Articles about how to Compose an endgamestudy.

Articles about how to Compose an endgamestudy.

 

Adam Sobey

From the British Endgame Study News March 1996:

[Date "1995"] [White "Adam Sobey"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k3K2B/6r1/P1P1N3/8/8/6p1/6p1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] 1. c7 $1 (1. Bxg7 $2 g1=Q 2. c7 Qc1 3. Kd8 g2 4. Bd4 g1=Q $1 5. Bxg1 Qg5+ 6. Nxg5) 1... Rxc7 2. Nxc7+ Kb8 (2... Ka7 3. Bd4+) 3. a7+ Kxc7 (3... Kxa7 4. Bd4+) 4. a8=Q $1 (4. Bd4 $2 Kb7) 4... g1=Q 5. Qd8+ Kb7 (5... Kc6 6. Qd7+ Kb6 7. Bd4+) 6. Bd4 $1 Qb1 (6... Qe1+ 7. Kd7) (6... Qh1 7. Qd7+ Ka6 8. Qa4+ Kb7 9. Qa7+ Kc8 10. Qd7+) 7. Qd7+ Kb8 8. Be5+ Ka8 9. Qc8+ Ka7 10. Bd4+ 1-0

 

Gady Costeff

How I became a great composer, by Gady Costeff

source: http://gadycosteff.com/how_i_became_a_great_composer.pdf

(More about Chess Composition by Gady Costeff on: http://gadycosteff.com)

Gerhard Josten

Meine Schachkompositionen, by Gerhard Josten.

source: http://www.gerhard-josten.de/app/download/17252573/Schachkompositionen.pdf

(More about chess with Gerhard Josten on http://www.gerhard-josten.de/schach/)

Wouter Mees

From the (old) EBUR Promotion magazine an article (in Dutch) by Wouter Mees about how to compose:

images/PDF/PromotieEBUR_II_1.6-8.pdf

[Date "1914"] [White "Hermann Mattison"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/k7/4P3/4K3/5B2/P7/8/r7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "1914"] 1. Be3+ (1. e7 $2 Re1+ 2. Kf6 Rxe7 3. Kxe7 Ka8) (1. Kf5 $2 Re1 2. Be5 Rf1+ 3. Kg6 Rf8) (1. Bd2 $2 Rh1) 1... Kb7 2. e7 Rxa3 (2... Re1 3. Ke4) 3. Ba7 $1 Ra1 ( 3... Kxa7 4. Kd4 Ra4+ 5. Kd5 Ra5+ 6. Kd6 Ra6+ 7. Kd7) (3... Ra2 4. Kf4 Re2 5. Be3) 4. Kf4 (4. Ke4 $2 Kxa7) (4. Be3 $2 Ra8) 4... Rf1+ (4... Re1 5. Be3) (4... Ra4+ 5. Kf5 Ra5+ 6. Kf6 Ra6+ 7. Kf7) 5. Bf2 $1 Rxf2+ 6. Ke3 $1 Rf1 7. Ke2 1-0

[Date "1938"] [White "Henri Rinck"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/K2np1p1/1P5k/6pP/8/4pN2/4P3/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "1938"] 1. b7 (1. Nd4 $2 Kxh5 2. Nf5 g4 3. Nxg7+ (3. Nxe3 g3 4. b7 (4. Kb7 Kh4 5. Kc7 Nxb6 6. Kxb6 Kh3) 4... Kh4 5. b8=Q Nxb8 6. Kxb8 Kh3 7. Kc7 g2 8. Nxg2 Kxg2 9. Kd7 e5) 3... Kg5 4. Ne6+ (4. b7 g3 5. Ne6+ Kg4 6. Nc5 g2) 4... Kh4 5. Nd4 (5. Nf4 g3 6. b7 Kg4 7. Ng2 Kh3 8. Nxe3 g2) 5... g3 6. Nf5+ Kh3 7. Nxe3 g2 8. Nxg2 Kxg2 9. Kb7 Kf2) (1. Ne5 $2 Nxe5) 1... g4 $1 2. Ne5 (2. Nd4 $2 Kxh5 3. Nf5 (3. Ne6 g3) 3... Kg5 4. Nxe3 Kf4 5. Ng2+ (5. Nd5+ Ke4) 5... Kg3 6. Ne1 (6. Ne3 Kf4) 6... Kf2 7. Nd3+ Kxe2 8. Nc5 g3 9. Nxd7 g2) 2... Nxe5 (2... g3 3. Nxd7 g2 4. b8=Q g1=Q 5. Qh8+) 3. Kb8 (3. Kb6 $2 Nd7+ 4. Kc6 (4. Kc7 Nc5) 4... Nb8+ 5. Kc7 g3 6. Kxb8 g2 7. Kc8 g1=Q) (3. Ka6 $2 Nd7) (3. Ka8 $2 Nd7) 3... g3 (3... Nc6+ {} 4. Kc7 (4. Kc8 $2 g3 5. Kc7 g2 6. Kxc6 g1=Q) 4... Nb4 5. Kb6 (5. b8=Q $2 Na6+) 5... Nd5+ {} 6. Ka5 Nf4 7. b8=Q Nxe2 8. Qb6+ Kxh5 9. Qxe3) (3... Nd7+ {} 4. Kc8 (4. Kc7 $2 Nc5 5. b8=Q Na6+) 4... Nb6+ (4... g3 5. Kxd7 g2 6. b8=Q) 5. Kd8) 4. Kc7 (4. Kc8 $2 Nc6 5. Kc7 g2 6. Kxc6 g1=Q) 4... g2 5. b8=Q g1=Q (5... Ng6 6. Qb1 Nf4 (6... Kxh5 7. Qf5+ Kh4 8. Qxg6) 7. Qg1 Kxh5 8. Kd7 Kg4 (8... g5 9. Kxe7) 9. Kxe7 g5 10. Kf6 Kh3 (10... Kh4 11. Kf5) 11. Qxe3+ Kh2 (11... Kg4 12. Qf2) 12. Kxg5 Nh3+ (12... g1=Q+ 13. Qxg1+ Kxg1 14. Kxf4) (12... Ne6+ 13. Kh4) 13. Kh4) 6. Qh8+ (6. Qb6+ $2 Kxh5) 6... Kg5 7. Qxg7+ 1-0

Ignace Vandecasteele

From the (old) EBUR Promotion magazine an article (in Dutch) by Ignace Vandecasteele about how to compose a miniature.

Promotion issue Ebur

[Event"1.p Schakend Nederland"] [Date "1962"] [White "Ignace, Vandecasteele"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6B1/8/8/k1p5/3N4/1K6/1n6/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "1962"] {Schakend Nederland/1 1963} 1. Nc6+ (1. Kxb2 $2 cxd4) 1... Kb5 (1... Kb6 2. Ne5 Nd1 3. Ng4 $1) 2. Ne5 $1 Na4 (2... Nd1 3. Ng4) 3. Bc4+ Ka5 4. Nc6+ $1 (4. Be2 $2 c4+ 5. Nxc4+ Kb5 6. Nb2+ Ka5 7. Nxa4) (4. Bf1 $2 c4+ $1 5. Nxc4+ (5. Bxc4 Nc5+ $1 (5... Nb6 $2 6. Nc6#)) 5... Kb5 6. Nb2+ Ka5 7. Nxa4) 4... Kb6 5. Nd8 Ka5 (5... Kc7 6. Ne6+) 6. Nb7+ Kb6 7. Bd5 Kb5 8. Nd6+ Ka5 9. Bc4 Nb6 10. Nb7# 1-0

[Date "1967"] [White "Ignace,Vandecasteele"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/8/1kpBp3/1N6/1K6/1n6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "1967"] 1. Nc1 Na3 $1 (1... Nd2 2. Bc3+) 2. Na2+ Ka4 3. Nc3+ Kb4 4. Nd5+ Ka4 5. Nb6+ (5. Bc3 $2 e3 6. Be1 e2 7. Nc3+ Kb4 8. Nb1+ c3+ 9. Bxc3+ Ka4 10. Nxa3 e1=Q 11. Bxe1) 5... Kb4 6. Bc3+ Kb5 (6... Kc5 7. Na4+) 7. Nd7 $1 Ka4 (7... Kc6 8. Ne5+) 8. Nc5+ Kb5 9. Nxe4 $1 Ka4 10. Nc5+ (10. Bd2 $2 c3+ 11. Nxc3+ Kb4 12. Nb1+ Ka4 13. Nxa3) 10... Kb5 11. Nd7 Ka4 12. Nb6+ Kb5 13. Bd4 Kb4 14. Nd5+ Ka4 15. Bc3 Nb5 16. Nb6# 1-0

[Date "1974"] [White "Ignace,Vandecasteele"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/p4N1n/p7/p1k5/p5K1/8/1B6/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1974"] {Revista de Romana de Sah/12 1975} 1. Kf5 (1. Kh5 $2 Kd5 2. Bg7 Ke6 3. Kg6 Ke7 4. Bb2 Nf8+ 5. Kg7 Ne6+) (1. Bg7 $2 a3 2. Kf5 a2 3. Kg6 a1=Q 4. Bxa1 Nf8+ 5. Kg7 Ne6+) (1. Ba3+ $2 Kc4 2. Kf5 Kb3 3. Bd6 a3 4. Kg6 a2 5. Be5 Nf8+) 1... Kc6 (1... Nf8 2. Ba3+) (1... Kc4 2. Bg7 a3 3. Kg6 Nf8+ (3... a2 4. Kxh7 Kb3 5. Nd6 Kc2 6. Nc4 Kc1 7. Na3) 4. Bxf8 a2 5. Bg7 Kb3 6. Nd6 a4 7. Kf5 Kc2 8. Nc4 Kb3 9. Ne3) 2. Ba3 Kd7 (2... Kd5 3. Bd6) 3. Kg6 Ke6 4. Nd8+ Kd7 5. Nb7 Kc6 6. Nxa5+ Kb5 (6... Kb6 7. Nc4+ Kb5 8. Nb2) 7. Nb7 Kc6 8. Nd8+ Kd7 9. Nf7 Ke6 10. Bb4 (10. Bc5 $2 Nf6 11. Ng5+ Kd5) 10... a5 11. Ba3 a6 12. Nd8+ Kd7 13. Nb7 Kc6 14. Nxa5+ Kb5 15. Nb7 Kc6 16. Nd8+ Kd7 17. Nf7 Ke6 18. Bb4 a3 (18... a5 19. Ba3 Nf6 20. Ng5+ Ke5 21. Bb2+) 19. Bxa3 a5 20. Nd8+ Kd7 21. Nb7 Kc6 22. Nxa5+ Kb5 23. Nb7 Kc6 24. Nd8+ Kd7 25. Nf7 Ke6 26. Bb4 (26. Bc5 $2 Nf6 27. Ng5+ Kd5) 26... Nf6 27. Ng5+ Ke5 28. Bc3+ 1-0

[Date "1966"] [White "Ignace, Vandecasteele"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/6k1/6N1/7P/3p4/1B1b2K1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "1966"] 1. Nf3 $1 (1. Ne4 $2 Be1 $1 2. Bf6 (2. Kh3 d2 $1 3. Nc3 Kh5 4. Nd1 Bxh4) 2... Kf5) 1... Be3 (1... Ba5 {} 2. Bc1 $1 (2. Kf2 $2 d2 3. Ke2 Bd8 4. Bd4 Kh5 5. Bf2 Kg4 6. Ne5+ Kh5) 2... Kh5 3. Kh3 $1 (3. Kg3 $2 Bd8 4. Ng5 Ba5 5. Ne4 (5. Nf3 Bd8) 5... Be1+ 6. Nf2 Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 Kxh4) 3... Bd8 4. Ng5 $1 Be7 (4... Ba5 5. Ne4 Be1 6. Ng3+ Kg6 7. h5+) 5. Bd2 $1 (5. Ne6 $2 Bxh4 6. Nf4+ Kg5 7. Ng2+ (7. Nxd3+ Kh5 8. Nf4+ Kg5 9. Bd2 (9. Be3 Bf2 10. Bxf2 Kxf4) 9... Be1 10. Bxe1 Kxf4) 7... Kh5 8. Nxh4 d2 9. Bxd2) (5. Be3 $2 Bd8 6. Ne6 Bxh4 7. Nf4+ Kg5 8. Nxd3+ Kf5 $1 9. Kxh4 Ke4) 5... Bd8 (5... Bf6 6. Ne6 Be5 7. Nc5 $1 Bf6 8. Nxd3 Bxh4 9. Nf4+) 6. Ne6 $1 Bxh4 7. Nf4+ Kg5 8. Nxd3+ (8. Bc1 $2 d2 9. Bxd2 Be1) 8... Kh5 9. Nf4+ Kg5 10. Bc1 $1 Bf2 (10... Be1 11. Nd3+) 11. Nd3+) (1... Bb4 2. Ne5+ Kh5 3. Nxd3 Be7 4. Kh3 Bxh4 5. Nf4+) (1... Be1 2. Bc1 Ba5 3. Bd2) 2. Bc3 Kh5 3. Kg3 $1 (3. Kh3 $2 Bf2 $1 4. Bf6 Be3 5. Bg5 Bxg5 6. hxg5 d2 7. Nxd2 Kxg5) 3... Bb6 4. Bd2 Bd8 5. Ng5 Be7 (5... Bc7+ 6. Kh3 $1) 6. Kh3 $1 Bd8 7. Ne6 $1 Bxh4 8. Nf4+ Kg5 9. Nxd3+ Kh5 10. Nf4+ Kg5 11. Bc1 $1 Bf2 (11... Be1 12. Nd3+) 12. Nd3+ 1-0

Van den Herik en Timman

Source (powerpoint): Lezing / Workshop Max Euwe Centrum 2012 (dutch) about "Chess studies composing with a computer".

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Same in  PDF: Workshop Van den Herik and Jan Timman 2012 see below.