www.arves.org - Shahmat Bestechiliyi 15 JT 2018

Studies awarded for the Azerbaijan tournament:

Shahmat Bestechiliyi-15 JT.

[Event "1st Prize, Shahmat bestechiliyi-15 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Pavel Arestov, Aleksandr Zhukov (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Azerbaijan CCC"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3qN3/1P6/P1k5/8/8/p4N2/1Bp1K3/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2018"] 
 1. Ne5+ $1 (1. Nd4+ $2 Kb6 $19) 1... Kc5 (1... Kb6 2. Nd7+ $1 Ka5 3. a7 Qe7+ 4. Be5 c1=Q 5. a8=Q+ $18) 2. Bxa3+ (2. Nd7+ $2 Qxd7 3. Bxa3+ Kd4 $1 4. Bb2+ Kc4 $1 5. b8=Q Qd3+ $11) 2... Kb5 $1 (2... Kb6 3. b8=Q+ $1 Qxb8 4. Nd7+ $18 {fork,}) 3. Nd6+ Kxa6 4. Nd7 $1 (4. Kd2 $2 Qa5+ 5. Kxc2 Qxa3 6. b8=Q {(Qa2)} Qc5+ 7. Ndc4 Qxc4+ $1 8. Nxc4 {- stalemate.}) 4... Qe7+ 5. Kd2 c1=Q+ $1 6. Kxc1 $1 (6. Bxc1 $4 Qxd6+ $19) 6... Qe3+ $1 (6... Qe1+ 7. Kc2 Qe2+ 8. Kc3 Qe3+ 9. Kc4 Qe2+ 10. Kd5 Qf3+ 11. Ke6 $18) 7. Kc2 $1 (7. Kb2 $2 Qd2+ 8. Kb3 Qd3+ 9. Kb2 Qd2+ $11 ) 7... Qxa3 (7... Qe2+ 8. Kc3 Qe3+ 9. Kc4 Qe2+ 10. Kd5 Qf3+ 11. Ke6 $18) 8. b8=N+ $1 (8. b8=Q $2 Qa4+ 9. Kc3 Qxd7 $11) 8... Ka5 (8... Ka7 9. Nb5+ $18 { fork,}) 9. Nc6+ $1 (9. Nc4+ $2 {fork} Kb4 10. Nxa3 Kxa3 $11) 9... Ka4 (9... Ka6 10. Ndb8+ Kb6 11. Nc4+ $18 {fork,}) 10. Nb6# 1-0

[Event "3rd Prize, Shahmat bestechiliyi-15 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Amatzia Avni and Martin Minski (Israel, Germany)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Azerbaijan CCC"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7k/8/2b5/rpR1K3/8/1Q6/8/5q2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2018"] 
 1. Qc3 $1 {with multiple threats.} (1. Rxc6 $2 b4+ $19 {and White loses his queen or gets mated.}) 1... b4 $1 (1... Qa1 2. Qxa1 Rxa1 3. Rxc6 $11) 2. Qxb4 Qa1+ (2... Rxc5+ 3. Qxc5 $11) (2... Qe2+ 3. Kd6 Qd3+ 4. Kxc6 Qf3+ 5. Kb6 $11) 3. Ke6 (3. Kd6 $2 Qf6+ 4. Kc7 Ra7+ $18) 3... Bd7+ $1 4. Kxd7 {Now there is a material equilibrium on the board, but the power of heavy pieces in an open position, combined with the right to move, can be lethal. White should be very careful.} (4. Ke7 $2 Qg7+ $19) 4... Ra7+ (4... Qg7+ 5. Kc6 Ra6+ 6. Kb5 Qb7+ 7. Kc4 $11) 5. Ke8 $1 (5. Ke6 $2 Qa6+ $19) (5. Kd8 $2 Qf6+ $19) 5... Ra8+ (5... Qh1 {is another try. White must find only moves:} 6. Qd4+ Rg7 $1 {(threat 7... Qa8+)} 7. Rd5 $1 {the correct way to block the diagonal h1-a8.} (7. Qd5 $2 { loses to} Qh7 $1 $19) 7... Qh7 8. Qf6 $1 Qe4+ 9. Kf8 $1 $11) 6. Rc8 $3 {the point.} (6. Kd7 $2 Qg7+ {loses shorthly}) 6... Rxc8+ (6... Qe5+ $4 {even loses to} 7. Kf7+) 7. Kd7 Ra8 8. Qh4+ Kg8 9. Qc4+ (9. Qg4+ $2 Qg7+ $19) 9... Kh8 ( 9... Kg7 10. Qg4+ $11) 10. Qh4+ Kg8 11. Qc4+ {perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sp.HM, Shahmat bestechiliyi -15 JT.(1)"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Peter Krug and Mario Garcia (Austria, Argentina)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Azerbaijan CCC"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2b5/6kp/1qn1p1p1/4P3/7N/B1p3P1/1r2B2P/2Q4K w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2018"] 
 1. Nf5+ $1 exf5 (1... Kf7 2. Qh6 exf5 3. Qf8+ {see solution}) 2. Qh6+ $3 Kf7 ( 2... Kxh6 3. Bf8+ Kg5 4. h4# {mate}) 3. Qf8+ Ke6 4. Qd6+ Kf7 5. e6+ Kf6 (5... Bxe6 6. Qf8# {mate}) 6. e7+ Kf7 7. Qd5+ Be6 (7... Kg7) 8. Qxe6+ $1 Kxe6 9. e8=Q+ Kf6 (9... Ne7 10. Qxe7+ Kd5 11. Qd7+ Ke5 (11... Ke4 12. Qd3+ Ke5 13. Qxc3+ $18) 12. Qg7+ Kd5 13. Qxc3 $18) 10. Qf8+ Ke6 11. Qd6+ Kf7 12. Bc4+ Ke8 13. Be6 $1 ({try} 13. Bd5 $2 Rb1+ 14. Kg2 Qg1+ 15. Kh3 Nb4 $1 16. Bxb4 Rxb4 17. Qxb4 Qf1+ 18. Kh4 Qe2 19. Qb8+ Kd7 20. Qb7+ Kd8 21. Qb6+ Ke8 $11) (13. Bc5 $2 c2 $1 14. Qe6+ Kd8 15. Bxb6+ Rxb6 16. Qg8+ Kd7 $11) 13... Rb1+ 14. Kg2 Rb2+ ( 14... Qg1+ 15. Kh3 Qf1+ 16. Kh4 $18) 15. Kh3 Rd2 (15... Rxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qf2+ 17. Kh3 Qf1+ 18. Kh4 Qh1+ 19. Kg5 Qh5+ 20. Kf6) 16. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Sp.HM, Shahmat bestechiliyi -15 JT.(2)"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Peter Krug and Mario Garcia (Austria, Argentina)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Azerbaijan CCC"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r5k1/2q4p/rpPp3P/1pP3P1/4Q3/1b6/3B4/1K4RR w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2018"] 
 1. Bc3 $1 (1. g6 $2 Ra1+ 2. Kb2 R1a2+ 3. Kc1 Ra1+ $11) 1... Qa7 (1... Ra4 2. Qxh7+ {similar to solution}) 2. Qxh7+ $3 Qxh7+ (2... Kxh7 3. g6+ Kg8 4. h7+ $18 ) 3. g6 Ra1+ 4. Bxa1 $1 (4. Kb2 $2 R1a2+ $1 5. Kxb3 R8a3+ 6. Kb4 dxc5+ 7. Kxb5 Rb3+ 8. Kc4 Rxc3+ 9. Kxc3 Qh8+ 10. g7 Qh7 $11) 4... Rxa1+ 5. Kb2 $1 (5. Kxa1 $2 Qa7+ 6. Kb2 Qa2+ $19) 5... Qh8+ (5... Qe7 6. h7+ Kh8 7. g7+ Qxg7+ 8. Rxg7 Rxh1 9. cxd6 $18 {/cxb+-}) 6. g7 Ra2+ (6... Qxh6 7. Rxh6 Rxg1 8. cxb6 $18) 7. Kxb3 Qh7 8. Rg6 $1 (8. Kxa2 $2 Qc2+ $11) 8... Ra8 (8... Qxg6 9. h7+ Kxg7 10. h8=Q+ $18) 9. Rhg1 $1 (9. Rxd6 $2 Qe4 {/f5=}) 9... bxc5 10. c7 $1 (10. Kb2 $2 Rc8 $1 (10... b4 $2 11. c7 $1 $18 {see solution}) 11. c7 Rxc7 12. Rf6 Rf7 13. Rxf7 ( 13. Rxd6 Rf2+ $1 14. Ka1 Ra2+ 15. Kxa2 Qc2+ $11) 13... Kxf7 14. Rf1+ Ke7 $1 $11 ) 10... b4 11. Kb2 $1 ({Try :} 11. R1g2 $2 c4+ $1 (11... Re8 $2 12. Ka4 $18) 12. Kxb4 (12. Kxc4 Rc8 13. Kd4 d5 $1) (12. Kb2 c3+ 13. Kb3 Re8 14. Rg1 c2 15. Kb2 c1=Q+ $11) 12... Rc8 13. Rf2 Qxg6 $11) ({or} 11. Rxd6 $2 Ra3+ 12. Kb2 Ra2+ 13. Kxa2 Qc2+ $11) 11... c4 12. Ra1 $1 (12. Rxd6 $2 Ra2+ $11) 12... Re8 13. Re6 c3+ 14. Kb3 $1 $18 1-0

[Event "1st comm, Shahmat bestechiliyi-15 JT "] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Gonzalez, Luis Miguel (Spain)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Azerbaijan CCC"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/3R3K/P7/8/8/1N2p2k/5p2/7r w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2018"] 
 1. a7 f1=Q 2. a8=Q {with 2 lines:} e2 $1 ({main} 2... Kg3+ 3. Kg7 $1 (3. Kg8 $2 Qc4+ 4. Qd5 Qc8+ 5. Kf7 Qxd7+ $1 6. Qxd7 Rh7+ 7. Ke6 Rxd7 8. Kxd7 e2 $19) (3. Kg6 $2 Rg1 $1 4. Qe4 e2 5. Rd3+ Kh2+ $19) 3... Rg1 $1 4. Kh8 $1 (4. Qd8 $2 e2 $1 5. Kh8 Qh3+ $1 6. Rh7 Qxh7+ $1 7. Kxh7 e1=Q 8. Qd6+ Kf3 9. Qf6+ Ke4 $1 10. Qd4+ Kf5 11. Qd7+ Kf4 12. Qd6+ Qe5 13. Qd2+ Kg4 14. Qd4+ Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd1 $1 16. Ne6 Kf5 17. Ng7+ Kf6 18. Nh5+ Kg5 $19) (4. Rf7 $2 e2 $1 5. Nd2 Qh3 $1 6. Nf3 e1=Q $1 7. Nxe1 Kh2+ $1 8. Kf6 Qh6+ 9. Ke5 Rxe1+ $19) 4... Rh1+ 5. Kg7 $1 Rh5 $1 (5... Rh4 6. Rd4 $1 $11) 6. Rd5 $1 (6. Qa1 $2 Qg2 $1 7. Kf8 Rf5+ 8. Ke8 Qe4+ 9. Kd8 (9. Re7 Qc6+ 10. Rd7 Qe6+ 11. Kd8 Qb6+ 12. Ke7 Qb4+ $1 13. Ke6 Qe4+ 14. Kd6 Rd5+ 15. Kc7 Qc4+ 16. Kd8 Rxd7+ 17. Kxd7 Qxb3 $19) 9... Rf8+ 10. Kc7 Qc4+ 11. Kd6 Qf4+ 12. Ke7 Rf7+ 13. Ke8 Rxd7 14. Qg1+ Kh4 15. Qh1+ Kg5 16. Kxd7 Qf7+ 17. Kd6 Qxb3 $19) (6. Rf7 $2 Rh7+ $1 7. Kxh7 Qxf7+ 8. Kh6 Qe6+ 9. Kg5 Qe5+ 10. Kh6 e2 $19) 6... Qg2 $1 (6... Qf3 7. Qb8+ Kg2 8. Rxh5 $11) 7. Rd8 $1 (7. Ra5 $2 Rxa5 8. Qxa5 Qb2+ 9. Kg6 Qxb3 $19) 7... Qh3 8. Qb8+ $1 (8. Qe4 $2 Rg5+ 9. Kf7 Qh5+ 10. Kf8 Rf5+ 11. Ke7 Re5+ $19) 8... Kf2 9. Qf4+ $1 $11 (9. Rf8+ $2 Kg1 $1 10. Qf4 Rh4 $1 11. Qf5 Qg3+ 12. Kf7 Rf4 $19) (9. Rd2+ $2 Ke1 $1 $19)) 3. Rg7 $1 (3. Kh8 $2 e1=Q $1 $19) 3... Qf5+ $1 (3... e1=Q 4. Qc8+ Kh2 5. Qc7+ Kh3 6. Qc8+ $11 {positional draw}) 4. Kg8 $1 (4. Kh8 $2 Qh5+ $1 5. Rh7 Qxh7+ 6. Kxh7 e1=Q 7. Qf3+ Kh2 $1 8. Kh6 Kg1+ $19) 4... e1=Q (4... Qe6+ 5. Kh7 $11 ({or } 5. Kh8 $11)) 5. Nd4 $1 (5. Qg2+ $2 Kh4 6. Rh7+ Qxh7+ $1 7. Kxh7 Rg1 $1 8. Qh2+ Kg4 9. Qd6 Qe4+ 10. Qg6+ Kf4 $1 11. Qxe4+ Kxe4 $19) 5... Qee4 $1 (5... Qfe4 6. Qc8+ Kh2 7. Qb8+ $11) 6. Qa3+ $1 (6. Rg3+ $2 Kh2 $1 $19) 6... Qd3 7. Rg3+ $3 Qxg3+ (7... Kxg3 $2 8. Nxf5+) 8. Qxg3+ Kxg3 9. Nxf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd comm, Shahmat bestechiliyi-15, JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Michal Hlinka and Mario Garcia (Slovakia, Argentina)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Azerbaijan CCC"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1B6/8/2N1P3/3k3r/4p3/3p1p2/2N5/1K6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2018"] 
 1. N6b4+ $1 ({Try Them :} 1. N2b4+ $2 Kc4 $1 {with : a)} (1... Kxe6 $2 2. Nxd3 exd3 3. Nd4+ $11 {similar to solution}) 2. Ba7 ({b)} 2. Bg3 Rh1+ 3. Kb2 d2 4. Nc2 Kc5 5. e7 (5. Ne3 Kxc6 6. Kc2 Re1 7. Bf2 Kd6 8. Nf5+ Kxe6 9. Nd4+ Kd5 10. Kxd2 Rf1 $19) 5... Rb1+ $1 6. Kxb1 d1=Q+ 7. Kb2 Qd7 $1 $19) 2... Rh1+ 3. Kb2 d2 4. Nc2 Rb1+ $1 5. Ka2 Ra1+ $1 6. Kb2 Rxa7 7. Nxa7 d1=N+ 8. Ka3 f2 9. e7 f1=Q 10. e8=Q Qd3+ 11. Ka4 Qxc2+ $19) ({or} 1. e7 $2 dxc2+ 2. Kxc2 Rh8 3. Nb4+ Kc4 4. Bg3 Kxb4 5. Kd2 Kc4 6. Ke3 Kd5 7. Be1 Re8 8. Bh4 Ke5 9. Bg3+ Kf5 10. Bd6 Kf6 11. Bg3 Rxe7 12. Bh4+ Kf7 $19) 1... Kxe6 (1... Kc4 2. Ne3+ $11) 2. Nd4+ $1 (2. Nxd3 $2 Rb5+ 3. Nb2 Rxb8 $19) 2... Kf6 3. Nxd3 $1 (3. Bg3 $2 Rh1+ 4. Kb2 d2 5. Nd5+ Kg6 6. Ne3 d1=Q 7. Nxd1 Rxd1 $19) 3... exd3 4. Nxf3 {with A)} Rb5+ ({B)} 4... Rf5 5. Ne5 $1 (5. Be5+ $2 Ke7 6. Kc1 Rxf3 7. Kd2 Ke6 8. Bd4 Kd5 9. Be3 Kc4 $19) 5... Rf1+ 6. Kb2 d2 7. Ng4+ Kf5 8. Nf2 $1 (8. Kc3 $2 d1=N+ $1 $19) 8... Rxf2 9. Kc2 Ke4 10. Bd6 {/c7} Ke3 11. Bb4 Rh2 12. Ba5 $11 {positional draw}) 5. Kc1 Rxb8 6. Kd2 $1 (6. Ne1 $2 Rd8 7. Kd2 Kf5 $1 $19) 6... Rd8 7. Ke3 Kf5 8. Nd2 $1 $11 {positional draw.} (8. Nh4+ $2 Kg4 9. Nf3 Re8+ $19) 1/2-1/2