GEORGIAN COMPOSITION TOURNAMENTS
Study Tournament IURI AKOBIA 75 JT
FIDE master, International Judge for the studies
IURI AKOBIA
The Commission of Chess Composition of Georgia announces a anonymous composition tourney (studies) to commemorate the 75th birthday of Iuri Akobia.
The competition has two sections:
1. No set theme.
2. Rook studies with some quiet moves.
Twin studies not allowed (in both section).
The judge will be I.Akobia himself.
Director (Associate Judge): Mario Guido Garcia (Argentina).
Prizes, special prizes, honourable mentions and commendations will be awarded.
Entries should be with the name of the composer(s), diagram and solution (formats:PGN, DOC, PDF etc.)
Please, send the studies (joint works allowed) before 20.05 2012 to the tourney director:
marioggarcia@gmail.com
The preliminary award can see before of 01.08.2012 in the website http://akobiachess.gol.ge
Georgian CCC, Tbilisi , Georgia .20.12.2011
The definitive award of tourney "IURI AKOBIA 75" - PDF - PGN
R.BeckerI & I.Akobia
1.p NONA 2009
Draw
1.Rh6+! Kg8 2.Rxe3! fxe3 3.Rh2! Qf4! 4.c7 Qxc7 5.Rh8+! Kxh8 6.Qxe3 with:
A) - 6...Qd6 7.Qxd3! Qxd3 echo model stalemate;
B) - 6…Qa5+ 7.Kd1 Qa4+ 8.Ke1 Qb4+ 9.Kf1 Qd6 10.Qxg3! Qxg3 echo model stalemate.
I.Akobia
2.p NONA 2008
Win
1.Qa7+ and with:
A) 1...Qd4 2.Qe7+ Kxd3 3.Qh7+ Re4 4.Qh3+ Re3 5.Qf5+ Qe4 6.Qxb5+ Kd4+ 7.Kb2 Qe6 /i 8.Qb4+ Ke5 9.Rc5+ Kf6 10.Qh4+ Kf7 11.Rc7+! Kg6 12.Qh7+ Kf6 13.Qg7+ Kf5 14.Rf7+ Ke4 15.Re7 pin of queen 3;
B) 1...Kxd3 2.Qh7+! Re4 /ii 3.Qd7+ Rd4 4.Qh3+/iii Ke4 5.Qg4+ (Qh7) Ke5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 /iv 7.Qe8+ Kf5 8.Rf2+ Rf4 9.Qd7+ Kg5 10.Rg2+ Kh6 11.Rh2+ Rh4 12.Rd2! Kg5 13.Rd5+ Kf4/v 14.Rd6 and branching again:
B1) 14...Qg5 15.Qf7+ Ke3 16.Rg6 /vi Qc5 /vii 17.Rg3+ Ke4 /viii 18.Qf3+/ix Ke5 19.Rg5+ Win of queen on the horizontal line;
B2) 14…Rh3+/x 15.Qxh3 Qxd6 16.Qh2+ and win of queen on the diagonal line.
R.Becker & I.Akobia
2.p GURGENIDZE 55 JT
2008
Draw
1.e6 Rg7+ 2.Kf6 Ra7 3.e3+! Ke4! 4.Ra1! Rab7 5.Rb1 Rbc7 6.Rc1 Rce7 7.Rd1! Rh7 8.Rd4+ Kf3 9.Rd8 Ke4 10.Rd4+ Kxe3 11.Rd1! zz Ke2 12.Rd5 zz Ke1 13.Rd4 zz Ke2 14.Rd5 Ke3 15.Rd1 positional draw, or 15...Ke4 16.Rd2 zz Ra7 17.Re2+ Kf4 18.Kg6 Rhg7+ 19.Kf6 Rh7 20.Kg6 positional draw.
