Lonely Knight Dance. To the light memory of G.M.Chepukaitis is dedicated.

Lonely Knight Dance

To the light memory of G.M.Chepukaitis is dedicated

Knowingly all the same Genrikh Mikhailovich liked knights. In my opinion, namely to these roughly skipping pieces, chess are obliged by never-dying popularity. "Linear" chess (I mean pieces, moving on a straight line) would be boring and monotonous. The knights add variety and interest. However, it is only the introduction. When I was tought to play chess, all pupils without fail had to know Reti and Mandler's position.

Reti; Mandler, 1924

White to move and win.
Dec.1

Nice..., but all the same not that! As one hero of a well-known film told, "I don't like this goose". As for me, as to practical player, it is not pleasant, because: white presume any different maneuvers, and then return to the main variation. It is not correct! Therefore: the new version, with all respect to Rihard Reti and Aloiz Mandler

A.Khalifman, 2005.

White to move and win.
Dec.2

If you have already found the first decision (dec.1) then you don't need to look for something! However, the variety of a choice for white is absent, and any incorrect move can lead to fatal consequences, in difference from Reti - Mandler's position (for example: 1.Nb5+ Kb4! Or 1.Nd5? Ka2!)

P.S.: Looks like a trifle, but it is pleasant! Did you like it? I Can decipher the geometry of decision, but this is probably unessential.

P.P.S.: Certainly, the computer finds the decision, but about-about-very not at once! Maybe this position was found before me. In that case my apologies to the discoverer. I have tried to find this position in chess literature, but I have not found anything similar

Position of the day Black to move and win. New FIDE rating list 01.01.14 A.Khalifman. TOT ZIENS! 27.02.07 A.Khalifman. WILL IT GET BORING? 02.02.07	Lonely Knight Dance To the light memory of G.M.Chepukaitis is dedicated Knowingly all the same Genrikh Mikhailovich liked knights. In my opinion, namely to these roughly skipping pieces, chess are obliged by never-dying popularity. "Linear" chess (I mean pieces, moving on a straight line) would be boring and monotonous. The knights add variety and interest. However, it is only the introduction. When I was tought to play chess, all pupils without fail had to know Reti and Mandler's position. Reti; Mandler, 1924 White to move and win. Dec.1 Decision1: Reti, Mandler 1. Na2!! (and only so; after 1. Nd3 + Kc3 it will be possible to jump by the knight in different directions and return to the same position) Kb1 (1....Kb3 2.Kc1, and the knight should be taken; consequences are pitiable) 2.Nb4 Kb2 3.Nd5 Kb3 4.Nc7! Kc3 5.Nb5+ Kc4 6.Nd6+ Kb3 (6...Kd5 7. Nf7, and king will take the key square e2) 7.Ne4! (here is a key square!) Kb2 8.Nc5 Kc3 9.Ke1 Kc2 10.Nd3, and even in this zugzwang to which white aspired- 10...Kc3 11.Kf1 Kd2 12.Nf4 Kd1 13.Kg2 and so on. Nice..., but all the same not that! As one hero of a well-known film told, "I don't like this goose". As for me, as to practical player, it is not pleasant, because: white presume any different maneuvers, and then return to the main variation. It is not correct! Therefore: the new version, with all respect to Rihard Reti and Aloiz Mandler A.Khalifman, 2005. White to move and win. Dec.2 Decision 2. © A.Khalifman. 2005 1. Ne4! (there is another one correct move which doesn't miss win -1. Kb1; however it is not so important) Ka2! (the variation 1... Kb3 2. Kd1 Kb2 3. Nc3 shows, to which position white has to aspire ) 2.Nc5! Ka3 3.Nb7!! (Where does the knight skip?; there is a nice fall way: 3. Ne6? Kb4! 4. Kb2 c3 +! 5. dc + Kc4, and draw) Kb3 4. Na5+ (here it is!) Kb4 5.Nc6+ Kb3 (Ka3 changes nothing; 5.... Kc5 6.Ne5 Kd4 7. Nf3 + Ke4 8. Ne1 (it is possible in another way) c3 9.dc Ke3 10. Nc2+!, and win) 6.Kd4+ Ka2 (6...Ka3 7. Kb1, superseding black king) 7.Nb5! Kb3 8.Kd1! (It's time!) Kb2 9.Kc3 (a position of mutual zugzwang to which white aspired from the very beginning; the knight has returned to the starting position) Kb3 10.Ke1 Kc2 11.Ne4 Kc1 12.Kf2, and the further does not need explanations. If you have already found the first decision (dec.1) then you don't need to look for something! However, the variety of a choice for white is absent, and any incorrect move can lead to fatal consequences, in difference from Reti - Mandler's position (for example: 1.Nb5+ Kb4! Or 1.Nd5? Ka2!) P.S.: Looks like a trifle, but it is pleasant! Did you like it? I Can decipher the geometry of decision, but this is probably unessential. P.P.S.: Certainly, the computer finds the decision, but about-about-very not at once! Maybe this position was found before me. In that case my apologies to the discoverer. I have tried to find this position in chess literature, but I have not found anything similar More articles A.Khalifman. TOT ZIENS! 27.02.07 A.Khalifman. WILL IT GET BORING? 02.02.07 A.Khalifman. Everything is going according to plan. Almost everything. 02.02.07 Lonely Knight Dance. To the light memory of G.M.Chepukaitis is dedicated. 13.10.2005 In one game... 10.12.2004 In the beginning of June our school was visited group of schoolchildren from USA. 30.06.2004 A.Khalifman. A Midsummer Night's Dream., 02.07.2004 A. Khalifman, O. Biriukov. Opposite-coloured geometry lesson, 17.02.2003 Happy New Year!, 16.01.2003 Autumn came round. Mastodons are going to come soon..., 09.09.2002 Queen's Gambit (by Kenneth Curmi), 24.08.2002 Chess Summer, 19.08.2002 Amazing and usual Dortmund, 06.08.2002	HOME LINKS ARTICLES GUESTBOOK NALIMOV EGTB FIDE RATINGS ABOUT SCHOOL ABOUT PRICES & CONDITIONS SAMPLE LECTURE OUR TEACHERS CHESS STARS PUBLISHING

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Lonely Knight Dance

Decision1: Reti, Mandler

Decision 2. © A.Khalifman. 2005

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