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Studies of 18th Ukriane Championship.
[Event "1 Place 18 Championship of Ukraine"] [Site ""] [Date "2016"] [Round ""] [White "Vladislav Tarasiuk"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/P4PPP/K1P1k3/P7/8/1nPr3n/1q2bPBB/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2016"] 1. Kb7 $3 ({Try:} 1. f8=N+ $2 $11 {e.g.} Kf6 $1 2. g8=N+ Kf7 3. Nh6+ Ke8 $1 4. a8=Q+ Rd8+ 5. Ka7 Rxa8+ 6. Kxa8 Qxc3 7. c7 Nxa5 8. Bb7 Bf3 $1 $11) 1... Nxa5+ 2. Ka8 $1 (2. Kc7 $2 Rd7+ 3. cxd7 Qxc3+ 4. Kd8 Qf6+ 5. Kc7 Qc3+ $11) 2... Rd8+ 3. Bb8 Qb7+ $3 (3... Nc4 4. f8=Q $1 Nb6+ 5. Kb7 Nd5+ 6. Qb4 Ba6+ $1 7. Kxa6 Nxb4+ 8. cxb4 Qa1+ 9. Kb5 Qxg7 10. c7 Qe5+ 11. Ka6 $1 Qd6+ 12. Ka5 $1 Qe5+ 13. b5 Qa1+ 14. Kb6 Qd4+ 15. Kb7 $18) 4. cxb7 Nc4 5. Bxh3+ ({Thematic try-1:} 5. f8=N+ $2 Ke7 $1 6. Ng6+ Kf6 7. g8=N+ Kg5 $1 8. f4+ Nxf4 9. h8=Q Nb6#) 5... Kd5 6. Bg2+ Bf3 $3 (6... Ke6 7. f8=N+ $1 Ke7 $1 8. Ng6+ Kf6 9. g8=N+ $1 Kg5 10. f4+ Kxg6 11. Ne7+ $18) 7. Bxf3+ Ke6 8. Bg4+ $3 ({Thematic try-2:} 8. f8=N+ $2 Ke7 $1 9. Ng6+ Kf6 10. g8=N+ Kg5 $1 11. h8=Q Nb6#) 8... Kd5 9. Be6+ $1 Kxe6 10. f8=N+ $1 (10. f8=Q $2 Nb6#) 10... Ke7 $1 (10... Kf6 11. g8=N+ $1 Kg7 12. Nd7 $18) 11. Ng6+ Kf6 12. g8=N+ $1 Kg5 13. f4+ Kxg6 14. Ne7+ Kxh7 15. Nc8 $1 {win} (15. Nd5 $2 $19 {e.g.} Kg7 16. f5 Kf7 17. f6 Rh8 18. Ne7 Nb6#) 1-0
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[Event "2 Place 18 Championship of Ukraine"] [Site ""] [Date "2016"] [Round ""] [White "Vladislav Tarasiuk"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K7/3r2p1/p5B1/rp6/kp3N2/1n6/pP1P4/2N5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2016"] 1. Bc2 a1=N $1 (1... Rd8+ $6 2. Kb7 a1=N 3. Nxb3 Nxb3 4. Ne6 Rd5 5. d4 g5 6. Kc6 $18) (1... a1=Q $2 2. Bxb3#) 2. Nxb3 (2. Ne6 $2 Nxc2 $19 (2... Rd8+ $2 3. Nxd8 Nxc2 4. Nb7 $1 Ncd4 5. Nd3 Ne6 6. Kb8 g5 7. Kc8 g4 8. Kd7 g3 9. Kxe6 Nd4+ 10. Kd5 Kb3 11. Nxa5+ Kc2 12. Kxd4 $11)) 2... Nxb3 (2... Nxc2 $2 3. Nc5#) 3. Ne6 Rd5 4. d4 $1 ({Try:} 4. Kb7 $2 g5 5. d4 (5. Bd1 g4 6. Kc6 Rf5 7. Kc7 g3 8. Nd4 Rc5+ 9. Kb6 Rc3 $1 10. dxc3 bxc3 11. bxc3 Ka3 12. Bxb3 Ra4 $19) 5... g4 6. Kc6 Rh5 $1 7. d5 Rh6 8. Kd7 Rxe6 9. dxe6 g3 10. e7 g2 11. e8=Q g1=Q $19) 4... g5 5. Nc5+ (5. Kb7 $2 g4 6. Kc6 Rh5 $1 $19) 5... Rxc5 6. dxc5 g4 7. c6 g3 8. c7 (8. Be4 $2 Nd2 9. c7 Nc4 $1 10. c8=Q Nb6+ $19) 8... g2 9. c8=N $1 {A)} (9. c8=Q $2 g1=Q $19) 9... g1=B $1 ({B)} 9... g1=Q 10. Nb6+ $1 Qxb6 11. Bxb3+ Kxb3 { stalemate white}) 10. Kb7 $1 (10. Kb8 $2 Bd4 $1 11. Kb7 Bxb2 $19) 10... Bd4 11. Nb6+ Bxb6 12. Kxb6 {stalemate black} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "3 Place 18 Championship of Ukraine"] [Site ""] [Date "2016"] [Round ""] [White "Vladimir Pogorelov, Valerij Kopul"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/3P1Ppp/5p1P/7K/b5P1/8/3P2k1/8 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2016"] {Hlinka=M (a5-c3) 1989} 1... g6+ 2. Kh4 g5+ 3. Kh5 Bc2 4. d3 $1 ({Try:} 4. f8=N $2 Bb3 $1 5. d8=N Ba4 $19) 4... Bxd3 5. f8=N $1 Bc4 6. d8=N $1 Bb5 7. Nc6 $1 ( 7. Nf7 $2 Be8 8. Ng6 Kf3 {(g3, h3) -+}) 7... Bxc6 8. Nd7 $1 Kf3 (8... Bxd7 $2 { - stalemate}) 9. Nxf6 Kf4 10. Nd5+ Bxd5 {- stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "4 Place 18 Championship of Ukraine"] [Site ""] [Date "2016"] [Round ""] [White "Sergej Borodavkin, Nikolaj Griva"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4KN2/5PP1/1n1kp1P1/8/8/8/2rP4/1Nr5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2016"] {Vlasak=E (e8-f5) 1983} 1. Nc3 Rxc3 2. dxc3 Rxc3 3. Nxe6 Kxe6 4. f8=N+ $1 Kf6 5. g8=N+ $1 Kg7 6. Ne7 Re3 7. Kd8 Kxf8 8. g7+ $1 Kxg7 9. Nf5+ {draw} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "5 Place 18 Championship of Ukraine"] [Site ""] [Date "2016"] [Round ""] [White "Valerij Kopul Gennadij Kozura, Aleksej Solovchuk"] [Black "Vladimir Pogorelov"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2PP2Pn/N1PP1pp1/3ppk1p/8/1p1K3n/2Pp1P2/2b1R3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "2016"] 1. Rd1 $1 (1. Rf1 $2 b2 2. c8=Q b1=Q $19) 1... Nxf2+ (1... Nf4+ 2. Kc3 b2 3. Kb4 $1 b1=Q+ 4. Ka5 Qxc2 5. c8=Q $18) 2. Ke2 Nxd1 3. Kxd1 b2 4. g8=Q b1=N $1 5. Qe6+ $1 (5. Ke2 $2 Nc3+ $19 (5... Kg5 $19)) 5... Kxe6 6. d8=N+ $1 Kxd6 7. c8=N# (7. Ke2 $5 Nc3+ 8. Kf2 e4 9. c8=Q {win}) 1-0
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[Event "2.sp.hm Ceskoslovensky Sach#227"] [Site ""] [Date "1989"] [Round ""] [White "Hlinka=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/p1P1P3/P1p5/K7/P3p3/2k5/2P4B/4b3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "14"] [EventDate "1989"] 1. Bg3 $1 (1. Be5+ $2 Kxc2+ $19) 1... Bd2 2. Bf4 e3 3. Bxe3 Bxe3 4. c8=N $1 Bf4 (4... Bc5 5. Nxa7 $1) (4... Kc4 5. c3 $1 Bd2 6. Nxa7 Kc5 7. Nb5 $1) 5. e8=N $1 Bg5 6. Nc7 $1 (6. Nb6 $2 Bd2 $1 7. Nd5+ Kxc2+ 8. Nb4+ Kb3 $19) 6... Bd8 (6... Bd2 7. Nxa7) 7. Nb6 Bxc7 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Sachové Umenie#6485"] [Site ""] [Date "1983"] [Round ""] [White "Vlasak=E"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4K3/8/2P4n/1r1P1k2/8/5P2/8/5n2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "1983"] 1. c7 (1. d6 $2 Rb8+ 2. Ke7 (2. Kd7 Nf7 3. c7 Ne5+ 4. Ke7 Rc8 5. f4 Kxf4 6. Ke6 Re8+) 2... Ng8+ 3. Kd7 (3. Kf7 Ke5) 3... Nf6+ 4. Kc7 Rh8 5. d7 Ne3 6. d8=Q Ned5+ 7. Kc8 Ne7+ 8. Kc7 Nfd5+ 9. Kd7 Rxd8+ 10. Kxd8 Nxc6+ 11. Kd7 Ne5+ 12. Kd6 Nf4 $19) 1... Rc5 2. d6 (2. Kd7 $2 Ne3 3. d6 Nc4 4. Ke7 Ng8+ $19) 2... Ke6 ( 2... Ng8 3. Kd8 Nf6 4. d7 $11) 3. d7 Rg5 4. d8=N+ $1 Kd6 5. c8=N+ $1 Kd5 6. Nb6+ Ke5 7. f4+ $1 Kxf4 8. Ne6+ {draw} 1/2-1/2
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