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Rinck, Las Noticias, 1926, Whie wins. This study isn't in Timman's 100 Endgame Studies You Must Know but it should be. Compare with the famous Reti problem in post 68 and 69 of this thread.
Solution to the Rinck problem in post 68 and 69 above.
1.Kb8, Bd7
2.Kc7, Be8
3.Kd8, Bf7 The only square. Note that the bishop will be captured by a discovered knight check or by the white bishop itself if it goes to any other square.
4.Ke7, Bg8
5.Kf8, Bh7
6.Kg7 Interesting coordination between the white pieces in chasing down the black bishop. The bishop and knight did not move but were poised to capture the black bishop if it moved within range. That is the end of the problem.
But wait. There is more thinking to be done (if you want) I discovered this in checking the final position (next post, next diagram)
What if Black now plays 6....f4?? (that's what comes from checking all legal moves) Of course, 7.Kxh7, f3 and now if 8.Nd4+, Kf2 White could try to win the pawn by 8.Be4, but Ke3 a devastating king fork! So how do you win the pawn? A good exercise. Give it a try.
Last edited by Hans Jung; Thursday, 18th June, 2026, 01:38 PM.
Now we are going to introduce the studies of knight and passed pawn vs rook. Study 13.
Sergey Kaminer, Shakhmaty, 1925 White wins. Kaminer composed this when he was 16. He was a good friend of Botvinnik, in Botvinnik's younger years. In 1937 Kaminer gave his notes to Botvinnik, thus his 99 studies are preserved. Kaminer was murdered in the Great Purge the follwing year.
Last edited by Hans Jung; Thursday, 18th June, 2026, 02:41 PM.
According to Timman the next study composer Mark Liburkin was regarded as a genius. In Timmans own words: 'His studies are characterized by fantastical elements, twists and turns that are not easy to conceive. The present study is one of his simpler compositions. In the original version, Liburkin had also built in an attractive bishop sacrifice, but that turned out to be incorrect."
Mark Liburkin, Shakhmaty v SSSR 1939, White to play and win. Corrected by: Jan van Reek.
Rinck, Las Noticias, 1926, Whie wins. This study isn't in Timman's 100 Endgame Studies You Must Know but it should be. Compare with the famous Reti problem in post 68 and 69 of this thread.
What if Black now plays 6....f4?? (that's what comes from checking all legal moves) Of course, 7.Kxh7, f3 and now if 8.Nd4+, Kf2 White could try to win the pawn by 8.Be4, but Ke3 a devastating king fork! So how do you win the pawn? A good exercise. Give it a try.
Last edited by Hans Jung; Thursday, 18th June, 2026, 01:38 PM.From the diagram above in post 78, after 6...f4 7.Kxh7, f3 Where is the best move for the knight?
Timman 1994, Black to move. White wins, but how?
This is Study 12 in Timman's 100 Endgame Studies you must know. Herman Mattison, Rigache Rundschau, 1914, White wins.
Sergey Kaminer, Shakhmaty, 1925 White wins. Kaminer composed this when he was 16. He was a good friend of Botvinnik, in Botvinnik's younger years. In 1937 Kaminer gave his notes to Botvinnik, thus his 99 studies are preserved. Kaminer was murdered in the Great Purge the follwing year.
Last edited by Hans Jung; Thursday, 18th June, 2026, 02:41 PM.Mark Liburkin, Shakhmaty v SSSR 1939, White to play and win. Corrected by: Jan van Reek.
Leonid Kubbel, Rigaer Tageblatt 1907, White to play and draw.
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