Halting

An endgame study theme: White obstructs a black piece´s route to a squarre,

slowing it down , or prevents it completely from attaining the destination by
means of a sacrifice, block, etc...
Un tema de estudio del final artistico: El blanco obstruye la ruta de una pieza
negra hacia una casilla, la ralentiza o impide que alcance completamente el
destino por medio de un sacrificio, bloqueo, etc.

Evgeny MARKOV
Nikolaï RYABININ Vassily N. PLATOV &
Festival de l'Oural 1991 Mikhaïl N. PLATOV
2° Prix Deutsche Schachzeitung 1908
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+ (5+8) + (4+3)

1.f7! f1=C+ 2.Rf2 (2.Rd3? Cé5 +-+; 2.Rf4?
g5+!-+; 2.Ré2? Cd4+!) 2…g3+ 3.R×f1
(3.Ré2? Cd4+!) 3…g2+ 4.Ré2 Cd4+ 5.Rf2
Cé6 6.Rg1 (6.a5? g1=D+ 7.R×g1 Ab7-+)
Cf8 7.a5 g5 8.a6 g4 9.a7 g3 10.a8=A
(10.a8=C? Cé6 11.Cb6 Cf8 12.Cd5 Cé6
13.Cf4 Cf8 =) Cé6 11.Aé4 (11.Ab7 Cf8
12.Aç8 Cé6 13.A×d7 Cf8 14.Af5 Cd7! =)
11…Cf8 12.Af5 +-
1.h7? Té1+ 2.Rd7 Td1+ 3.Ad3 T×d3+
4.Ré7 Th3 -+
1.Ag2+? R×a7 2.h7 Ta6+ 3.Rf7 Th6 4.Rg7
T×h7+ 5.R×h7 g3 =
1.a8=D+! R×a8 (1…T×a8 2.Ag2+ Ra7
3.A×a8 R×a8 4.h7 +-) 2.h7 Té1+ 3.Rd7
Td1+ 4.Rç7 Tç1+ 5.Aç4 T×ç4+ (5…Th1
6.Ad5+ +-) 6.Rd7 Td4+ 7.Ré7 Té4+ 8.Rf7
Tf4+ 9.Rg7 +-
 Sergeï PIVOVAR
Szachy 1970
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  
+ (5+4)

1.g7 a2 2.g8=D+ Rh2 3.Da8 a1=D+ 4.Dxa1 Axa1 5.b4! cx4 6.c4!! bxc4 a.p 7.Rc2!! +-