Chess study 18 – B. Sidorov study

in Chess Studies Chess Training on June 23, 2017 January 29, 2019

Chess study 18

B. Sidorov study

This beautiful study was taken from the book Dvoretsky, Pervakov, Studies for the practical player.

White to play and win

[Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2017.06.23"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Study #18"]  [Black "?"]  [Result "*"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "q6k/3b4/p3R2K/4P3/6N1/2B5/8/8 w - - 0 1"]  [PlyCount "25"]   1. Re8+ $1 {[pgndiagram] This brilliant check, right into the double attack,  is the only move to win. White has to win a tempo to push e6} (1. Rf6 Bxg4 2.  e6 Qh1+ {Loses}) 1... Qxe8   (1... Bxe8 {Gets Black mated} 2. e6+ Kg8 3. Nf6+ Kh8   (3... Kf8 4. Bb4# {Loses even faster}) 4. Nxe8+ Kg8 5. Nf6+ Kh8 6. e7 $1 {  [pgndiagram] And White wins} Qh1+ 7. Nh5+ Kg8 8. e8=Q#) 2. e6+ Kg8 3. Nf6+ Kf8  4. Bb4+ $1 {[pgndiagram] An important check} Qe7 5. Nxd7+ $1   (5. Bxe7+ Kxe7 6.  exd7 {[pgndiagram] And now there is no time to stop the a-pawn}) 5... Ke8 6.  Bxe7 Kxe7 7. Nc5 Kf6 $1 {[pgndiagram] The a-pawn is the last hope, but..} 8.  Kh7 a5 9. Kg8 Ke7 10. Kg7 a4 11. Kg6 a3 12. Kf5 a2 13. Nb3 {[pgndiagram] And  White is just in time to win the game. An amazing study} *

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