Hallo Schachleute,

eine der Höhepunkte vom vorigen Jahr (2014) war eine Studie von IM (Internationaler Meister im Nahschach siehe http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geir_Sune_Tallaksen_%C3%98stmoe )

war folgende Studie eines extremstarken Studienturnier, bei dem auch meine Einsendungen wie Regentropfen auf Glasscheiben abprallten:

Es ist eine Erstdarstellung einer Kombination aus Vallado task und Allumwandlung.

Was mich an der Allumwandlung auch recht beeindruckt hat ist, dass nicht ein schwarzer Läufer (wie beinahe alle vorhergehenden Beispiele) für die
Unterverwandlungen verantwortlich ist.
Der weiße König steht zudem nicht schon vom Anfang an in der Ecke, sondern erst nach 10 Zügen!

Tallaksen ist ein wahrlich großes Meisterwerk gelungen:

Tallaksen
1st prize

[Event "1st Pr. ARVES-25 AT "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "nr 012"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "B7/2pP1PPP/1b6/1P2BP2/1R6/k1n2p2/Pr3Pp1/R3K3 w Q - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.09"]

{ARVES- 25 Anniversary Tourney - Provisional award by Yochanan Afek To
celebrate a quarter of a century of activity to promote the art of the endgame
study ARVES announced a formal tourney which I was honoured to be appointed as
its judge. I received 55 entries on anonymous diagrams from the tournament
director Luc Palmans to whom I am grateful for smoothly running the event and
efficiently editing the material for the judging process. Many thanks are due
to Harold Van der Heijden for his dedicated and professional hard work to
check the award candidates for soundness and originality. The general standard
of the entries was more than satisfactory and I was delighted to receive and
award an unusual number of game-like daring and combative ideas and almost no
computer productsof the kind that only the silicon monster can comprehend and
appreciate. Is it indeed a refreshing return to the genuine roots of our art?
Let's hope so! As usual I have tried to put originality and the general
impression at the top of my criteria. Not less than four entries displayed the
difficult multi-pinning stalemate, probably inspired by the recent Michal
Hlinka-60 JT. I was hesitating a bit but eventually decided that they all have
a place in the award. It is also not common to have almost half of the award
prize-winners yet I believe all six deserve it. Here is then my selection: 1st
Prize: A surprising premiere of a super task combining both Allumwandlung (all
four promotions) and the Valadao task (All 3 unusual chess moves - castling,en
passant and pawn promotion) in one line of play illustrated by a fluent
sacrificial play. A remarkable achievement!} 1. Rb3+ Ka4 2. Ra3+ Kxa3 (2...
Kxb5 3. Bc6+ $1 Kxc6 4. Rxc3+ $18) 3. f8=Q+ c5 $1 4. bxc6+ Ka4 5. Qb4+ $1 Kxb4
(5... Rxb4 6. g8=Q $18) 6. Bxc3+ Kxc3 7. O-O-O g1=Q $1 (7... Rc2+ 8. Kb1 Rb2+
9. Ka1 Kc2 10. Rd2+ $1 $18) 8. Rxg1 Rc2+ (8... Bxf2 9. Re1 $1 Bxe1 10. d8=Q $18
) (8... Bc7 9. Rg4 Rxf2 10. Rc4+ $1 $18) 9. Kb1 Rb2+ 10. Ka1 Kc2 11. d8=R $1 (
11. d8=Q $2 Rb1+ $1 12. Rxb1 Bd4+ 13. Qxd4 {stalemate}) 11... Bxd8 12. g8=N $1
Bb6 13. h8=B $1 $18 (13. h8=Q $2 Bd4 $1 14. Qxd4 Rb1+ 15. Rxb1 {stalemate}) 1-0

[Event "1st Pr. ARVES-25 AT "] [Site "?"] [Date "2014.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "nr 012"] [Black "?"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "B7/2pP1PPP/1b6/1P2BP2/1R6/k1n2p2/Pr3Pp1/R3K3 w Q - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [SourceDate "2012.08.09"] {ARVES- 25 Anniversary Tourney - Provisional award by Yochanan Afek To celebrate a quarter of a century of activity to promote the art of the endgame study ARVES announced a formal tourney which I was honoured to be appointed as its judge. I received 55 entries on anonymous diagrams from the tournament director Luc Palmans to whom I am grateful for smoothly running the event and efficiently editing the material for the judging process. Many thanks are due to Harold Van der Heijden for his dedicated and professional hard work to check the award candidates for soundness and originality. The general standard of the entries was more than satisfactory and I was delighted to receive and award an unusual number of game-like daring and combative ideas and almost no computer productsof the kind that only the silicon monster can comprehend and appreciate. Is it indeed a refreshing return to the genuine roots of our art? Let's hope so! As usual I have tried to put originality and the general impression at the top of my criteria. Not less than four entries displayed the difficult multi-pinning stalemate, probably inspired by the recent Michal Hlinka-60 JT. I was hesitating a bit but eventually decided that they all have a place in the award. It is also not common to have almost half of the award prize-winners yet I believe all six deserve it. Here is then my selection: 1st Prize: A surprising premiere of a super task combining both Allumwandlung (all four promotions) and the Valadao task (All 3 unusual chess moves - castling,en passant and pawn promotion) in one line of play illustrated by a fluent sacrificial play. A remarkable achievement!} 1. Rb3+ Ka4 2. Ra3+ Kxa3 (2... Kxb5 3. Bc6+ $1 Kxc6 4. Rxc3+ $18) 3. f8=Q+ c5 $1 4. bxc6+ Ka4 5. Qb4+ $1 Kxb4 (5... Rxb4 6. g8=Q $18) 6. Bxc3+ Kxc3 7. O-O-O g1=Q $1 (7... Rc2+ 8. Kb1 Rb2+ 9. Ka1 Kc2 10. Rd2+ $1 $18) 8. Rxg1 Rc2+ (8... Bxf2 9. Re1 $1 Bxe1 10. d8=Q $18 ) (8... Bc7 9. Rg4 Rxf2 10. Rc4+ $1 $18) 9. Kb1 Rb2+ 10. Ka1 Kc2 11. d8=R $1 ( 11. d8=Q $2 Rb1+ $1 12. Rxb1 Bd4+ 13. Qxd4 {stalemate}) 11... Bxd8 12. g8=N $1 Bb6 13. h8=B $1 $18 (13. h8=Q $2 Bd4 $1 14. Qxd4 Rb1+ 15. Rxb1 {stalemate}) 1-0

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Schachgrüße Peter