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:

About this book a review in Dutch.

More about him can be found at german Wikipedia.

With his two Belgium friends they issues the Arves book of the year 1997: Flemish miniatures.

(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))

[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