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Studies awarded for the USA Magazine tournament Strategems 2006-2007.
[Event "1Prize, StrateGems 2006-07"] [Site ""] [Date "2006"] [Round ""] [White "Sochnev=Alexei"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7N/8/8/3P1P2/P5k1/1K5p/5n2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2006"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. f6 $1 Ne4 2. f7 Nc5+ 3. Ka2 $3 Nd7 4. Ng6 Kf5 $1 5. Nh4+ Ke4 6. Nf3 $3 Kxf3 7. a5 h2 8. a6 h1=Q 9. f8=Q+ $1 Nxf8 10. a7 Qg2+ 11. Kb3 $1 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2 Prize, StrateGems 2006-07"] [Site ""] [Date "2006"] [Round ""] [White "Becker=Richard, Akobia=Iuri"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/7N/8/8/8/1rp1p1k1/7n/2RK4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2006"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nf6 $1 Kf3 2. Nd5 e2+ (2... Rb2 3. Rxc3 Rd2+ 4. Ke1 Re2+ 5. Kd1 Rd2+ 6. Ke1 Rxd5 7. Rxe3+ Kxe3 {stalemate}) 3. Ke1 c2 4. Nc3 $1 Ke3 5. Nd5+ Kf3 6. Nc3 Rxc3 7. Rxc2 Ra3 (7... Rxc2 {stalemate}) 8. Ra2 Rb3 9. Rb2 Re3 10. Rd2 {zz} Re8 11. Rd8 Re7 (11... Rxd8 {stalemate}) 12. Rd7 Re6 13. Rd6 Re5 14. Rd5 Re4 15. Rd4 Re3 16. Rd2 $1 (16. Rd3 $2 Ng4 {zz}) 16... Ng4 17. Rd3 {zz} Ne5 18. Rxe3+ Kxe3 {stalemate.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "3.Prize, StrateGems 2006-07"] [Site ""] [Date "2006"] [Round ""] [White "Benko=Pal, Gyarmati=Peter"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/P2p1k1p/2qP4/P3P2K/8/B7/3r4/6Q1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2006"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. e6+ $1 dxe6 2. Kh6 Rg2 3. Qf1+ Kg8 4. Qf8+ $1 Kxf8 5. d7+ Kf7 6. d8=N+ $1 Kf6 7. Be7+ $1 Kxe7 8. Nxc6+ Kf6 9. Kxh7 Rg7+ 10. Kh8 Rxa7 11. Nxa7 Ke5 12. Kg7 Kd5 13. Kf6 e5 14. Kf5 e4 15. Kf4 e3 16. Kxe3 Kc5 17. Ke4 $1 Kb4 18. Nc6+ Kb5 19. Kd5 1-0
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[Event "1HM, StrateGems 2006-07"] [Site ""] [Date "2006"] [Round ""] [White "Becker=Richard"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4Bq2/3P1P2/3P2r1/8/3p4/K7/7p/7k w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2006"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. d8=Q $1 Kg1 2. Qb6 h1=Q 3. Qxd4+ Kg2 4. Bc6+ Kh3 5. Bxh1 Rxd6 6. Qe3+ Kh2 7. Ka4 $1 Kxh1 8. Qh3+ Kg1 9. Qg3+ Kf1 10. Qf3+ Ke1 11. Qe3+ Kd1 12. Qf3+ Kc2 13. Qf5+ $1 (13. Qe4+ $2 Kd2 {zz}) 13... Kd2 14. Qe4 $1 {zz} Kc3 15. Qd5 $3 {zz} Kc2 16. Qf5+ Kd2 17. Qe4 Kc3 18. Qd5 Rxd5 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2HM, StrateGems 2006-07"] [Site ""] [Date "2006"] [Round ""] [White "Josten=Gerhard"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2r3Bk/1r3P2/1P2P2K/p1p5/8/4N3/8/5b2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2006"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nd5 Rxg8 2. e7 Rbb8 3. b7 Rge8 4. Nf4 Bd3 5. fxe8=Q+ Rxe8 6. Nxd3 c4 7. Kg6 cxd3 8. Kf7 d2 9. Kxe8 d1=Q 10. b8=Q 1-0
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[Event "3 HM, StrateGems 2006-07"] [Site ""] [Date "2006"] [Round ""] [White "Jones=C.Bill"] [Black "after Birnov"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4N3/4Np2/1p3p2/5P2/8/1K4p1/3P4/1k6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "2006"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nc7 $3 g2 2. Ncd5 g1=Q 3. Nc3+ Ka1 4. Nc6 $1 Qc1 5. Nd4 Qb2+ 6. Kc4 b5+ 7. Kd3 1-0
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[Event "Commm, StrateGems 2006-07"] [Site ""] [Date "2006"] [Round ""] [White "Khatiamov=Rashid"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1p6/1P1p4/3P1p2/2p1pPp1/K7/3R4/1k6 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "24"] [EventDate "2006"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1... c3 2. Ra2 c2 3. Rb2+ Kc1 4. Kb3 Kd1 5. Rxc2 e3 6. Kc3 e2 7. Rd2+ Ke1 8. Kd3 Kf1 9. Rxe2 g3 10. Ke3 g2 11. Rf2+ Kg1 12. Kf3 ({Dual} 12. Re2 $1 Kh1 13. Re1+ g1=Q+ 14. Kf3 Qxe1 (14... Kh2 15. Rxg1 Kxg1 16. Kg3)) 12... Kh1 13. Rxg2 { stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Comm, StrateGems 2006-07"] [Site ""] [Date "2006"] [Round ""] [White "Mikitovics=Janos, Janosi=Ervin"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k2N4/P7/K4b2/1p6/1P6/QN3n2/2p1p1p1/4q3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "10"] [EventDate "2006"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 2. Ne6 Bd8 (2... c1=Q 3. Qxc1 Qxc1 4. Nc7+ Qxc7 {stalemate}) 3. Nxd4 $1 (3. Qa5 $2 Nxe6 $1 (3... Bxa5 $2 4. Nc7+ Bxc7 {stalemate}) (3... Qa1 4. Qxa1 Nxe6 5. Qg1 Nc7+ 6. Kb6 $11)) 3... Qf2 4. Qa2 $1 Qxd4 5. Qd5+ $1 Qxd5 { stalemate.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Comm, StrateGems 2006-07"] [Site ""] [Date "2007"] [Round ""] [White "Becker=Richard"] [Black "after Harold vd Heijden"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K7/7B/7P/2p5/p7/P7/3r4/7k w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2007"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Bg6 $1 Rh2 2. h7 c4 3. Kb7 c3 4. Kc6 $1 c2 5. Bxc2 Rxc2+ 6. Kb5 Rh2 7. Kxa4 Kg2 8. Kb4 $3 Kf3 9. a4 Ke4 10. a5 Kd5 11. Kb5 {zz} Rb2+ 12. Ka6 Rh2 13. Kb5 Rb2+ 14. Ka6 Rb8 15. Ka7 Rh8 16. Kb6 Kd6 17. a6 Rb8+ 18. Ka7 Kc7 19. h8=Q Rxh8 {stalemate.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Comm, StrateGems 2006-07"] [Site ""] [Date "2007"] [Round ""] [White "Dowd=Steven B., Ylijoki=Marko"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4B3/8/7p/5p2/3N1p2/P6k/1P2bK1p/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2007"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Bc6 f3 2. Nxe2 h1=Q 3. Ng1+ Kh4 4. Nxf3+ Kh5 5. Kg3 $1 f4+ 6. Kf2 Qd1 7. Be8+ Kg4 8. Bd7+ Kh5 (8... Qxd7 $2 9. Ne5+) 9. Be8+ Kg4 10. Bd7+ 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Comm, StrateGems 2006-07"] [Site ""] [Date "2007"] [Round ""] [White "Jones=C. Bill"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2k5/3p4/5p2/1p6/P4p2/1P3Pp1/P4P2/4K3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2007"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kf1 bxa4 2. bxa4 g2+ 3. Kxg2 Kb7 4. Kh3 f5 5. Kh4 d5 6. Kh3 Kb6 7. Kg2 Ka5 8. Kf1 1-0
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[Event "Comm, StrateGems 2006-07"] [Site ""] [Date "2007"] [Round ""] [White "Markovic=Mirko"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6q1/7p/3Q2b1/6k1/4nNP1/6P1/7K/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2007"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Ne6+ Kf6 2. g5+ Nxg5 3. Nxg5+ Kg7 4. Qe7+ Kh8 5. Ne6 h5 6. Kg1 $1 Qf7 7. Qd8+ Qg8 8. Qf6+ Kh7 9. g4 $1 1-0
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