Endgame study: Mikhail Zinar, Cirtdan 2018, 1st honorable mention
Channel: Lovuschka
Date: 2019-02-21

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wKb3 Pf6 - bKh1 Pb5 Pf7
Chess endgame study: White to move and win
Composer and source: Mikhail Zinar, Cirtdan 2018 (thematic tourney), 1st honorable mention
(see the link below for the full award)

Award (in Azeri language) for download or online view: http://ulvichess.az/chess-composition/882-cirtdan-2018-2-3-n.html

Mikhail Zinar is an endgame studies composer from the Ukraine. He is specialized in pawn endgame studies with promotion tasks, as well as classical pawn endgame studies. Together with Nikolay Grivoriev, Zinar is considered the greatest master in the composition of pawn endgames. As a great not only coinnosseur but real lover of pawn endgames, I am a great fan of the work of Mikhail Zinar and thus wanted to share this easy to understand but really beautiful composition with you quickly. I apologize for the occasional lengths in the video.

A quick video about the endgame study of Mikhail Zinar, 1st honorable mention at the Cirtdan 2018 thematic tourney. The tourney was for endgame studies with exactly five pieces (the usual term for this is the Russian "malyutka" for "baby"). The tourney was based on the Cirtdan fairy tale/legend, a type of David vs. Goliath story, from Azerbaijan. For further information, please search for "Jirtdan" and "Azerbaijan" in a search engine. Note that the spelling with J instead of C is more common.
As of 22 February 2019, the "Azeribaijan International" magazine and website offer one of those short stories about Jirtdan in English from their magazine here (no fees, i.e. just an article on the website): https://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/43_folder/43_articles/43_children.html

Note that while chess endgame studies might be copyrightable in some countries, there is no known case of a composer objecting to the re-publication of his works. If any composer does not want me to show his endgame study in a video, they are welcome to contact me and I will make the video private. If he thinks I misrepresent the solution, they also are welcome to send me suggestions and I can create a new video for that study.

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Solution: 1.Kb4 Kg2 2.Kc5!! b4! 3.K:b4 Kf3 4.Kc3! Ke4 5.Kd2 Ke5 6.Ke3 K:f6 7.Kf4=

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