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Studies awarded in the Ceskoslovensky sach Magazine tournament 2003-2004.
[Event "Ceskoslovensky sach_09_2003_N83_Prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2003"] [Round ""] [White "Matous_Polasek, M_J."] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7k/b4K2/1P6/r3P3/4n3/N7/6b1/5R2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "16"] [EventDate "2003"] 1. Rf4 Ng5+ 2. Kg6 Nh7 (2... Ne6 3. Rh4+ Kg8 4. Nc4 Bxb6 5. Nxb6) 3. Nc4 (3. Rh4 Kg8 4. Nc4 Ra6 5. Rg4 Bd5 6. Kh6+ Kh8 7. Rg7 Nf8 8. Rxa7 Bxc4) 3... Ra6 ( 3... Bxb6 4. Rh4 Kg8 5. Kf5 Bf1 6. Nxb6 Bd3+ 7. Kf4 Nf8 8. Ke3) 4. e6 $1 (4. Nd6 $5 Rxb6 5. Rf7 Be4+ 6. Kh5 Rxd6 $1 7. exd6 Bd4 $1 $19 (7... Bb6 $2 8. Re7 $11 Bd3 (8... Bf5 9. d7 Nf6+ 10. Kg5 Ng8 11. Rf7) 9. Re8+ Kg7 10. d7 Bg6+ 11. Kh4) 8. d7 (8. Re7 Bf5 9. Rf7 Bd7) (8. Kg4 Bd5 9. Rc7 (9. d7 Bf6) 9... Be6+ 10. Kf4 Nf8) 8... Bf6 9. Kh6 Bg5+ (9... Bd8 {also}) 10. Kh5 Bd8 $19 (10... Kg8 { the best is} 11. Rxh7 Bd8 $1 12. Rh6 Kg7 13. Ra6 Bf3#)) (4. Rh4 $2 Kg8 5. Kf5 ( 5. Rg4 Bd5 6. Kh6+ Kh8 7. Rg7 Nf8 8. Rxa7 Bxc4) 5... Bf1 $1 6. bxa7 Bd3+ 7. Kf4 Bxc4) 4... Bxb6 5. Nd6 Kg8 (5... Ra7 6. Nf7+ Rxf7 7. Kxf7 $11) 6. e7 Bc6 7. Kh6 (7. Rg4 $2 Be3 8. Kf5+ Bg5 9. e8=Q+ Bxe8 10. Nxe8 Kf7 11. Re4 Ra5+ 12. Kg4 Be7 13. Nc7 Nf6+ $19) (7. e8=Q+ Bxe8+ 8. Nxe8 Be3+ 9. Nf6+ Kh8 10. Rf5 Bd4 $19) 7... Be3 (7... Be8 8. Rg4+ Kh8 9. Nf7+ Bxf7 10. e8=Q+ Bxe8 11. Rg8+ Kxg8 {pat}) 8. e8=Q+ Bxe8 {Stalemate with two active pins.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Ceskoslovensky sach_10_2003_N94_1hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2003"] [Round ""] [White "Matous, M."] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1KB5/5k1q/3Q2p1/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2003"] 1. Qc6+ $1 Kg7 2. Be5+ Kh7 3. Qd7+ Kg6 $1 4. Qe6+ Kh5 5. Qf5 $1 Kh4 6. Qf3 $1 Qh7+ 7. Ka6 $1 Qg6+ 8. Ka5 $1 g4 9. Bf6+ Kh5 10. Qh1# 1-0
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[Event "Ceskoslovesnky sach_01_2003_N08_2.hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2003"] [Round ""] [White "Polasek, J."] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/7p/8/PP5P/7K/5k2/1b6/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2003"] 1. Kg5 (1. b6 Bf6+ 2. Kh3 Bd4) 1... Ke4 (1... Bc1+ 2. Kf5 Bd2 3. a6 Be3 4. Ke5 Kg4 5. Kd5 Kxh5 6. Kc6) 2. Kh6 (2. b6 Bd4 3. Kh6 Kd5 4. b7 (4. Kxh7 Kc6 5. Kg6 Bc3 6. h6 Bxa5 7. h7 Bc3) 4... Ba7 5. Kxh7 Kc6 6. a6 Kb6 7. Kg6 Kxa6 8. h6 Kxb7 9. h7 Bd4) 2... Kd5 3. Kxh7 Kc5 (3... Bc3 4. a6 Bd4 5. Kg6 Kc4 6. b6 (6. Kf5 Kxb5 7. Ke4) 6... Bxb6 7. h6) (3... Bd4 4. Kg6 Kc5 5. b6 Kc6 6. h6) 4. a6 Kb6 5. Kg6 Bd4 6. Kf5 Be3 {White has to switch to Black to move} (6... Kxb5 7. Ke4) 7. Ke5 Bg5 8. Ke6 Bf4 9. Kf6 Be3 10. Kf5 {zugzwang} 10... Kxb5 11. Ke4 1-0
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[Event "Ceskoslovensky sach_01_2004_N07_3.hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2004"] [Round ""] [White "Kondratev, V."] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/6p1/b5P1/1R5P/3k4/1K6/p7/1N6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2004"] 1. Na3 (1. Rb4+ $2 Kc5 $11) 1... a1=Q 2. Nc2+ Kd3 3. Rd5+ Ke4 4. Nxa1 Kxd5 5. h6 gxh6 6. g7 Bc4+ 7. Kb4 Kd4 8. Nc2+ Kd3 9. Ne1+ Kd4 10. Nf3+ Kd3 11. Ne5+ Kd4 12. Nxc4 $18 1-0
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[Event "Ceskoslovensky sach_03_2004_N24_sp_hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2003"] [Round ""] [White "Nosek, S."] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/3K4/1B6/4k3/3pP3/8/6p1/7N w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "2003"] 1. Ng3 d3 $1 (1... g1=Q 2. Ke7 $1 Qc1 3. Bxd4+ Kxd4 4. Ne2+) 2. Be3 $3 g1=Q ( 2... d2 $2 3. Bxd2 g1=Q 4. Bc3+ Kf4 5. Ne2+ $18) (2... Kf6 3. Nh5+ $1 Ke5 4. Ng3 Kf6 5. Nh5+ Kf7 6. e5 $11) 3. Bxg1 d2 4. Ne2 $1 d1=Q+ 5. Bd4+ Kxe4 6. Nc3+ $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Ceskoslovensky sach_07_2004_N50_1comm"] [Site ""] [Date "2004"] [Round ""] [White "Hlinka, M."] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2K5/3p2p1/5p2/2p4P/3R2Bk/1p6/p1P5/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2004"] 1. Ra4 b2 2. Be6+ c4 $1 3. h6 $3 (3. Rxc4+ $2 Kxh5 4. Rc5+ d5 $1 5. Rxd5+ g5 $19) 3... gxh6 $1 (3... a1=Q 4. h7 Qxa4 5. h8=Q+ Kg3 6. Qxg7+ Kf2 7. Qxf6+ Ke3 8. Qg5+ Kd4 9. Qf6+) 4. Rxc4+ Kh5 $1 (4... Kg5 $6 {or 5.Rc5+} 5. Rg4+) 5. Rc5+ (5. Bf7+ $2 Kg5 6. Rc5+ d5 $1 7. Rxd5+ Kf4 8. Rd4+ Ke5 9. Bxa2 Kxd4) 5... d5 $1 6. Rxd5+ Kg6 7. Bf5+ $3 Kg5 (7... Kf7 8. Rd7+ Ke8 9. Rd8+ Ke7 10. Rd7+ $11) 8. Be6+ $11 {because of} 8... Kf4 9. Rf5+ Ke4 10. Bxa2 Kxf5 11. c4 Ke5 12. c5 b1=Q 13. Bxb1 Kd5 14. Kd7 Kxc5 15. Ke6 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Ceskoslovensky sach_09_2003_N84_2comm"] [Site ""] [Date "2003"] [Round ""] [White "Polasek, J."] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/5B2/8/8/k3pB2/N1r5/1K6 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "12"] [EventDate "2003"] 1... e2 2. Be7+ (2. Kxc2 $2 e1=N+ $1 $11 (2... e1=Q $2 3. Bb2+ Ka4 4. Bc6+ Ka5 5. Bc3+ $18)) 2... Kb3 $1 (2... Ka4 3. Bxe2 (3. Bh4)) 3. Bd5+ Ka4 4. Bb4 $1 (4. Bh4 $2 Rd2 5. Bf3 Rd1+ 6. Kb2 Ka5 $11) 4... Rxa2 5. Be1 $1 Ra3 6. Kb2 Rh3 7. Bc6# 1-0
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[Event "Ceskoslovensky sach_08_2003_N73_3comm"] [Site ""] [Date "2003"] [Round ""] [White "Pospisil, J."] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "N4N2/1k4K1/8/2Q5/8/7p/q7/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2003"] 1. Qb5+ $1 (1. Qb6+ $2 Kxa8 2. Nd7 Qa7 3. Qc6+ Qb7 4. Qa4+ Qa7 5. Qe4+ Qb7 6. Qe8+ Ka7 7. Qe3+ Ka6 $11) 1... Kxa8 2. Nd7 Qa1+ 3. Kh7 $1 Qa7 4. Qd5+ $1 (4. Qc6+ $2 Qb7 5. Qa4+ Qa7 6. Qe4+ Qb7 7. Qe8+ Ka7 8. Qe3+ Ka6) 4... Qb7 5. Qg8+ Ka7 6. Qa2+ Qa6 7. Qf2+ Ka8 8. Qf8+ Kb7 9. Nc5+ $18 1-0
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[Event "Ceskoslovensky sach_10_2003_N92_sp_comm"] [Site ""] [Date "2003"] [Round ""] [White "Akobija, J."] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/3b2p1/8/7P/6P1/4Kp1r/7k/3N3N w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2003"] 1. Ndf2 $1 (1. Nhf2 $6 Rg3 2. Kf4 Kg2 3. Nc3 Kxf2 4. Ne4+ Kg2 5. Nxg3 f2 6. g5 Bc8 7. h6 gxh6 8. g6 Be6) 1... Rh4 2. Kxf3 Bxg4+ (2... Bc6+ 3. Kf4 Bxh1 4. Nxh1 Kxh1 5. Kg5 $11) 3. Nxg4+ Kxh1 4. h6 $1 gxh6 5. Kg3 Rh5 6. Nf6 Rh2 7. Ng4 Rh5 8. Nf6 Rg5+ (8... Rf5 9. Ng4 Rh5 10. Nf6 $11) 9. Kh4 Rg6 10. Ng4 Kg2 11. Kh5 Rg5+ 12. Kh4 Rg6 13. Kh5 $11 1/2-1/2
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