No. 65 (Vol. IV) July, 1981 In December 1979 Alexander Herbstman (b. 1900) left the USSR as a Jewish emigrant accompanied by his wife and daughter. They now live in Sweden. The following article is original to EG and owes its existence not onlv to its emi- nent author who has known personally so many of the study world's great Rus- sian and Soviet composers, but also to his daughter Marina, who largely pro- vided the translation, and to the good offices of Alexander Hildebrand. MEMORIES OF FAMOUS COMPOSERS by A. Herbstman In my childhood 1 lived for a long time in Switzerland. Weggis is near Lucerne, on the shore of the VierwaldstatterLake. it was there that 1 learned to play chess, but my interest in chess compo- sition came much later when I lived in Moscow, working and studying at a Higher Institute of Literature and Art. My first studies were composed in 1924. 1 took them to the Shakhmaty editorial staff. A very tall, slim man received me most warmly. It was Nikolay Grekov. Not only did Grekov pay my composi- tions the utmost attention, but he intro- duced me to Vasily Platov, then very famous, whom he asked to choose some- thing for publication in the magazine. Piatov stopped at one of the studies, the one that 1 myself thought the best. "To stan with well publish that one", he said. '"And meanwhile, carry on with the good work! ... By the way, do you know the studies of Alexey Troitzky, and have you seen the anthology by me :md my brother?" 1 had to confess that apart from the studies published in Shakhmaty during 1923 I knew nothing. Piatov whispered something to Grekov, who thereupon took two solid books from the cupboard, saying These are for you to learn from". After I had taken them I realised that they were indeed the col- lections of Troitzky and the brothers Piatov. Vasily Piatov was of middle height, with brown hair and blue eyes. Later he introduced me to his brother Matvey (ie, Matthew). Matvey looked very like his brother except that his hair was reddish. As I was living in Moscow I met them time and again. In due course I found out that the majority of the ideas in their studies were Vasily 1 s, but they always worked together and the atrribution of a diagram was invariably "V. and M. Piatov". Their views on chess aesthetics could be learned from listening to them. Here is one of their pronouncements. Tike any other art form the study has to meet the criteria of form and content. The content is some idea or other ex- pressed either as a combination or as positional play. Perfection of form lies in simplicity of construction. The simpler the introduction the stronger is Uie effect of highlighting the concealed id s of the position.*' 429
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No. 65 (Vol. IV)
July, 1981
In December 1979 Alexander Herbstman(b. 1900) left the USSR as a Jewishemigrant accompanied by his wife anddaughter. They now live in Sweden. Thefollowing article is original to EG andowes its existence not onlv to its emi-
nent author who has known personallyso many of the study world's great Rus-sian and Soviet composers, but also tohis daughter Marina, who largely pro-vided the translation, and to the goodoffices of Alexander Hildebrand.
MEMORIES OFFAMOUS COMPOSERS
by A. Herbstman
In my childhood 1 lived for a long timein Switzerland. Weggis is near Lucerne,on the shore of the VierwaldstatterLake.it was there that 1 learned to playchess, but my interest in chess compo-sition came much later when I livedin Moscow, working and studying at aHigher Institute of Literature and Art.
My first studies were composed in 1924.1 took them to the Shakhmaty editorialstaff. A very tall, slim man receivedme most warmly. It was Nikolay Grekov.Not only did Grekov pay my composi-tions the utmost attention, but he intro-duced me to Vasily Platov, then veryfamous, whom he asked to choose some-thing for publication in the magazine.Piatov stopped at one of the studies,the one that 1 myself thought the best."To stan with well publish that one",he said. '"And meanwhile, carry on withthe good work! ... By the way, do youknow the studies of Alexey Troitzky,and have you seen the anthology by me:md my brother?" 1 had to confess thatapart from the studies published inShakhmaty during 1923 I knew nothing.Piatov whispered something to Grekov,who thereupon took two solid books fromthe cupboard, saying These are for you
to learn from". After I had taken themI realised that they were indeed the col-lections of Troitzky and the brothersPiatov.
Vasily Piatov was of middle height, withbrown hair and blue eyes. Later heintroduced me to his brother Matvey(ie, Matthew). Matvey looked very likehis brother except that his hair wasreddish. As I was living in Moscow Imet them time and again. In due courseI found out that the majority of theideas in their studies were Vasily1 s, butthey always worked together and theatrribution of a diagram was invariably"V. and M. Piatov".
Their views on chess aesthetics could belearned from listening to them. Hereis one of their pronouncements. Tikeany other art form the study has tomeet the criteria of form and content.The content is some idea or other ex-pressed either as a combination or aspositional play. Perfection of form liesin simplicity of construction. The simplerthe introduction the stronger is Uieeffect of highlighting the concealed id sof the position.*'
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•z principal creative problem they sawbe the necessity "to display as fully;• ssible the struggle of assorted force,order to show combinations and to
r zdi the special characteristics of thenous pieces, and, with all this, methods•.ittack and of defence Studies must•, c the appearance of a played game".
HI V. and M. PistovUt Prize ShaK':u!'roeC!x\p«ue, 19!
HIi
2.3.i .<;
6.7
Sf7Kh2KglKflKg2KglKfl
Win
Qe6+g4g5Qa6Qe6a5Qa6
8.9.
10,11.12.
n.14.
8 + 6
Kg2Kgli5e5+SO+Sd2+c3+Se5+.
Qe6g3Kd4Kc4Kd4Kd3
III and H2 are two of the Platov's beststudies and are typical of their artisticcreativity. Here is Emanuei Lasker'sopinion of H2: "Any chessplayer willderive intense pleasure from this study.
H2 V. and M. Platov1st Prize, Rigaer Tageblatf, 1909
But why is this? Is it because the winis achieved by observing the strictesteconomy of means? Is it because Black,resisting with great effect, is nonethelessa victim of weaker white force9 Or isit perhaps because White endeavoursby every means to avoid a draw? Maybeso, but what really enthuses us is thatthe banal the ordinary, is defeated bythe power of the mind."The brothers Platov continued workingtogether for more than a quarter of acentury.
In that same year, 1924, I made theacquaintance of Nikolay Grigoriev, Mos-cow's chess champion of that time, whowas already renowned for his amazingpawn ending positions. We became veryclose friends. He was five years olderthan I, having been born in 1895. Hisfather was a violinist, and his grand-father an Armenian priestHaving to choose between the violinand the chessboard he finally came tothe conclusion that he should put chessfirss. He was not mistaken, for chessbrought him world fame.He was a person of rare appearance,quite tall, elegant, dark-complexioned,with regular features, and hair of theblackest hue. His eyes were also black,and were lively and kind. Over manyyears he was the head of the chesssection of "Izvestiya", playing a majorrole in the development of chess compo-sition in Russia during that period.He and I spent the summer of 1925in the Caucasus, at Nalchik, where
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my parents had a country place. In the H4daytime we went riding in the valleys, * *while at night we monopolised a chess-board. His compositions were famousnot only in Russia, but far beyond itsboundaries. For instance when Grigo-nev competed in "La Strategics" tourneyhe ran away with every one of themajor prizes.
H3 N.D. (irijsorie\2nd Prize, "64", 1930-1
H31.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.
10.
Win
f4h4f'5h5f6/ih6(7h7fi8Q +h8Q+
Kb4(15Kc5d4Kd6d3Ke7d2Kxft
wins.
i) 5. Kg2(gl) Kf6 6. f6 is a known cook.Both sides promote, and 9. Qfl+ wins.
H4 N.D. Grigorir*2nd Prize, Shakmatny List ok. 1929
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.
Kg2KOKf4Ke4Kd4Ke3Kd3Kc4
Kc7Kd7Ke6b6/id5Ke5d4Ke4 stalemate
i) The echo line is 4. ..., d5+ 5. Kd4Kd6 6. b6 Ke6 7. b5 Kd6 8. b4 Ke69. Kc5 Ke5 stalemate.
H3 and H4 should please all who cantune in to the wavelength of chessbeauty. In H4 the composer consum-mates two midboard stalemates, asechoes.Grigoriev created unsurpassed examplesof pawn studies, but he also paid atten-tion to other configurations, such asbishops on the same colour, with a singlepawn, a theme on which he composedseveral works. Our friendship lasted un-til 1938. In the early autumn Nikolaytold me that the doctors had diagnosedappendicitis and that he had to go intohospital. I visited him there. One daythey forbade me to see him. It turnedout that they had operated but that Niko-lay had caught an infection which turnedseptic. At that time medicine was notso advanced. There was no penicillin,and they could not save his life. Hewas 43 years old. You can imagine mydistress.In 1934 I embarked upon a course ofpost-graduate study in Leningrad. It wasthere that I made friends with ourgreatest composers, Alexey Troitzky andLeonid Kubbel.Troitzky was a forest warden in the back-woods. He was 68 in the year 1 movedto Leningrad, and that was when hecame to live there too. It was the timewhen he prepared his collection of stu-dies to be published. He was alone,and I helped him to check and anno-tate them. His ideas were fresh, but
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because he had spent most of his lifein out-of-the-way places his themes be-came known to the chess world onlylater, and often when worked up byother composers. Examples of this are:piece struggles, domination, systematicmanoeuvres, stalemate, mate, underpro-motion. All these were worked on byTroitzky much earlier than by other com-posers. In his theoretical articles thetechnique of the art of contemporarystudy composition is exhaustively ex-pounded.On the outbreak of war (ie, in 1941,when German forces invaded the USSR,not the earlier September 1939 datefamiliar to Britain and France. AJR)the threat to Leningrad became veryreal. I hurried to Alexey and tried topersuade him to leave with me. Herejected the idea. He died of starvationduring the long blockade.
H5 A.A. TroitskyNovoye Vremya, 18%
Version 1922
H513Kg7Kxf6Kf5
5. Kg46. Kh37. Kg2, or
6. .
Se5SxOg4g3g2glB
., glQ(R) stalemate.
H5 is one of Troitzky1 s first endgamestudies. H6 was published in 1925, andshows a most ambitious theme: under-promotion to two minor pieces combi-
ned with the ending two knights againstpawn. It is expressed here in classicallysimple form with lively, double-edgedplay.
H6 A.A. Troitsky
H61. d6 Sxa6/i2. d7 Rg3+3. hg Sxc54. d8S wins/ii.
i) 1 ed 2. cd Sxa6 3. d7 Rg3+ 4.hg Sc5 5. d8D wins.ii)4. d8Q(R)?Se6+ 5. K-Sxd8.
Having failed to rescue Troitzky 1 thentelephoned Kubbel, asking him to helpme with my suitcases to the railwaystation. He agreed. On the way to thetrain I already knew (Herbstman was amajor in the Soviet Army. AJR) thatthat train was the last to leave Lenin-grad, and that there was grave doubtwhether it would get past Bologoye, astation on the route to Moscow, as itwas invested by the Germans. Leonidhelped me with the baggage and wefound ourselves alone in a compartment.I locked the door and announced thatI would not let him out, because hewould die if he remained in Leningrad.In a few days the German forces wouidbe there. He began to make objections,saying that he could not leave his brothersbehind just like that. He wished me a
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good trip, and a safe one, and descen-ded to the platform. The train movedoff. I never saw him again. All threebrothers died in the siege, just asAlexey Troitzky died. (Ex-LeningraderAlexander Sarychev told me when I wasin Baku that there were no gravestones10 the memory of the two great compo-sers. 'There aren't any gravestones. Therewere so many bodies that bulldozershad to be used to pile them into massgraves..." AJR).
H is hard to select one study fromKubbefs legacy, so remarkable are abso-lutely all of them' (H7 and H8)My friendship withNikolayGrigoriev andthe most cordial relations with VasilyPiatov, Alexey Troitzky and LeonidKubbel comributed enormously to mydevelopment as a chess composer. It wastheir guidance that enabled me to workout ideas, to polish them, and to eli-minate flaws.
1 acknowledge that it was their concernfor me that helped me to succeed incompetitions, and to be awarded about150 prizes, to become, along withAndre Cheron, the first study holderof the FIDE title of International Masterof Chess Composition - in 1959.
Tourneys1. Club de Xadrez Guanabara (Brazil;-
Closing date. 31.viii.81. Judge:S.A. da Silva. Maximum 3 entriesper composer. Send to: Mr. ClaudeFisch, Praia de Botafogo 96/1407.22.250 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2. Czech Chess Federation announcesa Jubilee Tourney in honour ofFIDE Grandmaster Dr. JindnrhFritz, who will be 70 on 15.vi.82 -the closing date for entries. Send(single copy) to: Ing. FrantisckMacek, Obrancu miru 90, Praha(Prague) 7. 170 00 Czechoslovakia.
No. 4305: Beat Neuenschwander. These3 studies first appeared in Berne (Swit-zerland) newspapers. The composer isin his early twenties and is the editorof the studies column in the Schweize-rische Schachzeitung.1. Qd3+ Qe4 2. Sxe6+ Ke5 3. Sg6+Kf5/i 4. Sh4+ Ke5 5. SO+ Kf5 6.Sxd4+ Ke5 7. SB+ Kf5 8. Sh4+ Ke59. Sg6+ Kf5 10. Se7+ Ke5 11. Qc3+/iiKd6 12. Qc7 mate.i) 3. ..., Kd5 4. Qb5+ Kd6 5. Qb4+Kd5 6. Qb7+ii) After this, a check from c3 is on.
No. 4309: J. Vandiest, who writes '"After8. Kxe6 in the Kozyrev (No. 3720) itwould be nice if:1. The wK were on e7, introducing 2amusing mates;2. As well as being forced into a self-block in the e-file, wK were also luredinto one;3. BTs extra P were on a square suchthat while the author s win is retained,it would also lead, in another variation,to another kind of win;4. The whole of this could start froma natural setting kept within the boun-daries of a miniature.So I finally came up with this further"original" for EG.I. e7 Bh3+/i 2. Kc7/ii Bd7/iii 3. Kxd7g2 4. e8Q+ Kd2 5. Bd3 glQ 0. Qe2+Kc3 7. Qc2+ Kb4/iv 8. Qb2+ Ka4/v9. Kc6/vi Qhl+/vii 10. Kc7 Qh6/viiiII. Bc2+ Ka5 12. Qa3+/ix Kb5 13. Bd3mate.i) 1. ..., g2 2. e8Q-r Kf2 3. Qf8+ Kg)(3. -K- 4. Qc5) 4. Qc5+ Khl 5. Be4.ii) 2. Kd8? g2 3. e8Q+ Kd2 4. Qe(a)4 (4. Bd3 glQ 5. Qe2+ Kc3 6. Qc2-f-KM-) glQ 5. Qc2+ Kel 6. QcK Kf27. Qd2+ Kg3-iii) 2 g2 3. e8Q+ Kd2 4. Qd84Kel 5. Qh4+ Ke2 6. Bh5+ Kd2 7. Qg3and 8. Bg4 or 3 Kf2 4. Qf8tiv) 7 Kd4 8. Qc4+ Ke5 9. Qe4+Kf6 10. Qe7 mate.v) 8 Kc5 9. Qc3+ Kd5 (9 Kb610. Qc7 mate) 10. Qc4+ Ke5 11. Qe4+
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Kio 12, Qe7 mate, or 8. ..., Ra5 9. Qa3+Kb6 10. Qxa6+ Kc5 11. Qd6 mate,vi) 9. Bc2+ Ka5 10. Qa3+ Kb6 11.Qd6+ Ka5 12. Qa3+ Kb6 13. Qb4+Ka7 14. Qe7 Kb6 15. Qd6+ Ka5-vi!) 9. ..., Qe(g)3 10. Qa2+ Kb4 11.Qc4-f Ka3(5) 12. Qc3+, winning bQ.viii) There are duals after other moves,so we may consider this move as "dualavoidance'1.10 Qd5 1!. Bc2+ Ka5 12. Qa3+Kb5 13. Bd3+ or 13. Ba4+ Ko4 14.Bb3+: - 10. ..., Qf(h)3 I!. Bc2+ Ka.512. Qb6 mate or 11. Qc2+ Kb4 12.Qc4+ k- 13. Qc3i-ix) 12. Qc3+ Kb5 13. Bd3+ Ka4 14.Be4U5) Qf4.P.S.: i forgot to point out that my'variation' on the Kozirev is a 'locusunicum'. This is obvious, of course, forBg6. P-i6 and Pg3. Now bK has to blockhis B to prevent the drawing 1. ..., Bb5,and bK having to be on the e-file. theonly square for b8 is behind the K, i.e.on f]. Nor can wK be on d7, for thiswould allow for the minor 2. Kc6 Bd7+,
No. 4310 P.C. WasonLa Scacchiera, 1955
No. 4310: P.C. Wason, a Londoner whohas not composed much, but who cer-tainly came up with a puzzler here.Players find this difficult to solve.1. Bf5/i Rg6/ii 2. Be4/iii Rh6+/iv 3.Kg7 Rg6+ 4. Bxg6 fg 5. Kh7 g5 6.f5 g4 7. f6 g3/v 8. f7 g2 9. flBQ glQ10. Qh6 mate.
No. 4311: Emil Melnichenko. In con-nection with Mr. L. Katsnelson's articlein EG59, the New Zealand composersends the attached anticipation. We alsogive 2 more of his studies, publishedin the British Chess Magazine (MichaelBent's column). This first one is dedi-cated to V.A. Korolkov. 1. Bc3/i d4/ii2. Bxd4/iii e5 3. Bxe5 f6 4. Bxfo/ivalQ/v 5. Qxbl/vi Qb2/vii 6. Qc2/viiiQc3/ix 7. Qd3/x Qd4 8. Qe4 wins/xi.i) 1. Qd4? alQ 2. Bc3 Rhl + . 1. Qc5?Rxh7 mate.ii) 1 alQ 2. Bxal d4 3. Bxd4 e54. Bxe5 f6 5. Bxf6 Rb7 and any of 3wQ moves win: Qb6, Qc5 and Qc4. bP-sacrifices give Bl a stalemate defence.iii) W has to watch the mate threaton h7, and to guard against ... Rhl-Kiv) 4. gf? Rxh7+ 5. Kg- Rxgl. 4. Qgl}
Rhl+ 5. Qxhl Rxh7+v) Now if 4 Rb7 5. Qd4vi) 5. Bxal? Rxal or ...Rb2vii) 5 Qa7 6. Qb8+ Qxb8 Bxg7 mate.
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viii) 6. Qhl? Qh2+. 6. Qxg6? Qxf6 or... Qb2ix) 6 Qb7 is met by 7. Qc8+x) 7. Qg2? Qh3-xi) 8 Qe5 9. Qa8+
N o. 4312 E. MetnichenkoBritish Chess Magazine, vi.79
No. 4314 Lm. Dtibrescu (ix.79)1st Prize. Tidskrif! for Schack, 1979
No. 4313 F. MelnichenkoBritish Chess Magazine, vi.79
No 4313: E. Melnichenko. i. h7+ Kh82 Bc3+/i Sg7r 3. Kh6 Qb7 4. Rc6Qc~ 5. Rd6 Qd7 6. Re6 Qe7 7. Bf6QHS 8. Re8 wins,i) On the 1st move this would havebeen defeated by 1 Sg7+ and h6is not available for w;K.
KO 9. Ka4/i with the following alterna-tives:9. ..., Ke3(g3) 10. Sh6 Se7 11. Sf5-r9 Kf4 10. Sf6Se7 11. Sd5+9. ..., Ke2 10. Kxb4 KO U. Sh6 Se712. Kc5 Kf4 13. Kd6i) A note suggest a dual here by 9.Kc4, but with great complications after9. ,.., Se5f and 10 Sf7.
No. 4318 E. Mdnkrhenko txiu.~V>2 H M.. Tid«knft frtr Scnack. 19-9
No. 4325 Rolf ftkhisr (v.75 and x.75)]st Prize, Schach 1975-6
Award: xj.79
Win ;3 + 6
No. 4325: Rolf RichtenOcderar., E.Ger-many). Judge: A. Hikkbrand (Sweden).21 of the original 58 entries were un-sound, even in more than one version.Others were anticipated.1. fBQ Qd6 2, Qxd6 cd 3, a8R Bxg.54. g8S Ka3 5. Rxa5 8e3 6. h8B. "Al-though ihere have been 'AUW (German:Ailurnvvandlung, meaning all promo-dons) studies before, a new one is al-ways an event, and deserves its placein the still small family".
No.4326 Gia2nd Prize, Schach I9^5-6
Draw 4 + 7
No. 4326: G A Nadareishvili. 1. Bf6QdCrf 2. Be5 QfiB 3. Bg7 Qa3 4. Bb2Qf8 5. Bg7 Qb4 6. Bc3 Qf8 7. Bg7 Qe7/i 8. Bf6 QfS 9. Bg7/ii Qg8 10. Bf6 Qh711, Rg7 Qh8 12. Rg5/iii QflB 13. Bg7positional draw."A new, original idea for a positionaldraw with R -f B vs. Q. 1 gladly grantthe originality, but the study has theweakness that there is no introduction,and right from move I one is in the
middle of the rather mechanical thematicplay".i) 7. ..., Qc8 8. Rh5 b5 9. Rh8 Qxh810. Bxh8 a5 11. KxQ Kb7 {2. Ke4draw.ii) 9. Be7? Qe8 9. Rd5? Kc8 9. Rh5?
iii) 12. Rg4°Qt$. 12. Rxf7?Qh6.
No 432' G Cn-eban
Win 6 -. H
No. 4327: G. Grzeban and J. Rusinek(Poland). 1. Qb7+/iKgl 2. Qhl-f Kxhl3. Kfl R17 4. 8e6 Rg7 5. Bd5+ Rg26. c6 Sb6 7. ab cb 8. c7 wins,i) 1. Qxa8+? Kgi 2. Qhl+ Kxhl 3.Kfl Rg7 4. Bt3+ Rg2 5. c6 stalemate."A neat piece built around a thermalsctrv".
No. 4328 Y. Makietsov (v.76)2 H.M., Schach 1975-6
Win 4 + 4
No. 4328: Y. Makietsov. 1. RfS/i Bxe7^2. Kxe7 d3 3. Rf2/ii Kcl 4. Sc5 d25. Sb3+ Kc2 6. Rxd2+/iii Kxb3 7. Ke6Sg4 8. Rg2 Se3 9. Rg3."A good composition with many triesand interesting thematic refutations".
V \.Nov!koviij 9. Kc4/iX Sa2 10. Kb3 Bbl/X M.Kb2/xi Sc5 12. Kb3 Sd5 13. Rc-i 8e4/xii 14. Kd4 Sib 15. Ke5 Bc7/\iii 16.KcD.i) I. Bx(j^'? hg 2. B\g2 Bxi"2 3. |7 Bc5.ii) 1 Bc5 2. Sh4 Bo" - > Kf< B c V4. Ken.iii) 2. Kg63 Be2- 3. Kh5 hg 4. $ QSf4-r and 5 g lQ+.iv) 4. Kxg4? SNy-t- 5. K \h3 Sxg8 6.igQ+- Kxg8 7. Sf3 Bd3.v) 5. h7? Ks7 6. Ke5 Sc3 r Kd4
No. 43^2- VV Vi\v ^,, i SeS'i Se4/ii Bib- 8. Ke3 Kf8 9. KT4 Bxh7 10 Bxlv2. M i - Kh6 • Br / . . i S n ,Sh2, BM) B.xh4 11. Kxg4 B x i l4. Sro Sdt/.v ^ ^JS S^2 o Sb6 ^u! v ^ 6. f8Q*' B x ^ ^ Bf7 Be7 s K ^
h5, Bgai ) s. S g 8 9 B x g 8 B x h 4
Bcx and i i . ^ 6 \ K g 8 7 f g Q + . K x g 8 8 K ^Bd3 9. Kf6 Bxb5 10. Sl'5 a5 i l . So3
No. 4334; E. Ianosi. !. Sf5 Sdl-f 2.R\d! - ctiS- 3. Kcl Rhi 4. SgJ Rgl5. Se2 RH 6. Sg3 Rgl 7. Se2 Rhi 8.Sg3 Rh3 ^. Se2 Rhi lu. Sg3 Rhb il .SfS Rhi 12. Sg3 with a positional draw.As first published there was wRb7. bKc4and bSg4. But this allowed a bust aitci1. Rc74- Kd5 2. Rcl by .... Rxhh in-stead of the composer's ..., Se3.
No. 4335 V. Novikov (ii.79)ird Pnze, Revista Romana de Sah. i979
No. 4340 D. Makhatadze2 Comm., Revista Romana de Sah.
» k H c .
and Nosiurcscu. .uv \ ail-,\ 1°5^> in
Rxb5 2. Rh5+
k ' t h "" " K B h 8 4 K •• hi"
> 1 .4" Bcr 2 eu .^•» "" K\c^ ) Bg s h Ku4 b4 ^ e^ K^7lf» h 7 B \ h " H kc4 B^ i2 kxb4Bh3.i! b Kx,4 Ke"1 9 Kf4 kfo 10 kxg3Bh7 wins. Or if in this last 8. kf6 Bh79. kg7 ke7, though not 9 Bf5'7 10.Kf6 draw.
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No. 4341 K- Gavrflovand V Fedorovk
3 Comm., Revisia Roman* dc Sah
N O 4341; E. Gavniov and V. Fedorovic.!. Sc5 Bc8 2. Se4 Bh4 3. S\7+ gf 4.g4 Bxg4 5. Bf3+ 3xf3 stalemate.
\ r . 4342 V. NesUMtsscu(Ui.8Oandiv.8O)
1st Prize, KNSB 1979Award; Schaker.d Nederland xii.80
Hugh Blandford writes: I like this onevery much. Bl has counterplay (2Re7+), there is a beautiful mate, P-less,all the pieces having moved into posi-Uon. (Hear, Hear! AJR).
The reason that none of these studieswas originally published early in 1979,and many were published only in 1980.is that the KNSB runs its toerney onthe basis of when entries are received.Due to pressure on space, many entriesreceived in 1979 are published only in1980.
12 studies not in the actual award werenevertheless specially mentioned as beingof excellent quality. We reprint thembelow.
\ ro. 4363: E Melnichenko. To win oS,•>'.K. must march via h5 to g6. hut to:o ihis he must win a tempo,. and
this can be done only by a triangu-h-ilon in the al-a2-bl corner. The movescan be stated in 'shorthand', i-8. Kh3-ai Se8-g7 9. Ka2 Seg 10. Kbi Sg711-16. Kcl-h3 Se8-g7 17. Kh4 a6 (Se8;Kh5). Now VV repeats the tempo-winning manoeuvre. 34. K.h4 d6. Now,the same long manoeuvre. 51. Kh4 d552. Kh3 Se8 until 68. Kh4 d4 and yetanother repeat of the manoeuvre to35. Kh4 Sg7(a5) 86. Kh3 Se8 87-102.Kh4 a4 103. ba b3 104. a5 Se8 105.Kh5 wins.
Some notes: 1. Kh3 Se8 2. Kg2 Sg731. KtT Se8 4. Kel a5 5. Kdl a4 6.ba b3 7. a5 Sg7 8. a6 and now wKno longer has the square a2 availableout after 8. ..., Se8 9. a7-r Kxa7 10.b8Q+ Kxb8 11. Bd5 Kc7 12. Bt7 Wstill wins. 1. e8Q+? Sxe8 2. Kh5 Sd65. Kgo Se4 4. fe fe 5. Kf5 e3.
No. 4365 B. Soukup-Barrt+wSchakend Ncderland xu."N
No. 4366: B. Soukup-Bardon. To winW must reserve wB. 1. g4/i Sxf4/ii 2.gf/iii Sf6 3. Kg3 Ke4 4. Kh4 Ke5 5.
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Kg5/iv S4h5 6. Kg6 Kd6 7. Kf7/v Kd78. Kft/vi Kd8 9. Kf7 Kd7 10. KflSKd6 11. Kf7 Ke5 12. Kg6/vii Kf4 13.Kh6 Kg4 14. Kg6 Kh4 15. Kh6 Kg416. Kg6 Kf4 17. Kh6 Ke5 18. Kg6Rd6 19. Kf7.i) 1. Be5? Ke4 2. Bb2 KD 3. Kh3Sd6 4. Be5 Se4 5. Kh4 S6c5 6. Bc7Sb3 followed by ... Scl; and ... Se2.1. Bc!° Ke4 2. Kh3 KB 3. Bb2 Sd6,after which wPg3 is captured and Bleventually wins.ii) 1. ..., fg 2. Kg3 Sf6 3. Be5 isdrawn.iii) 2. Kg3? Se2+ 3. KD f4 and Blwins.iv) While Bl is dedicated to stoppingfP, wK heads for the drawing h8 corner,v) Against ...Ke7; whereby Bl couldwinkle wK from h8.vi) 8. Kg6? Ke7 9. Kh6 Kf7 10. Kg5Kg7 and wins, as wK must retreat,vii) 12. Kft? Kf4 13. Kf7 Kg5 14. Kf8Kh6 15. Kf7 Kh7 16. Kf8 Sd7+ 17.Kf7 Shf6 18. Ke7 Kg7 with a theore-tical win.
No. 4367 A.vanTetsSchakend Ncderland xii.79
No. 4367: A. van le ts . 1. Bb4/i Sc2/ii2. Rxc2+ Kbl 3. Bf5 Rh3+/iii 4. Bxh3a2 5. Rb2+ Kcl 6. Rxa2 Bxa2 7. Bf5Kdl 8. Kcl/iv 9. Ba3+ Kbl 10. Bf5+and 11. Bb2 mate. This study is a cor-rection to one published in Scha-kend Nederland in xii.77.i) 1. Bf5? Bb3 2. Bb4 Sc2 with noW win.
ii) 1 a2 2. Ba3+ Kdl 3. Bg4 (or3. Re5) 3. ..., Rh3+ 4. Re3+ Bf35. RxO RxO 6. Bxf3+ Kel 7. Bb21 Rfl 2. Bxa3+ Kdl 3. Bg4 Rf4/v4. Re4+ Rxg4 5. Rxg4 Sb3 (Ke2; Rg5)6. Rg5 Be6 7. Rg6 Bf7 8. Rf6 Bg8 9.Rfl8 Be6 10. Rd8+ and 11. Re8.iii) 3. ..., a2 4. Rd2+ Kal 5. Ba3 Rbl6. Rdi and 7. Bb2 mate.iv) 8. ..., Kel is met by 9. Kb2+.v) 3 BO 4. Rd2+ Kel 5. Bd6 and6. Bg3+.
So. 4379 S.G. Belokonand \ n G. KaznetsovV.err.onal ^v, ,9^9-80
Draw 4+2
No. 4379: S.G. Belokon and An.G.Kuz-netsov. 1. g7+ Kt7 2. Be8+/i Kg8 3.Bg6 Qd2 4. Kfl Qh2 5. Kel Qg2 6.Kdl Qf2 7. Kci Qe2 8. Kbl Qd2 9.K a t Q c H 10. Ka2Qc2-r- H.Ka3Qc3+12. Ka4 Qb2 13. Ka5 Qb3 14. Ka6Qb4 15. Ka7 Qb5 16. Btl+ Kxf7 17.Sd6+.i) 2. Bc8? Qdl+ 3. Kf2Qb3.JRH: The configuration of bK, wB,wS and wP is well known. Ci\ van denEnde (1965). E.G. 3.84; Belokon (1972),EG38.2226;J.Lazar(1976),EG52.3308;Zababurin (1973), EG39.2275; Sarniloand Sarvano, Commended in ChervonyGirnik, 1977.
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Index to book titles frequently abbreviated in EG by the number of studies thework contains, or otherwise
*111' 111 Suomalaista Lopputehtavaia, by A Dunder and A. Hinds, Finland,1948
'123' 123 Suomalaista Lopputeht&vaa, by B. Breider, A. Dunder and O. Kaila,Helsinki, 1972
'123a' Toiset 11'3 suomalaista iopputehtavaa a supplement to Suomen Shakki,1971
"269* E t y u d y , by G. M K a s p a r y a n , Moscow, 1972'293" Shakhrna tny Etyud v Gruzi i , by G. Nadare iahvi l i , Tbilisi , 1975'500' 500 Endspie ls tudien, by A. Troi tzky, Berl in, 1924"555" 555 Etyudov Minia tur , by G. M. Kaapa ryan , E r e v a n . 1975'623' Kn iha Sachovych Studii^ by L Prokeb, P r a g u e , 1951*636' E tyud v P c s h e c h n o m Okonchani i , by F, S. Bonda renko , Moscow, 1973'650' Sovyetsky Shakhmatny Etyud, by A. P. Kazantsev and others, Mos-
cow, 1955'1234' 1234 Modern End-Game Studies, by M. A. Sutherland and H. M. Lorn-
mer, London, 1938; revised by H M. Lommer, New York, 1968'1338 Site P£shky. by G.M. Kasparyan, Erevan 1980135"" 1357 End Game Studies, by H.M Lommer, London. 1975
" l .W 'Razvitie Erytidiiykh Idei", by G.M. Kasparyan. Erevan 1979'H14 1 1414 Fins de Partie, by H Rinck, Barcelona, 1952'2500' 2v50G Finales, by G. M. Kasparyan, Buencs Aires, 1963'2545' Shakhmatnye Etyudy: Dominatsia, 2 vols., by G. M. Kasparyan, Ere-
van. 1972 and 1974
'T1000* A Thousand End-Games, 2 vols.. by C. E. C. Tattersall, Leeds, 1910-11'Cheron' Lehr- und Handbuch der Endspiele, 4 vols. by A. Cheron, Berlin, 1960,
1964, 1969, 1970'FIDE' Scries of FIDE Alburns published in Zagreb, in principle every three
years- 1956-8 (in 1961); 1945-55 (in 1964); 1959-61 (in 1966); 1962-4 (in1968); 1914-44 (Vol.111) <in 1975/; 1965-7 (in 1976); 1968-70 (in 1977}
'Fritz' Sachova Studie, by J. Fritz, Prague 1954"Gallery* Gallereya Shakhmatnykh Etyudistov, by F. S Bondarenko, Moscow,
1968 (this could be known also as '508')'Rueb (B)' Bronnen van de Schaakstudie, 5 vols. by A. Rueb, 's-Gravenhage,
1949-55'Rueb (S)' de Schaakstudie, 5 vols.. by A. Rueb, 's-Gravenhage, 1949-55TTC Test Tube Chess, by A. J. Roycroft, London, 1972
*C* denotes, in EG, either an article relating to electronic computers or, when above a diagram, a position generatedby computer.
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