Monday 6 June 2016

Study 74

Árpád Rusz
Magyar Sakkvilág
2013

White wins

1. Qxe7! 1. dxe7? Qh5+ 2. Qh6 Qf7+ 3. Qg7 Qh5+ 4. Kg8 Qe8+ 5. Qf8 Qg6+ 6. Qg7 Qe8+ 7. Kh7 Qh5+ perpetual check - chameleon echo


chameleon echo

1... Qh5+! 1... Qf5+?! 2. Kg7 Kb5 3. d7 Qg4+ 4. Kh6 Qh3+ 5. Kg6 Qg4+ 6. Qg5+ +- 2. Kg7 Qf5!


cyclic zugzwang - WTM

Now white is in a strange kind of a zugzwang. It would be simpler to win with black to move. Starting from this position, white has a 14 moves long manoeuvre to transfer the move to black! 3. Kh6! 3. d7? Qg4+ 4. Kf8 Qf5+ 5. Ke8 Qh5+ 6. Qf7 Qe5+ 7. Kf8 Qc5+ 8. Kg8 Qg5+ 9. Kh7 Qh4+ 10. Kg7 Qg5+ 11. Qg6 Qe7+ 12. Qf7 Qg5+ perpetual check - chameleon echo


chameleon echo

3... Qh3+ 4. Kg6 minor dual: 4. Kg5 Qg3+ 5. Kf6 (5. Kf5) 5... Qf3+ 6. Ke5! 4... Qd3+ 5. Kf6 Qf3+ 6. Ke5! Qh5+ 7. Ke6 minor dual 7. Kd4 Qd1+ 8. Kc5 Qh5+ 9. Kc6 (9. Kb6) 9... Qb5+ 10. Kc7 7... Qh3+ 8. Kd5 Qd3+ 9. Kc6 Qb5+ 10. Kc7 Qa5+ 11. Kc8 Qa6+ 12. Kd8 Qa8+ 13. Kd7 Qb7+ 14. Ke8 Qc8+ 15. Kf7 Qf5+ 16. Kg7


cyclic zugzwang - BTM

16...Kb5 17. d7 Qg4+ 18. Kh6 Qh3+ 19. Kg6 Qg4+ 20. Qg5+ +-

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