[Event "Composition"] [Site "?"] [Date "1921.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rinck, H."] [Black "?"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3r2r1/7k/8/7K/8/8/8/3RR3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] 1. Re7+ Kh8 2. Kh6 $1 Rge8 (2... Rgf8 3. Rh7+ Kg8 4. Rg1#) 3. Rdd7 $1 Kg8 4. Rg7+ Kh8 (4... Kf8 5. Rdf7#) 5. Rh7+ Kg8 6. Rdg7+ Kf8 7. Rh8# 1-0 [Event "Composition"] [Site "?"] [Date "1925.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Reti, Richard"] [Black "?"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/B7/3K4/8/6p1/7k/5R2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "5"] 1. Rf3 $1 g2 2. Bf1 $3 g1=Q (2... g1=N $1 3. Rd3 $1 Kh1 4. Ke4 Kh2 5. Kf4 Kh1 6. Kg3 {wins the Knight and forces mate}) 3. Rh3# 1-0 [Event "Westfield Quads"] [Site "Westfield, NJ"] [Date "2005.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Goeller,Michael"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5Q2/ppk1npp1/8/3B3p/2P5/1P2K1P1/P4P1P/3q4 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "7"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] [TimeControl "40"] {Steve Stoyko says he observed the following position in a master game at a local tournament. The players will remain anonymous. Black took a draw in this winning position. Suffice to say they were playing at a relatively fast time control.} 1... Nf5+ $1 ({Black can take a draw by} 1... Nxd5+ $2 2. cxd5 Qe1+ 3. Kf3 Qd1+ 4. Kg2 Qxd5+ $11) 2. Ke4 (2. Kf4 Qg4+ 3. Ke5 f6+ 4. Qxf6 (4. Ke6 Nd6+ 5. Ke7 Qd7#) 4... gxf6+ $19) 2... Qe2+ 3. Kxf5 Qg4+ 4. Ke5 f6+ 0-1 [Event "Simultaneous Exhibition"] [Site "Westfield, NJ"] [Date "1976.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran"] [Black "Stoyko, Steve"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4Kn2/5PkP/8/8/8/3B4/8/8 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "7"] {Steve Stoyko had this position in a game against Tigran Petrosian in a simultaneous exhibition. All of the other games had concluded in victories for the former champion, and so he was seated in a chair across from Steve for the remainder of their game. Steve sacrificed his pawns to reach this ending, which he recognized to be a draw, though it is not one you are likely to find in a book. He was rather surprised when Petrosian insisted on playing it out, and after several attempts at winning, the former champ gave up and knocked over the pieces in disgust. Steve, who had always been a great admirer of Petrosian's up to that point, was disappointed, not only in his behavior but in his both failing to win the game and in failing to recognize the draw. According to Scott Massey, who was at the event, Steve said "Petrosian's a fraud." The ending, though, is not -- though your computer will still think it is a win in the final position.} 1... Kh8 $1 2. Ke7 (2. Kxf8 $11) 2... Kg7 3. Bf5 Kh8 4. Kf6 Ng6 $1 $11 1/2-1/2 [Event "Candidate Expert Invitational"] [Site "New Brunswick, NJ"] [Date "1981.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Goeller, Michael"] [Black "Bazaz, Robert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "1940"] [BlackElo "1875"] [Annotator "Goeller,Michael"] [FEN "r7/p4p1k/1p2bP2/5p1p/8/7R/P1PB2PP/6K1 w - - 0 27"] [PlyCount "67"] 27. Rxh5+ Kg8 ({Only now does Black see} 27... Kg6 $4 28. Rh6#) 28. Bh6 Kh7 $8 {Forced to avoid Bg7 and Rh8#.} 29. Bf4+ $1 { Played to prevent ...f4.} Kg8 $8 (29... Kg6 $4 30. Rh6#) 30. h4 $1 Rd8 $2 ({ Black can only save himself by} 30... Bc4 $8 31. Kf2 $1 Re8 $8 32. Bh6 Re2+ ( 32... Be2 33. Rxf5 $18) 33. Kg1 $1 (33. Kg3 $5 $16) 33... Re1+ (33... Bd5 34. Rg5+ Kh7 35. Bg7 $18) 34. Kh2 Be2 $8 35. Rxf5 $16 { and White's two-pawn advantage gives him excellent winning chances.}) 31. Bh6 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Kh7 {Mate is unavoidable:} (32... f4 33. Bg7 f3 34. Rh8#) 33. Bg7+ Kg6 34. Rh6# {and the dark square attack is triumphant.} 1-0 [Event "Hamilton Quads"] [Site "Hamilton, NJ"] [Date "2004.02.28"] [Round "3"] [White "Kernighan, Mark"] [Black "Milovanovic, Dragan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2230"] [BlackElo "2245"] [PlyCount "149"] [FEN "8/8/6p1/P4p2/7k/5R1p/3KB1r1/8 w - - 0 64"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] 64. a6 $1 h2 65. a7 h1=Q 66. a8=Q Qh2 (66... Kg4 67. Rf2+ $1 Kg3 (67... Kg5 68. Rxg2+ $18) 68. Qf3+ Kh4 69. Rxg2 $18) 67. Qd8+ Kg4 (67... g5 68. Qh8+ Kg4 69. Qd4+ Kh5 70. Rh3+ $1 $18) (67... Rg5 68. Qd4+ Rg4 69. Qh8+ Kg5 70. Qxh2 $18) 68. Rf2+ $1 Kg3 69. Qg5+ $1 Kh3 (69... Kxf2 $2 70. Qe3#) 70. Qh6+ Kg3 71. Qxg6+ (71. Rf3+ $1 Kg4 72. Rf4+ Kg3 73. Qg5+ Kh3 74. Rh4#) 71... Kxf2 (71... Kh3 72. Qh5+ Kg3 73. Rf3#) 72. Qxf5+ Kg3 73. Qg4+ Kf2 74. Qf3+ Kg1 75. Qf1# 1-0