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Sachova Skladba 2022
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[Event "Prize Sachova skladba"] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Michael Pasman"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k3n3/1N6/2r2p2/6p1/4Pp2/6PK/8/7B w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2022"] 1. Nd6 $1 Nxd6 (1... g4+ 2. Kxg4 Nxd6 (2... Rxd6 3. e5+) 3. e5 f5+ 4. Kxf4 Ne4 {as main}) (1... Rxd6 2. e5+ $11) 2. e5 g4+ $1 (2... fxe5 3. Bxc6+ Ka7 4. Kg4 $1 $11) 3. Kxg4 f5+ $1 4. Kxf4 Ne4 5. Bf3 $1 (5. Kxf5 $2 Nxg3+ $19) ({Logical try:} 5. g4 $2 Rc1 $1 6. Bf3 (6. Bg2 Kb8 7. gxf5 Nc5 $19) 6... Kb8 $1 7. gxf5 Nc5 $1 8. e6 {Position X1, with black rook on c1} Re1 $1 (8... Kc7 $2 9. e7 Kd7 10. f6 Ne6+ 11. Kg4) 9. Bd5 Kc7 {(c8)-+}) 5... Rc3 (5... Rc1 6. Kxf5 $11) 6. g4 Kb8 7. gxf5 Nc5 8. e6 {Position X2, with black rook on c3} Kc7 9. e7 $1 Kd7 10. f6 {Threatening Bc6+} Ne6+ 11. Kg4 Rc4+ 12. Kh5 $11 {Coherent work of White's king and bishop with an uncomplicated synthesis of two key positions in a false trace and solution.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1 hm. Sachova skladba"] [Site "ACER-PC"] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Peter Krug"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4k1K1/8/7P/3N2n1/2p5/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2022"] 1. Kg7 Ne6+ 2. Kg6 Nf8+ 3. Kf6 Nd7+ 4. Kg7 Nf8 5. Kg8 $1 Ng6 6. h7 Nh8 $1 7. Kg7 Nf7 8. Kg6 $3 (8. Nc3 $2 Ke7 9. Nb5 Nh8 $11 {zz}) 8... Nh8+ 9. Kf6 Nf7 10. Kg7 Nh8 11. Nc3 Ke7 12. Nb5 $1 {zz} (12. Ne4 $2 Ke6 13. Ng5+ $2 Kd7 $3 14. Ne4 Ke7 {zz} 15. Nc3 Ke6 16. Nb5 Ke7 $11) 12... Ke6 (12... Nf7 13. Nd6 c3 14. Nxf7 c2 15. h8=Q c1=Q 16. Qd8+ Ke6 17. Qd6+ Kf5 18. Qg6+ Kf4 19. Qg5+ $18) 13. Na3 $1 c3 14. Nb5 c2 15. Nd4+ $18 {Interesting study with knights on mutual zugzwang and precise moves of the white king.} 1-0
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[Event "2 hm. Sachova skladba"] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Michal Hlinka & Lubos Kekely"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K1k5/2pp4/nPrP4/8/1P3N2/5P2/5P2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2022"] 1. b7+ Kd8 2. Ka7 (2. b5 $2 Rb6) 2... Rxd6 3. b5 Nb8 4. Kxb8 Rd2 5. Ng6 Rxf2 ({ main} 5... Rb2 6. b6 cxb6 (6... c5 7. f4 c4 8. f5 Rxb6 9. f6 Ke8 10. Ka7 $18) 7. Ne5 (7. f4 $2 Rxf2 8. f5 d5 9. Ne5 Rf1 $1 10. f6 d4 $11) 7... Rxf2 (7... d6 8. Nc4 Ra2 9. Nxd6 b5 10. Nxb5 $18) 8. Nf7+ Ke7 9. Nd6 $1 Kxd6 10. Kc8 Rc2+ 11. Kd8 $18) 6. Ne5 Rb2 7. Nf7+ Ke7 8. Kxc7 Rxb5 9. Nd6 Rb1 10. f4 Ke6 11. f5+ Kd5 $1 (11... Ke5 12. Nc4+ $18) 12. Nc4 $1 Kxc4 13. f6 Kd5 14. f7 $18 {Sacrifices of knights in two variants to promote passed pawns.} 1-0
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[Event "com. Sachova skladba"] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Michael Pasman"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k7/8/B2P4/8/K4n2/2P5/5p2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2022"] 1. Kb4 $1 (1. Ka5 $2 Ka7 $1 {zz} 2. Bf1 Kb7 3. Kb5 Nd5 (3... Nh5 4. Bg2+) 4. c4 Ne3 $11) 1... Ka7 (1... Kb8 2. Kc5 Ka7 3. Bf1 Kb7 4. c4 Ne6+ 5. Kd5 Nf4+ 6. Ke5 Ng6+ 7. Kf6 Nh4 8. Ke7 Nf5+ 9. Ke6 $18) 2. Ka5 $1 {zz Mutual zugzwang, if white to play then on Bf1 black answers Kb7. With 2 main lines. Main A:} Ng6 ({ Main B:} 2... Nd5 3. d7 Ne7 4. Bb5 $1 Nc6+ $1 5. Bxc6 f1=Q 6. d8=Q Qa6+ 7. Kb4 Qxc6 8. Qa5+ Kb7 9. Qb5+ Qb6 10. Ka4 $1 Ka8 11. Qa5+ $1 $18) (2... Ne6 3. Bf1 Kb7 4. Kb5 $18) 3. Bf1 $1 ({Thematic try:} 3. d7 Ne5 4. d8=N Kb8 $1 5. Ne6 (5. Kb6 Nd7+ $1) 5... Ng4 $1 6. Nd4 Ne3 $1 (6... Nh2 7. Kb6 $1) 7. Kb6 Nd5+ $11) 3... Kb7 4. Kb5 (4. Bg2+ $2 Kc8 $11) 4... Nh4 (4... Nf4 5. c4 Ne6 6. Bg2+ $18) 5. c4 Nf5 (5... Nf3 6. Bg2 Kc8 7. c5 $18) 6. Bg2+ ({Thematic try:} 6. c5 $2 Nd4+ 7. Kc4 Nf5 $1 8. Bg2+ Kc8 9. Kb5 Kd7 $1 10. Bh3 f1=Q+ $1 11. Bxf1 Nxd6+ $11) 6... Kc8 7. Kc6 $1 (7. Bh3 $2 f1=Q $11) 7... Ne3 (7... Nd4+ {is easier for white} 8. Kc5 ({or} 8. Kd5 Nc2 9. Bh3+ Kb7 10. Ke6) 8... Ne6+ 9. Kb6 Nf4 10. Bf1 $18) 8. Bh3+ Kd8 9. c5 f1=Q 10. Bxf1 Nxf1 11. Kb7 Ne3 12. c6 Nd5 13. c7+ $18 {A pleasant study with no special claims.} 1-0
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[Event "sp. com. Sachova skladba"] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Michal Hlinka Jaroslav Polasek"] [Black "by V.Kalasnikov & A.Pankratev"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/3p2PN/2N1r3/7k/8/4p3/7P/2B1b1K1 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "18"] [EventDate "2022"] 1... Rg6+ 2. Kf1 Bc3 3. Nf8 Rxg7 4. Nxd7 Rg1+ 5. Kxg1 (5. Ke2 $2 Rxc1 $19 { with the winning ending RBxNN}) 5... e2 6. Nf6+ {and we already know the rest} Kh4 7. Bd2 Bxd2 8. Kg2 $1 (8. Nd4 $2 Be3+ $19) 8... e1=Q 9. Nd4 Kg5 10. Nf3+ $11 {Successful introduction to the study by A.Kalashnikov & A.Pankratiev, 2 hm. Variantim, 2007.} 1/2-1/2
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