Selection of studies composed by

Mario Matouš

(Czechoslovakia, 16.6.1947-4.7.2013)

ChesscomposersBlogspot reports about him:

Mário Matouš is best known for his endgame studies, but he also composed problems.

Chess coach Vladimir Grabinsky also quoted 10 studies by M.Matouš and mentioned Vassily Ivanchuk's enthusiasm for them on his site.

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

Harold van der Heijden (HHdbVI))

Presented at YT by Daniel Naroditsky.

Version:

The full Arcticle in a separate PDF here (or below in an extra frame): Mario Matous

The study in the article to replay.

[Site " http://www.jsbeasley.co.uk/ochess/matous.pdf "] [Date "1982"] [White "Mario Matouš"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7k/2q3pP/6P1/8/8/8/6Pp/2RR3K w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] 1. Rc4 (1. Rc2 $2 Qd7 2. Rf1 Qf5 3. Rf3 (3. Rf4 Qc5 4. Rd4 Qf8 5. Rf4 Qc5) 3... Qc5 4. Rff2 Qf5 5. Rf3 Qc5 6. Re3 Qf8 7. Rf3 Qc5) (1. Rc3 $2 Qd7 2. Rd5 (2. Re1 Qe6 3. Rf1 Qf5) (2. Rd4 Qe8 3. Re4 (3. Re3 Qa8) 3... Qa8 4. Rc1 Qf8 5. Rf4 Qe8) 2... Qe8 3. Re3 Qf8 4. Rf5 (4. Rf3 Qe8 5. Rf1 Qxg6) 4... Qa8) ( 1. Rc5 $2 Qd7 2. Rd4 (2. Re1 Qe6) 2... Qe8 3. Re4 Qa8 4. Rc1 Qf8 5. Rf4 Qa8 6. Rf3 (6. Re4 Qf8) 6... Qe8) (1. Rc6 $2 Qd7 2. Re1 Qe6 3. Rf1 Qf5) (1. Ra1 $2 Qa5 ) 1... Qd7 (1... Qb8 2. Rf1 (2. Re1 $2 Qa8 3. Rc6 Qf8) 2... Qa8 3. Re4 {<Diagram 1a>}) 2. Rd5 {<Diagram 1b>} (2. Rf1 $2 Qf5) (2. Re1 $2 Qc6 3. Ree4 Qa8 4. Rc1 Qf8 5. Rf4 Qe8 6. Rcf1 Qxg6) (2. Rd2 $2 Qe8 3. Re4 Qa8 4. Rd1 Qf8 5. Rf4 Qe8) (2. Rdd4 $2 Qe8 3. Re4 Qa8 4. Rc1 Qf8 5. Rf4 Qe8) (2. Rd6 $2 Qe8 3. Re4 Qf8) 2... Qc7 (2... Qe8 3. Re4 Qa8 ( 3... Qxg6 4. Rd8+ Kxh7 5. Rh4+) 4. Re1 Qf8 5. Rf5 Qa8 6. Rf3 Qb8 7. Rff1 Qa8 8. Re4) 3. Rf5 (3. Rd6 $2 Qd7 4. Re4 Qc8 5. Re1 Qf8) (3. Rc6 $2 Qb8 4. Rb6 Qf8 5. Rf5 Qa8) (3. Re5 $2 Qb8 4. Rc1 (4. Re1 Qa8) (4. Rb5 Qa8) 4... Qf8) 3... Qc5 {<Diagram 1c>} ( 3... Qb8 4. Rf1 (4. Rc1 $2 Qe8) 4... Qa8 5. Re4) 4. Rf2 Qf5 5. Re4 Qc8 {<Diagram 1d>} 6. Re1 ( 6. Rf1 $2 Qa8) 6... Qa8 7. Rf3 Qb8 8. Rff1 (8. Ref1 $2 Qf4) 8... Qa8 9. Re4 Qb8 10. Re7 Qa8 11. Rb7 {<Diagram 1e>} Qc8 12. Rbf7 1-0

Source: http://www.jsbeasley.co.uk/ochess/matous.pdf

There is also this interesting article by Emil Vlasek at Chessbase.com.

And some studies of more than 250 he composed:

[Event "1st Prize Ceskoslovensky sach"] [Site ""] [Date "2003"] [Round ""] [White "Mario Matouš"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/p5P1/8/2b3p1/7B/7K/6pp/7k w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2003"] 
 1. g8=Q Kg1 (1... g1=N+ $144 2. Kg4 gxh4 3. Qd5+ Nf3 4. Kxf3 $18) 2. Qxg5 h1=Q+ 3. Kg4 Bd6 (3... Kf1 $144 4. Qc1+ Ke2 5. Qc2+ Ke3 6. Bf2#) 4. Qf6 (4. Qd2 $143 Qxh4+ 5. Kxh4 Kf1 6. Qd3+ Kf2 $11) (4. Qh5 $143 Qh2 $19) (4. Qh6 $143 Bb8 5. Qd2 Qxh4+ 6. Kxh4 Kf1 $11) 4... Bc7 (4... Bb8 $144 5. Qh6 a5 (5... Bc7 $144 6. Qc1+ Kh2 7. Qxc7+ Kg1 8. Qxa7+ $18) (5... Be5 $144 6. Qe3+ $19) (5... Qxh4+ $144 6. Qxh4 Kf1 7. Qh3 Kf2 8. Qf3+ Kg1 9. Kh3 $18) 6. Qb6+ $18) 5. Qe7 Bb8 6. Qd8 Be5 7. Qd2 (7. Qa5 $143 Bd4 8. Qd5 Qh2 $11 (8... Qxh4+ $143 9. Kxh4 Kh2 10. Qa2 Kh1 11. Kh3 $18)) 7... Kh2 (7... Qxh4+ $144 8. Kxh4 Kf1 9. Qd3+ Kf2 10. Qf5+ $18) 8. Bf2 g1=Q+ 9. Bg3# {"White avoids by precise play a reciprocal zugzwang and forces bB to e5. This eliminates the Q sac threat on h4. Black's last hance - promotion with check - ends with an unexpected mate. Surely the best study in this tournament".} 1-0

[Event "2nd Prize Ceskoslovensky Sach"] [Site ""] [Date "1997"] [Round ""] [White "Mario Matouš"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6k1/7N/6P1/4K3/8/8/4pr2/6R1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "1997"] 
 1. Nf6+ Kg7 2. Ne8+ (2. Nh5+ $143 Kh6 3. g7 Rf1 4. Rg6+ Kxh5 5. Rg5+ Kh4 6. Rg4+ Kh3 7. Rg3+ Kh4 $11) 2... Kh6 (2... Kg8 $144 3. g7 e1=Q+ 4. Rxe1 Rg2 5. Rh1 Kf7 6. Rh8 $18) 3. g7 Rf1 (3... Rg2 $144 4. Rh1+ Rh2 5. Rxh2+ Kg6 6. g8=Q#) 4. Rg6+ Kh5 (4... Kxg6 $144 5. g8=Q+ Kh6 6. Qg7+ Kh5 7. Nf6+ Rxf6 8. Kxf6 $18) 5. Nf6+ (5. Rg5+ $143 Kh4 6. Rg4+ Kh3 7. Rg3+ (7. Re4 $144 e1=Q 8. Rxe1 Rxe1+ $11) 7... Kh4 $11) 5... Rxf6 6. Kxf6 (6. Rg5+ $143 Kxg5 7. g8=Q+ Rg6 8. Qd8+ Kg4 9. Qd2 Kf3 10. Qd3+ Kf2 11. Qf5+ Ke3 $1 12. Qf4+ Kd3 13. Qd4+ Kc2 14. Qe3 Rg2 15. Ke4 Kd1 $1 16. Qd3+ Kc1 $11) 6... e1=Q 7. Rg5+ $1 (7. g8=Q $143 Qa1+ 8. Kf7 Qa7+ 9. Kf8 Qa8+ 10. Kg7 (10. Kf7 $144 Qa7+ 11. Kf6 Qa6+ 12. Kf5 Qd3+ 13. Kf6 Qa6+ 14. Qe6 Qxe6+ 15. Kxe6 Kxg6 $11) 10... Qxg8+ 11. Kxg8 Kxg6 $11) 7... Kh6 $1 (7... Kh4 $144 8. g8=Q $18) 8. g8=N+ (8. g8=Q $143 Qe5+ 9. Rxe5 $11) 8... Kh7 9. Kf7 $18 {"This excellent classic study shows Matouš1 notorious technique. And fortunate favours the bold!. I have studied over hundred other studies with a RN vs. Q win; only a few of them have a quiet move and the connection with underpromotion is probably entirely original." Study of the year 1997} 1-0

[Event "1p. Weissauer-80JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2001"] [Round ""] [White "Mario Matouš"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3k4/5n2/8/4PP2/8/1K6/1B1r4/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2001"] 
 1. e6 Nd6 2. f6 Ne4 (2... Ke8 3. Ba3 $11 {positional draw.}) 3. f7 Nc5+ 4. Kc3 Rf2 5. f8=Q+ Rxf8 6. e7+ Kxe7 7. Kc4 Kd6 (7... Nb7 $144 8. Ba3+ Nd6+ 9. Kd5 $11 ) (7... Rf5 $144 8. Ba3 Kd6 $11 {transpose}) (7... Rc8 $144 8. Ba3 Kd6 $11) 8. Ba3 Rf5 (8... Rc8 $144 9. Bb4 $11) 9. Kb5 $11 {"A miniature in classic style! The hope that White places in his two passed pawns seems to go up in smoke almost at once, but a double pawn sacrifice followed by the quiet 7.Kc4 forces Black into an irrevocable pin in 4 variations (mirror symmetry on c5 and d6). It's amazing that the position after 7.Kc4 has not been discovered before! A similar fourfold pin has been shown by .Herbstman (Shakhmaty vSSSR 1953, 4th HM), but the mechanism is comparatively clumsy." "PS: After the confirmation period a serious anticipation was pointed out to the judge. E. Pogosyants, 1983 [0313.20e2e8]"} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd HM Corus"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Mario Matouš"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3b4/8/4KnP1/7P/6k1/2N5/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2008"] 
 1. h6 (1. g7 $143 Kxh5 2. Kf7 Ng4 $11) 1... Kg5 $1 2. h7 (2. g7 $143 Kxh6 3. Kf7 Kh7 4. Nd5 (4. Ne4 $144 Ng8 $11) 4... Ng8 $11) 2... Nxh7 3. g7 $1 (3. gxh7 $143 Bf6 4. Ne4+ Kg6 5. Nxf6 Kg7 $11) 3... Nf6 4. Kf7 $1 (4. Ne4+ $143 Kg6 $1 $11) 4... Ng8 $1 (4... Kf4 $144 5. Nd5+ $18) (4... Kf5 $144 5. Nd5 Ng4 6. Ne3+ $1 $18) (4... Kh5 $144 5. Ne4 $1 Ng4 6. Ng3+ Kh4 7. Nf5+ $18) (4... Kh4 $144 5. Ne4 Ng4 6. Kg6 Ne5+ 7. Kh7 $18) 5. Ne4+ $1 (5. Kxg8 $143 Kg6 $1 6. Ne4 (6. Nd5 $144 Bg5 $1 7. Kh8 Kh6 $1 8. g8=Q (8. Kg8 $144 Kg6 9. Kf8 Bh6 $11) 8... Bf6+ $1 9. Nxf6 $11) 6... Bh4 $1 (6... Bc7 $143 7. Kf8 $1 $18) (6... Bb6 $143 7. Kf8 $1 $18) 7. Kh8 Kh6 8. Kg8 Kg6 9. Kf8 Be7+ $1 10. Kg8 Bh4 $11 (10... Ba3 $144 11. Nf6 Bb2 12. Kf8 Ba3+ $11)) 5... Kf5 6. Kxg8 Kg6 7. Kh8 $1 Kh6 $1 8. Nf2 $1 Bf6 (8... Bb6 $144 9. Ng4+ $18) 9. Ng4+ $18 1-0