 c1=Q 10. Nxc1 Kxc1 11. Ke1 f4 12. Bg6 $1 ({Thematic try} 12. Bd3 $5 f3 {zz WTM} 13. Ba6 Kc2 14. Bb5 Kc3 15. Bc6 f2+ $19) 12... f3 13. Bd3 $1 { zz BTM} Kb2 14. Be4 $1 Nxe4 {Model stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4.hm  Variantim 2007-2008"] [Site ""] [Date "2009.02.17"] [Round ""] [White "R.Becker & I.Akobia"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/7b/5r2/5P1R/8/4kB2/7p/5n1K w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2007"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 
 1. Rh3 (1. Rxh7 $2 Kxf3 {-+}) 1... Bxf5 (1... Kf2 2. Bg2 Ng3+ 3. Kxh2 Bxf5 4. Rxg3 Rh6+ 5. Bh3 {=}) 2. Bg4+ Ke4 (2... Kf2 3. Rf3+ Ke1 4. Bxf5 $11) ({main} 2... Kd2 3. Bxf5 Rxf5 4. Ra3 {(Rb3)} Rg5 5. Ra2+ Ke3 6. Ra3+ Kf2 (6... Ke2 7. Ra2+ $11) 7. Ra2+ $11) 3. Rh4 $1 (3. Bxf5+ $2 Rxf5 4. Ra3 (4. Rh4+ Kf3 5. Rh3+ Ke2 6. Ra3 Ne3 7. Ra2+ Kf3 8. Ra3 Kf2 9. Rb3 Rc5 {transposes}) 4... Ne3 5. Ra4+ (5. Kxh2 Rf2+ 6. Kg1 Kf3 7. Rb3 Re2 8. Rb1 Kg3 9. Kh1 Rh2+ 10. Kg1 Rd2 11. Kh1 Rd3 12. Kg1 Ng4 13. Kf1 Re3 $19) 5... Kf3 6. Ra3 Kf2 7. Rb3 Rc5 8. Rb2+ Kg3 9. Rc2 Rf5 10. Rg2+ Kf3 11. Ra2 Ng4 12. Ra3+ Ke2 13. Ra2+ Kd3 14. Ra3+ Kc2 $19) 3... Kf4 ({main} 3... Bxg4 4. Rxg4+ Kf3 5. Rg6 Rf4 6. Rg8 {zz} Rf7 7. Rg7 Rf6 8. Rg6 Rf5 9. Rg5 Rf4 10. Rg8 Ng3+ 11. Rxg3+ Kxg3 {stalemate}) 4. Bxf5+ Kxf5 5. Rd4 {zz} (5. Ra4 $5 Rh6 $1 6. Ra3 Nd2 7. Rg3 Rh4 $1 8. Rg8 Ke5 9. Re8+ Kd4 $1 ( 9... Kf4 $5 10. Rf8+ Ke4 11. Rf2 Nf3 12. Rxf3 Kxf3 {stalemate}) 10. Rg8 (10. Rf8 Ne4 $19) 10... Rh5 11. Rg3 Kc4 12. Re3 Rf5 13. Re8 Nf3 14. Rd8 Kc3 15. Rd1 Kc2 16. Ra1 Rd5 17. Rf1 Rd3 $19) 5... Ke5 (5... Rh6 6. Rd3 Ke4 7. Rf3 Kxf3 { stalemate}) (5... Rf8 6. Rd7 Ke4 7. Re7+ Kf3 (7... Kd3 8. Ra7 {(Rb7)} Rg8 9. Ra3+ {=}) 8. Rf7+ Rxf7 {stalemate}) 6. Rh4 {main} Rf7 ({main} 6... Rg6 7. Re4+ Kd5 8. Rd4+ Kc6 (8... Kxd4 {stalemate}) 9. Rc4+ Kb6 10. Rb4+ Ka6 11. Ra4+ { positional draw, or}) 7. Rh6 $1 {zz} (7. Rh8 $2 Ke4 8. Rg8 Rh7 9. Re8+ Kd3 10. Rd8+ Ke2 {(Kc2)} 11. Re8+ Kd1 12. Rd8+ Nd2 13. Rd4 Ke2 14. Ra4 Rh8 15. Ra2 Rh4 16. Rb2 Kd1 17. Ra2 Nf3 $19) 7... Rf8 ({main} 7... Ke4 8. Re6+ Kf3 9. Rf6+ Rxf6 {stalemate}) 8. Rh7 {zz} ({Thematic try} 8. Rh4 $5 Rf6 {zz} 9. Ra4 (9. Rh8 Ke4 10. Ra8 Rh6 $19) 9... Rh6 10. Ra5+ Ke4 11. Ra4+ Kf3 12. Ra3+ Ne3 13. Rb3 Kf4 14. Rb4+ Kg5 15. Rb5+ Nf5 16. Rb3 Rh4 17. Ra3 Nh6 18. Ra5+ Kf6 19. Ra6+ Ke5 20. Ra5+ Kd6 21. Ra6+ Kc5 $19) 8... Rg8 ({main} 8... Ke4 9. Re7+ Kf3 10. Rf7+ Rxf7 {stalemate}) 9. Re7+ Kd4 10. Rd7+ (10. Re4+ $5 Kd3 (10... Kxe4 {stalemate}) 11. Rd4+ Ke2 12. Re4+ Ne3 13. Kxh2 Kf3 14. Ra4 Rh8+ 15. Kg1 Rb8 16. Ra3 Rb2 17. Rc3 Re2 18. Rb3 Kg3 19. Rb1 Rd2 {etc.}) 10... Ke5 11. Re7+ Kd5 12. Rd7+ Ke5 13. Re7+ (13. Rd5+ $2 Ke4 14. Rd4+ Ke3 15. Re4+ Kd3 16. Rd4+ Ke2 {etc.}) 13... Kd4 14. Rd7+ Ke3 15. Re7+ Kd2 16. Rd7+ (16. Re2+ $2 Kd3 17. Rg2 Rh8 18. Rg8 Rh3 $19 ) 16... Ke1 17. Re7+ (17. Rd1+ $2 Kf2 $19) 17... Kd2 18. Rd7+ Ke2 19. Re7+ Kf3 20. Rf7+ $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "comm.  Variantim 2007-2008"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "W.Bruch & M.Minski"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r1b5/2Rp4/pK1p4/3P4/Pp2Q3/k5q1/P7/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "14"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 
 1. Ka5 $1 (1. Qc2 $2 Rb8+ 2. Ka7 Rb7+ 3. Rxb7 Bxb7 4. Kxb7 Qc3 5. Qe2 a5 6. Ka6 Qc5 $19) 1... Rb8 2. Rb7 $3 {stalemate-nowotny} (2. Qc2 $2 b3 $1 3. Rc3 $1 (3. Qc1+ b2 $1 4. Rc3+ Rb3 5. Qxb2+ Kxb2 6. Rxb3+ Qxb3 $19) 3... Qe1 $1 4. axb3 Rb4 $1 5. Qc1+ Qxc1 6. Rxc1 Bb7 $19) (2. Qd4 $2 Qe1 $1 3. Rc1 $1 (3. Rc3+ b3 $1 4. axb3 Kb2 $19) 3... Rb5+ $3 4. axb5 Qxc1 5. Qxb4+ Kxa2 6. bxa6 Bxa6 7. Qxd6 Bd3 $1 8. Kb6 Qc8 $19) 2... Bxb7 {main B} ({main A} 2... Rxb7 3. Qd3+ (3. Qxb4+ $2 Kxa2 4. Qd2+ Rb2 $19) 3... Qxd3 {stalemate} (3... b3 4. Qxg3 Kxa2 5. Qc3 b2 6. Qc4+ Rb3 7. Qc2 $11)) ({main C} 2... Qc3 3. Qxb4+ Qxb4+ 4. Rxb4 Rxb4 {stalemate }) 3. Qxb4+ ({Thematic try} 3. Qe3+ $5 b3 $3 4. Qxg3 Kxa2 $19) 3... Kxa2 4. Qd2+ Kb1 5. Qd1+ Kb2 6. Qd2+ Kb3 7. Qe3+ Qxe3 {stalemate} *