Weekly endgame study |
June 05, 2011 21:07
Weekly Endgame Study (221)
Every week we present you an endgame study selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck solving!
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V. Neishtadt
2010

White to play and draw
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Y. Bazlov
2010
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Comments
Yochanan Afek
1 year 11 months ago
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As to No.220 (Bazlov) : The composer himself has just refuted Keith's "refutation": 3.c7? Nxc7 4.h7 Nd4+ 5.Ke4 Bb7+ 6.Kd3 Ndxe6 and black wins.
choufleur
1 year 11 months ago
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nice study
Frits Fritschy
1 year 11 months ago
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Strange. The object for white is a draw, the variation 3 Ke5 purportedly leads to a draw but still Ke5 gets a question mark. Moreover, you expect that a solution gives clear variations, but after a quick glance I couldn't even say who is better after 11 Kc5.
Are we being tested or has something gone wrong?
Frits Fritschy
1 year 11 months ago
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To answer myself:
1.h6 Ne2 2.d7 Ba6 3.Ke5 is close to a second solution, as Fritz tells me.
3... Nb4 4.c7 Nc6+ 5.Kd5 Bb5 6.Ke4
Now 6... Nc3+ seems the best try (6...Kg3 7.d8Q Nc3+ 8.Ke3 Nxd8 9.c8Q Bg5+ 10.Kd4 Ne2+ 11.Kc5 Bd3 12.Qd7 Bf5 13.h7 Nxe6+ 14.Kc4 Bf6 15.Qf7 N2f4 16.Qxf6 Bxh7 should be a clear draw) The following line may be forced (the white king dodging forced mates):
7.Kf3 Ne5+ 8.Kf4 Nxd7 9.c8Q Bg5+ 10.Kf3 Ne5+ 11.Kg2 Bc6+ 12.Kf1 Ne4 13.h7 Ng3+ 14.Ke1 Nd3+ 15.Kd1 Ba4+ 16.Qc2 Nf2+ 17.Ke1 Bxc2 18.h8Q+ Kg4 19.Kxf2 Nf5 No way I could have found this without an engine. After this black at least has practical chances, but even with an engine, I'm not going to analyse this.
Conclusion: this can't be what the composer meant.
IC
1 year 11 months ago
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also in this week it should be white to play and win cause draw it qutie easy... the win is quite nice its probably just a typo
Yochanan Afek
1 year 11 months ago
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Daniel Keith has found also a dual in Bazlov's (220): 3.c7! Nxc7 4.h7 and black cannot win.
Roberto Stelling
1 year 11 months ago
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@IC. Agreed, #221 is definitively white to play and win.
choufleur
1 year 11 months ago
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come on again a mistake in 221's subtitle?
it is NOT White to play and draw ?
This already occurred in 219 (was corrected since) !
Not twice the same mistake Mr Afek, this is a basic chess lesson !
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