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Josten-75 JT 2013
[Event "1.p Josten 75 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Eilazyan=E"] [Black ""] [Result ""] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5K2/8/5k2/p1P5/6p1/3p4/6B1/N7 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "21"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nb3 a4 2. Nd2 a3 3. Bd5 (3. c6 $2 a2 4. c7 a1=Q 5. c8=Q Qa3+ 6. Kg8 Qa2+ 7. Nc4 Qxg2 $11) 3... Ke5 4. c6 Kd6 5. Kg7 $1 (5. Ne4+ $2 Kc7 $1 6. Ke7 g3 7. Nd2 a2 8. Bxa2 g2 9. Nf3 Kxc6 10. Ke6 Kc5 11. Bb3 Kb4 12. Bd1 Kc3 13. Ke5 Kb2 14. Ke4 Kc1 15. Ba4 d2 $11) (5. Nc4+ $2 Kxd5 6. c7 a2 7. c8=Q a1=Q $11) (5. Kf7 $2 g3 6. Kg6 Kxd5 7. c7 g2 8. Nf3 $11) 5... g3 6. Kh6 Kxd5 7. c7 a2 8. c8=Q a1=Q 9. Qd7+ Ke5 10. Qg7+ Kd5 11. Qxa1 $18 *
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[Event "2.p Josten 75 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Gonzalezs=L"] [Black ""] [Result ""] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/5p1p/2k3p1/8/5P2/P3K3/7P/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "35"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kd4 $1 (1. Ke4 $2 Kd6 $1 {zz} 2. a4 f6 3. Kd4 Kc6 4. Kc4 h6 $1 5. h3 h5 $1 6. h4 Kb6 7. Kd5 Ka5 8. Ke6 g5 9. hxg5 fxg5 10. fxg5 h4 $11) 1... Kd6 2. Ke4 $1 {zz} f6 $1 (2... Ke6 3. f5+ $1 Kd6 4. f6 h6 5. a4 Kc5 6. Ke5 Kc6 7. a5 h5 8. Kf4 Kb5 9. Kg5 Kxa5 10. h4 $18) 3. Kd4 {zz} (3. a4 $2 Kc5 4. h4 h6 5. a5 g5 $11 ) 3... Kc6 4. Kc4 $1 {zz} Kd6 5. Kb5 $3 (5. a4 $2 Kc6 6. a5 g5 7. fxg5 fxg5 8. Kd4 Kb5 $11) 5... h6 $1 6. Kc4 $3 g5 7. Kd4 f5 8. h3 $3 Ke6 9. a4 Kd6 10. a5 gxf4 11. Kd3 Kc5 12. Ke2 Kb5 13. Kf3 Kxa5 14. Kxf4 Kb5 15. Kxf5 Kc5 16. Kg6 Kd6 17. Kxh6 Ke7 18. Kg7 $18 *
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[Event "3.p Josten 75 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Campioli=M"] [Black ""] [Result ""] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3b4/B4B2/8/5n1p/P2p4/3P4/p7/k2K4 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "23"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kc2 Ba5 (1... Bg5 2. Bc5 h4 3. Bd6 Ne3+ 4. Kc1 Ng2+) 2. Kc1 $1 (2. Bxh5 $2 Ne3+ 3. Kc1 Bc3 4. Bf7 Bb2+ 5. Kd2 Kb1 6. Bxa2+ Kxa2 7. a5 Kb3 8. a6 Nd5 $19) 2... Bc7 3. Bc5 $1 h4 4. Be6 $1 Bf4+ 5. Kc2 Ne3+ 6. Kc1 Ng2+ 7. Kc2 Be5 8. Bb4 Bf4 $1 (8... Bf6 9. a5 Ne3+ 10. Kc1 Bg5 11. Bc5 Nf5+ 12. Kc2 $11) 9. Bc5 $1 Ne1+ 10. Kd1 Nf3 11. Ke2 $1 Ng1+ 12. Kf1 $1 $11 (12. Kf2 $2 Be3+ 13. Kf1 Nh3 14. a5 Nf4 $19) *
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