538 The British Chess Magazine
XIIIIIIIIY 9R +- +- +-vL0 9 +- +- +- + P0 9R +- +- +-tr0 9 +- +- +- +-0 9- +- +- +- + 0 9zP- +- +- +-0 9P + pzp- + p + 0 9mK- +-mk- + N0 xiiiiiiiiy I Akobia & D Gurgenidze ARVES Jenever Ty 2011 Win
Endgame Studies
Ian Watson ian @ irwatson. demon. co. uk
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D Gurgenidze Shakhmaty v SSSR 1981 Win
Where is the strongest chessplaying region in the world? Around Moscow maybe? Perhaps, but I’ d vote for the Caucasus mountains: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. They’ ve produced Aronian, Mamedyarov and Radjabov, not to mention World Champions like Kasparov, Gaprindashvili and Chiburdanidze. It’ s not only chess playing, it’ s chess compositions too. This year’ s World Congress of Chess Composition was held in Batumi, Georgia, in September, so in gratitude to the Georgians for hosting it, here are three studies by some of their famous composers.
Akobia and Gurgenidze’ s study solves by 1 �e8 + �f1 2 �g3 + �f2 3 �e4 + �e2 4 � × d2 + � × d2 5 �c3 + � × c3 6 �c6 + �d2 7 �d8 + �c1 8 � × h6 g1� 9 h8� �d4 + 10 � × d4.
The theme is underpromotion to a bishop by both Black and White. There is also‘ phoenix’ of the white bishop, meaning it disappears and is reborn. The sidelines are
2 … �g1 3 �d4 +; and 5 �d6 + � × d6 6 �c3 + � × c3 7 h8� + �d2; and 5 �d8 + �e2 6 �e8 + �d1 7 �d8 + �e2; and 5 … �d3 6 �e1 �h1 7 �b2; and 6 �c8 + �d3 7 �b2 g1�; and 6 … �d3 7 �d8 + �e4 8 �c4 + �e3 9 �c3 + �e4 10 �g8; and 8 �g8 � × c6 9 � × g2 �h6; and 8 �dc8 � × c6 9 h8� g1�; and 8 … g1� 9 �h1 � × h1 10 h8�; and 9 h8� �d4 +.
You can find more of Iuri Akobia’ s compositions at www. akobiachess. gol. ge
Now two for you to solve – nowhere near as complex as that one! The first is short and sharp. It was composed by Grandmaster of Chess Composition, Gia Nadareishvili. The second is the rook ending by David Gurgenidze, also a Grandmaster of Chess Composition. White will try to bring his king over to support the pawn, but the solution doesn’ t begin 1 �b3? which is met by 1 … �h5 2 g7 �g5 and the white king won’ t be able to approach the pawn.
The solutions are on p. 540.