[Event "Yerevan-2800 JT 1-2 prize 2018""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round ""]
[White "Yuri Bazlov"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "6K1/1QR2p2/8/5R2/7k/6n1/4q1p1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

1.Rf4+ $1 Kg5 $1 ( 1...Kh3 2.Qc8+ $1 Kh2 ( 2...Qe6 3.Qxe6+ fxe6 4.Rh7+ $18 )
3.Rh4+ Kg1 4.Rxf7 ) 2.Rcxf7 $1 ( 2.Rc5+ $2 f5 $1 ( 2...Kxf4 $2 3.Qxf7+ Ke3
4.Rc3+ Kd2 5.Rxg3 Ke1 $1 6.Rg5 $1 Qe4 $1 7.Rg6 $1 Qa8+ 8.Kh7 $1 Qe4 9.Qf6 $1
Qc2 10.Kh6 $1 Qe4 11.Rg5 $1 ) 3.Rfxf5+ Nxf5 $10 ) 2...g1=Q 3.Qd5+ Nf5 $1
4.Qxf5+ $1 ( 4.Kf8 $6 Qe8+ $1 ( 4...Kxf4 $2 5.Qxf5+ $1 Ke3 6.Qc5+ { win } )
5.Kxe8 Qe3+ 6.Re4 ( { or } 6.Kd7 Qxf4 7.Rf8 Qa4+ $1 8.Kd8 Qc2 $1 { draw } )
6...Qxe4+ $1 7.Qxe4 Nd6+ $10 $1 ) ( 4.R4xf5+ $4 Kh6+ $1 5.Kf8 Qg8+ $1 6.Kxg8
Qe8+ $1 7.Rf8 Qg6+ 8.Kh8 Qg7# ( 8...Qh7# ) ) 4...Kh6+ $1 5.Kf8 $1 Qg8+ $1
6.Kxg8 Qg4+ $1 ( 6...Qe8+ 7.Rf8 Qxf8+ ( 7...Qf7+ 8.Qxf7 $18 ) 8.Qxf8+ )
7.Qg6+ $3 ( 7.Qxg4 { stalemate } ) ( 7.Rxg4 { stalemate } ) ( 7.Kf8 Qg8+ $1
8.Ke7 Qd8+ 9.Kxd8 { stalemate } ) 7...Qxg6+ 8.Kh8 Kg5 $1 ( 8...Qd3 9.R4f5
Qd8+ 10.Rf8 Qd4+ 11.R8f6+ ) ( 8...Qg3 9.R4f6+ ( 9.R4f5 $2 Qg7+ 10.Rxg7
{ stalemate } ) 9...Kh5 10.Rh7+ Kg5 11.Rg7+ ) 9.Rf1 $1 ( 9.Rf2 $2 Qh6+ $1
10.Rh7 Qd6 $1 11.Rg7+ Kh4 $1 12.Rh2+ Qxh2 13.Rh7+ Kg3 $1 { draw } ) 9...Qh6+
( 9...Qh5+ 10.Kg8 Qg6+ 11.Rg7 ) 10.Rh7 ( 10.Kg8 $2 Qe6 $1 $10 ) 10...Qc6
11.Rg7+ Kh4 12.Rh1+ Qxh1 13.Rh7+ { Win } 

[Event ""Yerevan-2800 JT 1-2 prize 2018"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2018"]
[Round ""]
[White "David Gurgenidze and Martin Minski"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5B2/8/4B3/6K1/8/pr4R1/q1nP4/7k w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017"]

1. Bd5+ $1 (1. Bxb3 $2 Qa1 {/Qb2} 2. Bd5+ Kh2 3. Rg2+ Kh3 4. Bd6 Qg7+ $1 $11)
1... Rf3 $3 {sacrifice in order to open the diagonal a2-g8 for the black queen}
(1... Kh2 2. Rg2+ Kh3 (2... Kh1 3. Rg4+) 3. Bd6 $1 Qb2 4. Rh2#) 2. Bxf3+ Kh2 3.
Kh4 $1 (3. Rg2+ $2 Kh3 4. Bd6 Qg8+ $1 $11 {therefore 1...Rf3!!}) (3. Bd6 $2
Qg8+ $1 $11) 3... Nd4 (3... Ne1 {/Qf7} 4. Rh3+ Kg1 5. Bc5+ Kf1 6. Rh1#) (3...
Ne3 4. dxe3 Qf7 5. Rg2+ Kh1 6. Be4 $1 $18) (3... Qc4+ 4. Rg4 Qd3 $1 5. Bd6+ $1
Qxd6 6. Rg2+ Kh1 7. Rg6+ Kh2 8. Rxd6 a2 9. Ra6 a1=Q 10. Rxa1 Nxa1 11. Bd1 $18)
4. Rg2+ Kh1 5. Be4 $1 (5. Ba8 $2 Nc6 $1 ({or} 5... Qf7 6. Rf2+ Nf3+ $1 7. Rxf3
Qh7+ $11) 6. Rg6 Qc4+ $11) 5... Qe6 6. Rg4+ Kh2 7. Bd6+ $1 Qxd6 8. Rg2+ Kh1 9.
Rg6+ Nf3+ $1 {play for stalemate} 10. Bxf3+ Kh2 11. Rxd6 a2 12. Rg6 $1 {
switchback} ({thematic try} 12. Rh6 $2 a1=Q 13. Kg4+ Kg1 14. Rh1+ Kf2 15. Rxa1
{position X with wKg4, ideal stalemate}) (12. Kg4 $2 a1=Q 13. Rh6+ Kg1 $11 {
see thematic try}) (12. Ra6 $2 a1=Q 13. Rxa1 {stalemate}) 12... a1=Q 13. Rg2+
Kh1 14. Rg3+ Kh2 15. Rh3+ Kg1 16. Rh1+ Kf2 17. Rxa1 $18 {
position X with wKh4, no stalemate} 1-0

[Event ""Yerevan-2800 JT 3rd prize 2018"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round ""]
[White "Yuri Bazlov"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "4r1r1/Pb2n2N/k2P4/2KPb3/2pN4/8/B7/4R3 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

1.a8=Q+ Bxa8 ( 1...Rxa8 2.Bxc4+ Ka7 3.Nb5+ Kb8 4.dxe7 $18 ) 2.Bxc4+ ( 2.Rxe5
$2 Rc8+ 3.Kb4 Nxd5+ $10 ) 2...Ka7 3.Rxe5 ( 3.Nb5+ $2 Kb8 4.Rxe5 Rc8+ 5.Nc7
Nxd5 6.Rxd5 Rg7 $10 ) 3...Rc8+ $1 ( 3...Nxd5 4.Rxe8 Rxe8 5.Bxd5 Bxd5 6.Kxd5
Kb7 7.Ne6 Kb6 8.d7 Rb8 9.Nf6 Ra8 10.Kd6 Rb8 11.Ne8 Ra8 12.Ke7 Kc6 13.Nd8+ Kb6
14.Nd6 Kc5 15.Nc8 $18 ) ( 3...Nc8 { or 3. Ng6 } 4.Rxe8 Rxe8 5.d7 $18 ) 4.Kb5
$1 Rb8+ $1 5.Ka5 $1 Nc8 $1 ( 5...Ng6 6.Re6 Rb1 7.Nb5+ $18 ) 6.Re6 $1 ( 6.d7
$2 Nb6 $1 7.Ba6 Bxd5 8.Nb5+ Ka8 9.Nc7+ Ka7 10.Nxd5 Rg1 $1 11.Nxb6 Rxb6 12.Bb5
Ra1+ 13.Kb4 Rb1+ 14.Kc3 Rd6 15.Nf6 Rc1+ 16.Kb4 Rcd1 17.Ba4 R1d2 18.Re7 Kb6
$10 { For example } 19.Ne4 R6d4+ 20.Kb3 R4d3+ { draw } ) 6...Rd8 7.d7 $1 Rxd7
8.Ra6+ $1 Kb7 9.Nf6 $1 Rd6 10.Ne8 $1 Rxa6+ 11.Bxa6+ Ka7 12.Bb7 $1 $22 Kxb7 ( 
12...Rxb7 13.Nc6# ) ( 12...Bxb7 13.Nb5+ Ka8 14.Nec7# ) ( 12...Nd6 13.Nxd6
Bxb7 ( 13...Rc8 14.Bxc8 ) 14.N4b5+ { or 14.N6b5+ } 14...Ka8 15.Nc7+ Ka7
16.Ndb5# ) 13.Nb5 $1 $22 Nd6 14.Nexd6# $1

[Event ""Yerevan-2800 JT 4rd prize 2018"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2018"]
[Round ""]
[White "Pavel Arestov and Daniel Keith"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "5b2/3P4/5R1N/3rP3/2N1n2k/1R6/r7/7K w - - 4 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

1.Nf5+ $1 ( 1.Rd6 $2 Ng3+ 2.Kg1 Rd1+ $1 3.Rxd1 Bc5+ 4.Ne3 Kh3 $1 5.d8=Q Rg2#
) ( 1.Rf4+ $2 Kh5 $1 2.Rh3+ Kg6 3.Rg4+ Ng5 $10 ) 1...Kh5 $1 ( 1...Kg5 2.Rd6
$1 Bxd6 3.d8=Q+ $18 ) 2.Ng3+ Nxg3+ 3.Rxg3 Bc5 $1 ( { main B } 3...Rd1+ 4.Rg1
Rd3 $1 5.Ne3 $1 ( 5.Rf5+ $2 Kh6 $1 6.Rg2 Rh3+ 7.Kg1 Ra1+ 8.Kf2 Ra2+ 9.Ke1
Bb4+ $1 10.Nd2 Bxd2+ 11.Rxd2 Re3+ $1 $10 ) 5...Rxe3 6.Rg5+ $1 Kh4 $1 ( 
6...Kxg5 7.d8=Q Re1+ 8.Rf1+ $18 ) 7.d8=Q Rh3+ 8.Kg1 Bc5+ 9.Rf2 Bxf2+ 10.Kf1
Bb6 $1 ( 10...Rh1+ 11.Rg1+ $18 ) 11.Qh8+ $1 Kxg5 12.Qxh3 $18 ) 4.Rd6 Bxd6
5.Rg5+ $1 ( 5.Nxd6 $2 Ra8 $10 ) ( 5.d8=Q $2 Rd1+ 6.Rg1 Rh2+ 7.Kxh2 Bxe5+
8.Nxe5 Rxd8 $10 ) 5...Kh4 $1 6.d8=Q Rh2+ 7.Kxh2 Bxe5+ 8.Nxe5 Rd2+ $1 9.Kg1 $1
( 9.Qxd2 $2 { stalemate } ) 9...Rxd8 10.Nf3+ Kh3 11.Kf2 Rg8 $1 12.Ng1+ $1 ( 
12.Rxg8 $2 { stalemate } ) 1-0

[Event ""Yerevan-2800 JT 5th prize 2018"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round ""]
[White "Oleg Pervakov and Karin Sumbatyan"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0 "]
[FEN "7r/3B2p1/k5PP/P7/P7/K1p5/b1P5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

1.hxg7 $1 ( 1.Bb5+ $2 Kxa5 2.hxg7 Rg8 3.Kxa2 Rxg7 4.Be8 Kb4 5.Bf7 Kxa4 $10 )
1...Rh6 $1 2.Bb5+ ( { thematic false track } 2.Be8 $2 Bg8 3.Bf7 ( 3.Kb4 Rh4+
4.Kxc3 Rc4+ $1 5.Kd3 Rc7 $1 6.Bf7 Rd7+ $1 $10 ) 3...Kxa5 $22 4.Kb3 Rxg6 $10 )
2...Kxa5 3.Be8 Bg8 $1 4.Bf7 $1 $22 Kb6 5.Kb4 Rh4+ 6.Kb3 $1 ( 
{ thematic false track } 6.Kxc3 $2 Rg4 $1 $22 7.Kd3 Kc5 $1 8.Ke3 Kd6 $1 9.a5
Ke7 $10 ) 6...Rg4 7.Kxc3 $1 $22 Kc6 $5 8.a5 $1 ( 8.Kd3 $2 Kd6 9.a5 Ke7
10.Bxg8 Rxg6 $10 ) 8...Kc5 9.a6 $1 $18 ( { not } 9.Kd3 $2 Rd4+ $1 10.Ke3 Rd8
11.Kf4 Kd6 12.Kg5 Ke7 $10 )

[Event ""Yerevan-2800 JT 6th prize 2018"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2018"]
[Round ""]
[White "A.Avni and Martin Minski"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2018"]
[FEN "5b2/6k1/P4Nrp/8/5Q1p/r4P2/8/7K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

1.Ne8+ $1 ( { logical try: } 1.Nh5+ $2 Kg8 2.Qc4+ Kh7 ( 2...Kh8 $2 3.Qf7 Ra1+
4.Kh2 Bd6+ 5.f4 Rxa6 6.Kh3 $18 ) 3.Qf7+ Bg7 4.a7 Ra1+ ( 4...h3 5.Qb7 Ra1+
6.Kh2 Rg2+ { is a transposition of moves } ) 5.Kh2 h3 $1 6.Qb7 Rg2+ 7.Kxh3
Rg5 $1 { and Black is safe: } 8.Nf6+ Kg6 $11 ) 1...Kg8 2.Qc4+ Kh7 ( 2...Kh8
3.Qf7 $18 ) 3.Qf7+ Bg7 4.a7 Ra1+ 5.Kh2 h3 $1 { Is White in zugzwang? No! } ( 
5...Ra3 6.Qb7 $1 Ra2+ 7.Kh3 Ra1 8.f4 Ra3+ 9.Kxh4 $18 { see mainline } ) 6.Qb7
$1 ( 6.f4 $2 Ra3 $1 $11 ) 6...Rg2+ ( 6...Ra2+ 7.Kxh3 Ra1 8.f4 $18
{ see mainline } ) 7.Kxh3 Rg6 { threatens 8...Rh1# } ( { After } 7...Rg5 8.f4
$1
{ White wins, as in comparison with the logical try, there is no Nh5 under
attack. } ) 8.f4 Ra3+ 9.Kh4 Ra2
{ Forced, to keep the mate threat 10...Rh2#, but now the rook becomes
vulnerable: } 10.Nf6+ $1 { switchback } 10...Rxf6 11.Qb1+ $18 1-0

[Event ""Yerevan-2800 JT 7th prize 2018"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round ""]
[White "Anatoly Skripnik and Pavel Arestov"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1P1p4/q7/3n3B/1b6/2p2K1N/7k/2Rn4 w - - 0 1"]

1.b8=Q+ Nc7 (1...Bd6 2.Rc2+ Kh1 3.Nf2+ Nxf2 4.Qb1+ {+_}) 2.Qxc7+ (2.Rc2+ {?}
2...Kh1 3.Nf2+ Nxf2 4.Kxf2 Bc5+ 5.Ke1 Qe6+ 6.Re2 c2 {!} 7.Qb2 Bb4+ {!=}) 2...
Bd6 3.Rc2+ Kh1 {в угол} 4.Nf2+ {!ответная жертва} 4...Nxf2 5.Qxc3 (5.Rc1+ Kh2
6.Qxc3 Bg3 {=}) 5...Qf1 (5...Qd3+ 6.Qxd3 Nxd3 7.Rd2 {+-}) 6.Ke3 (6.Rxf2 {?}
6...Qh3+ 7.Ke2 Qxc3 {=}) 6...Ng4+ {! Черные упорно защищаются,жертвуя коня }
7.Bxg4 Qf4+ 8.Kd3 (8.Ke2 {?} 8...Qxg4+ {=}) 8...Qg3+ 9.Kc4 Qxg4+ {Черные отыграли фигуру,но белый король скрывается от шахов...}
10.Kb5 Qf5+ 11.Ka6 {!} 11...Qf1+ 12.Ka7 (12.Kb6 {?} 12...Bh2 13.Rc1 Bg1+ {=})
12...Bh2 {создается впечатление,что черные благополучно защитили позицию,но это впечатление обманчиво...}
13.Qh8 {!в угол} 13...Qg1+ 14.Ka8 (14.Kb7 {?} 14...Qb1+ 15.Rb2 Qe4+ {=}) 14...
d6 {теперь ходы пешкой перекрывают диагональ,чем и пользуются белые} 15.Qh7 (
15.Ra2 {?} 15...Qg3 16.Ra1+ Kg2 17.Ra2+ Kh1 {pos.draw=}) 15...d5 (15...Qa1+
16.Kb7 Qe5 17.Qd3 {+_}) 16.Qh8 Qg3 (16...d4 17.Qh7 Qa1+ 18.Kb7 {+_}) 17.Rc1+
Kg2 18.Qb2+ Qf2 19.Rc2 {+_} 1-0


[Event ""Yerevan-2800 JT 8th prize 2018"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2018"]
[Round ""]
[White "Østmoe, Geir Sune Tallaksen"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7r/3P1P2/pR2P3/Pp4pP/k1b5/2Ppb2K/P3p3/1R6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2018"]

1. d8=Q $1 (1. e7 $2 {is too slow, as Black will have a mating attack
after} d2 {, for example} 2. f8=Q e1=Q 3. Qxh8 Qh4+ 4. Kg2 Bd5+ 5. Kf1 Qf2#)
1... Rxd8 2. e7 g4+ $1 (2... d2 3. exd8=Q e1=Q 4. f8=Q {draws; Black has
perpetual checks, but nothing more.}) 3. Kxg4 (3. Kh2 $2 d2 4. exd8=Q Bf4+ $1
5. Kg2 e1=Q {wins; Black has a mating attack.}) 3... Rd4+ $1 {First Prokeš
manoeuvre.} 4. cxd4 Bxf7 5. Kf3 Bc1 $1 6. e8=Q $1 {Forcing the bishop away
from c4.} (6. Rxc1 $2 d2 7. Rc4+ Bxc4 $1 8. e8=Q e1=Q {wins.}) 6... Bxe8 7.
Rxc1 d2 8. Rc4+ $1 {Second Prokeš manoeuvre.} bxc4 9. Kxe2 c3 10. Rb1 c2 (
10... Bxh5+ 11. Kd3 Bg6+ 12. Kxc3 Bxb1 13. Kxd2 {draws.}) 11. Rb4+ $1 {Third
Prokeš manoeuvre.} Kxb4 12. Kxd2 {draws.} 1/2-1/2

[Event ""Yerevan-2800 JT 9th prize 2018"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2018"]
[Round ""]
[White "Daniel Keith"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "8/k2P4/1N2K3/2b4Q/4n3/4r3/6p1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]


{ Black threatens to capture the b6-knight by controlling the field d8, to promote on g1 and a terrible discovery check. }
1.Nc8+ $1 ( 1.d8=Q $2 Ng5+ $1 2.Kf5 ( 2.Kf6 g1=Q 3.Nc8+ Ka6 $10 ) 2...Rf3+ ( 
2...g1=Q $2 3.Nc8+ Ka6 4.Qg6+ Ne6 5.Qxg1 $18 ) 3.Kxg5 g1=Q+ 4.Qg4 Be3+ $1
5.Kh5 Qh2+ 6.Qgh4 Qe5+ $10 ) 1...Ka6 2.Qg6 $1 ( 2.d8=Q $2 g1=Q { or Ng3+ = }
) ( 2.Qh2 $2 Nd6+ $1 3.Kd5 Rd3+ $1 4.Kxc5 Nb7+ 5.Kc6 ( 5.Kb4 Rd4+ $1 6.Kb3
Rd3+ 7.Kb2 Rd2+ 8.Kc3 Rxd7 9.Qxg2 Rc7+ 10.Kb4 Rxc8 $10 ) 5...Nd8+ 6.Kc7 Ne6+
7.Kb8 ( 7.Kc6 Nd8+ 8.Kc5 Nb7+ 9.Kc4 Rxd7 ) 7...g1=Q $1 8.Qxg1 Rb3+ $10 )
2...Rg3 $1 ( 2...Nd6+ 3.Kd5 $18 ) ( 2...Bb6 3.Qxg2 $18 ) 3.Qxe4 g1=Q $1 ( 
{ main B } 3...Re3 4.Qxe3 Bxe3 5.d8=Q { Phoenix } 5...g1=Q 6.Qd3+ $1 Kb7 ( 
6...Ka5 7.Qa3+ Kb5 8.Nd6+ ) 7.Nd6+ Ka7 $1 8.Qh7+ $1 ( 8.Qa3+ $2 Kb8 9.Qb2+
Bb6 10.Qh8+ Ka7 $10 ) 8...Kb6 9.Qb7+ Kc5 10.Qb5+ Kd4 11.Qc4# ) 4.Qc4+ $1 ( 
4.Qa4+ $2 Kb7 5.Nd6+ ( 5.Qe4+ Ka6 6.d8=Q Re3 ) 5...Bxd6 6.d8=N+
{ (position X1) Phoenix } 6...Kb6 $1 7.Qc6+ Ka5 8.Nb7+ Kb4 $10 ) ( 4.Qe2+ $2
Kb7 $10 ) ( 4.Qc6+ $2 Bb6 5.Qc4+ Ka5 $10 ) 4...Kb7 5.Nd6+ $1 ( 5.Qd5+ $2
{ or Qe4+ } 5...Ka6 $10 ) ( 5.Qb5+ $2 Bb6 6.d8=N+ ( 6.Nd6+ Ka7 ) 6...Kb8
$1 $10 ) 5...Bxd6 6.Qd5+ ( 6.d8=N+ $2 Kb6 $10 ) ( 6.Qc8+ $2 Ka7 $10 ) 6...Ka7
7.Qa5+ ( 7.Qa2+ $2 Ba3 $1 $19 ) 7...Kb7 8.d8=N+ $1 { (Position X) Phoenix }
( 8.Qd5+ $2 Ka7 ) 8...Kc8 9.Qa8+ Kc7 10.Qb7+ Kxd8 11.Qd7# 1-0

[Event ""Yerevan-2800 JT 10th prize 2018"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round ""]
[White "Stavriecki"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "r4n1k/B1P4n/8/2p1p3/2R5/3K4/7r/1B6 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

1.Bb8 ( 1.Rxc5 $2 Rc8 ) 1...Ra3+ 2.Rc3 ( 2.Ke4 Nf6+ 3.Kxe5 N6d7+ 4.Kf4 Nb6 )
2...c4+ $1 3.Kxc4 ( 3.Ke4 Nf6+ 4.Kxe5 N8d7+ ) 3...Rh4+ 4.Kb5 $1 Rxc3 5.c8=Q
Rxc8 6.Bxe5+ { A) } 6...Kg8 ( { B) } 6...Nf6 7.Bxf6+ Kg8 8.Ba2+ $1 ( 8.Bxh4
$2 Rb8+ $1 ) 8...Kh7 9.Bxh4 $10 ) 7.Ba2+ Ne6 8.Bxe6+ Kf8 9.Bd6+ $1 ( 9.Bxc8
$2 Rh5 $1 ) 9...Kg7 10.Bxc8 $10 

[Event ""Yerevan-2800 JT 11th prize 2018"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round ""]
[White "Zinar"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "8/5p1p/1p5p/1P6/Pk1p3p/pP3p2/K1P2P2/7N w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

1.Kb1 $1 ( 1.Ka1 $2 Kc3 2.Kb1 a2+ 3.Kxa2 Kxc2 4.a5 d3 5.axb6 d2 6.b7 d1=Q
7.b8=Q Qb1+ 8.Ka3 Qxb3# ) ( 1.a5 $2 Kxa5 2.Kxa3 Kxb5 $10 ) 1...Ka5 ( 1...Kc3
2.a5 a2+ 3.Kxa2 Kxc2 4.axb6 d3 5.b7 d2 6.b8=Q d1=Q 7.Qc7+ $18 ) 2.Ka1 Kb4
3.Ka2 f6 4.Kb1 $1 Ka5 5.Ka1 Kb4 6.Ka2 f5 7.Kb1 $1 Ka5 8.Ka1 Kb4 9.Ka2 f4
10.Kb1 $1 Ka5 11.Ka1 Kb4 12.Ka2 h3 13.Kb1 $1 Ka5 14.Ka1 Kb4 15.Ka2 h2 16.Kb1
$1 Ka5 17.Ka1 Kb4 18.Ka2 h5 19.Kb1 $1 Ka5 20.Ka1 Kb4 21.Ka2 h4 22.Kb1 $1 Ka5
23.Ka1 Kb4 24.Ka2 h3 25.Kb1 $1 Ka5 26.Ka1 Kb4 27.Ka2 h6 28.Kb1 $1 Ka5 29.Ka1
Kb4 30.Ka2 h5 31.Kb1 $1 Ka5 32.Ka1 Kb4 33.Ka2 h4 34.Kb1 $1 Ka5 35.Ka1 Kb4
36.Ka2 $18

[Event ""Yerevan-2800 JT 12th prize 2018"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round ""]
[White "Oleg Pervakov and Karin Sumbatyan"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "8/5p1Q/8/8/5p2/1p1P3p/p7/3k3K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

1.Qg7 $1 ( { Logical false track } 1.Qh8 $2 f6 $1 2.Qxf6 ( 2.Qa8 $2 Kc1 $1
3.Qa3+ b2 $10 ) 2...Kc2 3.Qa1 f3 4.Kg1 Kxd3 5.Qc1 Ke2 $1 6.Qb2+ Ke1 7.Qd4 Ke2
8.Qb2+ Ke1 { positional draw } ) 1...f6 $1 2.Qg1+ ( 2.Qxf6 $2 ) 2...Kc2 3.Qa1
$1 f3 4.Kg1 $1 ( 4.Kh2 $2 f2 $10 ) 4...Kxd3 5.Kh2 $1 f2 6.Kg3 $1 ( 6.Kxh3 $2
b2 $1 7.Qxb2 $2 f1=Q+ $19 ) 6...h2 7.Kxh2 b2 8.Qxb2 f1=Q 9.Qb5+ Kc2 10.Qxf1
Kb2 $18

[Event ""Yerevan-2800 JT 13th prize 2018"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2018"]
[Round ""]
[White "A.Sochnev"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/R5N1/8/8/1rPp4/8/B5K1/kn6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2018"]

1. c5 $1 (1. Bxb1+ $2 Kxb1 2. c5 d3 3. Rd7 Rc4 4. Ne6 Rc2+ 5. Kf3 d2 $11) (1.
Kf3 $2 Nc3 2. c5 Nxa2 3. c6 Rc4 4. c7 Kb2 $11) 1... Rb2+ (1... Nc3 $2 2. Be6+
Ra4 3. Rxa4+ Nxa4 4. c6 $18) 2. Kh1 $3 {into a corner!} ({Thematic try:} 2. Kg1
$2 Rxa2 3. Rxa2+ Kxa2 4. c6 Nc3 (4... d3 5. Nf5 d2 6. Ne3 Nc3 7. c7 {and etc.})
5. c7 d3 6. Nf5 (6. c8=Q d2 $11) 6... d2 7. Ne3 Nd5 $1 8. c8=Q Nxe3 9. Qa6+ Kb2
10. Qe2 Kc2 $1 {ZZ} 11. Kh1 (11. Kf2 Nd1+ 12. Kf3 Nc3 $11) 11... Nd1 $1 $11) ({
Thematic try:} 2. Kh3 $2 Rxa2 3. Rxa2+ Kxa2 4. c6 d3 $1 (4... Nc3 $2 5. c7 d3
6. Nf5 d2 7. Ne3 Nd5 $1 8. Nxd5 $1 d1=Q 9. Nc3+ $18) 5. Nf5 d2 6. Ne3 Na3 $1 (
6... Nc3 $2 7. c7 Nd5 8. Nxd5 $1 $18) 7. c7 Nc4 $1 8. c8=Q Nxe3 9. Qa6+ Kb2 10.
Qe2 Kc2 11. Kg3 $5 (11. Kh4 Nd1 $1 $11) 11... Kb1 $3 12. Qd3+ Ka1 $3 {
into a corner!} 13. Qd4+ Kb1 14. Qxd2 (14. Qd3+ Ka1 $11) 14... Nf1+ $11) (2.
Kg3 $2 Rxa2 3. Rxa2+ Kxa2 4. c6 d3 5. Nf5 d2 6. Ne3 Nc3 7. c7 Ne4+ $11) (2. Kf1
$2 {(f3)} Rxa2 3. Rxa2+ Kxa2 4. c6 Nd2+ $1 5. Ke2 Nc4 $11) 2... Rxa2 3. Rxa2+
Kxa2 4. c6 Nc3 (4... d3 5. Nf5 d2 6. Ne3 {and etc.}) 5. c7 d3 6. Nf5 $1 (6.
c8=Q $2 d2 7. Qc4+ Kb2 $1 $11) 6... d2 7. Ne3 Nd5 $1 8. c8=Q Nxe3 9. Qa6+ $1
Kb2 10. Qe2 Kc2 11. Kg1 $1 {ZZ} Nd5 (11... Nd1 {
in contrast to thematic tries, it loses} 12. Qe4+ $1 Kc3 {for example} 13. Qf3+
Kc2 14. Qf5+ Kc3 15. Qa5+ Kd3 16. Qa6+ Ke3 17. Qb6+ Kd3 18. Qb1+ Ke2 19. Qb5+
Ke3 20. Qb3+ Ke2 21. Qc4+ Ke3 22. Kf1 $18) 12. Qe4+ Kc1 13. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event ""Yerevan-2800 JT 14th prize 2018"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2018"]
[Round ""]
[White "Sergei Didukh"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/2p3pp/4pP2/4pb2/3p4/B2N2P1/3Pq1PQ/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2018"]

1. Qh6 $1 (1. f7 $2 Qd1+ 2. Kf2 Qxd2+) (1. Qh4 $2 Bxd3 2. f7 Qf1+ 3. Kh2 Qxf7
4. Qd8+ Qg8 $11) 1... Qd1+ 2. Kf2 $3 ({Logical try} 2. Ne1 $2 gxh6 3. f7 Qxe1+
4. Kh2 Kg7 5. f8=Q+ Kg6 6. Qg8+ Kf6 7. Qh8+ Kf7 $1 8. Bf8 Ke8 $1 9. Qg7 Kd8 $11
) (2. Kh2 $2 gxh6 3. f7 Qh5+ 4. Kg1 Qxf7 $19) 2... gxh6 3. f7 Qxd2+ 4. Kg1 Qd1+
5. Ne1 Qxe1+ (5... Kg7 6. f8=Q+ Kg6 7. Qe8+ Kg5 8. Be7+ Kg4 9. Qg8+ Kh5 10.
Qf7+ Bg6 11. Qxe6 $18) 6. Kh2 Kg7 7. f8=Q+ Kg6 8. Qg8+ (8. Qe8+ Kg5 9. Qg8+ Kf6
{waste of time.}) (8. Be7 $2 Kh5 9. Qf7+ Kg4 10. Qg8+ Bg6 11. Qxe6+ Bf5 $11)
8... Kf6 9. Qh8+ $1 (9. Bf8 $2 Bg6 $1 10. Bg7+ Ke7) 9... Kf7 (9... Kg5 10. Qg7+
$1 Bg6 11. Qe7+ Kg4 (11... Kf5 12. Qf8+ Ke4 13. Qf3#) 12. Qh4+ Kf5 13. g4+ $1 {
Q wins Q.}) (9... Kg6 10. Bf8 $1 Kg5 11. Qg8+ $1 (11. Qg7+ $2 Bg6 12. Qe7+ Kf5)
11... Kh5 (11... Bg6 12. Qxe6 $18) 12. g4+ Bxg4 13. Qf7+ Kg5 14. Be7#) 10. Bf8
$1 Ke8 11. Bb4+ $1 {B wins Q.} 1-0

[Event ""Yerevan-2800 JT 15th prize 2018"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round ""]
[White "Bulanov"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[FEN "BK6/1Pp5/P1R5/1k6/8/7b/3p3b/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

1.a7 $1 d1=Q ( 1...Bg1 $1 2.Rc1 $1 dxc1=N ( { or } 2...dxc1=B 3.Kxc7 Bf4+
4.Kd8 Bxa7 5.b8=Q+ $1 { [5.K-? Bab8!-+] } 5...Baxb8 { or 5. ... Bfxb8 draws }
) 3.Kxc7 Bb6+ 4.Kd6 $1 ( 4.Kb8 $2 Bg2 $1 5.Kc8 Nd3 6.b8=Q ( 6.b8=N Bxa8 $19 )
( 6.Kd7 Nc5+ 7.Ke7 Nxb7 $19 ) 6...Bh3+ 7.Kb7 Nc5# ) 4...Bxa7 5.Kc7 Bb6+ 6.Kd6
Ba7 7.Kc7 { positional draw } ) 2.Rc5+ Kb4 3.Rc4+ Kb3 4.Rc3+ Kb2 5.Rc2+ Kb1
6.Rc1+ Kb2 7.Rc2+ { positional draw } 

[Event ""Yerevan-2800 JT 16th prize 2018"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017"]
[Round ""]
[White "Lubos Kekely"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/3K4/3n2p1/8/8/4PQq1/2P1R2b/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2017"]

1. Qg2 $1 {surprise key} (1. Qxg3 $2 Bxg3 2. Rg2 Ne4 3. c4 g5 4. Rb2+ Ka7 5.
Kc6 g4 6. c5 Nf6 7. Rb7+ Ka6 8. e4 Nxe4 $11) 1... Qxg2 2. Rxg2 Be5 3. Ke6 (3.
Rg4 $2 Nf5 4. Rb4+ Ka7 5. Rb3 Nd6 6. Ke6 Bh2 7. Rb4 Nf5 8. e4 Nh4 9. Kf6 Nf3
10. Kxg6 Ne5+ 11. Kf5 Nc6 $11) (3. Rxg6 $2 Nc4 $11) 3... Nc4 4. Rg4 (4. Kd5 $2
Nxe3+ 5. Kxe5 Nxg2 $11) 4... Nxe3 5. Re4 $1 (5. Rb4+ $2 Ka7 $1 6. Kxe5 Nxc2 7.
Rb3 Ka6 $1 8. Ke4 Ka5 $11) 5... Nxc2 6. Kxe5 Kb7 7. Kd5 Kb6 8. Kc4 Kc6 (8...
Na3+ 9. Kb4 Nc2+ (9... Nb5 10. Re6+ $19) 10. Kb3 $18) 9. Re6+ $1 Kd7 10. Re2 {
switchback and wins..} 1-0

[Event ""Yerevan-2800 JT 17th prize 2018"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2017"]
[Round ""]
[White "Michal Hlinka and Lubos Kekely"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2B2N2/2p5/3k4/8/2Pp1rp1/1RP2pK1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2017"]

1. Rb1 (1. c4+ $2 Kd4 2. Rb1 dxc2 $19) 1... f1=Q+ (1... dxc2 2. Rf1 Rxf7 3.
Bxg3 Ke4 4. Bxf2 $11) 2. Rxf1 Rxf1 3. c4+ $1 (3. cxd3 $2 Rxf7 4. Bxg3 Kc5 5.
Bf2+ Kb5 6. Kf1 Re7 7. Bd4 Ka4 8. Bc5 Re8 9. d4 Kb3 10. Bb4 Kc2 11. Kf2 Kd3 12.
Kf3 Rb8 13. Ba5 Rb5 $19) 3... Kc5 (3... Kd4 4. Bb6+ $1 c5 5. c3+ $1 Ke3 6. Kxf1
g2+ 7. Kxg2 d2 8. Bxc5+ Kf4 9. Bd4 d1=Q 10. Ne5 Qd2+ 11. Kh3 $1 Qc2 12. c5 Qe4
13. Kh2 $11) (3... Ke6 4. Nd8+ Kd7 5. cxd3 $1 Rd1 6. Bb6 $11) 4. Kxf1 g2+ $1 5.
Kxg2 d2 6. Ne5 d1=Q 7. Nd3+ Kd4 (7... Kxc4 $2 8. Nb2+ $18) 8. Be5+ Ke3 (8...
Ke4 $2 9. Nf2+ Kxe5 10. Nxd1 $18) 9. Bf4+ Ke2 (9... Kd4 10. Be5+ Ke3 11. Bf4+
$11) 10. Nc1+ Ke1 11. Nd3+ {positional draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event ""Yerevan-2800 JT 18th prize 2018"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round ""]
[White "Bulanov"]
[Black ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "2n5/8/1p5R/8/5Rn1/2K5/3p4/2k5 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]

1.Rh1+ ( 1.Ra4 $2 d1=N+ 2.Kb3 Nxh6 $10 ) 1...d1=N+ $1 2.Kb3 $1 ( 2.Kd3 $5 Ne3
3.Rf6 Ne7 4.Rxb6 N7d5 $10 ) 2...Ne3 3.Rd4 Ne7 4.Rd3 $1 N7f5 ( 4...N7d5 5.Rg1
$1 Nf4 6.Rxe3 $18 { etc. } ) 5.Rg1 $1 $22 ( { not } 5.Re1 $2 ) 5...b5 6.Re1
$1 Nh4 7.Rh1 $1 Nhf5 ( 7...Nf3 8.Rxe3 Nd4+ 9.Ka2 Kd2 10.Re8 $18 ) 8.Rg1 $1 b4
9.Re1 Nh4 10.Rh1 Nhg2 ( 10...Nhf5 11.Rg1 $18 ) 11.Rd4 $1 Nf4 12.Rxf4 $18 1-0

