538 The British Chess Magazine
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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 .