The guy who composed the longest (non-unique) directmate in the universe made a similar heavy metal intro to the longest tablebase win but his obvious motivation was to become and remain the universal record holder. What's your reason? To bug the engines?
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May 4, 2023
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Here is one that is untouched by Alexander Stavrietsky ( the guy who was Pervekov's partner in that Novotny study that I posted. Just for you Arisktotle:
white to play and win:
If you wanted one by Stavrietsky that is much more difficult then look at my white to play and draw thread, it's untouched also.
drdos7 wrote:
Here is one that is untouched by Alexander Stavrietsky ( the guy who was Pervekov's partner in that Novotny study that I posted. Just for you Arisktotle:
white to play and win:
If you wanted one by Stavrietsky that is much more difficult then look at my white to play and
draw thread, it's untouched also.
Nice study and not too hard! I'd love to see a steady flow of studies on this level but I'm afraid that the current puzzle community here is not up to it. There must be a way to attract a higher volume of quality posters and solvers among the millions of members of chess.com. But many years of problems with the puzzle interface (still not all resolved) and the puzzle database plus a poor quality of puzzle contributions have lost us the higher level enthousiasts for the composition domain.
Wow
The last study is absolutely wonderful! I do not understand the final comment line. This study paraphrases Troitzky's famous K+B mate but loses no value because of it due to the massive amount of added original content. One of my recent hobby's also is to extend and enrich old studies like Troitzky's. Looking back in time, the old folks appear to have been a lazy bunch of nogoods celebrating every breadcrumb they stumbled on. THIS is a study.
May 6, 2023
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Arisktotle wrote:
The last study is absolutely wonderful! I do not understand the final comment line. This study paraphrases Troitzky's famous K+B mate but loses no value because of it due to the massive amount of added original content. One of my recent hobby's also is to extend and enrich old studies like Troitzky's. Looking back in time, the old folks appear to have been a lazy bunch of nogoods celebrating every breadcrumb they stumbled on. THIS is a study.
I'm glad you liked it my friend, and I have plenty more where that came from. 
Thnx! Though I am an accomplished composer in several fields I am kind of out of touch with the composition communities - mainly due to illness. Not that I need a massive stream of input but a steady drip would be nice!
May 7, 2023
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#12
White to play and win, I'm going to give you a hint of the theme of this study with a song I like from 1972.
The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vQkEIoZEjU
The study:
Jul 11, 2023
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#16
Here is a brilliant white to play and win study from 1956 by 2 legendary virtuosos of study composition...Alexei Troitzky and Vladimir Korolkov, these two names speak for themselves! However, since Troitzky passed away in 1942 I must assume that either the year on this study is incorrect or perhaps Korolkov added on, fixed, or based a study on a study by Troitzky:
drdos7 wrote:
Here is a brilliant white to play and win study from 1956 by 2 legendary virtuosos of study composition...Alexei Troitzky and Vladimir Korolkov, these two names speak for themselves! However, since Troitzky passed away in 1942 I must assume that either the year on this study is incorrect or perhaps Korolkov added on, fixed, or based a study on a study by Troitzky:
My guess is 'fixed'. Just a guess, haven't seen it before. I'll look for it though in my Troitzky book later. Btw, Vasily Smyslov also made some bishop promotions studies. I recall some lockups like the one in the bottom left. Never ceases to charm!
Hi! Irongine here (Lost my Irongine Account Lol)
What's the difference between an endgame study and an endgame composition?
Also, these studies made me realize two things.
1. Endgame Players are wizards
2. I know nothing about endgames
DububbleTrububble wrote:
Hi! Irongine here (Lost my Irongine Account Lol)
What's the difference between an endgame study and an endgame composition?
Also, these studies made me realize two things.
1. Endgame Players are wizards
2. I know nothing about endgames
They are the same thing - in the artistic chess community. But for instance on chess.com the forum name "Endgame Study" simply refers to anything related to the study of endgames - like endgame theory or literature or tablebases or 50M rule or botched up endgames. So it depends on where you are and who you are talking to. I am into compositions so that is commonly my angle.
In the general comparison "composed endgame studies" contain like 5 times more content (interesting concepts and tricks) than just "endgames" You are very lucky to land in an interesting endgame from a real game of chess - though you may have a different perception of "luck" 
White to play and win in this one. Not very easy after a few moves.