When The Great Akiba Inspires You...

If there is one player who inspires you to play rook endgame well it is The Great Akiba Rubinstein. This game is definitely inspired from him.

Mohanty, Om Prakash - Somani, Aayush

Result: 1-0

Site: AICCF

Date: 2015.04.10

D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6

[...] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.¤c3 e6 5.¥g5 h6 6.¥h4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.¥g3 b5 9.h4 g4 10.¤e5 ¥b4

10...h5 11.¥e2 b4 12.¤a4 ¤xe4 13.O-O ¥a6 14.¥f4 ¥h6 15.£c2 ¥xf4 16.£xe4 ¥h6 17.¦fd1 £d5 18.£c2 ¥b5 19.¤c5 b3 20.£c3 ¥g7 21.axb3 cxb3 22.¦e1 ¥xe2 23.¦xe2 a5 24.¤xf7 ¢xf7 25.¤xe6 Pligin,S (2596)-Bergmann,M (2493) Lechenicher SchachServer 2009 Telechess CBM 141 [Morgado,Juan Sebastian] 1-0 (45)

11.¥e2 White threatens to win material: Be2xg4

11.f3 ¦g8

11...£a5 12.£d2 ¦g8 13.¥f4 gxf3 14.gxf3 h5 15.O-O-O ¤fd7 16.¥h3 ¥e7 17.¤xf7 ¢xf7 18.¥xb8 ¤xb8 19.£h6 ¥f6 20.£h7 ¥g7 21.d5 cxd5 22.exd5 £b6 23.dxe6 ¥xe6 24.¥xe6 £xe6 25.£xh5 ¢f8 26.¦d8 Soberano,J (2499)-Kornilovich,V ICCF corr 1999 1-0

11...¤h5 12.¥f2 £a5 13.£d2 g3 14.¥e3 ¥b7 15.¦c1 ¤d7 16.¤xd7 ¢xd7 17.a3 ¥e7 18.a4 ¦ad8 19.axb5 cxb5 20.b3 b4 21.¤a4 c3 22.£a2 £c7 23.¤b2 ¢e8 24.¤c4 a6 25.¦a1 f5 26.£c2 Heller,R-Kahl,F DESC email 2005 0-1 (40)

12.a3 ¥a5 13.¥f2 ¥b7 14.£d2 h5 15.O-O-O ¤fd7 16.¤xf7 ¢xf7 17.¥e2 g3 18.¥e3 ¤f6 19.¥g5 £f8 0-1 (19) Iriarte Gomez,E (2215)-Jambrich,J (2291) ICCF email 2012

Inferior is 11.¤xg4 ¤xe4 12.£f3 ¤xg3

12...£xd4 is much weaker 13.¦d1 ¥xc3 14.bxc3 £xc3 15.£xc3 ¤xc3 16.¥e5 ¤xd1 17.¥xh8±

13.fxg3 £xd4µ

11...¤xe4 12.O-O ¤xc3 13.bxc3 ¥xc3 Black forks: a1+d4 14.¥xg4 O-O Black is behind in development. (14...¥xa1 15.¥h5 £xd4 16.¥xf7 ¢d8±) 15.¥h5²15...f5 Black has a new backward pawn: e6 16.¦b1 ¥xd4 17.¤g6 e5 (17...¦f7 18.¥e5 ¦d7 19.£e2²) 18.¥xe5²18...¥xe5 Decoy: e5 19.¤xe5 £xd1 20.¦bxd1 c3 Black advances the passed pawn 21.¦fe1 ¥e6 Black threatens to win material: Be6xa2 22.¤g6 c2 23.¦c1 White threatens to win material: Rc1xc2 23...¦f6 24.¦xc2 ¥f7 Black threatens to win material: Bf7xg6 25.¤f4 The knight feels good on f4 25...¤a6 26.¦e7 ¤b4 Black threatens to win material: Nb4xc2. Black forks: a2+c2 27.¦d2 ¦f8 28.¦dd7 a6 29.a3 ¤d5 30.¤xd5 cxd5 31.¦a7 d4 32.¦ed7 f4 33.¥f3 d3 34.¦xd3 ¥c4 35.¦dd7 ¦8f7 36.¦xf7 ¥xf7 37.¥b7 ¦b6 38.¥c8 b4 39.axb4 ¦xb4 40.¦xa6 ¢g7 41.¥f5 ¦b5 42.¥e4 ¦e5 43.¦a4 ¥e8 44.¦d4 ¦a5 45.¥c2 ¦a1 46.¢h2 ¦a2 47.¦c4 ¥b5 48.¦c5 ¥a4 49.¥xa4 ¦xa4 50.¢h3 ¢f6 51.f3 ¢g6 52.¢g4 ¦a2 53.¦c6 (53.¢xf4?!53...¦xg2 54.¦d5 ¦h2²) 53...¢h7 (53...¢g7 54.¢h3± (54.¢xf4 ¦xg2 55.¢f5 h5²)) 54.¦c7+⁠−54...¢g8 55.¢h3 ¦a6 56.¦c4 ¦f6 57.¢g4 ¦g6 58.¢h5 ¦xg2 59.¢xh6 ¦a2 60.¦xf4

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How to Play Against Moller Defenses

Mohanty, Om Prakash - Anand, Anil Kumar

Result: 1-0

Site: AICCF

Date: 2015.03.07

C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences

[...] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.O-O b5 6.¥b3 ¥b7 7.¦e1 ¥c5 8.c3 d6 9.a4 ¥b6 10.d4 O-O 11.¥g5 h6 12.¥h4 ¦e8 13.axb5 axb5 14.¦xa8 ¥xa8 15.d5 ¤a7

15...¤b8 16.¥xf6 £xf6 17.¤a3 c6 18.dxc6 ¥xc6 19.¥d5 ¥d7 20.£e2 ¤c6 21.£xb5 ¦b8 22.£a4 ¥g4 23.¥xc6 ¥xf3 24.£c2 £g6 25.g3 £h5 26.¤c4 £h3 27.¤e3 h5 28.¥b5 ¥xe3 29.¥f1 ¥xe4 30.£xe4 Spierenburg,P (2060)-Loeffler,W (2358) ICCF email 2011 1/ 2-1/2 (43)

16.¤a3

16.¥xf6 £xf6 17.¤a3 g5 18.£e2 ¥b7 19.¤c2 ¥c8 20.¤e3 ¥d7 21.¥c2 b4 22.c4 ¤c8 23.¦a1 ¤e7 24.¤d2 ¢h7 25.¤b3 ¦b8 26.¥d3 ¤c8 27.£c2 £e7 28.¥e2 ¢g7 29.¤f1 c5 30.dxc6 ¥e6 Timmerman,G (2710)-Pioch,Z (2590) Norway 1994 1-0 (47)

16...g6

16...£e7 17.¤c2 ¥b7 18.¤e3 ¥c8 19.¤f5 ¥xf5 20.exf5 g5 21.fxg6 fxg6 22.¦xe5 1-0 (22) Maeder,K-Widenmann,A Germany 1968

17.£e2 ¥b7 18.¤xb5 ¤xb5 19.£xb5 g5 Black threatens to win material: g5xh4 20.¥g3 £a8 21.£e2 ¥a6 22.£d2 ¤h5 23.¦a1 £c8 24.¥d1 ¥b5 25.£c2 £d8 26.c4 ¤xg3 27.hxg3 ¥d7 28.b4 £e7 29.¦c1 c5 (29...¥d4 30.£d3±) 30.b5 ¦a8 (30...g4 31.¤h2 h5 32.¦a1±) 31.¤h2+⁠−31...f6 32.¥h5 £h7 33.£e2 ¢f8 (33...¢h8 34.¤f1+⁠−) 34.¤g4 ¢g7 35.¦f1 ¥a5? (35...f5 36.f4 gxf4 37.gxf4 fxg4 38.fxe5 ¦f8+⁠−) 36.¦a1 ¥xg4 (36...¦a7+⁠− the only chance to get some counterplay) 37.£xg4 f5 38.exf5 ¢f6 39.b6! Deflection: a5 39...£h8 (39...¥xb6 40.¦xa8 Deflection Pinning) 40.b7 ¦a7 41.£h3 ¥b6 42.¦xa7 ¥xa7 43.¥d1 h5

43...£h7 does not win a prize 44.£h5 £xf5 45.£xh6 ¢e7 46.¥a4 £b1 47.¢h2+⁠−

44.¥xh5 £h7 (44...£h6 45.g4 £f8 46.£b3+⁠−) 45.f4! Decoy: f4 45...£xf5 (45...exf4 46.g4 Combination) (45...gxf4 46.£h4 Decoy Discovered attack Double attack) 46.¥g4 £b1 47.¢h2 gxf4 48.£h8 ¢g5 49.£h4 ¢g6 50.gxf4 exf4 51.¥h5

51.¥h5 ¢h7 52.¥f3 ¢g8 53.£d8 ¢f7 54.£d7 ¢g8 55.£e8 ¢g7 56.£e7 ¢g8 57.¥e4 £b3 58.£h7 ¢f8 59.£h6 ¢e7 60.£g7 ¢e8 61.¥g6 ¢d8 62.£g8 ¢c7 63.£c8 ¢b6 64.b8=£ ¥xb8 65.£xb8 ¢a5 66.£xb3 ¢a6 67.£b8 f3 68.gxf3 ¢a5 69.£b5#

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Well Begun Is Half Done!!

Mohanty, Om Prakash - Agrawal, Rakesh

Result: 1-0

Site: AICCF

Date: 2015.02.28

B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines

[...] 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 e5 5.¥b5 ¥d7 6.¥xd7 £xd7 7.¤e2 ¤f6 8.¤bc3 £g4 9.£d3 £xg2 10.¦g1 £xh2 11.¥g5 ¤bd7 12.¥xf6 ¤xf6 13.£b5 ¤d7 14.£xb7 ¦b8 15.£c6 g6

15...£h4 16.¤d5 £d8 17.¤c7 ¢e7 18.¤c3 £c8 19.¤3d5 ¢d8 20.¦g3 £b7 21.£a4 ¥e7 22.£a5 ¤b6 23.¦c3 ¢d7 24.¦d1 h5 25.¤a6 ¤xd5 26.¦xd5 ¢e6 27.¦c7 1-0 (27) Szczepankiewicz,D (2452)-Grochowski,M (2277) ICCF email 2011

16.¤d5 ¥e7

16...¥g7 17.£xd6 1-0 (17) Kalchev,B (2286)-Monov,A (2212) ICCF email 2010

17.¦d1 ¥h4 18.¦f1 O-O 19.£xd7 ¦xb2 20.£g4 f5? (20...¥d8!?21.£f3 £h4±) 21.exf5+⁠−21...¦xf5 (21...¦xc2 22.¤e3 ¦b2 23.£e4+⁠−) 22.¢d2 ¥g5 (22...¥d8 23.¤e3 ¦f8 24.£e6 ¢h8+⁠−) 23.¢c3 ¦b8

23...¦b7 does not help much 24.¤g3 £g2 25.¤xf5 ¦c7 26.¢b3 (26.¤xc7?!26...£xg4 27.¤xd6 £d7) 26...¦b7 27.¢a3 £xg4 28.¤f6 ¥xf6 29.¤h6 ¢g7 30.¤xg4+⁠−

24.¤g3 ¦c8

24...£g2 does not solve anything 25.¤xf5! Decoy: f5 25...¦c8 26.¢b2 ¦b8 27.¢a3 £xg4 28.¤f6 ¥xf6 29.¤h6 ¢g7 30.¤xg4+⁠−

25.¢b2 £g2 26.¦g1 £xf2 27.¢a1 ¦xc2 28.£a4 ¦c1

28...¦c8 a fruitless try to alter the course of the game 29.¤xf5 £xf5 30.£xa7+⁠−

29.¦xc1 ¥xc1 30.¦xc1 ¦f7

30...¦f8 a last effort to resist the inevitable 31.¤e4 £d4 32.£xd4 exd4+⁠−

31.£e8 ¢g7 32.¤e4 £d4 33.¤dc3 £e3 34.¦d1 £f3 (34...h5 is not the saving move 35.£e6 £f3 36.£xd6+⁠−) 35.¦xd6 £f5 (35...£f4+⁠− there is nothing else anyway ) 36.¤c5 (36.¤c5 ¢h6 37.¦d1+⁠−)

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