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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #93 - 07/14/09 at 19:56:34
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Yes, another nice one and not too hard to solve comfortably. The finish is similar to #6.
Günter, I like your studies. Do you have another one of yourselve to show us?  Smiley
  
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Reply #92 - 07/08/09 at 15:56:16
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Very nice!

I think I found a solution with a possible mate in 6 in one mainline, right?  Wink
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #91 - 07/07/09 at 22:01:18
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The next study is composed by the great Leonid Kubbel:

L. Kubbel 1922

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White to play and win
  
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Reply #90 - 07/02/09 at 12:53:50
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That study is wonderful!

Gunter, thanks for sharing your thoughts on the creative process. It all seems a bit like magic to me, which I suppose is the whole point!
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #89 - 06/26/09 at 16:14:41
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Solution to the previous study:

1.g7                                    h2 (1...Tg8 2.Kxh3 Kxc7 3.Bf6+-=)
2.gxh8Q                              h1Q
3.Kg3!                                 Qg1
4.Kf4                                   Qf1
5.Kg4                                  Qg2
6.Kf5!!                                 Qf3
7.Ke6                                  Qd5
8.Kf6                                   Qd4
9.Kf7                                   Qxh8
10.Bd8!                                Kd7
11.c8Q!                                Kxc8
12.Bf6!                                 h6
13.g6! and white wins.
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #88 - 06/18/09 at 07:30:08
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Gunter, 

I like this one! It almost feels like a game, and it has a bunch of false leads.  I haven't cracked it yet, but I will think about it until I drift off to sleep.  Thanks!

  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #87 - 06/17/09 at 20:22:47
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The next study  is real plesure and a classic!

G. Zachodiakin 1937

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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #86 - 06/10/09 at 21:26:22
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Dink Heckler wrote on 06/08/09 at 23:55:10:
Very nice, Gunter  Smiley

Would you mind briefly sketching the process by which you compose such a study. It would certainly be interesting to understand how a study composer goes about his work.




If i have discovered a study-like position i try to add some more (hidden) moves (in ideal case no captures or checks) to reach the heart of the study and keep an (almost) game-like charakter .This can be very difficult or sometimes even impossible. In this example the move 3.Nd4 is very hard to find and white has some natural possibilities to go wrong. Unfortuntately no black piece (bishop or knight) makes one single move in the mainline which is a big handicap (this is one of my first studies, today i try it to make better).

In some composing tournaments the mainline of the study must contain a given stipulation. Let´s take the last team worldchampionship:

Section D: Studies
Judges: Belarus, Finland, Georgia, Israel, Romania
Reserve judge: Belgium 

In a position in the main line of a win or draw study where an unprotected white or black piece A is directly attacked, White or Black instantaneously (right on the following move) places another piece B (of the same colour as A) en-prise (again unprotected and directly attacked). This thematic move resulting in the two white or the two black pieces A & B hanging, must be a quiet one, i.e. not a check, nor a capture. A and B may be any pieces except pawns.

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G. Kasparian
1 Pr Magyar Sakkelet 1969   

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Draw (4+2) 1. Kg4! Qc8+ 2.Kf3!! (2.Kh4 Qf8!) Qb7+ 
3. Rd5!! (thematic!) Q:b1 4.Ra5+ Kb7 
5.Rb5+ Draw. 

Maybe somebody wants to make a try to comopse a position which contains the required theme ?  Smiley
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #85 - 06/10/09 at 19:57:51
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The other point is 1...Nf3 2.Rd3 Ng5+ 3.Kg6 Bd2 4.Rxc3! Bxc3 5.Kxg5  Smiley
  
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Reply #84 - 06/10/09 at 18:22:47
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In  the line 1 Nf3 Nxf3, 2 Rd3 c2, 3 Rxe3 comes with check.
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #83 - 06/10/09 at 15:43:51
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And what happens after 1..Nxf3?

I can only see winning rook for pawn, picking up pawn, then mating with Knight & Bishop.

But then I'm rubbish at studies!
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #82 - 06/08/09 at 23:55:10
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Very nice, Gunter  Smiley

Would you mind briefly sketching the process by which you compose such a study. It would certainly be interesting to understand how a study composer goes about his work.
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #81 - 06/08/09 at 19:04:05
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Günter Amann wrote on 06/01/09 at 20:05:44:
 
G. Amann 2001

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1.Nf3! (1.Rxe5 Kxe5 2.Nf3 Ke4 3.Ne1 Bf2 4.Nc1 Kd3 -+; 1.Rd1 c2
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2.Rxe5                                              Kf6
3.Nd4!!  (3.Rxe1 c1Q -+)                    c1Q
4.Rf5                                                Ke7
5.Re5                                               Kd6
6.Rd5                                               Kc7
7.Rc5                                               Kb6
8.Rb5                                               Ka6
9.Ra5! perpetual check



                                           
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #80 - 06/05/09 at 07:14:47
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Gunter, 

Please don't tell us the answer until after the weekend!

I know the pawn on c4 has to be significant, but I haven't figured out quite why yet.

(Oh, and thanks for the Smyslov study!)
  
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Re: Endgamestudies
Reply #79 - 06/03/09 at 20:53:31
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Fantastic study; difficult and brilliant from the very first move!!
  
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