www.arves.org - Phenix 2017

Studies awarded for the Phenix Magazine tournament 2017.

[Event "1.Prize Phenix 2017"] [Site ""] [Date "2017.11.27"] [Round ""] [White "Timman, Jan"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "R7/7k/4p1p1/2r1pP1n/2p5/5N1B/2p5/5NK1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1. Ng5+ $1 (1. f6 $2 c1=Q 2. f7 Qf4 $11) (1. Ra1 $2 Nf4 2. Kh2 exf5 3. Rc1 Ne2 4. Rxc2 Nd4 $11) 1... Kg7 (1... Kh6 $2 2. Nxe6 $1 Rc7 3. Ra1 Rb7 4. Rc1 Rb2 5. Kf2 $18) 2. f6+ $1 (2. Ra1 $2 Rb5 3. f6+ Kxf6 4. Ne4+ Kg7 5. Nfd2 Nf6 $1 6. Nc3 Rb3 $1 $11 {e.g.} 7. Nxb3 cxb3 8. Na4 Nd5 9. Bxe6 Nc3 $1 10. Bxb3 c1=Q+ 11. Rxc1 Ne2+ 12. Kf2 Nxc1 13. Bc4 e4 $1 14. Ke3 Nd3 $11) 2... Kxf6 3. Ne4+ Kg7 4. Ra7+ $1 (4. Ra1 $2 Rb5 5. Nfd2 Nf6 $1 6. Nc3 Rb3 $11 7. Nxb3 cxb3 8. Nd1 Ne4 9. Bxe6 Nc3 10. Bxb3 c1=Q 11. Rxc1 Ne2+ 12. Kf2 Nxc1 13. Bc4 e4 $11) 4... Kh6 $1 5. Ra1 Rb5 6. Nfd2 Ng3 $1 (6... Nf6 7. Bg2 Rd5 (7... Nd5 8. Bf1 $18) 8. Nxf6 Rxd2 (8... c3 9. Ng4+ Kh5 10. Ne3 cxd2 11. Bf3+ Kh4 12. Nxc2 e4 13. Bd1 $18) 9. Bf3 $18 Rd3 10. Kf2 Kg5 11. Ng4 e4 (11... Rc3 12. Rc1 Kf4 13. Be2 e4 14. Ke1 e3 15. Nh2 g5 16. Kf1 Rb3 (16... e5 17. Nf3 g4 18. Ne1 Ra3 19. Bxc4 $18)) 12. Be2 Rc3 13. Rc1 Kf4 14. Nf6 g5 15. Ng4 e3+ 16. Ke1 Ke4 17. Nf6+ Kf5 18. Ne8 Ke4 19. Kf1 g4 20. Nc7 e5 21. Kg1 $18) 7. Nxg3 Rb1+ $1 8. Rxb1 c3 $1 9. Bf5 $3 exf5 10. Nxf5+ Kh5 (10... gxf5 11. Rb6+ $18) 11. Ne3 $1 cxb1=Q+ 12. Nxb1 c2 13. Nxc2 e4 14. Ne3 $18 {Wins (Troitski)} 1-0

[Event "2.hm Phenix 2017"] [Site ""] [Date "2017.11"] [Round ""] [White "Nielsen Steffen, Minski Martin"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7R/1qP5/8/8/2K2knN/8/2b5/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1. Ng2+ (1. c8=Q $2 Ne5+ (1... Ne3+) 2. Kc5 (2. Kc3 Qb3+ 3. Kd2 Nc4+) 2... Qa7+ $1 3. Kb4 Qb6+ 4. Kc3 Qb3+ 5. Kd4 Qb4+ 6. Kd5 Bb3+) (1. Ng6+ $2 Ke4 2. Re8+ Ne5+ 3. Rxe5+ Kf3 4. Nh4+ Kg4 5. Rc5 Qb3+ 6. Kd4 Qd3+ 7. Ke5 Qe4+ 8. Kd6 Qd4+ 9. Rd5 Qb6+ 10. Kd7 Ba4+) (1. Rf8+ $2 Kg3 2. c8=Q Ne3+ $8 3. Kc3 Qb3+ (3... Qg7+ 4. Kb4 Qd4+ 5. Kb5 Bd3+ 6. Kc6 Be4+ 7. Kb5 Qd5+ 8. Ka4 Bc2+ 9. Kb4 Qd6+ 10. Qc5 Nd5+ 11. Kc4 Nb6+ 12. Kb4 Qxc5+) 4. Kd2 Qd3+ (4... Nc4+) 5. Kc1 Qd1+ $8 6. Kb2 Qb1+ $8 7. Kc3 Qa1+ $8 (7... Qb3+ 8. Kd2 Nc4+ $19) 8. Kb4 Qb2+ 9. Kc5 Qc3+ $8 10. Kd6 Qd4+ $8 11. Kc6 Be4+ 12. Kb5 Qd5+ 13. Ka6 Qa2+ 14. Kb5 (14. Kb6 Nd5+ 15. Kc5 Qa7+ $19) 14... Qb3+ 15. Kc5 Qd5+ 16. Kb4 (16. Kb6 Nc4+ $19) 16... Nc2+ 17. Ka4 Qa2+ 18. Kb5 Nd4+ 19. Kb6 Qb3+ 20. Kc7 Qc4+ 21. Kd8 Qd5+ 22. Qd7 Ne6+ 23. Ke8 Qxd7+ 24. Kxd7 Nxf8+ 25. Ke7 Nh7 $19) 1... Qxg2 (1... Kg3 $2 2. c8=Q Ne5+ 3. Kc3 (3. Kc5 Qe7+ 4. Kd5 Bb3+ 5. Kd4 Qd6+ 6. Kc3 Be6 7. Rg8+ Kh2 8. Qd8 Qa3+ 9. Kd2 Nf3+ 10. Kd1 Qa1+ 11. Ke2 Ng1+ 12. Ke3 Qe5+ 13. Kd3 Qe2+ 14. Kd4 Nf3+ 15. Kc5 Qc4+ 16. Kb6 Bxg8 17. Ne3 Qb4+ 18. Ka6 Qa3+ 19. Kb7 $11) 3... Qb3+ 4. Kd4 Nf3+ 5. Kc5 Qc3+ 6. Kb6 $11) 2. Rf8+ $1 (2. c8=Q $2 Ne3+ $8 3. Kb5 Bd3+ $8 4. Kb6 Nc4+ $8 5. Kc7 Qg7+ $8 6. Kb8 (6. Qd7 Qe5+ $3) 6... Qb2+ $11) 2... Bf5 $3 (2... Ke3 3. c8=Q Ne5+ 4. Kc5 $11) 3. Rxf5+ (3. c8=Q $2 Qc2+ 4. Kb5 Qxc8 5. Rxc8 Bxc8 $19) 3... Ke3 (3... Kg3 4. Rf3+ $3 $11) (3... Ke4 4. Kb5 $1 Qc2 5. Rc5 $11) 4. Rf3+ $3 (4. Rc5 $2 Qe4+ $1 5. Kb5 Qb7+ 6. Ka5 Qc8 $19 7. Kb6 Nf6 $11) 4... Kxf3 (4... Ke4 5. c8=Q Qc2+ 6. Rc3 $11) 5. Kb3 $1 Ne3 6. c8=Q $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sp.hm Phenix 2017"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Gurgenidze,David and Minski,Martin"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/4B1Pr/6n1/7p/8/4n3/5k1K/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "22"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1. Bh4+ $1 (1. g8=Q $2 Ng4+ $1 2. Kh1 (2. Kh3 Nf4+ 3. Kh4 Rxe7 $19 4. Qc4 Kf3 5. Qf1+ Nf2 $19) 2... Rxe7 3. Qf7+ Kg3 $1 $19) 1... Nxh4 2. g8=Q Nf3+ (2... Ng4+ 3. Kh3 $11 (3. Kh1 $2 Rh6 $3 (3... Nf5 $2 4. Qf7 $3 $11) (3... Rd7 $2 4. Qd5 $1 $11 (4. Qf7+)) 4. Qg5 Kg3 $1 5. Qc5 Rf6 $19) 3... Nf3 4. Qxh7 Ng5+ 5. Kh4 Nxh7 6. Kxh5 $11) 3. Kh3 (3. Kh1 $2 Nf5 $1 4. Qg7 $1 (4. Qxh7 Ng3#) 4... N3d4 $3 5. Qxh7 Ng3+ 6. Kh2 Nf3+ 7. Kh3 Ng5+ $19) 3... Ng1+ (3... Nf5 4. Qg6 $11 (4. Qg7)) 4. Kh4 ({Try:} 4. Kh2 $2 Nf1+ 5. Kh1 Ng3+ 6. Kh2 Nf3+ 7. Kh3 Ne2 $1 8. Qg3+ Ke3 9. Qf2+ Kd2 $19 (9... Kxf2 $2 {stalemate}) 10. Qxf3 Ng1+ $19) 4... Nf5+ (4... Ng2+ 5. Kg5 Nf3+ 6. Kg6 Re7 7. Kxh5 $11) 5. Kg5 Rg7+ 6. Kxh5 Ng3+ (6... Rxg8 $11 {stalemate}) 7. Kh4 Nf3+ (7... Rxg8 $11 {stalemate}) 8. Kh3 Ng5+ (8... Rxg8 $11 {stalemate}) 9. Kh2 Nf1+ (9... Rxg8 $11 {stalemate}) 10. Kh1 Rh7+ (10... Rxg8 $11 {stalemate}) 11. Qxh7 Nxh7 $11 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4.c Phenix 2017"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Van_der_Heijden, Harold"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4b2k/pp6/R6p/1P4p1/1P4Pp/4Pp2/1P1K4/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1. b6 $3 (1. Rxa7 $2 h5 2. gxh5 Bxb5 $19) (1. Rxh6+ $2 Kg7 $19 2. Re6 Bf7 3. Re5 h3 $19) 1... Bc6 (1... f2 2. Ke2 Bc6 3. b5 Bxb5+ 4. Kxf2 axb6 5. Rxb6 Bc6 6. b4 Kg7 7. b5 Be4 8. Rd6 Bh1 9. Rd1 Be4 10. Rd4 Bh1 11. e4 Kf6 12. Rd6+ Ke5 13. Rxh6 Bxe4 14. Ke3 Bc2 15. b6 Bb1 (15... Bd1 16. Rh7 $1) 16. Rh5 Kf6 17. Rh8 Ba2 18. Kd4 $18) (1... bxa6 2. b7 $18) (1... axb6 2. Ra8 $18) 2. b5 $1 Bd5 ( 2... Bxb5 3. bxa7 $18) (2... Be4 3. Ra4 $18) 3. e4 $1 (3. Ra3 $2 axb6 4. e4 Be6 $11) 3... Bxe4 4. Ra4 f2 5. bxa7 (5. Ke2 $2 f1=Q+ 6. Kxf1 Bd3+ 7. Kf2 axb6 8. Ra8+ Kg7 9. Ra7 Be4 10. Ke3 Bd5 $11) 5... f1=Q 6. a8=Q+ Kg7 7. Rxe4 $18 { Par exemple :} Qf2+ 8. Kd3 Qf3+ 9. Kd4 Qd1+ 10. Kc5 Qc2+ 11. Rc4 b6+ 12. Kd5 Qd3+ 13. Rd4 Qf3+ 14. Re4 h3 15. Qb7+ Kg8 16. Kd6 {Une étude a visage humain et dont la solution est claire qui aurait tout a fait sa place dans un concours de résolution en salle.} 1-0