Chess study 14 – Vladimir Korolkov study in Chess Studies Chess Training on May 15, 2017 January 29, 2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Chess study 14 Vladimir Korolkov Study A brilliant composition with very limited material. White to play and win [Event "1 Prize Lelo {m}"] [Site "?"] [Date "1951.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Korolkov V"] [Black "White wins"] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2b4k/8/5Pr1/5N2/8/8/8/K1B5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "1951.??.??"] 1. f7 {[pgndiagram] The first move is quite obvious} (1. Bb2 $2 Rxf6) 1... Ra6+ (1... Rf6 2. Bb2) (1... Rg8 2. fxg8=Q+ Kxg8 3. Ne7+) 2. Ba3 $1 {Diverting the rook} (2. Kb1 $2 Bxf5+) 2... Rxa3+ 3. Kb2 Ra2+ 4. Kc1 $1 {[pgndiagram] The only move to win} (4. Kc3 Rc2+ {And White can't hide. If he steps on the d-file, the rook goes back to d8} 5. Kb4 Rb2+ 6. Kc5 Rc2+ 7. Kd6 Rd2+ 8. Ke5 ( 8. Ke7 {[pgndiagram]} Rd7+ {Is important nuance. The pawn falls}) 8... Rd8) 4... Ra1+ 5. Kd2 (5. Kb2 $2 Rb1+ 6. Kc3 Rb3+ 7. Kd4 Rd3+ 8. Kxd3 Bxf5+) 5... Ra2+ 6. Ke3 Ra3+ 7. Kf4 Ra4+ 8. Kg5 Rg4+ 9. Kh6 $1 {[pgndiagram] A fine finale} (9. Kxg4 $2 Bxf5+ 10. Kxf5 Kg7 11. Ke6 Kf8 12. Kf6) (9. Kh5 $2 Rg8 10. Ne7 Rf8 11. Ng6+ Kg7) 9... Rg8 (9... Rg6+ 10. Kxg6 Bxf5+ 11. Kh6) 10. Ne7 $1 {White mates in two} Be6 11. fxg8=Q+ $1 (11. Ng6+ $2 Rxg6+ 12. Kxg6 Bxf7+) 11... Bxg8 12. Ng6# * your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts Quite impressive creation by Vladimir Korolkov. Chess studies Previous Post← Croatian Chess Championship 2017 Croatian Chess Championship 2017 Next PostChess tactics 50 → Chess tactics 50 You May Also Like Chess Studies Chess Training Chess study 37 View Post Chess Studies Chess Training Chess study 38 View Post Chess Studies Chess Training Chess study 17 – Vasily Platov study View Post