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Studies awarded for the Swedish Magazine tournament Springaren 2005-2006.
[Event "Prize, Springaren 2005-2006"] [Site ""] [Date "2006.10.09"] [Round ""] [White "I.Akobia"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/4p1R1/6P1/8/1K1R1p2/1p4r1/2k5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rc3+ Kb1 2. Rxf3 (2. Rc8 $5 f2 $11) 2... Ka1 3. Rf1+ b1=Q+ 4. Rxb1+ Kxb1 5. Kc3 $1 (5. Kc4 $5 Rg4+ 6. Kd3 Kc1 $1 7. Ke3 Kc2 8. Kf3 Rg1 9. Kf2 Rg4 10. Kf3 Rg1 {positional draw}) 5... Kc1 6. Kd4 $1 (6. Kd3 $5 Rg4 $1 7. Ke3 Kc2 {(e5)} 8. Kf3 Rg1 $11) (6. Rg8 $5 Rg4 7. Kd3 Kd1 8. Ke3 e5 $1 9. Kf3 Rf4+ 10. Kg3 Ke2 11. Re8 Rf3+ 12. Kg4 Rf4+ 13. Kh5 e4 14. g6 Kf3 15. g7 Rg4 $11) 6... Kd2 7. Rg7 $3 {zz BTM} ({Thematic try} 7. Rg8 $5 Rg1 $1 {zz WTM} 8. Ke5 Re1+ 9. Kf6 e5 10. g6 e4 $11) 7... Rg1 8. Rg8 $1 {zz BTM} (8. Ke5 $5 Re1+ 9. Kf6 e5 10. g6 e4 11. Rd7+ Ke3 12. Rd5 Ra1 13. g7 Ra8 $11) (8. g6 $5 Rg5 9. Rg8 Ke2 $11) 8... Re1 ( 8... Ra1 9. g6 Ra5 10. Re8 Rg5 11. Rxe6 $18) 9. g6 $1 (9. Re8 $5 Rg1 10. Rg8 { loss of time}) 9... e5+ 10. Kd5 e4 11. Kd4 $1 (11. Ke5 $5 Ke3 $11) 11... e3 12. Ra8 $1 (12. Rb8 $5 e2 13. Rb2+ Kc1 $11) 12... Ke2 (12... e2 13. Ra2+ Kc1 14. Kd3 $18) 13. Ke4 Rg1 14. Ra2+ Kf1 15. Ra1+ $18 *
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[Event "1 HM, Springaren 2005-2006"] [Site ""] [Date "2006.10.26"] [Round ""] [White "G.Josten"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/1p4B1/8/p3P1k1/3P2p1/6K1 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "25"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Be7 $1 (1. Bf6 $5 b4 2. Be7 a2 3. Bf6 b3 4. Ba1 Kf3 $11) 1... a2 2. Bf6 Kf3 3. Ba1 b4 4. d4 Ke4 5. Kxg2 b3 6. d5 Kxe3 7. d6 Kd2 8. d7 Kc2 9. d8=Q b2 10. Qc7+ Kb1 11. Qb6 Kxa1 12. Qd4 Kb1 13. Qd1# 1-0
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[Event "2 HM, Springaren 2005-2006"] [Site ""] [Date "2006.10.26"] [Round ""] [White "H.Bie & J.Ulrichsen"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/p2k3p/P7/8/K3P3/8/1P6/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "19"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. b4 (1. e5 $5 h5 $19) (1. Kb4 $5 h5 $19) 1... h5 2. b5 Kc7 3. e5 h4 4. e6 h3 5. b6+ Kxb6 6. e7 h2 7. e8=Q h1=Q 8. Qb8+ Kc5 9. Qb4+ Kc6 10. Qb7+ $18 *
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[Event "3 HM, Springaren 2005-2006"] [Site ""] [Date "2006.10.26"] [Round ""] [White "V.Maksaev"] [Black ""] [Result "0-1"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5k1r/8/6n1/3KB3/8/8/RR2b2b/8 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "34"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1... Bf3+ 2. Ke6 Bg4+ 3. Kf6 (3. Kd5 $5 Bxe5 4. Rb6 Bf3+ $19) 3... Bxe5+ 4. Kg5 $1 (4. Kxg6 $5 Rg8+ 5. Kh7 Rg7+ 6. Kh8 Rf7#) 4... Bd7 5. Kxg6 Rg8+ 6. Kh5 Be8+ 7. Kh4 Bf6+ 8. Kh3 Bd7+ 9. Kh2 Be5+ 10. Kh1 Bc6+ 11. Rg2 Rh8+ 12. Kg1 Bd4+ 13. Raf2+ Ke7 14. Kf1 Bb5+ 15. Ke1 {(Re2)} Bc3+ 16. Kd1 Ba4+ 17. Ke2 Rd8 18. Rh2 $11 0-1
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[Event "1 c, Springaren 2005-2006"] [Site ""] [Date "2006.10.26"] [Round ""] [White "D.Bergkvist"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2n1N3/1r2k3/8/K7/1N6/8/8/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "37"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nc7 Nd6 ({main} 1... Kd6 2. Nb5+ Kc5 3. Nd3+ Kc4 4. Ne5+ Kd5 5. Nd3 Rb8 6. Ka4 Rb6 7. Ka5 Rb7 8. Ka4 Rb8 9. Nb4+ Kc4 10. Na3+ Kc3 11. Nb5+ Kc4 12. Na3+ $11) 2. Ncd5+ Ke6 3. Ka6 Rb8 4. Ka7 Rc8 5. Kb6 Ne4 $1 6. Nc7+ Kd7 7. Nb5 Rb8+ 8. Ka5 $1 Ra8+ 9. Kb6 Rb8+ 10. Ka5 Rb7 11. Ka6 $1 Nc5+ 12. Ka5 Nb3+ 13. Ka4 $1 Nd2 14. Ka5 $1 Ne4 15. Ka6 Nc5+ 16. Ka5 Nb3+ 17. Ka4 Nd2 18. Ka5 Ne4 19. Ka6 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2 c, Springaren 2005-2006"] [Site ""] [Date "2006.10.26"] [Round ""] [White "S.Hornecker"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/3P3R/8/8/8/3r2pp/3k3p/K5B1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "18"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Bxh2 Kc2 $1 2. Ka2 gxh2 (2... Rxd7 3. Rxd7 gxh2 4. Rc7+ Kd2 5. Rd7+ Ke2 6. Re7+ Kf2 7. Rf7+ Kg3 8. Rg7+ Kh4 9. Rh7+ Kg4 10. Rg7+ Kh5 11. Rh7+ Kg4 12. Rg7+ $11) 3. Rxh3 Rxh3 4. d8=Q h1=Q 5. Qc8+ $1 (5. Qc7+ $5 Rc3 $19) 5... Rc3 6. Qf5+ Rd3 7. Qc5+ Kd2 8. Qf2+ Kd1 9. Qc2+ Kxc2 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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