Hoch=Y - (+0404.30h1f1) (v) 1 1 person likes this. Please wait... Hoch=Y 1-0 1.p Dobrescu JT 1994 ▼Click to open. [Event "1.p Dobrescu JT"] [Site "?"] [Date "1994"] [Round "?"] [White "Hoch=Y"] [Black "(+0404.30h1f1) (v)"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "komtim 100-must"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/4P1R1/8/P1N1nrP1/8/8/5k1K w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] {Yehuda Hoch (1946) is one of the best Israeli endgame study composers. The database contains 190 studies by him, several first prizes among them. Unfortunately, Hoch hasn't been active as an endgame study composer since 1995. Right before that, he composed his best study. I give Didukh's version here, which contains some delicate initial moves. In the starting position, White is three pawns to the good. However, the win is not simple on account of the unsafe position of White's king.} 1. e7 {Of course – Black cannot stop the e-pawn. However, he has another string to his bow:} 1... Rf3 {Threatening mate.} 2. Nd2+ $1 {A knight sacrifice to deflect the enemy knight.} ({The alternative} 2. Kh2 $2 {was insufficient for the win. After} 2... Rf2+ 3. Kh3 Rf3+ {White can't move his king upwards, since after} 4. Kh4 Kg2 {he will be mated.}) 2... Nxd2 3. Rf6 $1 {The second sacrifice, this time to deflect the rook.} 3... Rxf6 4. e8=Q Rh6+ 5. Qh5 {The mate has been prevented, but the battle is not decided yet.} 5... Ne4 $1 {A nice riposte.} 6. Kh2 {Capturing the rook would make a draw inevitable.} ({After} 6. Qxh6 $2 Nf2+ 7. Kh2 Nxg4+ {the white king has to move up the board as otherwise Black has a check on f2 again. The variation continues} 8. Kh3 Nxh6 9. a5 Nf7 $1 10. a6 Ng5+ 11. Kg4 Ne6 {and the black knight is in time to stop the a-pawn.}) 6... Nf6 {Trying to force White to take the rook after all; however, White has an intermediate move:} 7. Qh3+ $1 {The climax of the study. White forces the black king to move to f2, rendering this square inaccessible to the knight.} 7... Kf2 8. Qxh6 Nxg4+ 9. Kh1 $1 {Now Black has to take the queen, after which the a-pawn promotes.} 9... Nxh6 10. a5 1-0 Copy PGN Фигуры Merida USCF Leipzig Chesscom Lichess Alpha Доска Brown-1 Brown-2 Grey Green Blue-1 Blue-2 Blue-3 Magazine Magazine-2 Шрифт Merida Alpha-1 Alpha-2 Arial Roboto Фон Белый Цветной Лампа Яичный Туман Оливковый Лёд Мята "100 Endgame Studies You Must Know" 2024 Tags: Hoch · verdid · 📘 100-must-know · 📘 Paparazzi · verok · komtimCategories: EG-Studies, Prizes, Annotated, Versions [Event "1.p Dobrescu JT"] [Site "?"] [Date "1994"] [Round "?"] [White "Hoch=Y"] [Black "(+0404.30h1f1) (v)"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "komtim 100-must"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/4P1R1/8/P1N1nrP1/8/8/5k1K w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] {Yehuda Hoch (1946) is one of the best Israeli endgame study composers. The database contains 190 studies by him, several first prizes among them. Unfortunately, Hoch hasn't been active as an endgame study composer since 1995. Right before that, he composed his best study. I give Didukh's version here, which contains some delicate initial moves. In the starting position, White is three pawns to the good. However, the win is not simple on account of the unsafe position of White's king.} 1. e7 {Of course – Black cannot stop the e-pawn. However, he has another string to his bow:} 1... Rf3 {Threatening mate.} 2. Nd2+ $1 {A knight sacrifice to deflect the enemy knight.} ({The alternative} 2. Kh2 $2 {was insufficient for the win. After} 2... Rf2+ 3. Kh3 Rf3+ {White can't move his king upwards, since after} 4. Kh4 Kg2 {he will be mated.}) 2... Nxd2 3. Rf6 $1 {The second sacrifice, this time to deflect the rook.} 3... Rxf6 4. e8=Q Rh6+ 5. Qh5 {The mate has been prevented, but the battle is not decided yet.} 5... Ne4 $1 {A nice riposte.} 6. Kh2 {Capturing the rook would make a draw inevitable.} ({After} 6. Qxh6 $2 Nf2+ 7. Kh2 Nxg4+ {the white king has to move up the board as otherwise Black has a check on f2 again. The variation continues} 8. Kh3 Nxh6 9. a5 Nf7 $1 10. a6 Ng5+ 11. Kg4 Ne6 {and the black knight is in time to stop the a-pawn.}) 6... Nf6 {Trying to force White to take the rook after all; however, White has an intermediate move:} 7. Qh3+ $1 {The climax of the study. White forces the black king to move to f2, rendering this square inaccessible to the knight.} 7... Kf2 8. Qxh6 Nxg4+ 9. Kh1 $1 {Now Black has to take the queen, after which the a-pawn promotes.} 9... Nxh6 10. a5 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser.
A masterpiece! The original author (version or based on) has at least 50% credit. Here, the other full 50% goes to Serhiy. A wonderful, perfectly created introduction!