Chess Study Art
2023
- version -
Draw
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You can analyze the study with the help of the Syzygy tablebases here.
1. Kc2! 1. Bh3? Ng8! -+ 1... Kb4 1... Ng4 2. Kc3 c5 3. Bg2 d4+ (3... Ne3 4. Bxd5! Nxd5 5. Kc4 =) 4. Kc4! Ne3+ 5. Kxc5 Nxg2 6. Kxd4 = 2. a3+! Kc5 2... Kxa3 3. Kc3 Nf5 4. Bh3 Ne7 5. Bd7! c6 6. Kd4 Kb4 7. Bxc6! Nxc6+ 8. Kxd5 = 3. Kb3! White is preparing to advance the a-pawn. 3. Kc3? Nf5 4. a4 Ng3! 5. Bd3 Ne4+ Avoiding this check is the reason why white should choose 3. Kb3 instead of 3. Kc3. 4. Kb3 Kb6! 5. Kb4 c5+ -+ Black gets a winning position after managing to achieve both of its strategic goals (stopping the white pawn and pushing the c-pawn to c5). 3... Nf5 4. a4 Nd4+ Here the check comes even one move earlier than in the previous try, but the knight is in an awkward position on d4. 4... Ng3 5. Bd3 Ne4 There is no check, therefore the white pawn can advance. 6. a5 = 5. Kc3 Nc6 Black stops the white pawn but simultaneously blocks its own c-pawn by two pieces... 6. Be2! 6. Bd3? d4+ 7. Kb3 Na5+ -+ 6... Na5 6... d4+ 7. Kc(d)2! (7. Kd3? Nb4+ 8. Ke4 Nd5 -+) 7... Kb4 8. Kd3 =
7. Bh5!!7. Bb5? d4+ (7... c6? 8. Be2! zz d4+ 9. Kd3 Nc4 10. Ke4 =) 8. Kd3 c6 9. Ba6 Kd5 -+
mutual zugzwang7... Nc4 7... Kd6 8. Kb4 =; 7... d4+ 8. Kd3 Nc6 9. Ke4 = 8. Be8! It is important for white to defend its pawn. 8. Be2? d4+ 9. Kd3 Nb2+ -+
mutual zugzwang8... Ne5! Black lets the a-pawn run, planning to block it later. The knight has a dominating position in the center of the board leaving only a few safe squares for the bishop. 8... d4+ 9. Kd3 Nb2+ A fork but fortunately, the white pawn is defended. (9... Ne5+ With the bishop on d7 instead of e8, white would now lose. 10. Ke4 =) 10. Kc2 Nc4 11. Kd3 c6 12. Kc2! (12. Ke4? Nd6+ -+) 12... Ne5 13. Kb3 Nc4 14. Kc2 Na5 15. Kd3 Nc4 16. Kc2 positional draw; 8... c6 9. Kb3! zz Kd4!? (9... Kb6 10. Bf7 =; 9... Kd6 10. Kb4 c5+ 11. Kb5 =) 10. a5! = (10. Bxc6? Na5+ -+); 8... Nd6 9. Bg6! (9. Bh5? c6! 10. Bg6 Nc4 11. Bf7 d4+ -+) 9... c6 10. Bh7! Nc4 11. Bg8! d4+ 12. Kc2! Kb4 13. Kd3 = 9. Bb5! 9. a5? Nc6 10. a6 (10. Bxc6 Kxc6 11. Kd4 Kd6 12. a6 c5+ -+) 10... Na7 11. Bd7 (11. Bh5 Nb5+ -+) 11... c6 -+; 9. Bh5? d4+ 10. Kb3 Nc4 11. Be2 Na5+ -+
mutual zugzwang9... Nc6 9... d4+ 10. Kb3 The bishop is ideally placed attacking both c4 and c6. 10... Nc6 11. Bxc6 Kxc6 12. Kc4 = 10. Be2! Thematic try: 10. Bf1? Na5 11. Be2 c6! zz 12. Bh5 Nc4 13. Be8 Ne5! zz. Now the bishop cannot continue the merry-go-round anymore and has to return. Unlike in the main line, here it is not possible to attack the c4 square by Bb5 because of the line-interfering c6 pawn. 14. Bh5 d4+ 15. Kb3 Nc4 16. Be2 Na5+ 17. Ka3 Kb6 18. Kb4 c5+ -+
mutual zugzwang10... Na5 11. Bh5! positional draw on 4 pairs of knight/bishop corresponding squares
Both the knight and the bishop moves along diamond-shape paths on the board:
There was even a third Rundlauf in the first version of the study!
Chess Study Art
2023
Draw
1. Kb2! Kc5 2. Kc3 d5 3. Bf7! Nd6 4. Bg6! with two variations:
a) 4... Nc4 5. Be8! zz Ne5 6. Bb5! zz Nc6 7. Be2! zz Na5 8. Bh5!! zz Nc4 9. Be8 positional draw
b) 4... c6 5. Bh7! Thematic try: 5. Bh5? Nc4 6. Be2 d4+ 7. Kc2 Kb4 8. Kd3 c5 -+ 5... Nc4 6. Bg8! Rundlauf
6... d4+ 7. Kc2! Kb4 8. Kd3 c5 9. Bxc4 =
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