[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-1st prize"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "Amatzia Avni & Yochanan Afek"]
[Black "6+6 section A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5np1/8/R1p3P1/6PK/7p/4pP2/1B5k w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2020"]

1. Ra1 $1 (1. Be4+ $2 Kg1 $1 2. Ra1+ Kxf2 $19) 1... Kg2 2. Bd3 $1 Ne5 $1 3.
Bxe2 Ng6+ 4. Kh5 Nf4+ 5. Kh4 Nxe2 6. f4 $1 h2 (6... Nxf4 7. Ra2+ Kf3 8. Ra3+
$11) 7. f5 h1=Q+ 8. Rxh1 Kxh1 9. f6 $1 (9. g6 $2 Nf4 $1 10. Kg3 Nxg6 $1 $19)
9... g6 $1 10. f7 Kg2 11. f8=N $1 {Excelsior!} (11. f8=Q $2 Nd4 $1 ({but not} 
11... Ng1 $2 12. Qf2+ Kxf2 {stalemate}) 12. Qa8+ Nf3+ $19) 11... Nf4 (11... c4
12. Nxg6 c3 13. Ne5 $11) 12. Ne6 $1 Nd3 (12... Kf3 13. Nxc5 $11) 13. Nf4+ $1 (
13. Nxc5 $2 Ne1 {(5) mates}) 13... Nxf4 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-2nd prize"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "Oleg Pervakov &Karen Sumbatyan"]
[Black "6+9 section A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "B5b1/4pkqP/2P1np2/6p1/8/2p1p2N/8/2K4Q w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2020"]

1. c7 $1 (1. hxg8=Q+ $2 Qxg8 $1 $19) 1... Nxc7 2. Bd5+ $1 (2. Nxg5+ $2 Qxg5 $1
3. h8=Q e2+ 4. Kc2 Qd2+ $19) 2... e6 $1 (2... Nxd5 3. Qxd5+ e6 4. Nxg5+ fxg5 5.
Qb7+ Kf6 6. Qf3+ Ke5 7. Qxe3+ Kd5 8. Qd3+ Kc5 9. hxg8=Q Qxg8 10. Qxc3+ $11) 3.
Bxe6+ $1 ({Thematic try:} 3. Nxg5+ $2 Qxg5 $1 {correct capture} 4. Bxe6+ Kxe6
$1 {correct capture} 5. hxg8=Q+ Qxg8 6. Qc6+ Kf5 $19) 3... Nxe6 $1 {
change of capture} (3... Kxe6 4. h8=Q Qxh8 5. Nxg5+ fxg5 6. Qxh8 $11) 4. Nxg5+
$1 Nxg5 $1 {change of capture} (4... Qxg5 5. Qb7+ Ke8 6. Qc6+ Ke7 7. Qb7+ Kd6
8. Qa6+ $1 Kd7 9. Qa4+ $1 Ke7 10. Qa7+ Ke8 11. Qa4+ Kf8 12. Qa8+ $1 {
perpetual chek}) 5. Qh5+ $1 ({Logical try:} 5. h8=Q $2 Qxh8 6. Qxh8 Nh7 $1 {
zz, Black domination} 7. Kd1 Kf8 8. Kc1 e2 9. Qxh7 e1=Q+ $19) 5... Kf8 (5...
Ke7 6. h8=Q Qxh8 7. Qxh8 e2 8. Qh4 $1 Bc4 9. Qg3 Nf3 10. Qc7+ {perpetual check}
) 6. h8=Q Qxh8 7. Qxh8 Nh7 $1 8. Kd1 $1 {zz} Kf7 9. Kc1 e2 10. Qxh7+ $1 Bxh7 {
model stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-3rd prize"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "Yuri Bazlov"]
[Black "5+4 Section A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4q3/3p4/6k1/8/7r/7B/5K1R/2R1B3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2020"]

1. Bf5+ $1 Kg5 $1 (1... Kh5 2. Bg4+ $1 Kxg4 3. Rc4+ Kf5 4. Rhxh4 $18) 2. Bd2+
$1 (2. Rxh4 $2 Kxh4 3. Bd2 Qa8 $1 4. Rc4+ (4. Rd1 Qa7+ $1 5. Be3 Qa2+ 6. Kf3
Qa8+ 7. Be4 Qf8+ 8. Bf4 Qa3+ 9. Bd3 Qa8+ $11) 4... Kh5 5. Rc3 Qa7+ 6. Ke2 Qa6+
7. Ke1 Qa1+ 8. Kf2 Qa7+ $11) 2... Rf4+ $1 3. Bxf4+ $1 (3. Kg3 $2 Kxf5 4. Rc5+
d5 $1 5. Rxd5+ Ke4 $11) 3... Kxf4 4. Re1 $1 ({Thematic try:} 4. Be4 $2 d5 $1 5.
Rh4+ Kg5 $1 6. Kg3 Qe5+ $11 (6... dxe4 $2 7. Rg4+ Kf5 8. Rf1+ Ke5 9. Rxe4+ Kxe4
10. Re1+ $18)) 4... Qg8 $1 5. Bg4 $3 (5. Rg2 $2 Qa2+ $1 6. Kg1 Qa7+ 7. Rf2+ Kg3
8. Ree2 Qa1+ $11) 5... Qxg4 (5... Qb3 6. Rg2 $1 $18) (5... Qa2+ 6. Be2 $1 $18)
6. Kf1 $1 Qg3 7. Rf2+ Kg4 8. Rg2 $18 1-0

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-special prize"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "11+11 Section A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4b2q/p1n2pkr/5pp1/P1b1pP2/2B1R1P1/P1BQ2K1/6P1/7N w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020"]

1. Nf2 $1 Rh2 $1 (1... Bc6 2. fxg6 fxg6 3. g5 $11) 2. Nh3 Rxh3+ $1 3. gxh3 Qh4+
$1 4. Kxh4 Bf2+ 5. Qg3 g5+ 6. Kh5 Bxg3 7. h4 $1 (7. Bd3 $2 Ne6 $1 8. Rb4 Nf4+
9. Rxf4 gxf4 $1 10. g5 fxg5 11. Kxg5 f6+ 12. Kg4 Kh6 $19) 7... Bxh4 8. Bd3 $3
Ne6 $1 9. Rb4 $1 ({Thematic try:} 9. Rc4 $2 Be1 $1 10. Bxe1 e4 $1 11. Bd2 Kh7
$1 12. Bxg5 fxg5 $19) 9... Be1 $1 10. Bxe1 e4 11. Bd2 $1 (11. Rxe4 $2 Kh7 $1
$19) 11... Kh7 12. Bxg5 $1 fxg5 13. Rb7 Nf4+ (13... exd3 $2 14. fxe6 d2 15.
exf7 $18) 14. Kxg5 exd3 $1 15. Kxf4 d2 16. Rb1 Ba4 17. g5 $1 Kg7 $1 (17... Kg8
18. g6 f6 19. Rb8+ Kg7 20. Rb7+ $11) (17... Bc2 18. Rh1+ Kg8 19. Ke5 Kg7 20.
f6+ Kg8 21. g6 $1 $11) 18. f6+ $1 (18. g6 $2 Bc2 $1 19. Rh1 f6 $19) 18... Kh7
19. Rh1+ Kg8 20. g6 $1 fxg6 21. Kg5 Bc2 22. a6 $1 (22. a4 $2 a6 $1 $19) 22...
Kf7 23. Rh7+ $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-special prize"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen"]
[Black "7+7 Section A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/7p/2p4P/3q4/QB1bprP1/8/1R3P1K/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2020"]

1. Bc3 $1 {Threatening on b8 and d4} Be5 $1 (1... Bxc3 2. Rb8+ $18) 2. Rb8+ (2.
Bxe5+ $2 Qxe5 $11) (2. Qa8+ $2 Rf8+ $19) 2... Rf8+ 3. f4 $1 (3. Bxe5+ $2 Qxe5+
$19) (3. Kh3 $2 Rxb8 $19) 3... exf3+ 4. Qf4 $1 Qd2+ $1 (4... Rxb8 5. Bxe5+ $18)
5. Kh3 $1 (5. Bxd2 $2 Bxb8 $19) 5... Qxf4 (5... Qg2+ 6. Kh4 Qh1+ 7. Kg5 $18) 6.
Bxe5+ Kg8 7. Bxf4 Rxb8 8. Bxb8 f2 9. Kg2 $18 1-0

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-1st/2nd hon. mention"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "S. Hornecker & Martin Minski"]
[Black "11+5 Section A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6Bb/7P/6RB/3PnP2/8/P6n/P1kPp3/K4R2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2021"]

1. Rc1+ $1 Kxc1 2. d4+ Ng5 $1 {Novotny} (2... Kc2 3. Rg2 $18) 3. Rxg5 (3. Bxg5+
$2 Kc2 $1 $19) 3... Ng4 $1 {opening the long diagonal} 4. Rxg4+ (4. Rg6+ $2
Nxh6 5. Rc6+ (5. Rg1+ Kc2 6. f6 Bxf6 7. h8=Q Bxh8 $11) 5... Kd2 $1 6. Re6 Nxf5
7. Rxe2+ Kc1 $1 8. Re1+ Kc2 9. Re2+ Kc1 $11) 4... Kc2 5. Bd2 $1 Kxd2 6. Rg2 Kc1
(6... Bxd4+ 7. Kb1 Kd3 8. Rxe2 $18) 7. Rg1+ Kc2 8. f6 $1 Bxf6 9. h8=B $1 {
Phoenix} (9. h8=Q $2 e1=Q+ $1 10. Rxe1 Bxd4+ 11. Qxd4 {stalemate}) 9... Bxh8
10. Bh7+ $18 1-0

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-1st/2nd hon. mention"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "Amatzia Avni & V. Tarasiuk"]
[Black "8+5 Section A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2NnR2P/6q1/7k/2P2Pp1/1b3P1B/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2020"]

1. h7 $1 (1. fxg3+ $2 Kh3 2. Nd4 Qc1+ $1 $19 (2... Bxc3 $2 3. Ne2 $18)) 1...
Bxc3 (1... Nf7 2. fxg3+ $1 Kh3 3. Nd4 $1 Qc1+ 4. Bg1 $11) 2. Ne5 $1 (2. Re5 $2
Qh6 $1 3. fxg3+ Kh3 $19) 2... Bxe5 (2... Nf7 $2 3. fxg3+ $1 Kh3 4. Nd3 $18) 3.
Rxe5 Qh6 $1 (3... Qxe5 $2 4. Bxg3+ $18) 4. Bxg3+ $1 (4. fxg3+ $2 Kh3 5. g4 Qc1+
6. Bg1 Nf7 $19) (4. h8=Q $2 Qxh8 5. fxg3+ Kh3 6. g4 Nf5 $1 7. gxf5 Qd8 $1 $19)
4... Kh3 5. Rg5 $3 (5. Bf4 $2 Qxh7 6. Rg5 Ne4 $1 7. Rg2 Nxf2+ $1 8. Kg1 Qb1+
$19) 5... Nf7 6. h8=Q $1 Qxh8 (6... Nxh8 7. Bf4 $1 $11) 7. Be5 $1 Nxe5 (7...
Qh7 8. Rg3+ Kh4 9. Bf6+ Kh5 10. Rh3+ $11) (7... Qh6 8. Rg3+ Kh4 9. Kg2 $11 {
fortress}) 8. Rg2 $1 Nxf3 (8... Ng4 9. Rxg4 $11) 9. Rg3+ Kh4 10. Rh3+ $1 Kxh3 {
stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-3rd hon. mention"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "Martin Minski & Jan Sprenger"]
[Black "4+4 Section A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r2/k2p4/3KP3/8/8/1n6/3P4/2R5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2020"]

1. e7 $1 (1. Rc7+ $2 Kb6 $1 2. exd7 Na5 $1 3. Rc8 Nb7+ $10) 1... Rg8 2. Rg1 $1
(2. Rd1 $2 Rg6+ $1 3. Kxd7 (3. Kc7 Re6 4. Kd8 d5 $1 5. e8=Q Rxe8+ 6. Kxe8 Ka6
7. Kd7 Kb5 8. Kd6 Kc4 9. d3+ Kd4 $11) 3... Nc5+ 4. Ke8 Rh6 $1 5. Kf7 Rh7+ $11)
2... Rh8 $1 3. Rh1 $1 ({Logical try:} 3. d3 $2 Nd4 $1 4. Re1 (4. Rh1 Rxh1 $1 5.
e8=Q Nb5+ 6. Kxd7 Rh6 $1 7. Qe3+ Rb6 $11 {fortress}) 4... Ne6 5. Kxd7 Nc5+ 6.
Kc7 Na6+ 7. Kd6 Rh6+ {
position X with bRh6. White cannot win a tempo with Ke8-f7 e.g.} 8. Kd7 Nb8+ 9.
Ke8 Nc6 10. Kf7 Nxe7 $10) 3... Rg8 $1 (3... Rxh1 4. e8=Q Rh6+ 5. Kxd7 Nc5+ 6.
Kc7 Rb6 7. Qe3 $1 $18) 4. d3 Nd4 $1 5. Re1 $1 (5. Kxd7 $2 Rg7 6. Rg1 Rh7 $1 7.
Rf1 Kb6 $1 8. Rf6+ Kc5 9. Kd8 Rh8+ 10. e8=Q Rxe8+ 11. Kxe8 Kb4 $11) 5... Ne6 6.
Kxd7 Nc5+ 7. Kc7 Na6+ 8. Kd6 $1 Rg6+ {position X with bRg6} 9. Kd7 Nb8+ (9...
Nc5+ 10. Ke8 Rg8+ 11. Kf7 $18) 10. Ke8 Nc6 11. Kf7 $18 1-0

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-4th hon. mention"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "Yuri Bazlov"]
[Black "4+4 Section A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3N2k1/5pr1/6p1/3NK3/B7/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2020"]

1. Nf6+ $1 (1. Bb3 $2 Kf8 2. Nf6 g5 $1 $11) 1... Kf8 2. Bd1 $1 ({Thematic try:
} 2. Bc2 $2 g5 $1 (2... Ke7 $2 3. Nc6+ Kf8 4. Kd6 g5 5. Ne5 $18) 3. Kd6 g4 $1
4. Nc6 Rg6 $1 5. Bxg6 fxg6 6. Nxg4 Ke8 $1 {zz} 7. Ke6 g5 $1 {zz} 8. Kd6 Kf7 $2
9. Nce5+ Ke8 $1 {zz} 10. Nd7 Kd8 $1 {zz} 11. Nb6 Ke8 $11 {positional draw})
2... g5 3. Bh5 $1 g4 $1 4. Kd6 $1 g3 5. Bxf7 $1 Rxf7 (5... g2 6. Nd7#) (5...
Rg4 6. Nxg4 g2 7. Ne5 g1=Q 8. Ne6#) 6. Ne6# 1-0

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-5th hon. mention"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "David Gurgenidze"]
[Black "9+7 Section A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/pPbq4/P3p3/Q7/PP4pB/6P1/4KPr1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2020"]

1. Qh5 $1 (1. Qg5 $2 Qf7 $1 $19) 1... Rxf2+ $1 2. Kxf2 Qd2+ 3. Kf1 Qd1+ 4. Kg2
$1 (4. Kf2 $2 Bb6+ $1 $19) 4... Qe2+ 5. Kh1 Qf1+ 6. Kh2 Qh3+ 7. Kg1 Bb6+ 8. Qc5
e5 9. a5 $1 Bxc5+ 10. bxc5 Kc7 11. Bd8+ $1 Kb8 12. Bh4 $1 e4 13. c6 e3 14. c7+
Kxc7 15. Bd8+ $1 Kb8 16. Bc7+ $1 Kxc7 17. b8=Q+ Kxb8 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-special hon. mention"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "Yuri Bazlov"]
[Black "5+4 section A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2P5/2P5/8/4k3/7b/1R6/4BrbK w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2020"]

1. Bf2 $1 (1. Rb8 $2 Bb6+ $1 2. Kh2 Bxc7+ $19) (1. Rb4+ $2 Kf3 $1 2. Rb3+ Be3+
3. Kh2 Rxe1 $19) (1. Rg2 $2 Be3+ 2. Kh2 Bxg2 3. c8=Q Kf3) 1... Bxf2+ 2. Kh2 Bg4
$1 3. Kg2 $1 (3. c8=Q $2 Bxc8 4. Kg2 Bh3+ $1 5. Kxh3 Kf3 6. Rb3+ Be3 $19) 3...
Bd4 $1 4. Re2+ $1 (4. Rb8 $2 Rg1+ 5. Kh2 Rc1 $1 6. Kg3 (6. c8=Q Bxc8 7. Rxc8
Be3 $1 8. Rf8 Bf4+ 9. Kg2 Rc2+ 10. Kf1 Kf3 $19) 6... Be6 $1 7. c8=Q (7. Re8
Rc3+ 8. Kg2 Rc2+ 9. Kf1 Rf2+ 10. Ke1 Kd3 $1 $19) 7... Rc3+ $1 8. Kg2 Rc2+ 9.
Kh1 Bxc8 10. Rxc8 Kf3 $1 $19) 4... Bxe2 (4... Kd3 5. Re8 $1 $11) 5. c8=Q Rf2+
$1 6. Kg3 $1 (6. Kh3 $2 Be5 $1 7. Kh4 Rf5 8. Qe8 Kf3 $1 9. Qg6 Rf4+ 10. Kh5
Ke3+ 11. Kg5 Rg4+ $19) 6... Rf3+ $1 7. Kg2 $1 ({Thematic try:} 7. Kh4 $2 Bf6+
$1 8. Kh5 Rg3+ 9. Kh6 Bg7+ $1 10. Kh7 Bd3 $1 11. Qb7 Kf4+ $1 12. Kg8 Bd4+ 13.
Kf8 Bc5+ 14. Ke8 Rg8+ 15. Kf7 Bc4+ 16. Kf6 Bd4+ 17. Ke7 Rg7+ $19) 7... Bf1+ $1
8. Kh2 $1 Be5+ 9. Kg1 $1 Bh3 $1 10. Qa6 $1 Bd4+ 11. Kh2 $1 Bf1 $1 12. Qc8 $1
Be5+ 13. Kg1 $1 Bh3 14. Qa6 $1 $11 {Pendulum positional draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-special hon. mention"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "Michael Pasman"]
[Black "4+6 Section A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2b1p1p1/8/p1NP3p/7N/7k/8/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2020"]

1. Nf5 $1 g6 $1 (1... Bd6 2. Ne4 $1 Kg4 3. Nfxd6 exd6 4. Nxd6 $11) (1... Kg4 2.
Nxg7 $1 Bd6 3. Na4 $1 $11) 2. Nxe7 $1 Bd6 $1 3. Nb7 $1 Bxe7 4. Nxa5 $1 (4. d6
$2 Bxd6 $1 5. Nxd6 a4 $19) 4... g5 5. d6 $1 ({Thematic try:} 5. Nb7 $2 g4 $1 6.
d6 Bg5 $1 7. d7 g3 $19) 5... Bxd6 6. Nb7 $1 {switchback} Bb4 $1 (6... Be7 7.
Nc5 $1 $11) 7. Nc5 $1 Ba3 (7... Bxc5 {stalemate}) 8. Ne4 $1 g4 9. Kg1 $1 Be7
10. Kh1 Bd8 (10... h4 11. Nf2+ Kg3 12. Nxg4 $11) 11. Kg1 Ba5 12. Kh1 Be1 13.
Kg1 $1 (13. Nf2+ $2 Kg3 14. Ne4+ Kf3 $19) 13... h4 14. Kh1 g3 15. Nf2+ $1 Bxf2
{stalemate} (15... gxf2 {stalemate}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-special hon. mention"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "Michal Hlinka & Luboš Kekely"]
[Black "5+7 section A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1B6/2p5/6K1/r2k4/7P/p1r1b1p1/P7/6Q1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2020"]

1. Qg2+ $1 (1. Qxg3 $2 Ra6+ 2. Kf7 Rf6+ $1 3. Ke8 Rf8+ $1 4. Kd7 Rxb8 $19) 1...
Ke6 $1 (1... Kd6 2. Qxg3+ $1 Ke7 3. Bxc7 $1 {transposes to the solution}) 2.
Qxg3 (2. Qf3 $2 Ra6 $19 ({or} 2... Re5 $19)) 2... Ke7 $1 (2... Ra6 3. Kh7 $1
$11) 3. Bxc7 Rc6+ 4. Kh7 $1 (4. Kg7 $2 Bd4+ 5. Kg8 Ra8+ $19) 4... Rh5+ 5. Kg8
Bd4 6. Bd8+ $1 Ke8 $1 (6... Kxd8 7. Qb8+ Kd7 8. Qe8+ $1 Kxe8 {stalemate}) 7.
Bf6 $1 Rxf6 (7... Bxf6 $2 8. Qg6+ $18) 8. Qb8+ Kd7 9. Qb7+ Kd6 10. Qb8+ $1 (10.
Qa6+ $2 Kc7 $1 11. Qc4+ Bc5 $19) 10... Kc5 $1 (10... Kd5 11. Qb5+ $1 Bc5 12.
Qd7+ Bd6 13. Qb5+ Bc5 14. Qd7+ {positional draw}) 11. Qa7+ $1 (11. Qc7+ $2 Kb4
$1 12. Qe7+ Rc5 $19) 11... Kc4 12. Qa4+ Kc3 13. Qb3+ $1 Kd2 14. Qb4+ Bc3 15.
Qf4+ $1 Rxf4 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-1st commendation"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "Petr Kiryakov & Pavel Arestov"]
[Black "4+6 section A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1R5p/8/4p2B/4r3/4b1k1/1P5p/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2020"]

1. Rg7+ Bg5 $1 (1... Kh3 2. Bf3 $1 Ra4 3. Bg2+ Kh4 4. Rxh7+ Kg3 5. Rh3+ Kf2 6.
Rf3+ $11) 2. Rxg5+ Kh3 3. Bg4+ Kh4 (3... Rxg4 4. Rh5+ $1 Kg3 5. Rxe5 $11) 4.
Rh5+ $1 Kg3 $1 5. Rh3+ Kxg4 6. Rxh7 Kg3 (6... Kf3 7. Kxh2 $1 Rf4 8. Kg1 $1 Ke2
9. Rb7 $1 {switchback} e4 10. b4 e3 11. b5 Ke1 12. b6 e2 13. Rd7 Rg4+ 14. Kh2
$11) 7. Rg7+ Kf3 8. b4 $1 (8. Kxh2 $2 {
Comparing to 6...Kf3 line, wR moved from h7 to g7 and Black wins by} Rh4+ $1 9.
Kg1 e4 10. b4 e3 $19) 8... Rxb4 9. Rg3+ $1 Kf2 (9... Kxg3 {stalemate}) 10. Rg2+
Kf1 11. Kxh2 e4 (11... Rh4+ 12. Kg3 Rg4+ 13. Kxg4 Kxg2 14. Kf5 $11) 12. Rg1+
Ke2 13. Rg2+ $11 {theoretical draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-2nd commendation"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "Daniele Gatti"]
[Black "5+7 section A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1Q6/3q1PpK/B7/p1k2r2/p7/3P4/4p3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020"]

1. d4+ $1 (1. f8=Q+ $2 Rxf8 2. Qxf8+ Kb6 $1 3. Bc8 Qxd3+ 4. Bf5 Qxf5+ $1 5.
Qxf5 e1=Q $19) 1... Kxd4 (1... Kd5 2. f8=Q g6+ (2... Rh5+ 3. Kg8 Qe6+ 4. Qf7
$11) 3. Qg7 Qxg7+ 4. Kxg7 e1=Q 5. Qd8+ $1 $11) 2. Qb6+ $1 (2. Qb2+ $2 Kc5 $1 ({
but not} 2... Kd5 $2 3. Qxe2 $1 Rxf7 4. Bc4+ Kc5 5. Bxf7 Qxf7 6. Qe3+ $1 Kb5 7.
Qe5+ Ka6 8. Qe2+ Ka7 9. Qe3+ Kb7 10. Qe4+ $1 Kc7 11. Qe5+ $1 Kc6 12. Qc3+ $1
Kb7 13. Qxa5 g5+ 14. Kh6 $1 {=}) 3. Qc3+ Kb6 {-+}) 2... Ke4 3. Bb7+ Kd3 4. Ba6+
Ke4 (4... Kc2 5. Qe3 $1 e1=Q $1 6. Qxe1 Rf4 $1 7. Qe2+ $1 Qd2 8. Qe6 $11) 5.
Bb7+ Kf4 6. Qf2+ Ke5 7. Qc5+ Ke6 8. Qxf5+ $1 Kxf5 9. Bc8 $1 (9. f8=Q+ $2 Kg5 $1
10. Bc8 (10. Qc5+ Qf5+ $19) 10... Qd3+ $19) 9... Qxc8 (9... Kg5 10. Bxd7 e1=Q
11. f8=Q Qh1+ 12. Kxg7 Qh6+ 13. Kg8 Qxf8+ 14. Kxf8 a3 15. Be6 $11) 10. f8=Q+ $1
Kg5 $1 (10... Qxf8 {stalemate}) 11. Qxc8 e1=Q 12. Qc5+ $1 (12. Qd8+ $2 Kh5 $1
13. Qd5+ g5 $19) 12... Kh4 13. Qc4+ $1 (13. Qd4+ $2 Kh5 $1 $19) 13... Kg3 14.
Qc7+ $1 (14. Qd3+ $2 Kf4 $1 $19) 14... Kh3 15. Qc8+ $1 (15. Qd7+ $2 Kh4 $1 16.
Qxa4+ Qb4 17. Qa1 g5 18. Qh1+ Kg4 $1 $19) 15... Kh4 16. Qc4+ $1 Kg5 (16... Kh5
17. Qf7+ Kg5 18. Qxg7+ $11) 17. Qc5+ $1 (17. Qd5+ $2 Kf6 18. Qd8+ (18. Qc6+ Qe6
$1 $19) 18... Qe7 $1 19. Qd4+ Qe5 $19) 17... Kf4 18. Qf8+ $11 {positional draw}
1/2-1/2

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-3rd commendation"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "Valery Kalashnikov"]
[Black "9+7 Section A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2PP1k1P/3P4/5PPp/6q1/5p1p/2rr1P2/2R4K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2021"]

1. Rg1 $1 (1. g6+ $2 Kg7 $1 2. h8=Q+ Kxh8 3. d8=Q+ Kg7 4. Qe7+ Kh6 5. Qe3+ Kg7
6. Qe7+ Kh6 $11) (1. d8=N+ $2 Kg7 $1 2. Ne6+ Kxh7 3. g6+ Kh6 $19) 1... Qg2+ $1
(1... Rxf2 2. g6+ $1 Kg7 3. h8=Q+ Kxh8 4. d8=Q+ Kg7 5. Qe7+ Kh6 6. Qe3+ Kg7 7.
Qxf2 Rxf2 8. Rxg4 hxg4 9. f6+ $1 Kxf6 10. d7 $18) (1... Qxg1+ 2. Kxg1 Rxf2 3.
g6+ Kg7 4. h8=Q+ Kxh8 5. d8=Q+ Kg7 6. Qe7+ Kh6 7. Qe3+ $18) 2. Rxg2 {[Main A]}
fxg2+ ({[Main B]} 2... hxg2+ 3. Kh2 Rd1 $1 4. h8=N+ $1 (4. g6+ $2 Kg7 $1 5.
h8=Q+ Kxh8 6. d8=Q+ Kg7 7. Qe7+ Kh6 8. Qe3+ Kg7 9. f6+ Kxg6 $1 $11) 4... Kg7 5.
f6+ Kh7 6. g6+ Kh6 7. Nf7+ Kxg6 8. Ne5+ Kf5 9. Nxf3 Rxf2 (9... g1=Q+ 10. Nxg1
Rxf2+ 11. Kg3 $18) 10. Ng1 $18) 3. Kh2 g1=Q+ $1 (3... Rd1 4. g6+ $1 Kg7 5.
h8=Q+ Kxh8 6. d8=Q+ Kg7 7. Qe7+ Kh6 8. Qe3+ Kg7 9. f6+ Kxg6 10. Qg3+ $18) 4.
Kxg1 h2+ $1 5. Kh1 $1 (5. Kxh2 $2 Rxf2+ 6. Kg3 Rg2+ 7. Kf3 Rgf2+ 8. Ke4 Rfe2+
9. Kd5 Red2+ $11 {perpetual check}) 5... Rd1+ $1 6. Kxh2 Rxf2+ 7. Kg3 Rxf5 8.
d8=N+ $1 (8. h8=N+ $2 Kg7 $1 9. d8=Q Rd3+ 10. Kg2 Rd2+ 11. Kg1 Rd1+ $11 {
perpetual check}) 8... Kg6 9. h8=N+ $1 Kxg5 10. Ne6+ $1 1-0

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-4th commendation"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "Jan Sprenger"]
[Black "4+3 section A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/3p1K2/8/3PN3/5n2/3P4/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2020"]

1. d6 Kc8 2. Ke8 $1 (2. Ke7 $2 Nd5+ $1 3. Ke8 Nf6+ $10) 2... Nh5 3. Ng6 $1 (3.
Nxd7 $2 Ng7+ 4. Ke7 Nf5+ $10) (3. Ke7 $2 Ng7 {(g3)=}) 3... Ng7+ $1 (3... Nf6+
4. Kf7 Ng4 5. Ke7 Ne3 6. Ke8 $18) 4. Kf7 {(8)} Nh5 5. Ke7 Ng7 6. Nh4 $1 {zz}
Ne6 (6... Nh5 7. Ng2 Ng3 8. Ne3 Ne2 {transposes to main C}) 7. Ng2 $1 {zz} Nd4
8. Ne3 $1 {[Main A]} Ne6 ({[Main B]} 8... Nc6+ 9. Ke8 Ne5 10. d4 Nf3 11. Nf5 $1
{zz position B1 with Black to move}) ({[Main C]} 8... Ne2 9. Ke8 $1 ({
Logical try with winning plan from main A:} 9. Nd5 $2 Nc1 $1 10. Nf4 Na2 $1 11.
Ng6 Nb4 12. Ne5 {position A1 with bSb4} Nd5+ 13. Ke8 Nf6+ $11) 9... Nf4 10. d4
Nh5 11. d5 $1 ({Logical try with winning plan from main B:} 11. Nf5 $2 Nf6+ 12.
Kf7 Ne4 13. Ke7 Ng5 ({or} 13... Nd2 14. Ke8 Nf3 $1 {
zz position B1 with White to move} 15. d5 Ne5 16. Ne7+ Kb7 17. Kd8 Kb6 $11))
11... Ng3 12. Ke7 $1 {
zz position C1 with bSg3. Compare the logical tries in main A} Ne4 13. Ng4 $1 {
zz} (13. Nf5 $2 Nc5 $1 14. Ke8 Kb7 $11) (13. Nd1 $2 Ng3 14. Ne3 Ne4 15. Ng4 {
loss of time}) 13... Ng3 $1 (13... Nc3 14. Nf6 {zz position C2 with bSc3}) 14.
Nh6 $1 {zz} Nh5 (14... Ne4 15. Ng8 $1 Ng3 16. Ke8 $18) 15. Nf5 $1 {zz} Nf4 16.
Ke8 Nxd5 17. Ne7+ Kb7 18. Nxd5 Kc6 19. Ke7 $1 Kxd5 20. Kxd7 $18) 9. Nd5 $1 {
Logical try with winning plan from main B:} ({Logical try:} 9. Ke8 $2 Nc5 $1
10. d4 Ne4 11. Nf5 Nf6+ 12. Kf7 Ne4 13. Ke7 Ng5 ({or} 13... Nd2) 14. Ke8 Nf3 $1
{zz position B1 with White to move} 15. d5 Ne5 $10) ({
logical try with winning plan from main C:} 9. Ng4 $2 Nf4 $1 10. d4 Nd5+ 11.
Ke8 Nc3 $1 (11... Nb6 $2 12. Ne5 $18) 12. Ne3 Ne4 13. Ke7 Nc3 $1 14. d5 {
position C1 with bSc3} Na4 $1 15. Ng4 Nb6 $1 16. Nf6 {position C2 with bSb6}
Kb7 17. Nxd7 Nxd5+ $10) 9... Nc5 10. Nf4 $1 {zz} Na4 11. Ng6 Nc5 (11... Nb6 12.
Ke8 Kb7 13. Ne5 $18) 12. Ne5 $18 ({or} 12. d4 $18) 1-0

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-5th commendation"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "Árpád Rusz"]
[Black "2+2 section A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6R1/4k3/2K5/8/8/8/8/4n3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2020"]

1. Kd5 $1 {[Main A]} (1. Rg3 $2 Kf6 $1 2. Kd5 Kf5 3. Re3 Ng2 $1 $11 (3... Nc2
$2 4. Re4 $1 {zz})) 1... Nc2 ({[Main B]} 1... Nd3 2. Rg4 Kf6 3. Rd4 Ne1 (3...
Nf2 4. Rf4+ $18) (3... Nc1 4. Rd2 $18) 4. Rd1 $1 (4. Ke4 $2 Ng2 $1 5. Kf3 Ke5
$11) 4... Ng2 (4... Nf3 5. Rf1 $18) 5. Rf1+ Ke7 (5... Kg5 6. Rg1 $18) 6. Ke5
Nh4 7. Rf6 $1 $18 {echo chameleon-zz}) (1... Nf3 2. Rg4 Kf6 3. Rf4+ $18) (1...
Kf6 2. Ke4 $18) 2. Ke5 $1 Kd7 (2... Ne3 3. Rg7+ $18) (2... Nb4 3. Rg7+ Kd8 4.
Kd6 Na6 5. Rg8#) 3. Rb8 $1 (3. Rg4 $2 Na3 $1 4. Rb4 Kc6 $11) 3... Ne3 {
symmetrical position to Main B} 4. Rb4 Kc6 5. Re4 Nd1 (5... Nc2 6. Rc4+ $18) (
5... Nf1 6. Re2 $18) 6. Re1 $1 (6. Kd4 $2 Nb2 $1 7. Kc3 Kd5 $11) 6... Nb2 (6...
Nc3 7. Rc1 $18) 7. Rc1+ Kd7 (7... Kb5 8. Rb1 $18) 8. Kd5 Na4 9. Rc6 $1 $18 {
echo chameleon-zz} 1-0

[Event "H. Rinck 150 MT-special commendation"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2021"]
[Round ""]
[White "Pavel Arestov & Petr Kiryakov"]
[Black "7+5 section A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2K5/5n2/4k3/6PR/2P1r2P/3P4/Q5p1/6q1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020"]

1. c5+ Ke7 2. g6 $1 Qxc5+ $1 (2... Qf1 3. Qd5 $1 g1=Q 4. Qxe4+ Kf8 5. gxf7 $18)
3. Rxc5 Nd6+ $1 4. Kb8 $1 (4. Kc7 $2 g1=Q $11) 4... Rb4+ 5. Ka8 $1 g1=Q {Phenix
} 6. Qa7+ Kf6 $1 (6... Ke6 7. Re5+ $1 Kxe5 8. Qxg1 $18) 7. Rf5+ $1 Nxf5 $1 8.
Qxg1 Ra4+ $1 (8... Rxh4 9. Qb6+ Kg7 10. Kb7 $1 $18 {transposes to the main line
}) 9. Kb8 $1 (9. Kb7 $2 Rxh4 10. Qb6+ Kg5 $1 11. g7 Rh7 $11) 9... Rb4+ 10. Kc8
$1 (10. Kc7 $2 Rxh4 11. Qb6+ Kg5 $1 12. g7 Rh7 $11) 10... Rxh4 11. Qb6+ Kg7 (
11... Kg5 12. g7 $1 Nxg7 13. Qd8+ $18) 12. Kb7 $1 (12. Kd7 $2 Rg4 13. Qe6 Nh6
$1 14. d4 Rxd4+ $11 {check}) (12. Kc7 $2 Ne7 $1 $11) (12. Qe6 $2 Rh8+ $1 13.
Kd7 Rf8 $1 14. d4 Rf6 15. Qe5 Kxg6 $11) 12... Rg4 13. Qe6 Nh6 14. d4 $1 Rxg6 (
14... Rxd4 15. Qe5+ $18) 15. Qe7+ Nf7 16. Kc7 $1 (16. d5 $2 Rd6 $1 $11) 16...
Rf6 17. d5 $1 $18 1-0

