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Section WIN
[Event "1.p. Problem Paradise "] [Site ""] [Date "2022.07.02"] [Round ""] [White "Peter S. Krug"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3R4/7K/1N6/4b1k1/2r1P3/4pP1p/p7/6NB w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2022"] [TimeControl "300+20"] 1. f4+ $1 Bxf4 $1 $11 ({main B} 1... Kxf4 2. Rf8+ $1 (2. Nxc4 $2 a1=Q 3. Rg8 Qa7+ 4. Kg6 Qc5 $1 5. Ne2+ Kg4 6. Kh6+ (6. Nxe5+ Qxe5 7. Kh7+ Kh4 8. Bf3 h2 9. Rg4+ Kh3 $11) 6... Kh4 {=}) (2. Nd5+ $2 Kg3 3. Rg8+ Kf2 4. Nxh3+ Ke1) 2... Kg3 3. Rg8+ Kh2 (3... Kf2 4. Nxh3+ Ke2 5. Rg2+ $18) 4. Nf3+ Kxh1 5. Rg1# {mate}) 2. Rg8+ $1 (2. Nd5 $2 Rc7+ $1 3. Nxc7 a1=Q 4. Rg8+ Kf6 $1 {=}) 2... Kf6 3. Nd5+ Ke5 (3... Kf7 4. Rg7+ $1 (4. Ra8 $2 Rc1 5. Ra7+ Bc7 6. Rxa2 Rxg1 $11) 4... Ke8 5. Ra7 Rc1 6. Rxa2 Bb8 7. Nf3 {+-}) 4. Re8+ $1 (4. Ra8 $2 Rc1 5. Re8+ Kd6 $11) 4... Kd6 5. Rd8+ Ke5 6. Nf3+ Kxe4 7. Kg6 Rc6+ (7... a1=Q 8. Nc3+ $1 Qxc3 9. Ng5+ Ke5 10. Rd5#) 8. Nf6+ $1 Rxf6+ 9. Kxf6 a1=Q+ 10. Rd4+ Qxd4+ 11. Ne5# {mate } 1-0
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[Event "2.p. Problem Paradise "] [Site ""] [Date "2022.04.24"] [Round ""] [White "Jan Timman"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1b1B2k1/6p1/2Pp4/5p2/Pp5K/1p1PP3/2p3N1/R7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2022.04.24"] 1. Ne1 $1 Bc7 $1 (1... b2 2. Nxc2 b3 3. Bf6 bxa1=Q 4. Nxa1 gxf6 5. Nxb3 $18) 2. Bg5 $1 (2. Bf6 $2 gxf6 3. d4 b2 4. Nxc2 bxa1=Q 5. Nxa1 d5 $1 (5... Kf7 $2 6. d5 $18) 6. Nb3 Kf7 7. a5 Ke7 8. a6 Bb6 $11) 2... b2 3. Nxc2 b3 4. Bf6 $1 Bd8 $1 ( 4... bxa1=Q 5. Nxa1 gxf6 6. Nxb3 $18) (4... bxc2 5. Bxb2 $18) 5. c7 $1 (5. Kh3 $2 Bxf6 6. c7 bxc2 7. c8=Q+ Kf7 8. Qd7+ Kf8 $11) 5... Bxf6+ 6. Kg3 $1 bxc2 ( 6... Be5+ 7. Kg2 $1 (7. Kf2 $2 bxc2 8. c8=Q+ Kf7 9. Qd7+ (9. Rg1 b1=Q 10. d4 Bf6 $11) 9... Kf6 10. Rg1 b1=Q 11. Qxg7+ Ke6 12. Rg6+ Kd5 13. Qg8+ Kc5 14. Qc4+ (14. d4+ Kb4 $11) 14... Kb6 15. a5+ Kb7 16. a6+ Kb6 $11) 7... bxc2 (7... bxa1=Q 8. Nxa1 b2 9. c8=Q+ Kh7 10. Qxf5+ $18) 8. c8=Q+ $18) 7. c8=Q+ Kf7 8. Rh1 $1 (8. Qd7+ $2 Kg6 9. Rh1 (9. Rf1 c1=Q 10. Qxf5+ Kf7 $11) 9... Be5+ $1 $11) 8... b1=Q 9. Qd7+ Be7 (9... Kf8 10. Rh8#) 10. Qxf5+ Bf6 11. Qd7+ Be7 (11... Kg6 12. Qe8+ Kg5 13. Qh5# {/Rh5+ mate}) 12. Qc6 $1 $18 1-0
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[Event "3..p. Problem Paradise "] [Site ""] [Date "2022.05.19"] [Round ""] [White "Andrzej Jasik"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "B7/8/6pp/6pr/8/4NRPP/3kp3/b2N3K w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2022"] 1. Rf2 $1 Kd3 (1... g4 2. Kg2 Kd3 3. hxg4 Re5 (3... Rh2+ 4. Kxh2 e1=Q 5. Rf4 Qd2+ 6. Kg1 Qe1+ 7. Kg2 Qd2+ 8. Nf2+ Kxe3 9. Re4#) 4. Bb7 Re6 5. Bd5 Rxe3 6. Bc4+ Kxc4 7. Nxe3+ Kd3 8. Nc2 $16) 2. Be4+ $1 (2. Rxe2 $2 Kxe2 3. Kg2 g4 $11) 2... Kxe4 3. Rxe2 Kf3 4. Rf2+ (4. Rh2 $2 Kxg3 5. Nf1+ Kf4 $11 6. Nde3 Ke5 7. Ra2 Bd4 8. Ng4+ Ke6 9. Kg2 Rh4 10. Ra6+ Kf7 11. Ng3 h5 12. Nh6+ Kg7 13. Nhf5+ gxf5 14. Nxf5+ Kf7 15. Nxh4 gxh4 16. Kf3 Be5 $11) 4... Kxg3 5. Nf1+ Kxh3 6. Ra2 $1 (6. Rg2 $2 Bd4 {ZZ draw}) (6. Re2 $2 Kh4 7. Nf2 g4 $1 $11) 6... Bd4 (6... Be5 7. Nf2+ Kh4 8. Ra4+ Bf4 9. Kg2 g4 10. Rxf4 $16) 7. Rg2 $1 {ZZ} Rh4 (7... g4 8. Rh2#) 8. Rg3# 1-0
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[Event "sp..p. Problem Paradise "] [Site ""] [Date "2022.04.21"] [Round ""] [White "Jan Rusinek"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/4p1B1/8/1K6/3N4/8/5rB1/k1n5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2022"] 1. Ne2+ e5 (1... Kb1 2. Be4+ Ka2 3. Nxc1+ $18) (1... Ka2 2. Bd5+ Nb3 3. Nd4 $18 ) 2. Bxe5+ Ka2 3. Bd5+ (3. Nc3+ $2 Kb3 4. Bd5+ Kc2 $11) 3... Ka3 (3... Kb1 4. Be4+ Ka2 5. Nxc1+ $18) 4. Nc3 Rb2+ 5. Ka5 $1 (5. Ka6 $2 Kb4 $1 (5... Rc2 $2 6. Bd6+ Kb2 7. Nd1+ Ka1 8. Be5+ Kb1 9. Nc3+ $18) 6. Ne4 Rc2 {/a2=}) 5... Nb3+ 6. Kb6 Rc2 (6... Nd4+ 7. Ka6 Rc2 8. Bxd4 $18) (6... Nc1+ 7. Nb5+ Rxb5+ 8. Kxb5 $18 ) 7. Bd6+ Kb2 8. Na4+ Ka2 9. Nc5 Rc3 10. Kb5 Rh3 11. Kb4 Rh4+ 12. Kc3 $18 1-0
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[Event "sp..p. Problem Paradise "] [Site ""] [Date "2022.09.18"] [Round ""] [White "Jarl H Ulrichsen"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k6B/1p6/1p3N2/1N6/6n1/5p1K/1p6/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2022"] 1. Na3 $1 (1. Nc3 $2 {loses after} f2 2. Kg2 Ne3+ 3. Kxf2 Nd1+ 4. Nxd1 b1=Q $19 ) 1... f2 {BlackÂ's defence leads to a draw-like endgame with king, bishop and knight versus king and knight, but the black pawns prove to be unfavourable for Black.} 2. Kg2 Ne3+ 3. Kxf2 Nd1+ 4. Ke2 $1 Nc3+ 5. Kd3 $1 { White plays for mate.} b1=Q+ 6. Nxb1 Nxb1 7. Nd5 $1 { Here the white knight controls both b6 and c7.} Na3 8. Bb2 $1 {A surprise! The white bishop seems to chase the black knight back to a safe harbour.} Nb5 9. Be5 $1 {The point!} Ka7 {forced} ({as} 9... Na7 {is met by} 10. Nxb6#) 10. Kc4 $1 Ka6 ({The knight is lost after} 10... Na3+ 11. Kb3 Nb1 ({(or} 11... Nb5 12. Kb4 Ka6 13. Bb8 $18 {mating next move)}) 12. Bf4 $18) 11. Kb4 $1 Na7 12. Nc7# 1-0
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[Event "hm. Problem Paradise "] [Site ""] [Date "2022.07.04"] [Round ""] [White "Pavel Arestov"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K7/R6P/6r1/8/p5k1/1b2P3/3n3P/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2022"] 1. h8=Q Bd5+ $1 (1... Rg8+ 2. Qxg8+ Bxg8 3. Rg7+ Kh3 4. Rxg8 Kxh2 5. Kb8 $18) 2. Kb8 Rg8+ 3. Qxg8+ Bxg8 4. Rg7+ Kh3 5. Rg3+ $3 (5. Rxg8 $2 Kxh2 6. Kc7 a3 7. Rg4 Nf1 8. Ra4 Nxe3 $11) 5... Kxh2 6. Rxg8 Nc4 (6... Kh3 7. Kc7 $18) 7. e4 a3 8. Kc7 a2 9. Ra8 Kg3 10. Rxa2 Kf4 11. Ra4 $1 (11. Re2 $2 Ke5 $11) 11... Nd2 12. Kd6 $1 (12. Kc6 Ke5 $11) 12... Nxe4+ 13. Kd5 $18 1-0
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[Event "sp.c. Problem Paradise "] [Site ""] [Date "2022.06.17"] [Round ""] [White "Peter S. Krug"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3NK3/3P2r1/4P3/nk1p4/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2022"] [TimeControl "300+20"] 1. Kf8 $1 Rxd7 2. exd7 d4 3. Nf7 $1 ({try:} 3. Ne6 $2 Nc6 4. Nxd4+ Nxd4 5. d8=Q Ne6+ {=}) 3... Nc6 4. Ne5 Nd8 5. Ke7 Nb7 6. Nf7 Na5 $1 7. Nd6+ Kc5 8. Ne4+ Kb5 9. Kd6 $1 (9. Ke6 $2 Nc6 10. Kd6 d3 11. Kc7 Nd4 12. Kc8 Nc6 $11) 9... d3 ({main } 9... Nb7+ 10. Kc7 Ka6 11. Kc6 $1 Nd8+ 12. Kd6 Kb5 $1 13. Kc7 Ne6+ (13... Nf7 14. Nd6+ $18) 14. Kc8 d3 15. Ng5 $1 d2 16. Ne4 $1 d1=N 17. Ng5 $1 $18 { Second mainline with black underpromotion}) 10. Kc7 {!} (10. Nf2 $2 Nb7+ 11. Kc7 Nc5 12. d8=Q Ne6+ {=}) 10... Nc6 11. Nf2 d2 12. Ne4 d1=N 13. Nd6+ Kc5 14. Nb7+ Kb5 15. Na5 $1 Nd4 16. Kd6 $1 $18 {unterminated} 1-0
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Section DRAW
[Event "1/2.p. Problem Paradise "] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Michael Pasman"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r6b/1R1p4/2pKP3/B5k1/1P6/2p5/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2021"] 1. Ra7 $3 (1. e7 $2 Bf6 2. Bb6 (2. b5 Bxe7+ 3. Kxe7 Rxa5 4. bxc6 dxc6 $19) 2... Kf4 $19) (1. Bb6 $2 dxe6 2. Rc7 Kf5 3. Rxc6 Ke4 4. Kxe6 Kd3 $19) (1. b5 $2 Rxa5 2. exd7 (2. e7 Ra8 3. bxc6 (3. Ra7 Re8 $19) 3... dxc6 $19) 2... Bf6 3. Rc7 Rxb5 4. Rxc6 Rb8 5. Rc8 Rb6+ 6. Kd5 Rb1 $1 7. Ke6 (7. d8=Q Rd1+ $19) 7... Re1+ $1 $19) (1. exd7 $2 c2 $19) 1... Be5+ $1 (1... Rxa7 2. e7 c2 (2... Ra8 3. Bd8 $11) (2... Be5+ 3. Kxe5 d6+ 4. Kxd6 Rxe7 5. b5 Re2 {see line B)}) 3. e8=Q c1=Q 4. Bd8+ $1 Bf6 (4... Kf4 5. Qf7+ Ke4 6. Qg6+ Kd4 7. Bb6+ Kc4 8. Qf7+ Kxb4 9. Bxa7 Qd1+ 10. Kc7 Be5+ 11. Kd8 Kc3 12. Qxd7 $11) 5. Qe5+ Kg4 6. Qe2+ $1 Kf5 7. Qd3+ $1 Kf4 (7... Kg4 8. Qe2+ $11) 8. Bxf6 $11) ({White's idea is seen after} 1... Rg8 $2 2. exd7 {With advantage for white,}) (1... dxe6 2. Rxa8 c2 3. Rg8+ { Also with advantage for white,}) 2. Kxe5 d6+ (2... Rxa7 3. e7 d6+ 4. Kxd6 Rxe7 {as main}) 3. Kxd6 Rxa7 4. e7 $1 (4. b5 $2 Rxa5 $19) 4... Rxe7 $1 5. b5 $3 {A)} (5. Kxe7 $2 c2 $19) 5... Re3 ({B)} 5... Re2 6. Bxc3 cxb5 7. Kc5 Rc2 8. Kb4 Kf5 9. Be1 $1 (9. Bg7 $2 Rc7 10. Bh6 Rb7 $19) 9... Rc1 10. Bd2 Rd1 11. Bc3 Rd5 ( 11... Rb1+ 12. Ka5 $1 Ke4 13. Bb4 $11) 12. Be1 $1 (12. Ka5 $2 Ke4 $19) 12... Ke5 13. Ka5 $1 Kd6 (13... Kd4 14. Kb4 Ke3 15. Bg3 $1 $11) 14. Kb6 $1 $11) ({or } 5... c2 6. Bd2+ Kf6 7. b6 $1 $11 (7. bxc6 $2 Re1 $1 8. c7 Rd1 $1 9. c8=Q Rxd2+ $19) (7. Kxc6 $2 Re2 $19)) 6. Bxc3 $1 (6. bxc6 $2 Rd3+ $1 (6... c2 $2 7. Bd2 Kf4 8. c7 $19) 7. Ke5 c2 $19) 6... Rd3+ $1 (6... Rxc3 7. bxc6 $1 $11) 7. Bd4 $1 (7. Kc7 cxb5 $1 $19) ({Thematic try :} 7. Kxc6 $2 Rxc3+ 8. Kd6 Rb3 $1 9. Kc6 Kf6 10. b6 Ke7 11. b7 Kd8 $19) 7... Rxd4+ 8. Kc5 $1 Rd1 9. bxc6 Kf6 { with known finish :} 10. c7 Ke7 11. c8=N+ $1 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1/2.p. Problem Paradise "] [Site ""] [Date "2022.08.19"] [Round ""] [White "Sergey Osintsev"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1KBn4/1nP2rP1/2k5/8/8/8/1r6/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2021"] 1. Bd7+ (1. g8=Q $2 Nd6+ 2. Bb7+ Rxb7+ 3. Ka8 Rbxc7 $1 $19) 1... Kxd7 2. c8=Q+ Kd6 3. g8=Q Nc6+ ({Additional line} 3... Nc5+ 4. Ka8 Ra2+ 5. Kb8 Nd7+ 6. Qxd7+ Kxd7 (6... Rxd7 7. Qf8+ $11 (7. Qg3+ $11) ({not} 7. Qxa2 $2 Nc6+ 8. Ka8 Rd8+ 9. Kb7 Rb8+ 10. Ka6 Ra8+ 11. Kb6 Rxa2 $19)) 7. Qxd8+ $1 Kxd8 $11 {mirror stalemate }) 4. Qxc6+ (4. Ka8 $2 Ra2#) 4... Kxc6 5. Qe8+ $3 {Preliminary check!} ({ The Queen cannot immediately} 5. Qxf7 $2 {Position A1 with Kc6} Nd6+ $1 6. Ka8 Nxf7 $19) (5. Qc8+ $2 Kd6 $19) (5. Qg6+ $2 Nd6+ $19) 5... Rd7 $1 ({ Additional line} 5... Kd6 6. Qxf7 {Position A with Kd6} Nd8+ 7. Kc8 $1 Nxf7 $11 {ideal mirror stalemate!}) 6. Qc8+ $1 Kd6 7. Qf8+ Ke6 (7... Re7 8. Qf6+ $11) 8. Qh6+ $1 ({Try} 8. Qe8+ $2 Re7 $1 9. Qg6+ Kd7 $1 10. Qg4+ Kc6 $1 11. Qf3+ Kb5 $1 12. Qd3+ Kb4 13. Qd4+ Ka3 14. Qa7+ Na5+ $19) 8... Kd5 9. Qh1+ $3 ({ Logical try No.1} 9. Qg5+ $2 Kc4 $1 10. Kc8 Rf7 $1 { Position B1 with Qg5, there is no check on e4! Only move} 11. Qc1+ Kb3 12. Qe3+ Ka4 $1 (12... Ka2 $2 13. Qe6+ Ka1 14. Qe1+ Ka2 15. Qe6+ Rb3 16. Qe2+ Ka3 17. Qa6+ Kb4 18. Qb6+ Kc4 19. Qe6+ Kc3 20. Qe3+ Kb4 21. Qb6+ Ka4 22. Qa6+ Na5 23. Qc6+ Rb5 24. Qc2+ Rb3 25. Qc6+ Nxc6 $11 {mirror stalemate}) 13. Qd4+ Rb4 14. Qd1+ Ka5 $1 15. Qd5+ Rb5 $1 { Position C1. Both black Rooks are indirectly protected by Knight's forks} 16. Qa2+ ({or} 16. Qxf7 $2 Nd6+ $19) 16... Kb4 17. Qb2+ Kc4 18. Qe2+ Kd4 $3 19. Qxb5 Nd6+ $19) ({Logical try No.2} 9. Kc8 $2 Rf7 $1 { The Rook goes under the protection of the Knight's fork} (9... Re7 $2 10. Qh1+ Kc4 11. Qh4+ $11) 10. Qh1+ (10. Qh5+ Kc6 $1 11. Qxf7 Nd6+ $19) 10... Ke5 $1 { Position B2 with Ke5! Only move} 11. Qh5+ Rf5 12. Qh8+ Rf6 $19) (9. Qh5+ $2 Kc6 10. Qf3+ Kb5 $1 $19) 9... Kd6 10. Qh6+ (10. Qd1+ $2 Ke7 $1 11. Qe1+ Kf8 12. Qf1+ Rf7 $19) 10... Kd5 11. Qh1+ Kc4 12. Kc8 $1 (12. Qc1+ $2 Kb3 $1 $19) 12... Rf7 $1 {Position B with Qh1 and Kc4} ({Additional line} 12... Rdd2 13. Qe4+ ( 13. Qc6+ $2 Nc5 $1 14. Qa6+ $5 ({or} 14. Qe6+ $5 Rd5 $19 (14... Nxe6 $2 $11 { mirror stalemate})) 14... Kc3 $19 (14... Nxa6 $2 $11 {mirror stalemate})) 13... Rd4 14. Qe6+ Kc5 15. Qe5+ Kc6 $1 16. Qc7+ $1 (16. Qxd4 $2 Nd6+ 17. Kd8 Rb8+ 18. Ke7 Nf5+ $19) (16. Qe8+ $2 Kb6 $1 $19) 16... Kd5 17. Qf7+ (17. Qd7+ $2 Nd6+ $19 ) 17... Kc5 18. Qc7+ $11 {Positional draw} Kb4 19. Qxb7+ ({not} 19. Kxb7 $2 Rc4 $1 (19... Ka3+ $2 20. Kc8 $11) 20. Qg3 Rb3 $1 21. Qd6+ ({or} 21. Qe5 Ka3+ $19) 21... Kc3+ 22. Ka6 Ra4#)) (12... Nc5 13. Qc1+ $11 ({not} 13. Qf1+ $2 Rd3 $1 $19 (13... Kb4 $2 14. Qc4+ $1 Kxc4 $11 {stalemate}))) (12... Re7 13. Qh4+ $11) 13. Qe4+ $1 (13. Qc1+ $2 Kb3 14. Qe3+ Ka4 $19) 13... Kb5 14. Qe5+ $1 (14. Qd3+ $2 Kb4 $1 $19) 14... Kc6 15. Qe4+ $1 ({Similar with logical try No.1} 15. Qe8+ $2 Kb6 $1 16. Qe6+ Ka5 $1 17. Qe5+ Rb5 $19 {Position C2.}) 15... Kb5 ({or} 15... Kb6 16. Qd4+ $11) 16. Qe5+ $11 {Position C. In contrast to the logical try No. 1, the Black Rook could not move to b5 under the protection of the Knight's fork. Positional draw.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "3.p. Problem Paradise "] [Site ""] [Date "2022.09.15"] [Round ""] [White "Andrzej Jasik"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2b2k2/K2n4/4PP2/8/Nr6/3B4/2P5/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2022"] 1. Nb6 $1 (1. e7+ $2 Kf7 2. Bg6+ Kxf6 $1 3. e8=Q Rxa4#) 1... Rxb6 (1... Nxb6 2. e7+ Kf7 3. Bg6+ Kxf6 4. e8=Q $16) 2. exd7 (2. e7+ $2 Kf7 3. Bg6+ (3. Bc4+ Ke8 $19) 3... Kxf6 4. e8=Q Ra6#) 2... Rb7+ 3. Ka8 $1 Rxd7 4. Kb8 $1 Bb7 (4... Rd8 5. Kc7 Re8 6. Bg6 $1 {Draw}) 5. Bb5 $1 Rf7 6. Bc4 Rh7 7. Bd3 Rd7 8. Bb5 Rd5 9. c4 $11 {Draw} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "4.p. Problem Paradise "] [Site ""] [Date "2022.11.23"] [Round ""] [White "Michal Hlinka & Lubos Kekely"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5N2/3P4/2k5/2p2n2/5R2/KP6/Pp2r3/4N3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2021"] 1. Nc2 $1 {sacrifice for open the 1st rank} (1. d8=Q $2 b1=N+ $1 2. Ka4 Rxa2#) 1... Rxc2 (1... b1=Q 2. d8=Q Qc1+ 3. Ka4 Qxf4+ 4. b4 $1 Nd6 5. Qa8+ $1 Kc7 6. Qa5+ $1 Kb7 7. Nd7 Rxc2 8. Nxc5+ Rxc5 9. Qxc5 $11) 2. Rf1 (2. d8=N+ $2 Kb6 3. Rf1 Rc1 4. Kxb2 Rxf1 5. Nf7 Rf2+ 6. Kc3 Rxa2 7. Ne5 Re2 $19) 2... Nd6 (2... Nd4 3. d8=N+ $1 Kd6 (3... Kd5 4. Nd7 Nb5+ 5. Ka4 Nc3+ 6. Ka5 Rc1 7. Nb6+ Ke4 8. Nc4 Rxf1 9. Nxb2 Rf2 10. Nc4 Rxa2+ 11. Kb6 Kd5 12. Ne3+ Kd4 13. Nc4 Nd5+ 14. Kb5 $11) 4. Nb7+ Kd5 5. Nd7 (5. Nxc5 Nb5+ 6. Kb4 Rc1 7. Rf5+ Kc6 8. Ng6 b1=Q 9. Rf6+ Kd5 10. Ne7+ Kd4 11. Nc6+ Ke3 12. Kxb5 Qxa2 13. Re6+ Kd2 14. Rd6+ Ke2) 5... Nb5+ 6. Ka4 Rc1 7. Nb6+ Kd4 8. Rxc1 bxc1=Q 9. Kxb5 Qc2 10. Nc4 Qxa2 11. Nxc5 $11) 3. d8=N+ $1 {phoenix} (3. Rb1 $2 Nb5+ 4. Ka4 Nc3+ 5. Ka5 Kc7 $19) (3. d8=Q $2 b1=N+ $1 4. Rxb1 Nb5+ 5. Ka4 Rxa2#) 3... Kd5 4. Nd7 Nb5+ 5. Ka4 Nc3+ ( 5... Rc1 6. Nb6+ Ke4 7. Nc4 Nc3+ 8. Ka5 {as main}) 6. Ka5 Rc1 (6... b1=Q 7. Rxb1 Nxb1 8. Kb6 $11) 7. Nb6+ $1 Ke4 (7... Kd4 8. Ne6+ Ke5 9. Nxc5 Rxf1 10. Nd3+ Kd4 11. Nxb2 Rf5+ 12. Ka6 Nxa2 13. N6c4) 8. Nc4 Rxf1 9. Nxb2 Kd5 10. Nc4 $1 {switchback} (10. Na4 $2 Nxa4 11. Kxa4 Rf2 12. a3 Rf8 13. Nb7 Rb8 14. Na5 Rb6 15. Nc4 Rb7 $19) 10... Rf8 (10... Nxa2 11. Ne3+ $11) (10... Rf6 11. a4) 11. Nb6+ $1 {switchback} (11. Nb7 $2 Kc6 12. Nbd6 Ra8#) 11... Kd6 12. Nb7+ Kc6 13. Nxc5 (13. Ka6 $2 Kc7 14. Nxc5 Rf6 15. Ncd7 Rf5 $1 16. a3 Nd5 $19) 13... Kxc5 ( 13... Nxa2 14. b4 $11) 14. Nd7+ Kc6 15. Nxf8 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "5.p. Problem Paradise "] [Site ""] [Date "2022.02.17"] [Round ""] [White "Valery Kalashnikov"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7K/3r3P/4n3/5k2/8/4Q3/8/5r2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2021"] [TimeControl "300"] 1. Kg8 ({Prematurely} 1. Qh3+ $2 Ke5 2. Qc3+ {because} (2. Qe3+ Kf6 3. Qc3+ Kf7 4. Qc8 Ke7 5. Kg8 Rg1+ 6. Kh8 Rgd1 $19) 2... Rd4 3. Qe3+ Kf6 4. Qxd4+ Nxd4 5. Kg8 Rg1+ 6. Kf8 Ne6+ $19) 1... Rg7+ (1... Rd8+ 2. Kf7 Ng5+ 3. Ke7 $11) 2. Kh8 Rc7 $1 3. Kg8 ({after} 3. Qh3+ $2 Ke5 {poorly} 4. Qc3+ $4 $19) 3... Rc8+ 4. Kf7 Ng5+ 5. Kg7 (5. Ke7 $2 Rf4 $1 6. Kd7 Rh8 7. Qc5+ Kg6 $19) 5... Rc7+ 6. Kg8 Rc8+ 7. Kg7 Ne6+ 8. Kf7 Rc7+ (8... Nf4 9. Qe7 Nh5 10. Qe2 Rc7+ 11. Kf8 $11) 9. Kg8 Rg7+ (9... Rc8+ 10. Kf7 {eternal check the White}) 10. Kh8 Rf7 11. Qh3+ $1 (11. Qd3+ $2 Kg5 $1 12. Qg3+ Kf6 13. Qc3+ Kg6 14. Qc2+ R1f5 15. Qg2+ Ng5 16. Qc6+ R7f6 $19) 11... Ke5 12. Qc3+ $1 {and not possible Rd4} (12. Qe3+ $2 Kf6 13. Qc3+ Kg6 14. Qg3+ Ng5 15. Qd6+ R1f6 $19) (12. Qg3+ $2 R1f4 13. Qc3+ Kf5 14. Qh3+ Kf6 15. Qh6+ Ke7 $19) 12... Kf5 13. Qh3+ $1 {eternal check} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "sp.p. Problem Paradise "] [Site ""] [Date "2022.05.31"] [Round ""] [White "Alexey Gasparyan"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r4Rn1/PPpk1ppP/N3b1Pp/1q2B2K/7P/2n5/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "18"] [EventDate "2022"] 1. Nb8+ $1 (1. Nc5+ $6 Qxc5 2. b8=N+ Ke7 3. Re8+ Kxe8 4. hxg8=Q+ Qf8 $19) 1... Rxb8 2. axb8=N+ {phoenix} Ke7 3. Nc6+ Kxf8 (3... Qxc6 {B)} 4. hxg8=N+ Kxf8 5. b8=Q+ Qe8 6. Qxe8+ (6. Bxg7+ $2 Kxg8 7. Qxe8+ Kxg7 8. gxf7 Bxf7+ 9. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $19) 6... Kxe8 7. Bxc3 $11) 4. b8=Q+ Qxb8 5. Nxb8 Nd5 $1 (5... fxg6+ 6. Kxg6 Bf7+ 7. Kf5 Ne7+ 8. Kg4 $11) 6. Nd7+ (6. Bxg7+ $2 Kxg7 7. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 $19) 6... Bxd7 7. Bxg7+ Kxg7 8. h8=B+ {phoenix} Kf8 (8... Kxh8 9. g7+ Kxg7 $11 { stalemate}) 9. g7+ Ke7 $11 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1.hm. Problem Paradise "] [Site ""] [Date "2022.10.17"] [Round ""] [White "Leonid Topko"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "QK4N1/P1p5/1B6/1k6/8/3q4/3r4/1b6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "16"] [EventDate "2022"] 1. Ne7 $1 (1. Qh1 $2 cxb6 2. Qh5+ Kb4 3. Qg4+ Qe4 $19) (1. Bd4 $2 Qxd4 2. Qb7+ Qb6 $19) 1... Qd8+ 2. Nc8 Qxc8+ (2... Bf5 3. Qb7 $1 (3. Qc6+ $2 Kxc6 4. a8=Q+ Kd7 5. Qa4+ Ke6 6. Qc6+ Kf7 7. Qxc7+ Qxc7+ 8. Bxc7 Rb2+ $19) 3... Bxc8 4. Qxc8 $11) 3. Kxc8 Bf5+ 4. Kxc7 Rd7+ 5. Kb8 (5. Kc8 $2 Rh7+ 6. Kb8 Rh8+ $19) 5... Kxb6 6. Qc6+ $1 Kxc6 7. a8=Q+ Kb6 8. Qa7+ Rxa7 $11 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2.hm. Problem Paradise "] [Site ""] [Date "2022.05.08"] [Round ""] [White "David Gurgenidze"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1p2p3/1K1k2N1/4R2P/8/6n1/5p2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2022"] 1. Nf4 e6 (1... Kxe5 2. Nd3+ Kd4 3. Nxf2 $11) (1... Kd7 2. Rd5+ Ke8 3. Rd1 $11) 2. Rxe6+ Kd7 3. Nd3 $1 (3. Re7+ $2 Kxe7 4. Nd5+ Kd6 5. Ne3 Nxh5 $19) 3... f1=Q 4. Nc5+ Kd8 5. Nxb7+ Kc8 6. Nc5 $1 (6. Rc6+ $2 Kd7 7. Rc7+ Ke6 $19) 6... Qb1+ 7. Kc6 Qh1+ 8. Kb6 Qxh5 9. Rc6+ Kd8 10. Nb7+ Ke7 11. Rc7+ Kf6 12. Rc6+ Kg5 13. Rc5+ Nf5 14. Nd6 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "sp.hm. Problem Paradise "] [Site ""] [Date "2022.11.30"] [Round ""] [White "Pavel Arestov & Michal Hlinka"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "RK6/5k2/B1N5/b1q5/8/8/p6B/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2021"] 1. Bc4+ Kf6 $1 (1... Qxc4 2. Ne5+ $11) (1... Kg6 2. Ra6 {/Bd3=}) (1... Kg7 2. Ra7+ {/Be5+=}) 2. Be5+ Qxe5+ (2... Kg6 3. Bd3+ Kg5 4. Rxa5 Qb6+ 5. Kc8 Qxc6+ 6. Bc7+ $11) 3. Nxe5 a1=Q {black phenix} 4. Nd7+ (4. Nd3 $2 Qd4 5. Rxa5 Qb6+ $19) 4... Ke7 (4... Kg5 5. Ra6 $1 (5. Bb5 $2 Qc3 6. Kb7 Qc7+ 7. Ka6 Bc3 8. Nb6 Bd4 $19) 5... Qa4 6. Ka8 $1 Qxd7 7. Rxa5+ Kf4 8. Rc5 Qd6 9. Rc8 $11) 5. Ra7 (5. Bb5 $2 Qc3 $19 6. Ra7 Kd8 7. Ka8 Bc7 8. Kb7 Qf3+) 5... Kd8 $1 (5... Qc3 6. Nc5+ $1 $11) (5... Kd6 6. Bb5 Qc3 7. Kb7 Qb4 8. Ka6 Bd8 9. Nb6 Qa3+ 10. Na4 $1 Ke5 11. Rd7 $11) 6. Ka8 $1 (6. Nc5 $2 Qe5+ $19) (6. Bb5 $2 Qc3 {/e1-+}) 6... Qh1+ (6... Qc3 7. Nc5 $1 Qf3+ (7... Qxc4 8. Nb7+ $1 $11) 8. Kb8 Qf4+ 9. Ka8 {pos. draw}) 7. Rb7 Kc8 8. Bd5 $1 Qa1 (8... Qxd5 9. Nb6+ $1 Bxb6 {stalemate}) 9. Ra7 Qc3 ( 9... Qd4 10. Rxa5 $1 Kxd7 11. Ra7+ Kd6 12. Bf7 $11) (9... Qb2 10. Rxa5 $1 $11) 10. Nb8 $1 Bc7 (10... Bb6 11. Be6+ $11) 11. Na6 Bh2 (11... Be5 12. Be6+ Kd8 13. Rd7+ Ke8 14. Kb7 $1 Qf3+ 15. Bd5 $1 Qa3 16. Bc6 $11 {/Be6=}) 12. Rh7 $1 (12. Be6+ $2 Kd8 13. Rd7+ Ke8 14. Rb7 Qa5 15. Bf7+ Kf8 16. Bc4 Qd8+ 17. Nb8 Bc7 $19 {egtb}) 12... Bg3 13. Rf7 $1 Kd8 $1 (13... Qa5 14. Be6+ Kd8 15. Bc4 $1 Kc8 16. Be6+ $11 {pos. draw}) 14. Kb7 $1 Qb2+ (14... Qd4 15. Bc6 $1 Qb2+ 16. Ka7 $1 Qd4+ 17. Kb7 $11 {pos. draw}) (14... Bd6 15. Be6 $1 Be7 (15... Qa3 16. Rd7+ $11 ) 16. Rf5 $1 Bd6 (16... Qb2+ 17. Kc6 $11) 17. Rf7 $1 $11 {pos. draw}) 15. Kc6 Qc2+ 16. Nc5 Bf2 17. Bc4 $1 $11 (17. Rf8+ $2 Ke7 18. Rf7+ Ke8 19. Bc4 Bg1 20. Kb5 Qb2+ 21. Nb3 Qe5+ 22. Ka4 Qe4 23. Kb5 Be3 24. Rf1 Qe5+ $19 {egtb}) 1/2-1/2
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[Event "sp.hm. Problem Paradise "] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Michael Pasman"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/P7/5P2/6r1/3p4/pb4BR/k4K2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "2021"] 1. a7 $1 (1. Bd5 $2 Bd4 $1 2. Rxa2+ Kb1 $19) 1... Rf4+ (1... Ra4 2. Bd5 $1 { as main}) 2. Bf3 $1 {White is blocking with the bishop and sacrifices it, but black not accepts the sacrifice} Ra4 $1 (2... Rxf3+ 3. Kg2 $1 $11) (2... d2 3. Ke2 $1 $11) 3. Bd5 Rxa7 4. Rd2 Ra3 $1 (4... Kb1 5. Bxa2+ $11) 5. Rd1+ Bc1 { Now black is blocking from the check with bishop, the same as white before, but white notacceptsthesacrifice} 6. f6 $1 (6. Rxc1+ $2 Kb2 $19) (6. Bxa2 $2 Kxa2 7. Rxc1 Kb2 $1 8. Rd1 (8. Rc8 Ra1+ 9. Kf2 d2 $19) 8... Kc2 $19) 6... Kb2 7. Bxa2 Kc2 $1 8. Ke1 d2+ {Main A :} ({Main Line B} 8... Rxa2 9. f7 Ra8 10. f8=Q $1 Rxf8 11. Rxc1+ $1 Kxc1 $11 {Ideal Stalemate}) 9. Ke2 Rh3 $1 10. Bc4 $3 ({Logical try :} 10. f7 Rh2+ 11. Kf1 Ba3 $1 { and white bishop takes no control on e2 square to play Kg1}) 10... Rh2+ 11. Kf1 $1 Rh1+ (11... Kxd1 $4 12. Bb3#) (11... Ba3 12. Kg1 $1 { and the bishop takes control on e2 square, for example} Rh3 13. Be2 Re3 (13... Bc5+ 14. Kg2 Re3 15. Kf2 Re6+ 16. Kf3 $11) 14. Kf2 $11) 12. Ke2 $1 Rxd1 13. Bd3+ $1 ({Thematic try :} 13. Bb3+ Kxb3 14. Kxd1 Kc3 15. f7 Ba3 $19) 13... Kc3 14. Kxd1 Kxd3 15. f7 Ba3 16. f8=Q Bxf8 {Stalemate. ical stalemate in main line A with logical try and ideal stalemate in main line B} 1/2-1/2
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