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Studies awarded in Russian the Magazine tournament Shakhmatnaya Poeziya 2010.
[Event "Prize Shakhmatnaya Poezia - 2010"] [Site ""] [Date "2012.11.13"] [Round ""] [White "Janos Mikitovics (Hungary)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/3P2Rb/2P5/6Pk/8/3Prn2/6K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2010"] 1. Kf1 $3 ({Thematic try} 1. Rxh6+ $2 Kg3 $3 2. Kf1 Re4 $1 (2... Rxd2 $2 3. c6 {main A}) 3. Rh7 Nd3 $11) 1... Rxd2 2. Rxh6+ {main A} Kg3 ({main B} 2... Kxg4 3. c6 $1 Ne4 4. d7 Rd1+ 5. Ke2 Nc3+ 6. Kf2 $1 (6. Ke3 $2 Nd5+ 7. Ke2 Nc3+ 8. Kf2 {loss of time}) 6... Nb5 7. Rh1 $1 (7. Rh8 $2 Na7 $11) 7... Rd6 8. Ra1 $3 ( 8. Rg1+ $2 Kf5 $1 (8... Kf4 $2 9. Ra1 $1 Nc7 10. Rh1 $1 Nb5 11. Rh4+ Kg5 12. Ra4 $1 Nc7 13. Re4 $1 Kf6 14. Re8 Ne6 15. d8=Q+ $1 (15. d8=R $2 Rxc6 $11) 15... Nxd8 16. c7 $18) 9. Rb1 {(g8)} Na7 $11) 8... Nc7 9. Rg1+ (9. Ra5 $2 Kf4 $1 10. Rh5 Ke4 $1 $11) (9. Ra4+ $2 Kf5 $11) (9. Ra7 Ne6 $11) 9... Kf5 10. Rg8 Ne6 11. d8=Q Nxd8 12. c7 $18) (2... Kg5 3. Rh2 $1 $18) 3. c6 $1 Ne4 (3... Nxg4 4. Ke1 $1 $18 (4. c7 $2 Nxh6 $11)) 4. Ke1 $1 (4. d7 $2 Rd1+ 5. Ke2 Nc3+ 6. Ke3 Nd5+ 7. Ke4 Ne7 $11) 4... Rd3 5. d7 (5. c7 $2 Rc3 6. d7 Rxc7 7. Rh3+ (7. d8=Q Rc1+ 8. Ke2 Nc3+ 9. Ke3 Re1+ 10. Kd2 Rd1+ $11) 7... Kxh3 8. d8=Q Rc1+ $11) 5... Nc3 ( 5... Re3+ 6. Kd1 $18) 6. Rh3+ $3 Kxh3 7. c7 Rxd7 8. c8=Q Re7+ 9. Kf2 $1 (9. Kd2 $2 Ne4+ $1 10. Kc2 Ng5 $3 (10... Kg3 $2 11. g5 Nxg5 12. Qc5 Re2+ 13. Kd3 Ne6 14. Qg1+ $18)) (9. Kf1 $2 Rf7+ 10. Ke1 Re7+ 11. Kf2 {loss of time}) 9... Rf7+ 10. Ke3 Nd5+ 11. Kd2 $3 (11. Kd3 $2 Nf4+ (11... Kh4 $2 12. Qh8+ Kg3 13. g5 Nf4+ 14. Ke4 Ng6 15. Qg8 Rf4+ 16. Kd3 Ne5+ 17. Ke3 $18) 12. Ke4 Ng6 13. g5+ Kh4 $11) (11. Ke4 $2 Nf6+ $11) 11... Kg3 (11... Rf2+ 12. Ke1 $18) (11... Nf4 12. g5+ $18 {e.g.} (12. Qc4 $2 Rf8 $1 13. g5 Rf5 14. Qg8 Nh5 15. g6 Rg5 $11) 12... Kg3 13. Kc1 Nh5 14. Qe8 Rf1+ 15. Kd2 Rf2+ 16. Ke1 $18) 12. Qb8+ Nf4 (12... Kxg4 13. Qg8+ $18) 13. Qb3+ $18 1-0
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[Event "1-2. HM. Shakhmatnaya Poezia 2010"] [Site ""] [Date "2012.11.13"] [Round ""] [White "Iuri Akobia (Georgia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2k3KB/P7/3r4/3p4/2P5/5N2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2012"] 1. a7 (1. c4 $2 Rd7+ 2. Kh6 Rd6+ 3. Kg5 Rxa6 4. Kf4 Rc6 5. Bd3 Rf6+ 6. Kg3 Rf8 7. Ne4 Kb6 $11) 1... Ra5 (1... Rd7+ 2. Kf6 Kb7 3. a8=Q+ Kxa8 4. Bf5 $18) 2. cxd4 (2. c4 $2 Rxa7 3. Kf6 Kb6 4. Be4 Ra2 5. Nd3 Rc2 $11) 2... Rxa7 (2... Kd6 3. Kf6 $18) 3. Kf6 Kc6 $1 (3... Kd6 4. Bg8 $1 (4. Ne4+ $5 Kd5 5. Nc3+ Kc4 $1 $11) 4... Re7 (4... Ra5 5. Ne4+ $18) 5. Kf5 Re8 6. Ne4+ $18) 4. Be4+ Kd6 $1 5. Bg2 $3 {zz} (5. Bh1 $5 Ra1 6. Bg2 Ra7 {zz} 7. Ne4+ Kd5 8. Nc3+ Kc4 $11 (8... Kxd4 $2 9. Nb5+ $18)) 5... Ra1 (5... Ra2 6. Ne4+ Kd5 7. Nc3+ $18) (5... Ra6 6. Kf5 $1 Ra2 7. Ne4+ Kd5 8. Nc3+ $18) 6. Kf5 Rg1 7. Bf3 $1 Rf1 8. Ne4+ Kd5 9. Nd2+ $18 1-0
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[Event "1-2. HM. Shakhmatnaya Poezia 2010"] [Site ""] [Date "2012.11.13"] [Round ""] [White "Vitaly Kovalenko (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6q1/P5k1/8/6r1/6PK/7b/4BQ2/r7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "16"] [EventDate "2012"] 1. Qd4+ Kh7 $1 2. Qxa1 (2. Bd3+ $2 Rg6 3. Qxa1 (3. Bxg6+ Qxg6 4. Qxa1 Qxg4#) 3... Qd8+ 4. Kxh3 Qxd3+ $19) 2... Rxg4+ $1 (2... Bxg4 3. a8=Q Rh5+ 4. Kg3 Bc8+ 5. Kf2 $11) 3. Kxh3 Rg3+ $1 4. Kh2 Rg2+ $1 (4... Rg6 5. Qd1 Rh6+ 6. Bh5 Qa2+ 7. Kh1 Qxa7 8. Qd3+ $11) 5. Kh1 $1 Qa8 6. Bf3 $1 Qxf3 7. Qh8+ Kxh8 8. a8=Q+ Qxa8 { stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1. Com. Shakhmatnaya Poezia 2010"] [Site ""] [Date "2012.11.13"] [Round ""] [White "Mikhail Zinar (Ukraine)"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3r4/1pPpBp1p/1P1P1P1P/3K4/1P2p3/p7/rpp1P2P/qkn4R w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2012"] 1. cxd8=N e3 2. Nc6 bxc6+ 3. Kc4 c5 4. b7 cxb4 5. b8=N b3 6. Nc6 dxc6 7. d7 c5 8. Kb5 c4 9. d8=N c3 10. Ne6 fxe6 11. f7 e5 12. Bh4 $1 (12. f8=N $2 e4 13. Ng6 hxg6 14. h7 g5 15. h8=N g4 16. Ng6 g3 17. Nf4 gxh2 18. Nd5 {stalemate}) 12... e4 13. Bf2 exf2 14. f8=N e3 15. Ng6 hxg6 16. h7 g5 17. h8=N g4 {# 5} *
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[Event "2. Com. Shakhmatnaya Poezia 2010"] [Site ""] [Date "2012.11.13"] [Round ""] [White "Alain Pallier (France)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2p2p2/8/8/p4PB1/4P3/2K2k2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2012"] 1. Bd7 $1 (1. Be6 $2 Kxe3 (1... fxe6 $2 2. e4 $18) 2. f5 Ke4 3. Kb2 c5 $1 (3... Ke5 $2 4. Bd7 $18)) (1. Kd3 $2 a3 $11 (1... c5 $2 2. Bd1 $18)) (1. e4 $2 Ke3 $11) 1... Kxe3 (1... f5 2. e4 $18) 2. f5 Ke4 3. Kb2 $1 c5 4. Ka3 $1 c4 $1 5. Kb4 $3 (5. Kxa4 $2 c3 6. Kb3 Kd3 7. Ba4 Ke4 8. Bd7 Kd3 $11) 5... a3 6. Kxa3 c3 7. Ka2 $1 (7. Kb3 $2 Kd3 8. Ba4 Ke4 $11) 7... Kd3 8. Ba4 Kd2 9. Kb1 $18
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