Ilham Aliev est vice-président de la Commission Azerbaïdjanaise de la composition échiquéenne. Editeur du magazine azéri de la composition "Shahmat bestechiliyi", il tient par ailleurs une rubrique sur la composition dans "Olimpiya dunyasi" ("Le monde Olympique"), journal official du Comité Olympique National de la république d’Azerbaïdjan. Ilham détient entre autres les titres nationaux de "Juge Républicain" ainsi que celui de "Maître National des Sports".
Ilham Aliev (Azerbaïdjan)
Rien de mieux pour connaître les goûts d’un juge que d’explorer ses propres oeuvres ! Voici donc pour nos lecteurs un florilège d’études récompensés du maître Ilham Aliev.
No1. Ilham Aliev (Azerbaijan)
Baku (Azerbaijan), 1993
3+3 Win
No1. 1.Bh4 !! and the study shares on two variants :
1…Bxh4 2.Kg2 ! Bg5 3.Kf3 ! Kf5 4.a6 wins, or
1...Ke6 2.Bxg5 Kd6 3.Bd8 ! (3.a6 ? Kc7 !=) 3...Kc6 4.a6 wins.
Synthesis of two classical ideas (Otten and Duras maneuvers) in superminiature.
No2. Ilham Aliev (Azerbaijan)
А.V. Sarychev -90 MT, 2001
2nd Prize
4+3 Draw
No2. 1.Ka7 [1.d7 ? Kxd7 2.Ka7 Bc8 3.Kb8 c5 4.f5 Ba6 5.Ka7 Kxc7 6.Kxa6 c4 7.f6 Kd7 ; 1.f5+ ? Kxd6 2.f6 c5 3.Ka7 Bc8] 1...Bc8 2.Kb8 Bd7 [2...Kd7 3.f5 Ba6 4.Ka7 Bc8 5.Kb8 Ba6 6.Ka7 positional draw] 3.c8Q Bxc8 4.Kc7 !! [Refusal of a capture 4.Kxc8 ? Kxd6 5.f5 c5 -+] 4...Kd5 ! [4...c5 5.f5+ Kd5 6.f6 ; 4...Bd7 5.f5+] 5.d7 ! (Refusal of a capture) 5…Bxd7 6.Kxd7 c5 7.Ke7 Ke4 8.Ke6 ! Reti maneuver 8…Kxf4 [8...c4 9.f5=] 9.Kd5 draw.
No3. Ilham Aliev (Azerbaijan)
Dr. Hermann Weissauer-80 JT (Germany) 2001
3rd Honourable mention
6+5 Draw
No3. 1.a8Q [1.Kc7 ? h1Q 2.Kxd7 Bf6 3.f8Q Qc6# ; 1.f-g8Q ? h1Q+ 2.Kc7 Qc6#] 1...h1Q+ 2.Ka7 Qxa8+ [2...Qg1(e1) 3.Qd5+ !] 3.Kxa8 Ka6 ! 4.f8Q Bxf8 [Main line 4...Nxb6+ 5.Kb8 Bxf8 (5...Nd7+ 6.Kc7 Bxf8 7.g8Q wins) 6.gxf8N ! (6.gxf8Q ? Nd7+ 7.Kc7 Nxf8) ] 5.gxf8N ! [5.gxf8Q ? Nxb6+ 6.Kb8 Nd7+ 7.Kc7 Nxf8] 5...Nxf8 6.b7 Nd7 7.b8N+ ! [7.b8Q ? Nb6+ ! 8.Qxb6+ Kxb6 9.Kb8 a3 10.Kc8 Kc5-+] 7...Nxb8 8.Kxb8 Kb6 9.Kc8 Kc6 10.Kd8 Kd6 11.Ke8 Ke6 12.Kf8 a3 13.Kg7 Ke5 14.Kg6 Kd4 15.Kf5 Kc3 16.Ke4 Kb2 17.Kd3 Kxa2 18.Kc2 draw.
No4. Ilham Aliev (Azerbaijan)
Suomen Tehtavaniekat (Finland) 2001-2002
2nd Prize
Win 4+5
No4. 1.0–0+ ! [1.Rf1+ ? Kg8 2.Rf8+ Kxf8 3.gxh7 Rh2-+, 1.gxh7 ? Rb1+ 2.Kd2 Rxh1 ;] 1...Kg8 2.Rf8+ ! Kxf8 3.gxh7 Rb1+ 4.Kg2 Rb2+ 5.Kg3 Rb3+ 6.Kg4 ! [6.Kh4 ? g5+] 6...Rb4+ 7.Kg5 [7.Kh5 ? g6+] 7...Rh4 ! [7...Rb5+ 8.Kg6 Rh5 9.Kxh5 g6+ 10.Kxg6] 8.Kxh4 g5+ 9.Kxg5 Kg7 10.h8Q+ ! Kxh8 11.Kh6 ! Kg8 12.Kg6 Kf8 13.Kh7 wins.
A pleasant study showing an original blend of known ideas.
No5. Ilham Aliev (Azerbaijan)
Buletin Problemistic (Romania) 2002-2003
Honourable Mention as equal
7+5 Win
No5. 1.Rf6+ ! and branch :
a) 1...Kc5 2.Rc6+ ! Kxc6 (2...Kb5 3.c4+ Kb4 4.Kc2 +- ; 2...Kd4 3.c3+ Kd3 4.Bf1+ and 5.Kc2 +-) 3.Bxd5+ ! Kxd5 4.c4+ Kxc4 5.Kc2 Kd4 6.h3 ! (6.Kxb2 ? Ke4 !) Ke4 7.g4 Kf4 8.g5 wins,
b) 1...Ke5 2.Re6+ ! Kxe6 (2...Kf5 ? 3.Bh3#) 3.Bxd5+ Rxd5 4.c4+ like in a)
c) 1...Kc7 2.Rf7+ ! Kc8 3.Rb7 ! Kxb7 4.Bxd5+ and 5.Ba2 wins,
d) 1...Ke7 2.Rf7+ ! Kxf7 3.Bxd5+ and 4.Bxa2 wins.
Victim Rook in 4 variants !
No6. Ilham Aliev (Azerbaijan)
Shakhmatnaya nedelya (Russia) 2003
Commendation
7+7 Win
No6. 1.Rc2 Ba2 ! [1…f4 2.Rxc4 Rxc4+ 3.Kxc4 fg 4.Be4 h5 5.Kb5 Kf6 6.Kc6 h4 7.Bg2 wins ; 1...Ba6 2.Rxc5 dc+ 3.Kxc5 Kf6 4.d6 f4 5.gf Bxe2 6.Kb6 Ke6 7.Kc7 Bb5 8.Be4] 2.Rxc5 dc+ 3.Kxc5 f4 ! 4.g4 ! [4.d6 ? fg 5.Be4 Be6 draw ; 4.gf ? Bxb1 5.d6 Kf7 6.Kb6 Bf5 7.e4 Bd7 8.Kc7 Ke8 9.f5 h5 10.f6 Be6 11.e5 h4 draws] 4...Bxb1 5.d6 Kf7 6.Kb6 ! [6.Kc6 ? Bc2 7.d7 Ba4+8.Kc7 Bxd7 9.Kxd7 Kf6 10.Kc7 a4 ] 6...Ke6 7.Kc7 ! [7.Kc6 ? Bc2] 7...Bc2 8.d7 wins.
No7. Ilham Aliev (Azerbaijan)
D. Gurgenidze-50 JT (Georgia) 2004
Commendation
5+4 Win
No7. 1.Re7+ Kb8 2.Nd5+ Ka8 [2...Kc8 3.Rc7#] 3.Nc7+ Ka7 4.Ne6+ Ka8 5.Nxd8 Qc5+ 6.Kd1 and branch :
a) 6…Qxb4 (6...Qh5+ 7.Re2 Qh1+ 8.Kc2 Qh7+ 9.Rbe4 wins) 7.Ra7+ ! Kxa7 [7...Kb8 8.Nc6+] 8.Nc6+ Kb6 9.Nxb4 wins,
b) 6...Qxe7 7.Rb8+ ! Kxb8 (7...Ka7 8.Nc6#) 8.Nc6+ Kc7 9.Nxe7 wins.
Attractive echo play.
No8. Ilham Aliev (Azerbaijan)
Uralsky Problemist (Russia) 2004
Special commenadtion
3+3 Win
No8. 1.g7 Ra1+ [1...Ra8 2.Nf8 Ra5 3.g8Q Rf5+ 4.Ke2 ! (4.Kg2 ? Rg5+) ] 2.Kf2 ! [2.Kg2 ? Ra8 3.Nf8 Ra5 4.Ne6 Ra8 5.Nf8 Ra5 positional draw] 2...Ra2+ 3.Kf3 ! Ra3+ 4.Kf4 ! Ra4+ 5.Kf5 Ra5+ 6.Kxf6 ! [6.Kg6 ? Ra8 7.Nf8 Ra1 8.Kxf6 Rf1+ 9.Kg6 Rg1+] branch :
a) 6...Ra1 7.g8Q Rf1+ 8.Kg6 Rg1+ 9.Ng5 wins,
b) 6...Ra8 7.Nf8 Ra2 8.g8Q Rf2+ 9.Kg7 Rg2+ 10.Ng6 wins.
No9. Ilham Aliev (Azerbaijan)
10th ARVES Solving Contest (Netherlands) 2004
2nd Prize
4+4 Draw
No9. 1.d3 Bxd3 (1...Bf5 2.e4 Bxe4 3.dxe4 Ne5 4.Kg5 Kc3 5.h5 Kd4 6.h6 Nf7+ 7.Kg6 gxh6 8.Kxf7 h5 9.Kf6 ! Reti maneuver white ! 9…Kxe4 (9...h4 10.e5) 10.Kg5=) 2.exd3 Nh8 ! 3.d4 Kc3 4.d5 Kd4 5.d6 Ke5 ! Reti maneuver black ! 6.d7 Kf5 7.d8N ! Excelsior-thema (7.d8Q ? g6+ 8.Kh6 Nf7+ 9.Kg7 Nxd8-+) 7...Ng6 (threat 8…Nf4#) 8.Ne6 ! draw.
No10. Ilham Aliev (Azerbaijan)
J. Hagemann MT (Germany) 2005
Honourable Mention
6+7 Draw
No10. 1.Ra5 ! [1.Kxg3 ? dxe5-+, 1.Re8+ ? Kh7 2.Kxg3 Re1 !-+, 1.Rg5+ ? Kh7 2.Rxg3 Rg1-+, 1.a7 ? Ra1 2.Rf5 g2-+ , 1.h7+ ? Kh8 !-+] 1…Re1 [1…Rh1 ? 2.a7 Rxh3+ 3.Kg5 !+-] 2.a7 Re8 3.a8Q Rxa8 4.Rxa8+ Kh7 [4…Kf7 5.h7 f1Q 6.h8Q=] 5.Ra7+ ! [Thematic try 5.Rf8 ? g2 6.Rxf2 g1Q 7.Rf7+ Kh8 ? 8.Rf8+= -7..Kxh6 ? 8.Rf6+ Qg6 8..Kh7 9.Rh6+ Kg7 10.Rg6+ Kxg6= 9.Rxd6 Qd6 stalemate, as in the main variant, but 7…Kg8 ! 8.Rg7+ Qxg7 9.hxg7 d5-+] 5…Kg8 6.Ra8+ Kh7 7.Ra7+ Kg6 ! [7..Kxh6 8.Rf7=] 8.Rg7+ ! [8.h7 ? f1Q 9.h8N+ ! (9.h8Q ? Qf4#) 9…Kh6 ! 10.Nf7+ Kg7-+] 8…Kxh6 [8…Kf6 9.Rg8 !+-] 9.Rf7 g2 (Main line 9…Kg6 10.Rf3 ( Rf4) g2 11.Rxf2 g1Q 12.Rg2+ ! Qxg2 stalemate-1) 10.Rxf2 g1Q 11.Rf6+ (11..Kg7 12.Rg6+ !) 11…Qg6 12.Rxd6 ! Qxd6 stalemate-2, or 11..Kh7 12.Rh6+ ! Kg7 (12..Kxh6 stalemate-3) 13.Rg6+ ! Kxg6, Qxg6 (stalemate-4 & 5).
No11. Ilham Aliev (Azerbaijan)
A. Avni -50 JT (Israel) 2005
2nd Commendation
5+6 Draw
No11. 1.Be5+ ! Qxe5 [1...Kxe5 2.Nc4+ Kd5 3.Nxb2 Bc5+ 4.Kd2 Bxg1 5.Kxe1 Bd4 6.Nd3 or 6.Nd1= ] 2.Nd7+ Kf5 ! 3.Rf1+ ! [3.Nxe5 ? Bc5+ 4.Kd2 Bxg1] 3...Ke6 [3...Nf3 4.Rxf3+ (4.Nxe5 Bc5#) 4...exf3+ 5.Nxe5 Kxe5 6.Kxf3=] 4.Nxe5 Kxe5 5.Rxe1 ! and branching on echo variants :
a) 5…Bc5+ 6.Kd2 Bb4+ 7.Ke3 ! (7.Kf1 ? Bxe1 8.Kxe1 Kf4 black wins) 7… Bc5+ (7…Bxe1 stalemate) 8.Kd2 Bb4+ 9.Ke3 Bc5+ (9…Bxe1 stalemate) 10.Kd2 positional draw.
b) 5...Bg5+ 6.Kf2 Bh4+ 7.Ke3 ! (7.Kf1 ? Bxe1 8.Kxe1 Kf4 black wins) 7…Bg5+ (7…Bxe1 stalemate) 8.Kf2 Bh4+ 9.Ke3 Bg5+ (9…Bxe1 stalemate) 10.Kd2 positional draw.
No12. Ilham Aliev (Azerbaijan)
V. Kalandadze-70 JT (Georgia) 2006
Honourable Mention as equal
8+7 Draw
No12. 1.a7 Rc8 [1...f1Q ? 2.a8Q+ Kh7 3.Qxe4+] 2.a8Q Rxa8 3.Rxa8+ Kh7 4.Rf8 g2 5.Rxf2 [5.Rf7+ ? Kg8] 5...g1Q 6.Rf7+ Kh8 [6...Kg8 7.Rg7+ ; 6...Kg6 7.Rg7+] 7.Rf8+ Kh7 8.Rf7+ Kxh6 9.Rf6+ Qg6 [Main line 9...Kh7 10.Rh6+ ! Kg7 (10...Kxh6 stalemate-No1) 11.Rg6+ ! Kxg6,Qxg6 stalemate No2-3) ] 10.Rd6 !
[10.Rxg6+ ? Kxg6 11.Kg3 Kg5 12.Kg2 Kh4 13.Kh2 d6 14.Kg2 d5 15.Kh2 Kg5 16.Kg2 Kf5 17.Kg3 Kg5 18.Kg2 h4 19.Kf2 Kf5 20.Ke1 Ke5 21.Kd1 d4 22.Kd2 Kd5 23.exd4 Kxd4] 10...Kg7 [10...Qxd6 stalemate-No4] 11.Rxd7+ Kg8 [Main line 11...Kh6 12.Rd6 !Qxd6 stalemate-No5] 12.Rd8+ Kf7 13.Rd7+ [13.Rf8+ ? Ke7 ] 13...Kf8 14.Rd8+ [14.Rf7+ ? Qxf7] 14...Ke7 15.Rd7+ [15.Re8+ ? Qxe8] 15...Ke8 ( 15…Kxd7 stalemate No6 ) 16.Rd8+ Ke7 [16...Kxd8 stalemate] 17.Rd7+
Mad rook, draw.
