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Studies awarded for the Sinfonie Scacchitica 2020.
[Event "1.p.Sinfonie Scacchistiche 2020"] [Site ""] [Date "2019.10.17"] [Round ""] [White "Peter Krug & Mario Garcia"] [Black "Sec. Win more 10 pieces"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/N4r2/4n3/7k/3R2p1/5pp1/2B3n1/R5NK w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2019"] 1. Bg6+ $1 (1. Ra5+ $2 Kh4 2. Bg6 Ngf4 3. Nxf3+ gxf3 4. Rh5+ Kg4 5. Nc6 g2+ $1 6. Kh2 g1=Q+ $11) 1... Kxg6 2. Rxg4+ Kh5 (2... Kf5 3. Rxg3 Rh7+ 4. Rh3 $18) 3. Rxg3 Nh4 (3... f2 4. Kxg2 fxg1=Q+ 5. Kxg1 $18) 4. Ra5+ (4. Nh3 $2 f2 5. Rf1 Rxa7 $11) 4... Kh6 5. Ra4 $1 ({Trials: a)} 5. Rh3 f2 $1 (5... Kg6 $2 6. Rg3+ Kh6 7. Ra4 $18 {see solution}) 6. Rxh4+ Kg7 {/g6} 7. Rg4+ Kh6 8. Ra2 Ng5 $1 ( 8... Rf5 $2 9. Rxf2 Rxf2 10. Nh3 $1 $18) 9. Rxf2 (9. Ra1 Rxa7 $1 $11) 9... Rxf2 10. Ra4 Nf3 $1 $11) ({b)} 5. Nh3 $2 f2 6. Nxf2 Rxf2 7. Rh3 Rf4 8. Ra6 Re4 $1 $11) 5... Kh5 6. Rh3 (6. Nh3 $2 f2 $11) 6... Rf4 (6... Nf4 7. Rh2 Nfg2 8. Nh3 $18) (6... Kg6 {e.g.} 7. Nc6 f2 8. Ne5+ Kf5 9. Nxf7 f1=Q 10. Raxh4 $18) 7. Rxf4 Nxf4 8. Rh2 Kg4 9. Nc6 $1 (9. Nb5 $2 Nhg2 10. Nxf3 Kxf3 $11) 9... Kg3 (9... Nd3 10. Nh3 $1 $18) (9... Nhg2 10. Ne5+ $18) 10. Ne5 f2 11. Rh3+ Nxh3 12. Ne2# { ideal mate with 3 self-block} 1-0
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[Event "1.p.Sinfonie Scacchistiche 2020"] [Site ""] [Date "2021.10.19"] [Round ""] [White "Michael Pasman"] [Black "Studies Win less than 10 pieces"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1K6/2Bk2b1/N7/8/8/6Np/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2021"] [TimeControl "300"] 1. Nf4 $1 Bf7 2. Bh1 $1 Ke5 3. Ng2 $1 Ke4 4. Nc6 $1 Kf3 5. Ne5+ $1 Kf2 6. Nf4 $1 Be6 7. Bc6 $1 Bf5 $1 8. Kc7 $3 Ke3 9. Ng2+ $1 Kf2 10. Nh4 $1 Bc2 $1 11. Kd6 $1 Kg3 12. Neg6 $1 Kf2 13. Ne7 $1 Kg1 14. Nf3+ Kg2 15. Ng5+ $1 Kg1 16. Nh3+ $1 {win} 1-0
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[Event "1.p.Sinfonie Scacchistiche 2020"] [Site ""] [Date "2021.10.19"] [Round ""] [White "Michal Hlinka & Lubos Kekely"] [Black "Sec. Draw more 10 pieces"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1k2N3/1p5K/2P5/1P3R2/7B/qb1r2R1/8/8 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "18"] [EventDate "2021"] {A)} 1... Be6 ({B)} 1... Bc2 $1 2. Rg8 Rh3 3. c7+ Kc8 4. Nd6+ Kxc7 5. Rg7+ $1 Kxd6 6. Rg6+ Kc7 (6... Kd7 7. Rd5+ Ke8 8. Rd8+ Kf7 9. Rd7+ Qe7 10. Rxe7+ Kf8 11. Kh6 $1 Rxh4+ 12. Kg5 Bxg6 13. Rxb7 $11) 7. b6+ Kc8 (7... Kd7 8. Rd5+ Ke8 ( 8... Kc8 $2 9. Rd8#) 9. Rd8+ Kf7 10. Rd7+ Qe7 11. Rxe7+ Kf8 12. Kh6 Rxh4+ 13. Kg5 Kxe7 (13... Rh5+ 14. Kf6 $11) 14. Rg7+ Kf8 15. Rxb7 $11) 8. Rf8+ $1 Qxf8 { stalemate}) 2. Rf6 $1 Qe7+ 3. Ng7 Bf5+ $1 4. Kh6 $1 Rd6 5. Ne8 $1 Rd4 6. c7+ Kc8 7. Nd6+ $1 Kxc7 8. Nxf5 Rxh4+ 9. Kg5 $1 Rh5+ 10. Kxh5 $11 {draw} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1.p.Sinfonie Scacchistiche 2020"] [Site ""] [Date "2021.10.19"] [Round ""] [White "Stanilav Nosek"] [Black "sec. Draw less than 10 pieces"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2r2B2/3B4/8/5N1k/4p3/1p3P2/2N3K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2021"] 1. Ng2+ $1 (1. Ng6+ $2 Kg5 2. Bf4+ Kf5 3. Nh4+ Kg4 4. Be6+ Kxh4 $19) 1... Kg5 2. Bf4+ (2. f4+ $2 Kh6 3. Bf8+ Kh7 $19) 2... Kf6 $1 (2... Kf5 $2 3. Nxe3+ Kxf4 4. Nd3+ Kg5 5. Nxb2 $11) 3. Be5+ Kxe5 4. Nd3+ Kd4 5. Nxb2 $1 (5. fxe3+ $2 Kxd3 6. Bg6+ Kd2 7. Kf2 Rc2 8. Ne1 b1=Q 9. Nxc2 Qb6 $19) (5. Ba2 $2 Kxd3 6. Nxe3 Rc1+ 7. Kh2 Ra1 8. Be6 Ra5 9. Bf7 Ra6 10. Bg8 Rh6+ 11. Kg2 Rg6+ $19) 5... Rc1+ 6. Ne1 $1 (6. Kh2 $2 exf2 7. Bc4 Rxc4 8. Nxc4 f1=Q 9. Nce3 Qf3 10. Kg1 Ke4 $19) 6... Rxe1+ (6... e2 $2 7. Nbd3 $18) 7. Kg2 Re2 (7... e2 8. Kf3 $1 Kc3 9. Ke3 Kxb2 10. Bc4 $11) 8. Nd1 Rxf2+ $1 9. Nxf2 e2 10. Nd3 Kxd3 11. Bc4+ (11. Kf2 $2 Kd2 $19) 11... Kxc4 12. Kf2 $11 1/2-1/2
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