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 3 – Genrikh Kasparian Study View Post Chess Studies Chess Training Chess study 12 – Gurgenidze Kalandadze study View Post Chess Studies Chess study 16 – Oleg Pervakov study View Post