[Event "1st prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sergiy Didukh"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4N3/3N4/6k1/3p4/2P5/3Pn2K/5p1B/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. Ne5+ Kh7 (1... Kf5 2. Ng7+ {=}) 2. Nf6+ Kh8 3. Nf7+ $1 (3. Ng6+ $2 Kg7 4.
Nh5+ Kxg6 5. Ng3 d4 $1 {zz} 6. c5 Kf7 $1 {zz} 7. c6 Ke6 $1 {zz} 8. c7 Kd7 9.
Kh4 Nf5+ 10. Nxf5 f1=Q 11. Kg5 Qxd3 12. Bd6 (12. Ne7 Qe3+ {-+}) 12... Qc2 13.
Ne7 d3 {-+}) 3... Kg7 4. Nh5+ Kxf7 5. Ng3 d4 6. c5 $1 Ke8 (6... Ke6 7. c6 $1 {
zz} Ke7 8. Nf5+ Nxf5 9. Kg2 {=}) 7. c6 $1 (7. Nf1 $2 Nxf1 8. Kg2 Nxh2 9. Kxf2
Ng4+ $1 (9... Kd7 $2 10. Kg2 $1 Ng4 11. Kf3 Ne5+ 12. Ke4 Nc6 13. Kd5 {zz}) 10.
Kf3 Ne5+ 11. Ke4 Nc6 12. Kd5 Kd7 {zz}) 7... Kd8 8. Nf1 (8. c7+ $2 Kd7 $1 9. Kh4
Nf5+ {-+}) 8... Nxf1 9. Kg2 Nxh2 10. Kxf2 Kc7 11. Kg2 $1 (11. Kg3 $2 Nf1+ {-+})
11... Ng4 12. Kf3 Ne5+ (12... Nf6 13. Kf4 Kd6 14. c7 Kxc7 15. Ke5 {=}) 13. Ke4
Nxc6 14. Kd5 Kd7 15. Kc5 $1 {=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oleg Pervakov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "K1k1r3/3pp3/2p3Np/5P2/1b2P1N1/5qP1/1P6/2QR4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. Rxd7 $1 (1. N6e5 $2 Kc7+ 2. Ka7 Qxd1 $1 3. Qxd1 Bc5+ 4. Ka6 Ra8#) (1. Ka7 $2
Qb3 {-+}) 1... Kxd7+ (1... Qxe4 $2 2. N4e5 Bd6 3. Qa1 Bxe5 4. Nxe5 Qxe5 5. Rb7
$1 {+-}) 2. Kb7 $1 Rb8+ $1 (2... Qxe4 3. N4e5+ Kd6 4. Nc4+ Kd5 5. Nf4+ Kd4 6.
Ne6+ Kd5 (6... Kd3 7. Qb1+ {+-}) 7. Nd2 {+-}) 3. Kxb8 Bd6+ 4. Ka8 $3 (4. Ka7 $2
Qxe4 5. Qc4 Qxf5 $1 6. N4e5+ Bxe5 7. Qg4 e6 8. Qxf5 Bd4+ $1 {=}) (4. Kb7 $2
Qb3+ {-+}) 4... Qxe4 (4... Qxg4 5. Qc4 Kc7 6. Qb3 $1 Qxe4 7. Qb8+ Kd7 8. Nf8#)
5. Qc4 $3 (5. N4e5+ $2 Bxe5 6. Qc4 Bd4 $1 {=}) 5... Qxf5 (5... Qxc4 6. N6e5+
Kc7 7. Nxc4 Bxg3 8. Nxh6 {+-}) 6. N4e5+ $1 (6. N6e5+ $2 Bxe5 7. Qd3+ Ke6 $1 {=}
) (6. Qd4 $2 c5 $1 7. N4e5+ Kc7 8. Qg4 Qxg4 9. Nxg4 Bxg3 {=}) 6... Bxe5 7. Qg4
$3 Ke6 $1 8. Nf8+ $1 Kf6 9. Nd7+ Ke6 10. Nc5+ Kf6 11. Ne4+ Ke6 12. Qg8+ $1 Kd7
(12... Qf7 13. Nc5+ Kf6 14. Nd7+ Ke6 15. Qxf7+ Kxf7 16. Nxe5+ {+-}) 13. Nc5+
Kd6 (13... Kc7 14. Qb8#) 14. b4 $1 Bd4 (14... Bxg3 15. Qxg3+ Kd5 16. Kb7 h5 17.
Qb3+ Kd4 18. Ne6+ Ke5 19. Qe3+ Kd6 20. Nc7 e6 21. Qd4+ Ke7 22. Kxc6 {+-}) 15.
g4 $1 Qd5 (15... Qb1 16. Qe6+ Kc7 17. Qd7+ Kb6 18. Qb7#) (15... Qf6 16. Ne4+ {
+-}) 16. Qb8# 1-0

[Event "3rd prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander Zhukov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5K2/8/6k1/3B4/5PP1/8/4q1N1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. Nh4+ Kh7 $1 (1... Kf6 $2 2. g5#) (1... Kh6 $2 2. g5+ Kh5 3. Bf3+ {+-}) 2.
Bg8+ $1 Kh6 (2... Kh8 $2 3. Ng6#) 3. Nf5+ Kg6 4. Ne7+ Kh6 (4... Kf6 $2 5. g5#)
5. Bf7 $1 (5. g5+ $2 Kh5 6. Bf7+ Kg4 $1 (6... Kh4 $2 7. g6 Qb2 $1 8. f5 $1 Qh8+
9. Ng8 $1 Qd4 10. g7 $1 Qd8+ 11. Be8 Kg5 12. Ne7 Kf6 13. g8=N+ $1 {+-}) 7. g6
Qb2 $1 8. f5 $1 Qh8+ $1 9. Ng8 $1 Qd4 10. g7 $1 Qd8+ 11. Be8 Kxf5 $1 12. Ne7+
Kf6 $1 13. g8=N+ {=}) 5... Kh7 (5... Qd3 $2 6. g5+ Kh7 7. g6+ $1 Kh6 8. Ng8+
Kh5 9. g7+ Kh4 10. Ne7 Qd8+ 11. Be8 {+-}) (5... Qa6 $2 6. g5+ Kh7 7. g6+ Kh6 8.
g7 {+-}) 6. g5 Kh8 (6... Qd3 $2 7. g6+ (7. Bg6+ $2 Kh8 8. Bxd3 {stalemate})
7... Kh6 8. Ng8+ Kh5 9. g7+ $1 Kh4 10. Ne7 {+-}) 7. Ng6+ Kh7 8. Ne5 $1 (8. f5
$2 Qa2 $3 (8... Qe6 $2 9. Ne7 Qb6 {(d6)} 10. g6+ Kh6 11. g7 $1 Qb8+ $1 12. Be8
Qe5 $1 13. g8=N+ $1 {+-} (13. g8=R $2 Qg7+ 14. Rxg7 {stalemate}) (13. g8=Q $2
Qxe7+ $1 14. Kxe7 {stalemate})) 9. Ne7 Qa8+ $1 10. Be8 Qa1 {=}) 8... Kh8 $1 9.
Bh5 $3 (9. Ng6+ $2 Kh7 10. Ne5 {(e7)} Kh8 $1 {loss of time}) 9... Qxh5 10. f5
$3 {zz} Kh7 11. g6+ Kh6 12. Nf7# $1 1-0

[Event "4th prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vladislav Tarasiuk, Sergiy Tkachenko"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5B2/8/1P6/p6b/kp2p1p1/1p1P4/pK2RPp1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. Re1 g3 $1 2. fxg3 (2. Bc5 $2 exd3 3. b7 d2 {=}) 2... exd3 3. g4 $3 (3. b7 $2
d2 4. Rg1 d1=Q 5. Rxd1 Bxd1 6. Bc5 a1=Q+ $1 7. Kxa1 Ka3 8. b8=Q g1=Q $1 9. Bxg1
b2+ 10. Kb1 Bb3 {=}) 3... d2 $1 4. Rg1 $1 (4. Ra1 $2 Bg6 $3 5. Rg1 (5. b7 Bb1
$1 {=}) 5... Be4 6. Bh6 Bd5 7. Bxd2 Kb5 8. b7 Bxb7 9. Kxb3 Bd5+ 10. Kb2 a4 11.
g5 a3+ 12. Ka1 b3 {=}) 4... Bxg4 5. b7 (5. Bc5 $2 Bf3 $1 {=}) 5... d1=Q $1 6.
Rxd1 Bxd1 7. Bc5 a1=Q+ $1 8. Kxa1 Ka3 9. b8=Q b2+ 10. Kb1 g1=Q $1 11. Bxg1 Bb3
12. Qg3 $1 a4 13. Qc3 $3 bxc3 14. Bc5# 1-0

[Event "5th prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Iuri Bazlov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6N1/7R/3r4/3r1k2/K4p2/2P1P3/4R3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1... Ke3 $3 (1... f2 2. Rf1 Ke3 3. Re6+ Kd2 4. c4 Rd7 5. Rxf2 Rxg7 6. Kb4 {+-})
(1... Ra5+ 2. Kb3 Ke3 (2... f2 3. e3+ Kg3 4. Reh1 Re4 5. R6h3+ Kg2 6. R3h2+ Kf3
7. Rf1 {+-}) 3. Ne6 f2 4. Rf1 Rda4 (4... Rd6 5. Rh3+ Kxe2 6. Nf4+ Kxf1 7. Rh1#)
5. Nc5 Ra3+ 6. Kb4 Kxe2 7. Rfh1 Ra8 8. Rf6 Rf3 9. Rxf3 Kxf3 10. Nd3 Kg2 11.
Nxf2 {+-}) 2. Ne6 $1 (2. exf3+ $2 Kd2 $1 3. Reh1 {(Rhe6)} (3. c4 Rxc4 4. Rf1
Rd3+ 5. Kb2 Rc2+ 6. Kb1 Rb3+ 7. Ka1 Ra3+ {=}) 3... Ra5+ 4. Kb3 Rb5+ {=}) 2...
f2 3. Rf1 $1 (3. Rhh1 $2 Rg4 $1 {=}) 3... Re4 (3... Kxe2 4. Rxf2+ Kxf2 5. Nxd4
Rxd4 6. c3 {+-}) 4. Rf6 $1 Kd2 5. c4 $1 (5. Nc7 $2 Rc5 {=}) 5... Rxc4 6. R1xf2
$1 (6. R6xf2 $2 Re4 7. e3+ (7. Nc7 Rdd4 8. e3+ Kxe3 9. Rf3+ Kd2 10. R1f2+ Re2 {
=}) 7... Kxe3 8. Rf3+ Kd2 9. R1f2+ Re2 {=}) 6... Re4 7. Nd4 $1 (7. Nc7 $2 Rc5
8. Rd6+ Ke1 9. Rf7 Rc3+ 10. Kb2 Rh3 {=}) 7... Ra5+ 8. Kb4 Rd5 9. Kb3 $1 Rdxd4 (
9... Rexd4 10. e4+ $1 {+-}) 10. e3+ Kxe3 11. R6f3# 1-0

[Event "6th prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sergiy Tkachenko"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6K1/3P4/3p3R/7n/8/1Rp2r2/3pk1N1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. Re6+ $1 (1. Rxd6 $2 Nf6+ $1 2. Kg7 Nxd7 {=}) 1... Kf2 $1 (1... Kd3 2. d8=Q {
+-}) (1... Kf1 2. Rb1+ Kxg2 3. Re2+ Rf2 4. Rxf2+ Kxf2 5. d8=Q {+-}) 2. Ne3 $1 (
2. d8=Q $2 d1=Q 3. Qb6+ Kxg2 4. Rg6+ Kh3 5. Qb7 Qd3 6. Qd7+ Kh2 {=}) 2... Rxe3
(2... Rg3+ 3. Kf8 $1 Rxe3 4. Rxe3 $1 (4. Rxd6 $2 Rf3+ 5. Ke7 Re3+ $1 6. Kf7 (6.
Kd8 Re1 {=}) 6... Rf3+ 7. Ke7 Re3+ {=}) 4... d1=Q (4... Kxe3 5. d8=Q d1=Q 6.
Qg5+ Nf4 7. Rxc3+ Kd2 8. Rc4 {+-}) 5. Rbxc3 {+-}) 3. Rxd6 $1 (3. Rxe3 $2 d1=Q
4. Rbxc3 Qg4+ {=}) 3... d1=Q $1 (3... Nf6+ 4. Rxf6+ {+-}) 4. Rxd1 Nf6+ 5. Kf8
$3 (5. Kf7 $2 Nxd7 6. Rxd7 c2 7. Rb2 $1 Re2 $1 8. Rc7 c1=N $1 (8... c1=Q $2 9.
Rxe2+ Kxe2 10. Rxc1 {+-}) 9. Rxe2+ Nxe2 {=}) (5. Kg7 $2 Nxd7 6. Rxd7 c2 7. Rb2
$1 Re2 8. Rf7+ Kg1 {(e1)} 9. Rc7 Re7+ $1 {=} (9... c1=N $2 10. Rxc1+ {+-}))
5... Nxd7+ 6. Rxd7 c2 $1 7. Rb2 $1 (7. Rf7+ $2 Ke2 $1 8. Rb2 Rc3 $1 {=}) 7...
Re2 $1 8. Rf7+ $3 (8. Rc7 $2 c1=N $1 {=}) 8... Kg2 (8... Ke1 9. Rc7 Kd1 (9...
c1=N 10. Rxc1+ {+-}) 10. Ra2 $1 Rd2 11. Ra1+ $1 Ke2 12. Rc3 $1 {+-}) 9. Rc7 $1
c1=N $1 10. Rbc2 $3 {+-} (10. Rcc2 $2 Kf2 {(f3) =}) 1-0

[Event "7th-8th prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sergiy Zakharov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/B7/6K1/8/1p6/p6P/4n1N1/3k3B w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. Ne3+ Kc1 (1... Kd2 2. Nc4+ Kc3 3. Na5 $1 a2 4. Nb3 $1 Kb2 5. Bc6 Nc3 6. Bd7
Kxb3 7. Be6+ Kc2 8. Bxa2 Nxa2 9. Bc5 b3 10. Ba3 $1 {=}) 2. Bd5 (2. Bf3 $2 a2 3.
Nf5 (3. Nd5 a1=Q 4. Be3+ Kb2 5. Bxe2 Qb1+ 6. Kf6 Qe4 {-+}) 3... Nc3 4. Nd4 Kb2
{-+}) 2... Nf4+ 3. Kh6 $3 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 b3 5. Bc5 $1 a2 6. Be3+ $1 Kb1 7. Nc3+
Kc2 8. Nxa2 b2 9. Nb4+ Kb3 10. Nd5 b1=Q 11. Bg5 $1 Kc4 (11... Qf5 12. Nf4 $1
Kc4 13. h4 $1 Kd4 14. Nh5 {=}) 12. Nf6 $1 (12. Nf4 $2 Qb6+ $1 {-+}) (12. Ne7 $2
Kc5 $1 13. h4 Kd6 14. Ng6 Ke6 $1 {-+}) 12... Kd4 13. Nh5 $1 (13. h4 $2 Ke5 14.
Nh5 Ke6 {-+}) 13... Ke5 (13... Qb6+ 14. Kh7 $1 Ke5 15. Ng7 {=}) 14. Ng7 $1 Qe4
{(f1)} 15. h4 Qd3 (15... Qc6+ 16. Kh7 $1 {=}) 16. Be7 $1 (16. Ne8 $2 Ke6 17.
Ng7+ Kf7 {-+}) 16... Qa6+ 17. Kh7 $1 {=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th-8th prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Victor Razumenko"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "Q6B/5KR1/6n1/6p1/8/7r/pN2k3/q2r4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. Qg2+ $1 (1. Rxg6 $2 Rd7+ $1 2. Ke6 Qf1 3. Kxd7 Qf7+ {-+}) 1... Ke1 2. Rxg6
Rh7+ $1 3. Kg8 $3 (3. Bg7 $2 Rxg7+ 4. Kxg7 {=}) (3. Ke6 $2 Qc1 $1 {=}) (3. Kf6
$2 Qxb2+ $1 4. Qxb2 a1=Q 5. Qxa1 Rxa1 {-+}) 3... Rxh8+ 4. Kxh8 Qxb2+ (4... Rd8+
5. Kg7 (5. Kh7 Qb1 {=}) 5... Rd7+ 6. Kf8 Rd8+ 7. Ke7 {+-}) 5. Qxb2 a1=Q 6. Re6+
Kf1 7. Rf6+ Kg1 8. Qf2+ Kh1 9. Qf3+ Kg1 10. Qg4+ Kh2 11. Qh5+ Kg3 12. Qxg5+ Kh3
13. Qh6+ Kg4 14. Qg7+ $1 Kh5 15. Rh6# 1-0

[Event "1st HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Valery Vlasenko"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "n6k/8/K1NB4/6P1/8/5p2/5b2/2n5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]

1. Ne5 $1 (1. Be5+ $2 Kg8 2. Ne7+ Kf7 3. Nf5 Kg6 4. Ne7+ Kxg5 5. Nd5 Nb6 6. Nc3
Kf5 {-+}) (1. g6 $2 Bd4 2. Nxd4 f2 3. Be5+ Kg8 4. Nc6 f1=Q+ 5. Ka7 Qf8 {-+}) (
1. Kb7 $2 Nd3 2. Be5+ Kh7 3. Kxa8 Be3 4. Bg3 Kg6 5. Bh4 Kh5 6. g6 Kxg6 7. Na5
Kh5 8. Nc4 Bf4 {-+}) 1... Bg3 2. Ng6+ $3 (2. Nxf3 $2 Bxd6 {-+}) (2. Nf7+ $2 Kg7
3. Bxg3 Kxf7 4. Kb7 Nd3 $1 5. Kxa8 Kg6 6. Bh4 Kh5 {zz} 7. Ka7 Kxh4 {-+}) 2...
Kg7 3. Bxg3 Kxg6 4. Kb7 Nd3 5. Bh4 $1 (5. Kxa8 $2 Kxg5 $1 {-+}) 5... Kh5 ({MAIN
} 5... Nb6 6. Kxb6 Kh5 7. Kb5 $1 Kxh4 8. g6 {=}) ({MAIN} 5... Nc7 6. Kxc7 Kh5
7. Kd6 $1 Kxh4 8. g6 {=}) 6. Kxa8 {zz} Kxh4 7. g6 {=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhail Zinar, Eduard Eilazyan"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5q2/1p1p2p1/1P1P2P1/N2K4/p5P1/1p2P1p1/pk3pP1/1n3Q1R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. Qc1+ Ka1 2. Qc3+ (2. Nc4 $2 Qf6 $1 3. Kc5 a3 4. Qxa3 b2 {=}) 2... b2 3. Nc4
Qg8+ (3... a3 4. Nxa3 $1 Qg8+ 5. Kd4 $1 Qb3 6. Qxb3 f1=Q 7. Nc2#) 4. Kd4 $1
Qxc4+ $3 5. Kxc4 $1 (5. Qxc4 $2 a3 6. Qe6 (6. Qc6 bxc6 $1 (6... dxc6 $2 7. d7
c5+ 8. Ke4 c4 9. d8=N c3 10. Ne6 c2 11. Nd4 c1=Q 12. Nb3#) 7. b7 c5+ 8. Ke4 c4
9. b8=N c3 10. Nc6 dxc6 $1 11. Kd3 c5 12. d7 c4+ 13. Kc2 f1=Q 14. Rxf1 {
stalemate}) (6. Qa6 bxa6 7. e4 $1 (7. b7 a5 8. b8=N a4 9. Nc6 dxc6 10. d7 c5+
11. Ke4 c4 12. d8=N c3 13. Ne6 c2 14. Nd4 c1=Q $1 {-+}) 7... a5 8. e5 a4 9. e6
dxe6 10. b7 (10. d7 e5+ 11. Kc5 e4 12. d8=N e3 13. Ne6 e2 14. Nd4 e1=N 15. Rxe1
fxe1=N {-+}) 10... e5+ 11. Kc5 e4 12. b8=N e3 13. Nc6 e2 14. Nd4 e1=N 15. Rxe1
fxe1=N) 6... dxe6 7. d7 e5+ 8. Kc5 e4 9. d8=N f1=Q 10. Rxf1 {stalemate}) 5...
a3 6. Qf6 $1 gxf6 7. g7 f5 8. g8=Q $1 (8. g8=B $2 f4 $1 {=}) 8... fxg4 (8... f4
9. Qa8 $1 f3 10. Qxa3 f1=Q+ 11. Rxf1 f2 (11... fxg2 12. Kb3 gxf1=Q 13. Qxa2#)
12. Qa6 $1 {+-}) 9. Qe6 dxe6 10. d7 e5 11. d8=N e4 12. Nc6 bxc6 13. b7 c5 14.
Kd5 {(b5)} c4 15. b8=N c3 16. Nc6 $1 c2 17. Nd4 c1=N (17... c1=Q 18. Nb3#) 18.
Nc2# 1-0

[Event "3rd HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Richard Becker"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3p1p2/Q7/4K3/8/2qp4/5N1k/5B2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. Ke4 $1 (1. Kf5 $2 Qc5+ $1 {=}) (1. Kf4 $2 Kg1 2. Nxd3 Kxf1 {=}) 1... Kg1 2.
Nxd3 $1 (2. Kf3 $2 Kxf1 3. Ne4 Qb2 4. Qxd3+ Kg1 5. Qe3+ Kh2 6. Qf4+ Kg1 7. Qg4+
(7. Qg5+ Kf1 8. Nd2+ Ke1 9. Qe3+ Kd1 {=}) 7... Kf1 8. Qh3+ Kg1 9. Qg4+ Kf1 10.
Ng3+ Ke1 {=}) (2. Nd1 $2 d5+ 3. Kf3 Qe5 {(h8)} 4. Qb6+ d4 5. Bxd3 Qh5+ 6. Kf4
Qh4+ 7. Ke5 Qh5+ 8. Kxd4 Qxd1 {=}) 2... d5+ $1 (2... Kxf1 3. Nf4+ $1 {+-}) 3.
Ke3 $3 (3. Kf3 $2 Kxf1 $1 {zz} 4. Qb5 Qc2 5. Nf2+ (5. Nf4+ Ke1 6. Qa5+ Kd1 7.
Qxd5+ Qd2 8. Qb3+ Qc2 {=}) 5... Kg1 6. Nh3+ Kh2 7. Qb8+ Kh1 8. Nf2+ Kg1 9. Qg3+
Kf1 10. Qh3+ Ke1 $1 {=}) 3... Kxf1 4. Kf3 $1 {zz} f6 (4... Qd4 5. Nf4+ $1 {+-})
(4... Kg1 5. Qb6+ $1 d4 6. Qb1+ {+-}) (4... d4 $2 5. Qb5 $1 Qc2 6. Nb4+ {+-})
5. Qb5 Qc2 6. Nf2+ $1 (6. Nb4+ $2 Qc4 $1 {=}) (6. Nf4+ $2 Ke1 $1 7. Qa5+ Kd1 8.
Qa1+ Qc1 {=}) 6... Kg1 7. Nh3+ Kh2 8. Qb8+ Kh1 9. Nf2+ Kg1 10. Qg3+ Kf1 11.
Qh3+ Ke1 12. Qe6+ $1 Kf1 13. Qa6+ Kg1 14. Qa1+ {+-} 1-0

[Event "4th HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander Chukov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3KB3/5Q2/8/8/8/1r3r2/4pN2/1k6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. Qh7+ $1 (1. Qg6+ $2 Kb2 $1 2. Qg2 $1 Rf8 $3 (2... Rfe3 $2 3. Nd1+ Kb1 $1 4.
Nxe3 Rd3+ $1 5. Bd7 $1 Rxd7+ 6. Kxd7 {(Kc8) -+}) 3. Nd1+ Kc1 4. Qxe2 Rb8+ 5.
Kd7 Rfxe8 $1 6. Ne3 Rbd8+ {=}) 1... Kb2 2. Qh2 $1 Rfe3 $1 (2... Kc2 $2 3. Bg6+
$1 Kd2 4. Ne4+ Kd1 5. Qd6+ $1 Ke1 6. Nd2 {+-}) (2... Ka2 $2 3. Ng4 $1 Rb2 4.
Qe5 $1 {+-}) 3. Nd1+ $1 (3. Bh5 $2 Ka1 4. Bxe2 Rxe2 {=}) 3... Kb1 $1 4. Nxe3
Rd3+ $1 (4... e1=Q 5. Bg6+ $1 Ka1 6. Nc2+ {+-}) 5. Bd7 $1 (5. Kc8 $2 Rc3+ $1 6.
Kb8 e1=Q {=}) 5... Rxd7+ (5... e1=Q 6. Qc2+ Ka1 7. Qxd3 {+-}) 6. Kc8 $3 e1=Q 7.
Qc2+ Ka1 8. Qa4+ Kb2 $1 9. Nc4+ Kb1 10. Qb3+ Kc1 11. Qb2+ Kd1 12. Kxd7 $1 {zz}
Qe2 13. Qb1# 1-0

[Event "5th HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Janos Mikitovics, Anatoly Skrinnik"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6n1/8/q4n2/4RK2/3N4/2B2Bk1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. Re2 $3 (1. Bc5 $2 Ng3 2. Re3 N7h5+ {-+}) (1. Re1 $2 Qd5 2. Rg1+ Kh2 3. Ne5
Qd2+ 4. Kg4 Nh6+ 5. Kf3 Nh5 6. Ng4+ Nxg4 {-+}) 1... Kh3 $1 (1... Nh5+ 2. Kg4 (
2. Ke4 $2 Qa8+ 3. Kxf5 Qf3+ 4. Kg5 Qxe2 {-+}) 2... Nh6+ 3. Kh4 Nf5+ 4. Kg4 (4.
Kxh5 $2 Ng3+ {-+}) 4... Nf6+ 5. Kf4 Nh5+ 6. Kg4 {=}) 2. Ne5 (2. Be1 $2 Qa6 3.
Nf2+ Kg2 4. Bxf5 Qxe2 {-+}) (2. Bc5 $2 Nh5+ 3. Kg5 Qd8+ 4. Kxh5 Ng3+ {-+}) 2...
Ng3 $1 3. Bxg3 Ne6+ $1 (3... Nh5+ 4. Kg5 Nxg3 5. Bf5+ {=}) 4. Kf3 $1 (4. Ke4 $2
Qb4+ 5. Kf3 Nd4+ 6. Kf2 Qf8+ $1 (6... Qb6 $2 7. Nd7 $1 Qa7 8. Bb8 $3 Qxd7 9.
Re3+ {=}) 7. Ke3 Nxe2 {-+}) (4. Ke3 $2 Kxg3 5. Nd3 Qg5+ 6. Ke4 Qg4+ 7. Ke3 Nd4
8. Rf2 Nf3 9. Ke2 Ne5+ 10. Ke1 Qd4 11. Ke2 Qc4 {-+}) 4... Nd4+ 5. Kf2 $1 Qa7 $1
(5... Qb6 6. Nd7 $1 Qa7 7. Bb8 $1 Qxd7 8. Re3+ {=}) (5... Nxc2 6. Rxc2 Qc5+ 7.
Rxc5 {stalemate}) 6. Bf4 $1 Nxc2+ 7. Be3 $1 Qc7 $1 8. Kf1 $1 (8. Bf4 $2 Qb6+ $1
9. Kf1 Qb1+ 10. Kf2 Qh1 {-+}) 8... Qxe5 9. Rxc2 Qxe3 ({MAIN} 9... Qf5+ 10. Rf2
Qd3+ 11. Re2 Kg3 12. Ke1 Kf3 13. Rf2+ Kxe3 14. Rf3+ Kxf3 {stalemate}) 10. Rh2+
Kg4 (10... Kxh2 {stalemate}) 11. Rg2+ Kf5 12. Rf2+ Kg4 13. Rg2+ Kf3 14. Rg3+
Kxg3 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yuri Bazlov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1rb4R/3nK3/8/5k2/8/8/P7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. Kd6 Ra8 (1... Ba6 2. Rxb8 Nxb8 3. Kc7 {=}) (1... Rb6+ 2. Kc7 Rb7+ 3. Kd6 Nb6
4. Kc6 Rb8 5. Kc7 Rb7+ 6. Kc6 {=}) 2. Kc7 Ra7+ 3. Kd6 Ra8 4. Kc7 Ra7+ 5. Kd6
Ba6 6. Rh7 Bc8 (6... Bb5 7. Rh5+ {=}) (6... Nb6 7. Rxa7 Nc8+ 8. Kc7 Nxa7 9. Kb6
{=}) 7. Rh8 Ra8 8. Kc7 Ra7+ 9. Kd6 Ba6 10. Rh7 Bc8 11. Rh8 Ra6+ (11... Nb6 12.
Kc6 Ra6 13. Kb5 Bb7 14. Rb8 {=}) 12. Kc7 Nb6 13. Rh3 $1 Be6 14. Kb7 Bc8+ 15.
Kc7 Be6 16. Kb7 Bc4 17. Rc3 $1 (17. Rh4 $2 Bd3 18. Rd4 Na4 19. Rxd3 Nc5+ $1 {-+
}) 17... Be2 18. Re3 $1 Bc4 19. Rc3 {=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2B5/n1p5/p7/1P5R/P7/rk6/6P1/2K5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. Rh3+ Kxa4 (1... Kb4 2. Rxa3 Kxa3 3. Bxa6 {+-}) 2. b6 $1 (2. Bd7 $2 Nxb5 {=})
2... cxb6 3. Bd7+ Nb5 (3... b5 4. Kb2 $1 {+-} (4. Rxa3+ $2 Kxa3 5. g4 Ka2 $1 {=
})) 4. Bxb5+ $1 (4. Kb2 $2 Rxh3 5. gxh3 Kb4 6. Bxb5 Kc5 $1 {=}) 4... axb5 5.
Kb1 $1 (5. Kb2 $2 b4 {=}) 5... Rb3+ 6. Ka2 Rxh3 7. gxh3 Kb4 8. h4 Kc3 9. h5 Kc2
10. Ka3 Kc3 11. h6 b4+ 12. Ka4 b3 13. h7 b2 14. h8=Q+ {+-} 1-0

[Event "8th HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pavel Arestov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2nB4/7b/P7/6P1/8/2ppk3/P5Pb/2n1K2Q w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. g6 $1 (1. Qxh2 $2 d2+ 2. Kd1 c2#) 1... d2+ (1... Bg3+ 2. Kf1 d2 3. Qh5 {=})
2. Kd1 c2+ $1 (2... Bxg6 3. Bg5+ {=}) 3. Kxc2 Bxg6+ 4. Kd1 Bh5+ 5. g4 $3 (5.
Kc2 $2 d1=Q+ 6. Qxd1 Bxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nxa2 $1 8. a7 Nxa7 9. Bb6+ Kd3 $1 10. Bxa7
Bg3 $1 {zz} 11. Bc5 (11. Bf2 Bxf2 {-+}) 11... Nc3+ 12. Kc1 Bf4+ 13. Kb2 Na4+ {
-+}) 5... Bxg4+ 6. Kc2 Bf3 7. Qf1 $1 (7. Bg5+ $2 Ke4 8. Qf1 d1=Q+ {-+}) 7...
d1=Q+ (7... Be4+ 8. Kd1 {=}) 8. Qxd1 Bxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxa2 10. a7 $1 Nxa7 11. Bb6+
Kd3 12. Bxa7 Bg3 $1 13. Bf2 $1 (13. Bc5 $2 Nc3+ 14. Kc1 Bf4+ 15. Kb2 Na4+ {-+})
(13. Bg1 $2 Nc3+ 14. Kc1 Ne2+ {-+}) 13... Bxf2 {stalemate} (13... Nc3+ 14. Ke1
{=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "9th HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Valery Kalashnikov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1N1R2B1/8/8/2P5/K3p3/5p1p/2p5/2k5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. c6 (1. Bb3 $2 f2 $1 2. Rf8 e3 3. c6 Kb2 $1 4. Bxc2 e2 $1 {=}) 1... Kb1 2. c7
(2. Ba2+ $2 Ka1 $1 3. c7 c1=Q 4. c8=Q Qxc8 5. Rxc8 Kxa2 6. Rc2+ (6. Na6 Kb1 7.
Nc5 h2 8. Rh8 e3 9. Rxh2 f2 10. Rh1+ Kc2 11. Ne4 Kd3 12. Ng3 e2 {=}) 6... Kb1
7. Kb3 e3 8. Rh2 Kc1 9. Kc3 Kd1 10. Rh1+ Ke2 11. Nc6 Kf2 $1 {=} (11... f2 $2
12. Nd4#)) 2... c1=Q 3. c8=Q Qxc8 4. Rxc8 h2 5. Ba2+ $1 Kxa2 6. Rc2+ Kb1 7.
Rxh2 e3 8. Kb3 Kc1 9. Kc3 Kd1 10. Rh1+ $1 (10. Kd3 $2 e2 {-+}) 10... Ke2 11.
Nc6 f2 12. Nd4# 1-0

[Event "special HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhail Zinar"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4p3/6p1/7p/8/7K/1PPk4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. c4 $1 (1. b4 $2 e5 2. b5 e4 3. b6 e3 4. b7 e2 5. b8=Q e1=Q 6. Qb4+ Ke2 7.
Qxe1+ Kxe1 8. Kh4 Kf2 9. c4 g5+ 10. Kxh5 (10. Kxg5 Kg3 $1 {=}) 10... Kf3 $1 {=}
) 1... e5 2. c5 e4 3. c6 e3 4. c7 e2 5. c8=Q e1=Q 6. Qc3+ Ke2 7. Qxe1+ Kxe1 8.
Kh4 (8. b4 $2 g5 9. b5 Kf2 10. b6 g4+ {=}) (8. Kg2 $2 g5 9. b4 h4 10. b5 g4 11.
b6 h3+ {=}) 8... Kf2 9. b4 g5+ 10. Kxg5 $1 (10. Kxh5 $2 Kf3 $1 {=}) 10... Kg3
11. b5 h4 12. b6 h3 13. b7 h2 14. b8=Q+ {+-} 1-0

[Event "special HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhail Zinar"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/p2K4/1p3pPp/1p3P1p/1p6/8/P1P5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Ke6 $1 Kg7 (1... h4 2. Kxf6 h3 3. g7+ Kg8 4. Kg6 h2 5. f6 h1=Q 6. f7#) 2.
Kd5 Kg8 3. Ke4 Kf8 4. Kf4 {(f3)} Kg8 5. Kg3 Kf8 6. Kh4 Kg8 7. Kxh5 Kg7 8. Kg4
Kg8 9. Kf4 {(f3)} Kf8 10. Ke4 Ke8 11. Kd5 Ke7 12. Kc6 Ke8 13. Kd6 Kf8 14. Kd7
$1 Kg8 (14... h5 15. Ke6 $1 {+-}) 15. Ke7 $1 Kg7 16. Ke6 a6 17. Kd6 Kf8 18. Kd7
$1 Kg8 (18... h5 19. Ke6 $1 {+-}) 19. Ke7 $1 Kg7 20. Ke6 a5 21. Kd6 Kf8 22. Kd7
$1 Kg8 (22... h5 23. Ke6 $1 {+-}) 23. Ke7 $1 Kg7 24. Ke6 a4 25. Kd6 Kf8 26. Kd7
$1 Kg8 (26... h5 27. Ke6 $1 {+-}) 27. Ke7 $1 Kg7 28. Ke6 a3 29. Kd6 Kf8 30. Kd7
$1 Kg8 (30... h5 31. Ke6 $1 {+-}) 31. Ke7 $1 Kg7 32. Ke6 b3 33. cxb3 b4 34. Kd6
Kf8 35. Kd7 $1 Kg8 (35... h5 36. Ke6 $1 {+-}) 36. Ke7 $1 Kg7 37. Ke6 h5 38. Kd5
Kg8 39. Ke4 Kg7 40. Kf4 {(f3)} Kg8 41. Kg3 Kg7 42. Kh3 $1 Kh6 43. Kh4 b5 44.
Kg3 Kg7 45. Kh3 Kh6 46. Kh4 Kg7 47. Kxh5 Kg8 48. Kg4 Kf8 49. Kf4 {(f3)} Kg7 50.
Ke4 {(e3) +-} 1-0

[Event "special HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gamlet Amiryan"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/6P1/p1b5/K7/1p6/k7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. g7 b2 2. g8=Q+ Ka1 3. Qg7 $1 (3. Qh8 $2 Ka2 4. Qh2 Bb4 5. Qg2 Bc3 6. Qc2 Bb4
7. Kb5 Ka1 8. Qa4+ Kb1 9. Kb6 Kc1 10. Qc6+ Kb1 {=}) 3... Ka2 4. Qf7+ (4. Qg2 $2
Bb4 5. Qd5+ Ka1 6. Qe5 Ka2 {=}) 4... Ka1 5. Qf6 $1 Ka2 6. Qe6+ Ka1 7. Qe5 $1
Bd6 (7... Ka2 8. Qxc5 b1=Q 9. Qa3#) 8. Qf6 $1 (8. Qc3 $2 Bb4 9. Qd4 Ka2 {=})
8... Be7 $1 9. Qg7 $1 Bf8 $1 10. Qh8 $1 Ka2 11. Qxf8 b1=Q 12. Qa3# 1-0

[Event "commended"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pavel Arestov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1r1R4/k1Kp4/3pQ3/8/2pp4/2np4/1B6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. Qf4 $1 (1. Qxc3 $2 Nb4+ 2. Qxb4 Rxb4 3. Bxd3+ Rc4+ 4. Bxc4+ dxc4 5. Rxd6 c3
$1 {zz} 6. Rd8 Ka7 {(a5) =}) 1... Nb4+ (1... Rb6+ 2. Kc7 Rb7+ 3. Kc8 {+-}) 2.
Qxb4 (2. Kxd6 $2 Rb6+ 3. Kc7 d1=Q {-+}) 2... Rxb4 3. Bxd3+ Rc4+ $1 (3... Ka5 4.
Ra7#) 4. Bxc4+ dxc4 5. Rxd6 $1 {zz} Ka7 ({MAIN} 5... Ka5 6. Kc5 {zz} Ka4 7.
Kxc4 c2 8. Ra6#) 6. Kc7 $1 {zz} c2 7. Rxd2 c1=Q 8. Ra2+ Qa3 9. Rxa3# 1-0

[Event "commended"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David Gurgenidze"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p4k2/5p1P/p6K/8/Pp6/rP6/5R2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. Rb1 a4 2. h7 (2. Kg4 $2 Kg6 3. Kf4 Kxh6 4. Ke4 Kg5 {=}) 2... Kg7 3. h8=Q+
Kxh8 4. Kg6 (4. Kh6 $2 f5 5. Kg6 Kg8 6. Kxf5 Kf7 7. Ke5 Kg6 {=}) 4... Kg8 5.
Kxf6 Kh7 $1 (5... Kf8 6. Ke6 Ke8 7. Kd6 Kd8 8. Kc6 {+-}) 6. Rh1+ $1 (6. Ke5 $2
Kg6 7. Kd5 Kf5 8. Kc4 Ke4 9. Kb5 Kd3 10. Kxa4 Kc2 {=}) 6... Kg8 7. Rg1+ Kh7 (
7... Kh8 8. Kf7 {+-}) (7... Kf8 8. Rb1 {+-}) 8. Rb1 a6 9. Rh1+ Kg8 10. Rg1+ Kh7
11. Rb1 a5 12. Rh1+ Kg8 13. Rg1+ Kh7 14. Rb1 {+-} 1-0

[Event "commended"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vitaly Kovalenko, Anatoly Skrinnik"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/4Pk2/2P2P2/p7/p6p/K7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]

1. e7 $1 (1. c6 $2 h2 2. c7 h1=Q 3. c8=Q Qd5+ 4. Kb1 Qd1+ 5. Qc1 a2+ {-+}) 1...
Kxe7 2. c6 (2. f6+ $2 Kxf6 3. c6 Ke7 {-+}) 2... h2 (2... Kd6 3. f6 h2 4. f7
h1=Q 5. f8=Q+ {=}) 3. f6+ $1 (3. c7 h1=Q 4. c8=Q Qd5+ 5. Kb1 Qd1+ 6. Ka2 (6.
Qc1 a2+ 7. Kxa2 Qxc1 {-+}) 6... Qb3+ 7. Ka1 Qb2#) 3... Kxf6 4. c7 h1=Q 5. c8=Q
Qd5+ 6. Kb1 $1 Qd1+ 7. Qc1 a2+ 8. Kxa2 Qxc1 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "commended"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vitaly Kovalenko"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k6K/p1P2r2/qnP5/3R4/6B1/4R3/8/1b6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. Re8+ $1 (1. Rd8+ $2 Nc8 2. Rxc8+ Qxc8+ 3. Bxc8 Rf8+ $1 (3... Rxc7 $2 4. Ba6
$1 {+-}) 4. Kg7 Rxc8 {-+}) 1... Nc8 2. Rxc8+ (2. Bxc8 $2 Qa1+ {-+}) 2... Qxc8+
3. Bxc8 Rh7+ $1 ({MAIN} 3... Rf8+ 4. Kg7 Rxc8 5. Rd8 $1 (5. Kf6 $2 Be4 $1 6.
Rd8 Bxc6 {=}) 5... Bf5 6. Kf6 $1 (6. Kf7 $2 a5 7. Rxc8+ Bxc8 8. Ke8 a4 9. Kd8
Bh3 10. c8=Q+ Bxc8 11. Kxc8 a3 {=}) 6... Bh3 7. Rxc8+ (7. Ke7 a5 8. Rxc8+ {+-})
7... Bxc8 8. Ke7 a5 9. Kd8 Bh3 10. c8=Q+ Bxc8 11. Kxc8 {+-}) 4. Kg8 Rxc7 5.
Bb7+ $1 (5. Ba6 $2 Ba2 $1 {-+}) 5... Rxb7 6. Rd8+ $1 (6. cxb7+ Kb8 {=}) 6...
Rb8 7. c7 Ba2+ (7... Rc8 8. Rxc8+ Kb7 9. Rb8+ Kxc7 10. Rxb1 {+-}) 8. Kf8 $1 (8.
Kg7 $2 Rc8 $1 9. Rxc8+ Kb7 10. Ra8 Be6 $1 11. Kf6 Bc8 $1 {=}) 8... Rc8 $1 9.
Rxc8+ Kb7 10. Ra8 $1 Be6 $1 (10... Kxc7 11. Rxa7+ {+-}) 11. Ke7 $1 Bc8 (11...
Bh3 12. Rh8 $1 {+-}) (11... Bg4 12. Rg8 $1 {+-}) (11... Bf5 12. Rf8 $1 {+-})
12. Kd8 $1 {+-} 1-0

[Event "commended"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yuri Bazlov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3N4/8/2K5/8/p1pR4/8/2k5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. Kc4 $1 (1. Kd4 $2 a2 2. Nc5 c2 3. Ra3 Kb2 {(b1)} 4. Rb3+ Ka1 5. Rc3 Kb1 $1 {
=}) (1. Rxc3+ $2 Kb2 2. Kc4 a2 {=}) 1... a2 2. Nc5 $1 c2 3. Ra3 (3. Nb3+ $2 Kb2
{(b1) =}) 3... Kb2 4. Rb3+ Ka1 (4... Kc1 5. Nd3+ Kd2 6. Ra3 {+-}) 5. Rc3 Kb2 $1
6. Nd3+ Kb1 7. Rb3+ Ka1 8. Ra3 $1 Kb1 9. Rc3 $1 a1=Q 10. Rb3+ Ka2 11. Nb4# 1-0

[Event "commended"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Janos Mikitovics, Anatoly Skrinnik"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4N1R1/6PN/4k3/6Pq/4K3/8/6p1/6n1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. Nc7+ $1 (1. Nf8+ $2 Ke7 {-+} (1... Kf7 $2 2. Rh8 $1 Qf3+ 3. Ke5 {+-})) 1...
Kf7 (1... Kd6 2. Rd8+ $1 (2. Nb5+ $2 Ke7 3. Nd4 Qxh7+ {-+}) 2... Kc6 3. g8=Q {
+-}) 2. Rf8+ Kxg7 3. Ne8+ $1 (3. Ne6+ $2 Kxh7 {-+} (3... Kg6 $2 4. Nf4+ {+-}))
3... Qxe8+ 4. Rxe8 Nh3 5. Re7+ Kh8 (5... Kg6 6. Nf8+ {=}) 6. Nf6 Nxg5+ 7. Kf5
g1=Q 8. Rb7 $3 {zz} Qg2 (8... Qg3 9. Re7 (9. Rd7 $2 Qg2 {-+}) 9... Qa3 (9...
Qg2 10. Rd7 {zz}) (9... Qg1 10. Rb7 {zz}) 10. Rd7 Qc5+ (10... Qe3 11. Kg6 $1 {=
}) 11. Kg6 {=} (11. Rd5 $2 Qg1 12. Rd7 Qg2 $3 {zz} 13. Re7 Qc2+ 14. Kxg5 Qc5+ {
-+})) 9. Rd7 $3 {zz} Qg1 10. Rb7 $3 Qh2 11. Kg6 $1 (11. Rd7 $2 Qg2 $1 {zz} 12.
Re7 Qc2+ 13. Kxg5 Qc5+ {-+}) 11... Qg3 12. Kh6 $1 Qe5 (12... Qd6 13. Kg6 (13.
Kxg5 $2 Qe5+ 14. Kg6 Qg3+ 15. Kf7 Qg7+ {-+}) 13... Qd3+ 14. Kh6 Qh3+ 15. Kg6
Qd3+ 16. Kh6 {=}) 13. Kg6 Qg3 14. Kh6 (14. Kh5 $2 Qf3+ {-+}) 14... Qh2+ 15. Kg6
Qc2+ 16. Kh6 Qh2+ 17. Kg6 {=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "commended"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alain Pallier"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/5P2/5pKP/3p1pn1/p7/1P4N1/k7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. f7 $1 (1. bxa3 $2 f3 2. Nf4 f2 3. f7 Nf6 4. Kxf6 f1=Q 5. f8=Q Qxf4 6. h6 d3
{=}) 1... axb2 2. f8=Q b1=Q 3. Qa3+ $1 (3. Qa8+ $2 Qa2 $1 (3... Kb2 $2 4. Qb7+
Kc1 5. Qxb1+ {+-}) 4. Qxa2+ Kxa2 5. Nxf4 Kb3 6. Kxf5 Nh6+ 7. Ke4 Kc4 $1 {=}) (
3. Nxf4 $2 Qb5 4. Qxf5 Ne5 5. h6 Nf7+ 6. Kf6 Qxf5+ 7. Kxf5 Nxh6+ {=}) 3... Qa2
4. Qc1+ $1 Qb1 5. Qxb1+ Kxb1 6. Nxf4 Kc2 7. Kxf5 Nh6+ 8. Ke4 $1 (8. Ke5 $2 d3 {
=}) (8. Kg5 $2 Ng8 {=} (8... Nf7+ $2 9. Kg6 Ne5+ 10. Kf6 Ng4+ 11. Kf5 Nh6+ 12.
Ke4 {+-})) (8. Kg6 $2 Ng8 (8... Ng4 $2 9. Kf5 Nh6+ 10. Ke4 {+-}) 9. Kg7 Ne7 10.
Kf7 Nf5 11. Kf6 Nh6 {=}) 8... Kc3 9. Ne2+ Kc4 10. Nxd4 Ng8 11. Ke5 {+-} 1-0

[Event "commended"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Valery Kalashnikov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6r1/4P1P1/8/5P2/2k5/1n6/2K5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. f6 Nd4+ 2. Kd1 $3 (2. Kd2 $2 Nf3+ 3. Ke3 Ng5 4. Kf4 Nf7 5. Kf5 Kd5 6. Kg6
Ke6 7. Kh7 Nh6 8. Kxh6 Kxf6 {-+}) (2. Kc1 $2 Kc3 3. Kd1 Ra8 4. Ke1 Nf3+ 5. Kf2
Ne5 {-+}) 2... Kd3 3. e8=Q $1 (3. f7 $2 Rxg7 4. e8=Q Rg1+ 5. Qe1 Rxe1+ 6. Kxe1
Ne6 {=}) 3... Rxe8 4. f7 Re2 5. f8=Q $1 (5. g8=Q $2 Rd2+ 6. Ke1 Nf3+ 7. Kf1
Nh2+ 8. Kg1 Nf3+ 9. Kf1 Nh2+ {=}) 5... Rd2+ 6. Ke1 $1 (6. Kc1 $2 Ne2+ 7. Kb1
Nc3+ 8. Ka1 Ra2#) 6... Nc2+ 7. Kf1 Ne3+ 8. Kg1 Rg2+ 9. Kh1 {+-} 1-0

[Event "commended"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vladimir Katsnelson"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/2p2p2/r2p4/3PP3/PP6/4R3/8/5K1B w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. b5 $1 (1. exd6 $2 Rxe3 2. dxc7 Rf6+ 3. Kg1 Rc3 {-+}) (1. Kf2 $2 Rxa4 2. exd6
Ra2+ 3. Kf1 Rxe3 4. d7 Ra8 5. d6 c6 $1 {-+}) (1. Rg3+ $2 Kf8 2. exd6 cxd6 3. a5
Rb8 4. Rg4 Ra7 5. Rh4 Kg7 6. Rg4+ Kf6 7. Ke2 Rab7 {-+}) (1. a5 $2 Rxe5 2. Ra3
Rf5+ 3. Ke2 Rf4 4. b5 Ra7 5. a6 Rb4 6. Ra5 f5 7. Kd3 Kf7 8. Kc3 Rb1 9. Bg2 Kf6
{-+}) 1... Rxa4 (1... Raa8 2. exd6 cxd6 3. Rxe8+ Rxe8 4. a5 {=}) (1... Rb6 2.
e6 Kf8 3. Rf3 {=}) 2. exd6 $1 Ra1+ 3. Kf2 $1 (3. Ke2 $2 Rxe3+ 4. Kxe3 cxd6 {-+}
) 3... Ra2+ (3... Rxe3 4. d7 $1 {=}) 4. Kf1 $1 Rxe3 5. d7 (5. dxc7 $2 Rc3 {-+})
5... Ra8 6. d6 $1 Rd3 $1 (6... c6 7. bxc6 Rb3 8. Kg1 {=}) 7. dxc7 (7. Bxa8 $2
Rxd6 8. Bc6 Kf8 {-+}) 7... Rxd7 8. Bxa8 Rxc7 9. Bc6 $1 {=} (9. Ke2 $2 Rc5 $1
10. Bc6 Kf8 $1 11. Kd3 Ke7 12. Kd4 Kd6 {-+}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "commended"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Volodimir Samilo, Vladislav Tarasiuk"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4p1b1/3p4/8/P1P1p3/B5k1/8/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. c5 (1. a5 $2 Bc3 2. a6 e3 {-+}) 1... dxc5 2. Bxc5 Bc3 $1 3. a5 $3 Bxa5 4.
Bxe7 e3 5. Bd6+ Kf3 ({MAIN} 5... Kh3 6. Bc5 e2 7. Bf2 Bb4 (7... Bc3 8. Kg1 Bd4
9. Kh1 $1 Bc3 10. Kg1 {=}) (7... Bd2 8. Kg1 Be3 9. Kh1 $1 Bd2 10. Kg1 {=}) 8.
Kg1 Bc5 9. Kh1 $1 Bb4 10. Kg1 {=}) (5... Kg4 6. Kg2 $1 e2 7. Bg3 {=}) 6. Kh2 $1
(6. Be7 $2 e2 7. Bh4 Bc7 $1 {-+}) 6... e2 7. Bg3 Bc7 8. Kh3 $1 Bb6 (8... Bxg3 {
stalemate}) 9. Be1 {=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "commended"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Luis Miguel Gonzales"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/2B5/5p2/8/3p1p1p/8/1p6/1Nk1K2R w K - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1. O-O+ $1 (1. Kf2+ $2 Kc2 2. Bd6 Ra1 3. Na3+ Rxa3 4. Bxa3 b1=Q 5. Rxb1 Kxb1 6.
Bd6 d3 {-+}) (1. Bb6 $2 Kxb1 2. Bxd4 Ra1 3. Kf2+ Ka2 4. Bxb2 Rxh1 {-+}) 1...
Kc2 2. Bb6 $1 Ra4 $1 (2... Ra1 3. Rf2+ Kb3 4. Rxb2+ {=}) 3. Bc5 $1 (3. Kg2 $2
d3 $1 4. Bc5 Ra1 5. Na3+ Rxa3 6. Bxa3 b1=Q {-+}) (3. Bxd4 $2 Rxd4 4. Na3+ Kb3
5. Nb1 Rd3 6. Kg2 Kc2 7. Kh2 h3 8. Re1 Rd1 9. Na3+ Kc1 10. Re4 Rd2+ 11. Kh1 f3
12. Rc4+ Kd1 {-+}) 3... Ra1 $1 (3... d3 4. Ba3 Re4 5. Kh2 Re3 6. Bb4 f3 7. Bc3
f5 8. Kh3 Re4 9. Bxb2 Kxb2 10. Nd2 {=}) 4. Rf2+ $1 (4. Bxd4 $2 Rxb1 5. Rxb1
Kxb1 6. Bxf6 Kc2 {-+}) (4. Na3+ $2 Rxa3 5. Bxa3 b1=Q 6. Rxb1 Kxb1 7. Bd6 d3 {-+
}) 4... Kb3 5. Rxb2+ $1 (5. Rf1 $2 Ka2 6. Nd2 d3 {-+}) 5... Kxb2 6. Bxd4+ Kxb1
7. Bxf6 {zz} Ka2+ $1 8. Kh2 $1 (8. Kg2 $2 f3+ 9. Kf2 h3 10. Be5 Kb3 11. Kxf3
Ra2 {-+}) 8... Kb1 $1 (8... f3 9. Bxh4 Kb3 10. Bf2 Ra5 11. Kg3 {=}) 9. Kg1 $1 (
9. Bxh4 $2 Kc2 $1 10. Bg5 f3 11. Kg3 Rg1+ {-+}) 9... Ra3 10. Bxh4 Kc2 11. Kf2
$1 (11. Kg2 $2 Re3 12. Kf2 Kd3 13. Bg5 Ke4 {-+}) 11... Rh3 12. Bg5 Kd3 13. Bxf4
{=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "commended"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marco Campioli"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "n3Q3/7N/1p6/8/1p2K3/8/3pp3/2bbk3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. Kf3 $1 (1. Kd3 $2 Bc2+ $1 {-+}) 1... Kf1 2. Qb5 Nc7 3. Qd3 $1 (3. Qc4 $2 Nd5
4. Ng5 Bb2 5. Ne4 Kg1 $1 {-+}) 3... Nd5 4. Nf6 $1 Nxf6 5. Kf4 (5. Kg3 $2 Ne4+
$1 {-+}) 5... Nh5+ 6. Kg4 (6. Kg5 $2 Bc2 7. Qf3+ (7. Qh3+ Kf2 {-+}) 7... Ke1 $1
{-+}) 6... Nf6+ 7. Kf4 Nd5+ 8. Qxd5 e1=N $1 (8... e1=Q 9. Qh1+ Kf2 10. Qh2+ {=}
) 9. Kg3 $1 (9. Qh1+ $2 Ke2 10. Qe4+ Kf2 11. Qe3+ Kg2 $1 12. Qg3+ Kf1 13. Qh3+
Ng2+ $1 {=}) 9... Bf3 10. Qb5+ $1 (10. Qc4+ $2 Be2 11. Qh4 Ba6 12. Qh2 d1=N $1
{-+}) 10... Be2 11. Qf5+ Nf3 12. Qh3+ Ke1 13. Qh1+ Bf1 14. Qxf3 d1=N $1 (14...
d1=Q $2 15. Qf2#) 15. Qe4+ $1 {=} 1/2-1/2

