Complex Puzzle

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Dann Corbit
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Re: Complex Puzzle

Post by Dann Corbit »

My analysis for this position with SF looks like this:
[d]kq6/1p5P/rp1p4/1p6/1P2P3/5Q2/2K5/8 w - - acd 74; acs 3297; bm Qc3; ce 487; pm Qc3; pv Qc3 Ra2+ Kd3 d5 h8=Q dxe4+ Kxe4 Qxh8 Qxh8+ Ka7 Qc3 Kb8 Ke3 Ka8 Kd3 Ka7 Qh8 Ra3+ Kc2 Ra2+ Kb3 Re2 Qa1+ Kb8 Qf1 Re3+ Kc2 Re4 Qxb5 Ka7 Kb3 Rh4 Qe2 Rh3+ Kc4 Rh4+ Kb5 Rh6 Qa2+ Kb8 Qb2 Rc6 Qe5+ Ka7 Qd5 Rc2 Qe6 Rc6 Qe5 Rc1 Ka4 Rc6 Ka3 Rc1 Qb5 Ra1+ Kb2 Re1 Qa4+ K;

Sure looks like a perpetual to me. So despite the big score, it is a draw
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Re: Complex Puzzle

Post by peter »

Dann Corbit wrote:My analysis for this position with SF looks like this:
[d]kq6/1p5P/rp1p4/1p6/1P2P3/5Q2/2K5/8 w - - acd 74; acs 3297; bm Qc3; ce 487; pm Qc3; pv Qc3 Ra2+ Kd3 d5 h8=Q dxe4+ Kxe4 Qxh8 Qxh8+ Ka7 Qc3 Kb8 Ke3 Ka8 Kd3 Ka7 Qh8 Ra3+ Kc2 Ra2+ Kb3 Re2 Qa1+ Kb8 Qf1 Re3+ Kc2 Re4 Qxb5...
After move 15 of this line a drawn position is reached according to Lomonosovs:
[d]1k6/1p6/1p6/1Q6/1P2r3/8/2K5/8 b - - 0 15
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Re: Complex Puzzle

Post by Nordlandia »

The question is if the position at the end of the solution is winning for white :?:[pgn][Event ".c Gruzija JT Shakhmatna Skladba"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramov=L"]
[Black "(+3027.41c2h8)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1qn4k/8/n4N2/8/P6P/P1P2B1p/2K5/6B1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

{EG#05068} 1. Bd4 Qh2+ 2. Kb1 (2. Kb3 $2 Nc5+ 3. Bxc5 Kg7) 2... Qb8+ 3. Ka2 (3.
Ka1 $2 Qb3 4. Ng4+ Kh7 5. Be4+ Kg8 6. Bd5+ Qxd5 7. Nf6+ Kf7 8. Nxd5 h2) 3...
Qh2+ 4. Ka1 Qc2 5. Nd7+ Kg8 6. Bd5+ Kh7 7. Be4+ Qxe4 8. Nf6+ 1-0

[/pgn]

One possible path is:[pgn][Event ".c Gruzija JT Shakhmatna Skladba"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramov=L"]
[Black "(+3027.41c2h8)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2n5/8/n4N1k/8/P2Bq2P/P1P4p/8/K7 w - - 0 9"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

{EG#05068} 9. Nxe4 Kh5 10. Kb2 Ne7 11. Be5 Nc6 12. Bd6 1-0

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[Event ".c Gruzija JT Shakhmatna Skladba"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abramov=L"]
[Black "(+3027.41c2h8)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1qn4k/8/n4N2/8/P6P/P1P2B1p/2K5/6B1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

{EG#05068} 1. Bd4 Qh2+ 2. Kb1 (2. Kb3 $2 Nc5+ 3. Bxc5 Kg7) 2... Qb8+ 3. Ka2 (3.
Ka1 $2 Qb3 4. Ng4+ Kh7 5. Be4+ Kg8 6. Bd5+ Qxd5 7. Nf6+ Kf7 8. Nxd5 h2) 3...
Qh2+ 4. Ka1 Qc2 5. Nd7+ Kg8 6. Bd5+ Kh7 7. Be4+ Qxe4 8. Nf6+ 1-0

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Re: Complex Puzzle

Post by Nordlandia »

Cook (Lomonosov) :arrow: [pgn][Event "4.p Loshinksy MT 64 Shakhmatnoye Obozre"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Belenky=A"]
[Black "(=4345.21g4f7)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2N5/2NpnkP1/B4q2/8/rb4K1/6QP/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "210"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

{EG#05080} 1. Bc4+ d5 $1 2. Nxd5 $1 Qf5+ 3. Kh4 Ng6+ 4. Qxg6+ Qxg6 5. g8=Q+ $1
Kxg8 6. Nce7+ $1 (6. Nde7+ $2 Kg7 7. Nxg6 Kxg6) 6... Kg7 (6... Bxe7+ 7. Nf6+
Kh8) 7. Nxg6 Kxg6 8. Bd3+ Kh6 9. Kg4 Ba3+ 10. Kf5 Rh4 11. Bf1 Rh5+ 12. Ke4 Kg5
13. Ne3 Rh8 14. Nc4 Re8+ 15. Kd5 Bf8 16. Ne5 Bg7 17. Nd3 Kh4 18. Nf4 Ba1 19.
Ne6 Kg3 20. Be2 Kxh3 21. Bh5 Rc8 22. Be2 Kg3 23. Ke4 Kf2 24. Bd3 Rh8 25. Bb5
Rh5 26. Bc4 Bb2 27. Ba2 Re5+ 28. Kf4 Ra5 29. Bb3 Rb5 30. Bc2 Rh5 31. Bf5 Rh4+
32. Kg5 Rc4 33. Kg6 Rb4 34. Nc7 Ra4 35. Ne6 Ke3 36. Bc2 Rb4 37. Bb1 Bc3 38. Bf5
Rb2 39. Kf7 Rf2 40. Kg6 Rf3 41. Nc5 Kd4 42. Nd7 Kd5 43. Nf6+ Ke5 44. Nd7+ Kf4
45. Bc2 Rf2 46. Bb3 Rd2 47. Be6 Rg2+ 48. Kf7 Rg7+ 49. Kf8 Rh7 50. Ke8 Ke4 51.
Bf7 Rg7 52. Be6 Bb4 53. Ba2 Bd6 54. Bb3 Kd4 55. Ba2 Re7+ 56. Kd8 Re3 57. Bg8
Re1 58. Bf7 Ra1 59. Nb6 Ra6 60. Nc8 Bf4 61. Ke8 Bg5 62. Kd7 Kc5 63. Be6 Rc6 64.
Bg4 Rg6 65. Be6 Rg7+ 66. Ke8 Rc7 67. Bf5 Kd5 68. Bd7 Ke5 69. Ne7 Rc1 70. Bg4
Rh1 71. Ng8 Be3 72. Bc8 Rh7 73. Ba6 Rc7 74. Be2 Kd6 75. Bf1 Bd4 76. Be2 Bc3 77.
Bd1 Rb7 78. Be2 Rg7 79. Bc4 Rg4 80. Bb3 Rb4 81. Ba2 Rf4 82. Nh6 Bb4 83. Bb1 Rf6
84. Nf5+ Kc7 85. Ne7 Re6 86. Kf7 Rxe7+ 87. Kf6 Re1 88. Bc2 Bd2 89. Bd3 Kd6 90.
Kf5 Re5+ 91. Kg4 Re3 92. Bf1 Ke5 93. Bg2 Be1 94. Bf3 Bf2 95. Bc6 Rg3+ 96. Kh5
Rg1 97. Bb7 Kf6 98. Ba6 Rg5+ 99. Kh6 Be3 100. Be2 Bc1 101. Ba6 Ra5+ 102. Kh7
Rxa6 103. Kg8 Bb2 104. Kh8 Kg6+ 105. Kg8 Ra8# 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

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[Event "4.p Loshinksy MT 64 Shakhmatnoye Obozre"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Belenky=A"]
[Black "(=4345.21g4f7)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2N5/2NpnkP1/B4q2/8/rb4K1/6QP/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

{EG#05080} 1. Bc4+ d5 $1 2. Nxd5 $1 Qf5+ 3. Kh4 Ng6+ 4. Qxg6+ Qxg6 5. g8=Q+ $1
Kxg8 6. Nce7+ $1 (6. Nde7+ $2 Kg7 7. Nxg6 Kxg6) 6... Bxe7+ 7. Nf6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

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Re: Complex Puzzle

Post by Nordlandia »

How can white progress from this position?
[d]k6B/p7/K1p5/P1P5/p1P2b2/P7/1B6/8 w - - 0 5
[pgn][Event "3.p Schakend Nederland#2008 (c)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Waenink=P"]
[Black "(+0444.54a6a8)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "kb3n1r/p5P1/K1p5/P1P5/p1P5/P7/6p1/2B2R1N w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

{Schakend Nederland/6 EG#07046 (c): Waenink=P Schakend Nederland/9 1985} 1.
Rxf8 (1. gxh8=Q $2 gxf1=Q) (1. gxf8=Q $2 Rxf8 2. Rxf8 gxh1=Q 3. Bf4 Qb1) 1...
gxh1=Q 2. Rxh8 (2. gxh8=Q $2 Qxh8 3. Rxh8) 2... Qxh8 3. gxh8=B $1 (3. gxh8=Q $2
) (3. gxh8=N $2 Bf4 $1 4. Bb2 Be5 5. Bxe5) 3... Be5 4. Bb2 Bf4 5. Bbf6 Be5 6.
Bhg7 Bf4 7. Bd8 Bc7 8. Bgf6 Be5 9. Bh4 $1 Bg3 10. Bde7 Be5 11. Bf8 $1 Bb2 12.
Bg5 $1 (12. Bd8 $2 Bxa3 13. Bg7 Bc1 14. Bb6 a3 15. Bxa7 Bb2) 12... Bxa3 (12...
Be5 13. Bd8 Bb2 14. Bb6 Bxa3 15. Bg7 Bc1 16. Bxa7 a3 17. Be5 $1 Bb2 18. Bab8)
13. Bg7 $1 Bb4 (13... Bxc5 14. B5f6 Bd6 15. Bd4 c5 16. Bb2 Be7 17. Ba3 Kb8 18.
Kb5 Kc7 19. a6) 14. B5f6 Be1 (14... a3 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3) 15. Bb2 Bg3 16.
Ba3 Bc7 17. Bf8 Bd8 18. Bd6 Bc7 19. Be7 Bb8 20. Bc1 Bc7 21. Bb2 a3 (21... Bf4
22. Bd8 Bg3 23. Bb6 Bb8 24. Bc1) 22. Bxa3 1-0

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[Event "3.p Schakend Nederland#2008 (c)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Waenink=P"]
[Black "(+0444.54a6a8)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "kb3n1r/p5P1/K1p5/P1P5/p1P5/P7/6p1/2B2R1N w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

{Schakend Nederland/6 EG#07046 (c): Waenink=P Schakend Nederland/9 1985} 1.
Rxf8 (1. gxh8=Q $2 gxf1=Q) (1. gxf8=Q $2 Rxf8 2. Rxf8 gxh1=Q 3. Bf4 Qb1) 1...
gxh1=Q 2. Rxh8 (2. gxh8=Q $2 Qxh8 3. Rxh8) 2... Qxh8 3. gxh8=B $1 (3. gxh8=Q $2
) (3. gxh8=N $2 Bf4 $1 4. Bb2 Be5 5. Bxe5) 3... Be5 4. Bb2 Bf4 5. Bbf6 Be5 6.
Bhg7 Bf4 7. Bd8 Bc7 8. Bgf6 Be5 9. Bh4 $1 Bg3 10. Bde7 Be5 11. Bf8 $1 Bb2 12.
Bg5 $1 (12. Bd8 $2 Bxa3 13. Bg7 Bc1 14. Bb6 a3 15. Bxa7 Bb2) 12... Bxa3 (12...
Be5 13. Bd8 Bb2 14. Bb6 Bxa3 15. Bg7 Bc1 16. Bxa7 a3 17. Be5 $1 Bb2 18. Bab8)
13. Bg7 $1 Bb4 (13... Bxc5 14. B5f6 Bd6 15. Bd4 c5 16. Bb2 Be7 17. Ba3 Kb8 18.
Kb5 Kc7 19. a6) 14. B5f6 Be1 (14... a3 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3) 15. Bb2 Bg3 16.
Ba3 Bc7 17. Bf8 Bd8 18. Bd6 Bc7 19. Be7 Bb8 20. Bc1 Bc7 21. Bb2 a3 (21... Bf4
22. Bd8 Bg3 23. Bb6 Bb8 24. Bc1) 22. Bxa3 1-0

Very interesting this one :wink:
[pgn][Event "2.hm Schakend Nederland#2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Foguelman=A"]
[Black "(+0440.44e3c7)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6R1/1bk2pB1/2p5/2p1P1r1/2P1p3/4K3/5PP1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

{Schakend Nederland/9 EG#07049} 1. e6 (1. g4 $2 Bc8) (1. g3 $2 Bc8 2. Kxe4 Be6
3. f4 Rg4) (1. Kxe4 $2 Rg4+ 2. Kf5 (2. Kf3 Bc8) 2... Rxg2 3. f4 Bc8+) 1... fxe6
2. Be5+ $1 (2. Kxe4 $2 Kb6 3. g3 Ka7 4. Kf4 Rg6 5. Ke5 Ba6 $1) 2... Rxe5 3. g4
(3. Rg7+ $2 Kd6 4. Rxb7 Rg5 5. g3 Ke5 6. Rc7 Rf5 7. Rxc6 Rf3+ 8. Ke2 Kd4 9.
Rxe6 Rc3) 3... Ba6 (3... Kd6 4. Kf4 Ba6 5. Rd8+ Ke7 6. Ra8 Kf6 7. Rxa6 Rg5 8.
Rxc6 Re5 9. Rc8 Rg5 10. Rf8+ Kg7 11. Kxg5 Kxf8 12. Kf6) 4. Kf4 Kd6 5. Rd8+ Ke7
6. Ra8 Kf6 7. Rxa6 Rg5 8. Rxc6 Re5 {<eg>} 9. Rc8 Rg5 10. Rf8+ Kg7 11. Kxg5 Kxf8
12. Kf6 1-0

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&#91;Event "2.hm Schakend Nederland#2010"&#93;
&#91;Site "?"&#93;
&#91;Date "1985.??.??"&#93;
&#91;Round "?"&#93;
&#91;White "Foguelman=A"&#93;
&#91;Black "(+0440.44e3c7&#41;"&#93;
&#91;Result "1-0"&#93;
&#91;SetUp "1"&#93;
&#91;FEN "6R1/1bk2pB1/2p5/2p1P1r1/2P1p3/4K3/5PP1/8 w - - 0 1"&#93;
&#91;PlyCount "23"&#93;
&#91;EventDate "1985.??.??"&#93;

&#123;Schakend Nederland/9 EG#07049&#125; 1. e6 &#40;1. g4 $2 Bc8&#41; &#40;1. g3 $2 Bc8 2. Kxe4 Be6
3. f4 Rg4&#41; &#40;1. Kxe4 $2 Rg4+ 2. Kf5 &#40;2. Kf3 Bc8&#41; 2... Rxg2 3. f4 Bc8+) 1... fxe6
2. Be5+ $1 &#40;2. Kxe4 $2 Kb6 3. g3 Ka7 4. Kf4 Rg6 5. Ke5 Ba6 $1&#41; 2... Rxe5 3. g4
&#40;3. Rg7+ $2 Kd6 4. Rxb7 Rg5 5. g3 Ke5 6. Rc7 Rf5 7. Rxc6 Rf3+ 8. Ke2 Kd4 9.
Rxe6 Rc3&#41; 3... Ba6 &#40;3... Kd6 4. Kf4 Ba6 5. Rd8+ Ke7 6. Ra8 Kf6 7. Rxa6 Rg5 8.
Rxc6 Re5 9. Rc8 Rg5 10. Rf8+ Kg7 11. Kxg5 Kxf8 12. Kf6&#41; 4. Kf4 Kd6 5. Rd8+ Ke7
6. Ra8 Kf6 7. Rxa6 Rg5 8. Rxc6 Re5 &#123;<eg>&#125; 9. Rc8 Rg5 10. Rf8+ Kg7 11. Kxg5 Kxf8
12. Kf6 1-0

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Re: Complex Puzzle

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[pgn][Event "1.c Schakend Nederland#2032"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cortlever=N"]
[Black "(+0650.63a6a8)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k4r2/P4P2/Kp1r4/1P4P1/2B4p/1P1pB3/5P2/4b3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

{Schakend Nederland/2 EG#07062 EG#10014} 1. g6 Bc3 2. Bd4 (2. Bc5 $2 d2 3. Be2
d1=Q 4. Bxd1 Rxd1 5. Bxf8 h3 6. Be7 Bg7 7. Bf6 Bf8) 2... Bxd4 3. Bxd3 Re6 4.
Bc4 Rd6 5. Be2 Rf6 6. g7 R6xf7 7. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 8. Bc4 Rf5 9. Be6 Rxb5 10. b4
Rg5 11. Bd7 Rg6 12. b5 Rf6 13. f4 Bc5 14. Bh3 Rg6 15. Bf5 1-0

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&#91;Event "1.c Schakend Nederland#2032"&#93;
&#91;Site "?"&#93;
&#91;Date "1986.??.??"&#93;
&#91;Round "?"&#93;
&#91;White "Cortlever=N"&#93;
&#91;Black "(+0650.63a6a8&#41;"&#93;
&#91;Result "1-0"&#93;
&#91;SetUp "1"&#93;
&#91;FEN "k4r2/P4P2/Kp1r4/1P4P1/2B4p/1P1pB3/5P2/4b3 w - - 0 1"&#93;
&#91;PlyCount "29"&#93;
&#91;EventDate "1986.??.??"&#93;

&#123;Schakend Nederland/2 EG#07062 EG#10014&#125; 1. g6 Bc3 2. Bd4 &#40;2. Bc5 $2 d2 3. Be2
d1=Q 4. Bxd1 Rxd1 5. Bxf8 h3 6. Be7 Bg7 7. Bf6 Bf8&#41; 2... Bxd4 3. Bxd3 Re6 4.
Bc4 Rd6 5. Be2 Rf6 6. g7 R6xf7 7. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 8. Bc4 Rf5 9. Be6 Rxb5 10. b4
Rg5 11. Bd7 Rg6 12. b5 Rf6 13. f4 Bc5 14. Bh3 Rg6 15. Bf5 1-0

[pgn][Event "En Passant"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cortlever=N"]
[Black "(+0443.56a6a8)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k4n2/P7/Kpr5/bP6/1ppp3p/3p4/BP1P3P/1R6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

{En Passant/2} 1. Re1 Ne6 2. Rxe6 Rxe6 3. Bxc4 Re5 (3... Rd6 4. Bxd3 Re6 5. Bf1
Rg6 6. Be2 Rf6 7. Bh5 b3 8. Be8 Bxd2 9. Bd7 Bb4 10. Bh3 Rg6 (10... Rf2 11. Be6)
11. Bf5) 4. b3 h3 5. Bg8 Re6 6. Bf7 Rd6 7. Bh5 Rd5 8. Bg4 Rf5 9. Bxh3 Rd5 10.
Bf1 Rg5 11. Bxd3 Re5 12. Bc4 d3 13. h4 Rc5 14. Be6 Re5 15. Bd7 Rc5 16. Bc6+ 1-0

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&#91;Event "En Passant"&#93;
&#91;Site "?"&#93;
&#91;Date "1986.??.??"&#93;
&#91;Round "?"&#93;
&#91;White "Cortlever=N"&#93;
&#91;Black "(+0443.56a6a8&#41;"&#93;
&#91;Result "1-0"&#93;
&#91;SetUp "1"&#93;
&#91;FEN "k4n2/P7/Kpr5/bP6/1ppp3p/3p4/BP1P3P/1R6 w - - 0 1"&#93;
&#91;PlyCount "31"&#93;
&#91;EventDate "1986.??.??"&#93;

&#123;En Passant/2&#125; 1. Re1 Ne6 2. Rxe6 Rxe6 3. Bxc4 Re5 &#40;3... Rd6 4. Bxd3 Re6 5. Bf1
Rg6 6. Be2 Rf6 7. Bh5 b3 8. Be8 Bxd2 9. Bd7 Bb4 10. Bh3 Rg6 &#40;10... Rf2 11. Be6&#41;
11. Bf5&#41; 4. b3 h3 5. Bg8 Re6 6. Bf7 Rd6 7. Bh5 Rd5 8. Bg4 Rf5 9. Bxh3 Rd5 10.
Bf1 Rg5 11. Bxd3 Re5 12. Bc4 d3 13. h4 Rc5 14. Be6 Re5 15. Bd7 Rc5 16. Bc6+ 1-0
[pgn][Event "Schakend Nederland#2137"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cortlever=N"]
[Black "(+3027.86e2a8)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k3q3/p3p2p/P3P3/2p3pP/1pP1N3/1P2PnBB/1P2Kn1P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

{Schakend Nederland/4} 1. Bg2 (1. Bxf2 $2 Qxh5 2. Bg2 Nh4+) 1... Nh3 (1... Nxe4
2. Bxf3 Qc6 3. Be5 g4 4. Bg2 h6 5. Ke1) 2. Nxg5 (2. Nd2 $2 Nhg1+ 3. Kf2 g4 4.
Nxf3 gxf3 5. Bh1 Nh3+ 6. Kxf3 Qc6+) 2... Nhxg5 3. h4 Ne4 4. Bxf3 Qxh5 5. Bf4
Qf5 6. Kd3 h5 7. Bh1 (7. Bxe4+ $2 Qxe4+ 8. Kxe4) 7... Qe5 8. Bg2 Qf5 9. Bd6
Qf1+ 10. Bxf1 Nxd6 11. Be2 Nf5 12. Bxh5 Nxh4 13. Ke4 1-0

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&#91;Event "Schakend Nederland#2137"&#93;
&#91;Site "?"&#93;
&#91;Date "1988.??.??"&#93;
&#91;Round "?"&#93;
&#91;White "Cortlever=N"&#93;
&#91;Black "(+3027.86e2a8&#41;"&#93;
&#91;Result "1-0"&#93;
&#91;SetUp "1"&#93;
&#91;FEN "k3q3/p3p2p/P3P3/2p3pP/1pP1N3/1P2PnBB/1P2Kn1P/8 w - - 0 1"&#93;
&#91;PlyCount "25"&#93;
&#91;EventDate "1988.??.??"&#93;

&#123;Schakend Nederland/4&#125; 1. Bg2 &#40;1. Bxf2 $2 Qxh5 2. Bg2 Nh4+) 1... Nh3 &#40;1... Nxe4
2. Bxf3 Qc6 3. Be5 g4 4. Bg2 h6 5. Ke1&#41; 2. Nxg5 &#40;2. Nd2 $2 Nhg1+ 3. Kf2 g4 4.
Nxf3 gxf3 5. Bh1 Nh3+ 6. Kxf3 Qc6+) 2... Nhxg5 3. h4 Ne4 4. Bxf3 Qxh5 5. Bf4
Qf5 6. Kd3 h5 7. Bh1 &#40;7. Bxe4+ $2 Qxe4+ 8. Kxe4&#41; 7... Qe5 8. Bg2 Qf5 9. Bd6
Qf1+ 10. Bxf1 Nxd6 11. Be2 Nf5 12. Bxh5 Nxh4 13. Ke4 1-0

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Re: Complex Puzzle

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Mate in 17/18

[pgn][Event "British Chess Federation Ty"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Weber=F"]
[Black "(+0770.11b7f8)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4bkrb/1K2p1r1/4P2B/8/8/8/8/7R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

{EG#06995} 1. Ra1 (1. Rf1+ $2 Bf7 2. exf7 e5 3. Kc7 e4 4. Kd7 e3 5. Ke6 e2 6.
Ra1 e1=Q+ 7. Rxe1) 1... Bf7 2. Ra8+ Be8 3. Kc8 (3. Kb8 $2 Bc6 4. Ra5 Bd7) 3...
Bc6 4. Rb8 Be8 5. Kd8 Bb5 (5... Bc6 6. Rb4 Be4 7. Kd7 Bc6+ 8. Kxc6) 6. Ra8 (6.
Rc8 $2 Bc6 7. Rc7 Bd7) (6. Rb7 $2 Bc4) 6... Be8 7. Ra2 Bf7 8. Kd7 Be8+ 9. Kc7
Bb5 10. Ra8+ Be8 11. Kd8 Ba4 12. Ra5 Bb5 13. Ra2 Be2 14. Rb2 Bf3 15. Kd7 1-0

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&#91;Event "British Chess Federation Ty"&#93;
&#91;Site "?"&#93;
&#91;Date "1946.??.??"&#93;
&#91;Round "?"&#93;
&#91;White "Weber=F"&#93;
&#91;Black "(+0770.11b7f8&#41;"&#93;
&#91;Result "1-0"&#93;
&#91;SetUp "1"&#93;
&#91;FEN "4bkrb/1K2p1r1/4P2B/8/8/8/8/7R w - - 0 1"&#93;
&#91;PlyCount "29"&#93;
&#91;EventDate "1946.??.??"&#93;

&#123;EG#06995&#125; 1. Ra1 &#40;1. Rf1+ $2 Bf7 2. exf7 e5 3. Kc7 e4 4. Kd7 e3 5. Ke6 e2 6.
Ra1 e1=Q+ 7. Rxe1&#41; 1... Bf7 2. Ra8+ Be8 3. Kc8 &#40;3. Kb8 $2 Bc6 4. Ra5 Bd7&#41; 3...
Bc6 4. Rb8 Be8 5. Kd8 Bb5 &#40;5... Bc6 6. Rb4 Be4 7. Kd7 Bc6+ 8. Kxc6&#41; 6. Ra8 &#40;6.
Rc8 $2 Bc6 7. Rc7 Bd7&#41; &#40;6. Rb7 $2 Bc4&#41; 6... Be8 7. Ra2 Bf7 8. Kd7 Be8+ 9. Kc7
Bb5 10. Ra8+ Be8 11. Kd8 Ba4 12. Ra5 Bb5 13. Ra2 Be2 14. Rb2 Bf3 15. Kd7 1-0

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Re: Complex Puzzle

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Lomonosov Cook #101 :arrow:

[pgn][Event "4.p Armenian Central Chess Club Ty @3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kolesnikov=E Kuznetsov=AG"]
[Black "(=0138.02h8g1)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4nb1K/3n3N/6N1/8/4p3/8/6pR/6k1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "218"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

{EG#08788 @3: Pallier=A HHdbIII#10803 18-11-2001} 1. Rh4 $1 Kf1 (1... Bg7+ $1 {
<cook AP>} 2. Kg8 Bh6 $1 3. Rxh6 Kf1) 2. Rf4+ Ke2 3. Rxe4+ (3. Rg4 $2 Bg7+ 4.
Kg8 Ndf6+) 3... Kd1 (3... Kd2 4. Nh4 $1) 4. Rd4+ (4. Rf4 $2 Bg7+) 4... Kc2 $1
5. Rc4+ Kb1 (5... Kb2 6. Rc1 $1) 6. Rc1+ $1 Kxc1 7. Nf4 Kd2 (7... g1=N $1 8.
Nxf8 Nxf8 9. Kg8 $1 Nd7 10. Kf7 Nc7 (10... Nef6 11. Ke7) 11. Ke7 Nb6 12. Kd6
Na6 13. Kc6) 8. Nxg2 Bh6 9. Nh4 Nd6 10. Ng6 Kd3 11. Kg8 Ke4 12. Ngf8 Ne5 13.
Nf6+ Kf5 14. N8d7 Nc6 15. Kh7 Bc1 16. Nh5 Ke6 17. Ndf6 Ne7 18. Ng4 Kf5 19. Nf2
Be3 20. Ng7+ Kf4 21. Ne6+ Kf3 22. Nd1 Bd2 23. Nd4+ Ke4 24. Nb3 Bg5 25. Nf2+ Kd5
26. Na5 Be3 27. Ng4 Bb6 28. Nb3 Ke4 29. Nf6+ Kf5 30. Kg7 Ke6 31. Ng4 Nd5 32.
Nd2 Ba5 33. Nf1 Nf4 34. Kh6 Nf7+ 35. Kh7 Bb4 36. Nfe3 Nd6 37. Kh6 Bd2 38. Kh7
Ba5 39. Kh6 Bd8 40. Kh7 Bb6 41. Kg8 Bc5 42. Kh8 Bd4+ 43. Kg8 Nf5 44. Nc2 Bb6
45. Kh8 Nh5 46. Nb4 Ne7 47. Kh7 Nf6+ 48. Nxf6 Kxf6 49. Kh6 Be3+ 50. Kh5 Kf5 51.
Nc2 Bf2 52. Na3 Nd5 53. Nc4 Bc5 54. Nd2 Be7 55. Nf3 Nf4+ 56. Kh6 Bb4 57. Nd4+
Kf6 58. Kh7 Bf8 59. Kg8 Bc5 60. Nb3 Bb4 61. Nd4 Nd5 62. Nf3 Ne3 63. Ng1 Ng4 64.
Nf3 Be7 65. Nh4 Ne5 66. Ng2 Kf5 67. Kg7 Bg5 68. Ne1 Ke4 69. Nc2 Be7 70. Ne1 Bh4
71. Nc2 Nc6 72. Na3 Kd3 73. Nb5 Bg3 74. Kf7 Kc4 75. Na3+ Kb3 76. Nb1 Be1 77.
Kg7 Nb4 78. Kf7 Kb2 79. Kf6 Kxb1 80. Kf5 Bd2 81. Ke5 Kb2 82. Kf5 Nd3 83. Kf6
Kb3 84. Ke6 Kc4 85. Kd6 Bf4+ 86. Kc6 Nc5 87. Kb6 Kd5 88. Kb5 Nd7 89. Kb4 Nf6
90. Kb5 Be3 91. Kb4 Ne4 92. Ka4 Kc5 93. Ka5 Nf6 94. Ka6 Kc6 95. Ka5 Nd5 96. Ka6
Nc7+ 97. Ka5 Kc5 98. Ka4 Kc4 99. Ka5 Bd4 100. Ka4 Bc3 101. Ka3 Ne6 102. Ka2 Kd3
103. Ka3 Nc5 104. Ka2 Kc2 105. Ka3 Bd2 106. Ka2 Bb4 107. Ka1 Nd3 108. Ka2 Nc1+
109. Ka1 Bc3# 1/2-1/2

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[pgn][Event "4.p Armenian Central Chess Club Ty @3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kolesnikov=E Kuznetsov=AG"]
[Black "(=0138.02h8g1)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4nb1K/3n3N/6N1/8/4p3/8/6pR/6k1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

{EG#08788 @3: Pallier=A HHdbIII#10803 18-11-2001} 1. Rh4 $1 Kf1 (1... Bg7+ $1 {
<cook AP>} 2. Kg8 Bh6 $1 3. Rxh6 Kf1) 2. Rf4+ Ke2 3. Rxe4+ (3. Rg4 $2 Bg7+ 4.
Kg8 Ndf6+) 3... Kd1 (3... Kd2 4. Nh4 $1) 4. Rd4+ (4. Rf4 $2 Bg7+) 4... Kc2 $1
5. Rc4+ Kb1 (5... Kb2 6. Rc1 $1) 6. Rc1+ $1 Kxc1 7. Nf4 g1=N $1 8. Nxf8 Nxf8 9.
Kg8 $1 Nd7 10. Kf7 Nc7 (10... Nef6 11. Ke7) 11. Ke7 Nb6 12. Kd6 Na6 13. Kc6
1/2-1/2

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&#91;Event "4.p Armenian Central Chess Club Ty @3"&#93;
&#91;Site "?"&#93;
&#91;Date "1991.??.??"&#93;
&#91;Round "?"&#93;
&#91;White "Kolesnikov=E Kuznetsov=AG"&#93;
&#91;Black "(=0138.02h8g1&#41;"&#93;
&#91;Result "1/2-1/2"&#93;
&#91;SetUp "1"&#93;
&#91;FEN "4nb1K/3n3N/6N1/8/4p3/8/6pR/6k1 w - - 0 1"&#93;
&#91;PlyCount "25"&#93;
&#91;EventDate "1991.??.??"&#93;

&#123;EG#08788 @3&#58; Pallier=A HHdbIII#10803 18-11-2001&#125; 1. Rh4 $1 Kf1 &#40;1... Bg7+ $1 &#123;
<cook AP>&#125; 2. Kg8 Bh6 $1 3. Rxh6 Kf1&#41; 2. Rf4+ Ke2 3. Rxe4+ &#40;3. Rg4 $2 Bg7+ 4.
Kg8 Ndf6+) 3... Kd1 &#40;3... Kd2 4. Nh4 $1&#41; 4. Rd4+ &#40;4. Rf4 $2 Bg7+) 4... Kc2 $1
5. Rc4+ Kb1 &#40;5... Kb2 6. Rc1 $1&#41; 6. Rc1+ $1 Kxc1 7. Nf4 g1=N $1 8. Nxf8 Nxf8 9.
Kg8 $1 Nd7 10. Kf7 Nc7 &#40;10... Nef6 11. Ke7&#41; 11. Ke7 Nb6 12. Kd6 Na6 13. Kc6
1/2-1/2

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Re: Complex Puzzle

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This study need some further investigation.
[d]2brk3/1p1p4/1p1p3P/1P1p1p2/K4P2/1P3R2/PP5p/8 w - - 0 1
[pgn][Event "1.c Ukrain Ty"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pypa=V"]
[Black "(=0430.67a4e8)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2brk3/1p1p4/1p1p3P/1P1p1p2/K4P2/1P3R2/PP5p/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. Rh3 Kf7 2. h7 Kg7 3. b4 $1 Re8 (3... d4 4. a3 (4. Ra3 $2 h1=Q 5. b3 Qc6)
4... d3 5. b3 d2 6. h8=Q+ Rxh8 7. Rxh8 d1=Q 8. Rg8+ Kxg8) 4. h8=Q+ Rxh8 5. Ra3
$1 Rh5 6. b3 Rg5 7. fxg5 h1=Q 8. g6 1/2-1/2

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&#91;Event "1.c Ukrain Ty"&#93;
&#91;Site "?"&#93;
&#91;Date "1979.??.??"&#93;
&#91;Round "?"&#93;
&#91;White "Pypa=V"&#93;
&#91;Black "(=0430.67a4e8&#41;"&#93;
&#91;Result "1/2-1/2"&#93;
&#91;SetUp "1"&#93;
&#91;FEN "2brk3/1p1p4/1p1p3P/1P1p1p2/K4P2/1P3R2/PP5p/8 w - - 0 1"&#93;
&#91;PlyCount "15"&#93;
&#91;EventDate "1979.??.??"&#93;

1. Rh3 Kf7 2. h7 Kg7 3. b4 $1 Re8 &#40;3... d4 4. a3 &#40;4. Ra3 $2 h1=Q 5. b3 Qc6&#41;
4... d3 5. b3 d2 6. h8=Q+ Rxh8 7. Rxh8 d1=Q 8. Rg8+ Kxg8&#41; 4. h8=Q+ Rxh8 5. Ra3
$1 Rh5 6. b3 Rg5 7. fxg5 h1=Q 8. g6 1/2-1/2

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Re: Complex Puzzle

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Cook :arrow:
[pgn][Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "New game"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/6b1/1B5P/1N1B4/5p2/2N2P2/p1p3r1/K7 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "284"]

{Stockfish 190816 64 BMI2:} 1. Bc6+ Kf7 2. Bd5+ Kg6 3. Be4+ Kxh6 4. Bxc2 Rxc2
5. Bc7 Kg5 6. Bxf4+ Kxf4 7. Nd4 Rc1+ 8. Kxa2 Re1 9. Ncb5 Re3 10. Kb2 Rxf3 11.
Kc2 Re3 12. Kd2 Bh6 13. Ne2+ Ke5 14. Nec3 Rf3+ 15. Kc2 Bg7 16. Kb3 Bh8 17. Kc4
Rf4+ 18. Kd3 Rb4 19. Ke3 Ke6 20. Kd3 Be5 21. Kd2 Kd7 22. Na3 Kc6 23. Nd1 Rb3
24. Nc4 Bf4+ 25. Nce3 Kc5 26. Ke2 Bb8 27. Nf2 Ba7 28. Nfd1 Kd4 29. Kd2 Bb6 30.
Ke2 Bc5 31. Kd2 Ke5 32. Kc2 Rb8 33. Kd3 Rd8+ 34. Ke2 Kf4 35. Ng2+ Kg3 36. Nge3
Re8 37. Kd2 Kf3 38. Nd5 Re4 39. N1c3 Rd4+ 40. Kc2 Bd6 41. Kb2 Be5 42. Kb3 Bh8
43. Ne7 Rg4 44. Ned5 Kf2 45. Nb5 Ke2 46. Kc2 Rc4+ 47. Nbc3+ Kf2 48. Kb3 Rd4 49.
Ne7 Rg4 50. Kc2 Ke1 51. Nb5 Rb4 52. Nc3 Rc4 53. Ned5 Rd4 54. Kb3 Bg7 55. Kc2
Be5 56. Kb3 Kd2 57. Nb6 Kd3 58. Nca4 Bd6 59. Nb2+ Ke4 60. N6a4 Bf8 61. Nc3+ Kf5
62. Nc4 Rh4 63. Ne3+ Ke5 64. Nc2 Bg7 65. Ne1 Kf5 66. Na4 Bf8 67. Nc2 Kf4 68.
Ne1 Rg4 69. Nc2 Kf3 70. Nc3 Bg7 71. Nd5 Rh4 72. Nc7 Ke2 73. Nb4 Bf8 74. Nc6 Rh6
75. Ne6 Kd3 76. Ne5+ Ke4 77. Nf7 Rf6 78. Kc4 Be7 79. Nfg5+ Ke5 80. Nd4 Rf4 81.
Ngf3+ Ke4 82. Ne1 Rf8 83. Nc6 Rc8 84. Kb5 Bd6 85. Nc2 Rf8 86. N6b4 Rb8+ 87. Kc4
Rc8+ 88. Kb3 Be5 89. Na3 Bf6 90. Nb5 Rc5 91. Na3 Rc3+ 92. Ka4 Ke5 93. Nb5 Rg3
94. Nc7 Bh8 95. Ka5 Rg4 96. Nb5 Bg7 97. Na7 Kd6 98. Nb5+ Kc5 99. Na6+ Kc4 100.
Nd6+ Kd5 101. Ne8 Be5 102. Kb6 Rg6+ 103. Kb7 Bf4 104. Nec7+ Ke5 105. Nb5 Bd2
106. Nb8 Kd5 107. Nc7+ Kd6 108. Ne8+ Ke7 109. Nc7 Rh6 110. Nb5 Bf4 111. Nc7 Bh2
112. Nba6 Bg1 113. Nb8 Bf2 114. Kc8 Rh7 115. Nb5 Bg3 116. Na6 Rh5 117. Nc3 Be1
118. Ne4 Re5 119. Nec5 Bg3 120. Nd3 Rb5 121. Nc7 Rb1 122. Nd5+ Ke6 123. N5f4+
Kd6 124. Ne2 Be5 125. Nxe5 Kxe5 126. Kd8 Rd1+ 127. Ke8 Re1 128. Ng3 Kf4+ 129.
Kd7 Rd1+ 130. Kc7 Kxg3 131. Kb7 Rc1 132. Kb6 Kf3 133. Kb5 Ke4 134. Kb4 Kd5 135.
Kb3 Rc4 136. Ka3 Kc5 137. Kb3 Kb5 138. Ka3 Rb4 139. Ka2 Ka4 140. Ka1 Kb3 141.
Kb1 Rc4 142. Ka1 Rc1# *

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