www.arves.org - 10th World Chess Composition Tournament 2015-2017

The 20 best studies from the 10th World Chess Competition Tournament 2015-2017.

The Award report and the Result table can be found at the WFCC website.

[Event "1.p"] [Site ""] [Date "2016.07.01"] [Round ""] [White "Minski=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1r6/8/7k/1N6/KR2R3/p4n1p/4p3/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1. Re6+ $1 ({Thematic try:} 1. Rxe2 $2 Ra8+ ({or} 1... a2 2. Rxa2 Ra8+) 2. Na7 (2. Kb3 a2 3. Rxa2 Rxa2 4. Kxa2 h2 5. Rb1 Ng1 6. Nd4 h1=Q $19 {position B2}) 2... Rxa7+ 3. Kb3 a2 4. Rxa2 Rxa2 5. Kxa2 h2 6. Rb1 Ng1 {position B1} 7. Rb8 Kg7 (7... Kh7) 8. Rb7+ Kg6 9. Rb6+ Kg5 10. Rb5+ Kg4 11. Rb4+ Kg3 12. Rb3+ Kf2 13. Rb2+ Ne2 14. Rb1 Nc3+ $19) 1... Kh5 (1... Kg5 2. Rxe2 Ra8+ 3. Kb3 $1 ({ Thematic try:} 3. Na7 $2 Rxa7+ 4. Kb3 a2 5. Rxa2 Rxa2 6. Kxa2 h2 7. Rb1 Ng1 $19 {position B5}) 3... a2 4. Rxa2 Rxa2 5. Kxa2 (5. Nd4 $2 Rf2 $1 $19) 5... h2 6. Rb1 Ng1 7. Nd4 $1 h1=Q {position A2/A4} 8. Rxg1+ $1 Qxg1 9. Nf3+ $11) (1... Kh7 2. Re7+ $1 (2. Rxe2 $2 Ra8+ (2... a2) 3. Kb3 a2 4. Rxa2 Rxa2 5. Nd4 Rf2 $1 6. Nxf3 Rxf3+ 7. Kc2 {position B6} Kg6 $19 (7... Kh6)) 2... Kh8 3. Rxe2 Ra8+ 4. Kb3 a2 5. Rxa2 Rxa2 6. Nd4 $1 Rf2 (6... h2 7. Nxf3 h1=Q 8. Rh4+ Qxh4 9. Nxh4 $11) 7. Nxf3 Rxf3+ 8. Kc2 $1 $11 {position A6}) 2. Rxe2 Ra8+ 3. Na7 $3 ({ Thematic try:} 3. Kb3 $2 a2 4. Rxa2 Rxa2 5. Kxa2 h2 6. Rb1 Ng1 {position B3} 7. Nd4 h1=Q $19 {position B4}) 3... Rxa7+ 4. Kb3 a2 5. Rxa2 Rxa2 6. Kxa2 h2 7. Rb1 $1 (7. Rb8 $2 Kg4 $1 8. Rh8 Nh4 $19) 7... Ng1 {A1/A3/A5} 8. Rb8 $1 Kg4 (8... Kg6 9. Rh8 $11) 9. Rg8+ (9. Rh8 $2 Nh3 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "2.p"] [Site ""] [Date "2016.06.30"] [Round ""] [White "Becker=R"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2q4p/8/1R6/7B/2k5/Bp2K3/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1. Bf6+ $1 (1. Bg3 b1=Q $1 $11) 1... Kc2 2. Be5 (2. Rxb2+ $2 Kc1 3. Rb1+ Kc2 4. Rb4 Qh2+ $11) 2... Qe7 (2... Qc8 3. Rxb2+ Kc1 4. Rb1+ Kc2 5. Rb4 $1 $18) (2... Qc6 3. Bb3+ $1 Kc1 4. Rd5 Qxd5 5. Bf4+ $1 Kb1 6. Bxd5 $18) 3. Rxb2+ (3. Bb3+ $2 Kc1 4. Rd5 $2 Qxe5+ 5. Rxe5 b1=Q $19) 3... Kc1 4. Rb1+ $1 (4. Rb5 $2 Qa3 $1 5. Bb3 Qa6 6. Bc4 Qa3 $1 7. Rd5 Qa4 8. Rc5 Qc2+ ({or} 8... Qd1+ 9. Kf2 Qc2+) 9. Kf3 h5 $1 10. Bd4 Kd2 $1 11. Be3+ Ke1 12. Bb5 Qd1+ $11) 4... Kc2 5. Rb5 Kc1 6. Rd5 $1 ({Thematic try:} 6. Bb3 $2 Qa3 $1 7. Kd3 Qf8 $1 8. Ke2 Qa3 9. Bf4+ Kb2 10. Be5+ Kc1 11. Bd4 Qa6 $1 12. Bc4 Qg6 $1 13. Be3+ Kc2 14. Bb3+ Kc3 15. Bd2+ Kd4 16. Rd5+ Ke4 17. Bc2+ Kxd5 18. Bxg6 {position B1} hxg6 $11) 6... Kc2 7. Rd2+ Kc1 8. Rd1+ Kc2 9. Rd5 $1 h5 10. Rb5 $1 ({Thematic try:} 10. Rd2+ $2 Kc1 11. Rd1+ Kc2 12. Rd5 h4 13. Rb5 Kc1 14. Bb3 Qa3 15. Bd4 {position B2} h3 $11) 10... Kc1 11. Bb3 $1 Qa3 12. Bd4 $1 {position A2} Qa6 13. Bc4 Qg6 (13... Qa3 14. Rc5 Kb1 15. Bd3+ $18) 14. Be3+ Kc2 15. Bb3+ Kc3 16. Bd2+ Kd4 17. Rd5+ Ke4 18. Bc2+ Kxd5 19. Bxg6 {position A1} 1-0

[Event "3.-4.p"] [Site ""] [Date "2016.06.30"] [Round ""] [White "Gromov=M Pervakov=O"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7r/p1P3pP/qN6/8/5p2/3R4/6K1/4k1N1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1. Nf3+ $1 ({Thematic try:} 1. c8=Q $2 Rxc8 $1 (1... Qxd3 2. Qc1+ Qd1 3. Nf3+ Ke2 4. Qc4+ Qd3 5. Qa2+ $1 Kd1 6. Qa1+ $18) (1... Qa2+ 2. Kh1 $1 Rxh7+ 3. Nh3 $18) 2. Nf3+ Ke2 3. Rd2+ Ke3 4. Nd5+ (4. h8=Q $5 {position B1} Qf1+ $3 5. Kxf1 Rxh8 6. Kg2 axb6 $11) 4... Ke4 5. Rd4+ (5. h8=Q Qg6+ $1 $11) 5... Kf5 6. Rxf4+ Kg6 $1 7. Ne7+ (7. h8=N+ $5 Kh7 $11) (7. h8=Q Qe2+ $19) 7... Kxh7 8. Rh4+ Qh6 { position B2} 9. Ng5+ (9. Rxh6+ Kxh6 $1 10. Nxc8 a5 11. Nb6 a4 12. Nc4 a3 $1 $11 ) 9... Kh8 10. Nf7+ Kh7 11. Rxh6+ (11. Nxh6 Rc2+ $11) 11... gxh6 12. Nxc8 a5 $1 13. Nb6 a4 ({or} 13... Kg8) 14. Nxa4 Kg8 $1 $11) 1... Ke2 2. Rd2+ Ke3 3. Nd5+ Ke4 4. Ne7 $1 ({Thematic try:} 4. Rd4+ $2 Kf5 5. Rxf4+ Ke6 $1 $11 {position B3} ) 4... Ke3 $1 5. c8=Q $1 (5. Nf5+ $2 Ke4 6. N5h4 Ke3 7. Rd8 Qa2+ $1 8. Kh3 Qe6+ $11) (5. Rc2 $2 Kd3 $1 6. c8=Q Rxc8 7. Rxc8 Qa2+ $11) 5... Rxc8 6. h8=Q $1 { position A1} Rxh8 (6... Qf1+ 7. Kxf1 Rxh8 8. Kg2 $18) 7. Nd5+ Ke4 8. Rd4+ Kf5 9. Rxf4+ Kg6 (9... Ke6 10. Nc7+ $18 {position A3}) 10. Ne7+ $1 Kh7 11. Rh4+ Qh6 {position A2} 12. Ng5# 1-0

[Event "7.-8.p"] [Site ""] [Date "2016.06.30"] [Round ""] [White "Tkachenko=S Tarasiuk=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4K3/8/3B4/7k/p5n1/N3p3/8/7N b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1... Nf6+ 2. Kf7 $3 ({Thematic try:} 2. Ke7 $2 Ne4 $1 3. Ng3+ Nxg3 4. Bxg3 Kg4 5. Be1 Kf3 6. Nc2 Ke2 ({or} 6... Ke4) 7. Ba5 $1 Kd3 8. Na3 Ke2 9. Bb6 Kf3 $1 10. Nc2 e2 11. Ne1+ Ke4 12. Bc5 Kd5 {position B1} 13. Bd6 Ke4 ({or} 13... Kd4) 14. Ke6 Ke3 15. Kd5 Kf2 16. Bg3+ Kxg3 $11) 2... Ne4 $1 3. Ng3+ $1 (3. Be5 $2 Kg4 4. Nc2 Kf3 ({or} 4... a3) 5. Kg6 Nf2 6. Ng3 Nd3 7. Bc7 a3 8. Nxa3 e2 $11) 3... Nxg3 4. Bxg3 Kg4 5. Be1 Kf3 6. Nc2 $1 (6. Ke6 $2 Ke2 ({or} 6... Kg2 7. Ba5 e2 8. Nc2 Kf2 9. Kd5 a3) 7. Ba5 Kf1 8. Nc2 e2 9. Kd5 a3 $11) 6... Ke2 7. Ba5 $1 ({Thematic try:} 7. Bb4 $2 Kd3 8. Na3 Ke2 $1 9. Bc5 Kd2 ({or} 9... Kd3 10. Ke6 Kd2) 10. Nc4+ Kd3 $1 11. Nb2+ Kc2 $1 12. Nxa4 e2 13. Bb4 Kb3 $11 {position B2} ({or} 13... Kd1 14. Nb2+ Kc2 15. Nc4 Kb3 $11)) 7... Kd3 8. Na3 Ke2 9. Bb6 $1 ( 9. Ke6 $2 Kf1 $1 10. Nc2 e2 11. Kd5 a3 $11) 9... Kf3 $1 (9... Kd2 10. Nc4+ Kd3 11. Nb2+ Kc2 12. Nxa4 e2 13. Ba5 Kd1 14. Nb2+ Kc2 15. Nc4 Kb3 {position A2} 16. Ne5 $18) 10. Nc2 $1 (10. Bc5 $2 e2 ({or} 10... Ke4) 11. Nc2 Kg2 $1 12. Ke6 Kf1 $11) 10... e2 11. Ne1+ Ke4 12. Bc5 Kd5 {position A1} 13. Be7 $3 Ke4 14. Ke6 Ke3 15. Kd5 Kf2 16. Bh4+ $1 Ke3 17. Kc4 1-0

[Event "7.-8.p"] [Site ""] [Date "2016.07.01"] [Round ""] [White "Slumstrup Nielsen=S"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2R5/5R2/p5nb/P2p1P2/P1P3P1/k2N4/p1p5/K2n4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1. g5 $1 ({Thematic try:} 1. fxg6 $2 Be3 2. Rf3 Bd4+ 3. Nb2+ Nc3 4. Nd3 Nxa4+ 5. Nb2+ Nc3 6. Nd3 Nd1+ 7. Nb2+ Ne3 8. Rxe3+ Bxe3 9. cxd5 c1=Q+ 10. Rxc1 Bxc1 11. Nc4+ Kb3 12. g7 Bg5 13. g8=N Kxc4 14. Kxa2 Kxd5 15. Kb3 Kc5 16. Ka4 (16. Kc3 Kb5 17. Kd4 Kxa5 18. Ke5 Kb4 19. Kf5 (19. Nf6 a5 20. Nd5+ Kb3 21. Kf5 a4 22. Kxg5 a3 $19) 19... a5 20. Kxg5 a4 $19) 16... Kc4 17. Ne7 (17. Ka3 Kb5 $19) 17... Bxe7 $19 {position B}) (1. cxd5 $2 Be3 2. Rc4 Ne5 $1 3. Rfc7 Nxc4 ({or}  3... Nxd3 $19) 4. Rxc4 Kb3 5. Rb4+ Kc3 6. Kxa2 Kxd3 $19) 1... Bxg5 2. fxg6 Be3 3. Rf3 (3. Rf4 $2 Bxf4 4. cxd5 Be3 5. Rc4 Kb3 $1 6. g7 Kxc4 7. g8=Q Kxd3 $19 ({ or} 7... Bd4+ $19)) 3... Bd4+ 4. Nb2+ Nc3 (4... Bc3 $4 5. Rxc3+ Nxc3 6. Nd3 $18 ) 5. Nd3 (5. Rf1 $2 c1=Q+ $1 6. Rxc1 Nxa4 $19 (6... Nd1)) 5... Nxa4+ 6. Nb2+ Nc3 7. Nd3 Nd1+ 8. Nb2+ Ne3 9. Rxe3+ Bxe3 10. cxd5 c1=Q+ 11. Rxc1 Bxc1 12. Nc4+ Kb3 13. g7 Bg5 14. g8=N $1 Kxc4 15. Kxa2 Kxd5 16. Kb3 (16. Ka3 $2 Kc4 17. Ka4 Kc5 $19 {zz}) 16... Kc5 (16... Ke6 17. Kc4 Kf7 18. Kc5 $11) 17. Ka4 {zz} Kc4 18. Ne7 $1 (18. Ka3 $2 Kb5 $19) 18... Bxe7 {position A stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "9.-10.p"] [Site ""] [Date "2016.06.30"] [Round ""] [White "D030 Didukh=S"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4R3/p2p1p2/8/5P2/6K1/1n1PBP1P/1p6/7k w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1. Bd2 $1 (1. Bf2 $2 Kg2 $1 2. Re2 (2. Re1 Nc1) 2... b1=Q 3. Bg3+ Kf1 4. Re1+ Qxe1 5. Bxe1 Kxe1 6. h4 a5 $1 7. h5 a4 8. h6 a3 9. h7 a2 10. h8=Q a1=Q 11. Qxa1+ {position B1} Nxa1 $11) 1... Nxd2 (1... b1=Q 2. Re1+ $18) 2. Re1+ $1 ({ Thematic try:} 2. Rb8 $2 b1=Q 3. Rxb1+ Nxb1 4. h4 Nc3 5. h5 Nd5 6. Kg5 f6+ 7. Kg4 Ne3+ 8. Kf4 {position B2} Ng2+ $1 9. Ke4 (9. Kg3 Ne3 10. Kf4 Ng2+ { positional draw}) 9... d5+ 10. Kd4 Nh4 $1 $11) 2... Kg2 (2... Kh2 3. h4) 3. Rd1 $1 (3. h4 $2 Kf2 4. Rd1 Ke2 5. Rg1 Kf2 $11) 3... b1=Q 4. Rxb1 Nxb1 5. h4 Nc3 $1 (5... a5 6. h5 a4 7. h6 a3 8. h7 a2 9. h8=Q a1=Q 10. Qxa1 $18 {position A1}) 6. h5 Nd5 7. Kg5 $1 f6+ 8. Kg4 $1 (8. Kg6 $2 Nf4+) 8... Ne3+ 9. Kf4 {position A2} Nd5+ 10. Ke4 Nc3+ 11. Kd4 (11. Ke3 $2 Nb5 12. h6 Nd6 13. h7 Nf7 $19) 11... Ne2+ 12. Kc5 $1 ({Thematic try:} 12. Kc4 $2 Ng3 13. h6 Nxf5 14. h7 {position B3} Nd6+ $1 15. Kd5 Nf7 $19) (12. Ke3 $2 Ng3 13. h6 Nxf5+ $19) 12... d6+ 13. Kc4 $1 Ng3 (13... Ng1 14. f4 $1 $18 (14. h6 $2 Nxf3 15. h7 Ne5+ 16. Kd5 Nf7 17. Ke6 Ng5+ $11)) 14. h6 Nxf5 15. h7 {position A3} 1-0

[Event "9.-10.p"] [Site ""] [Date "2016.06.30"] [Round ""] [White "D035 Didukh=S"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1r3N2/b4p2/4N2p/8/3p1P1k/8/3q1PP1/Q6K w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1. Qa3 $1 (1. Qg1 $2 Kg4 $19) (1. Qxa7 $2 Rb1+ 2. Kh2 Qxf2 3. Qe7+ Kg4 $19) 1... Rb3 $1 (1... d3 2. Qxa7 Rb1+ 3. Kh2 Qe1 (3... Qxf2 4. Qxf2+ $18) 4. Qe7+ Kg4 5. f3+ $18) 2. Qxb3 (2. Qe7+ $2 Kg4 3. Qxf7 (3. Qd7 Rh3+ 4. gxh3+ Kf3 5. Qb7+ Kxf2 6. Qg2+ Ke3 $11) 3... Rb5 $1 4. Qg7+ Rg5 5. fxg5 Qc1+ 6. Kh2 Bb8+ 7. g3 Bxg3+ 8. Kg2 Qc6+ $11) 2... d3 3. Nc5 $3 ({Thematic try:} 3. Nd4 $2 Bxd4 $1 (3... Kg4 $2 4. Nf3 Qc1+ 5. Kh2 Qxf4+ 6. g3 Qxf3 7. Qa4+ Kf5 8. Qxa7 $18) 4. Ng6+ fxg6 5. Qe6 Qd1+ 6. Kh2 Qg4 7. g3+ Kh5 8. Qd5+ Qf5 9. Qf3+ Qg4 10. Qh1 g5 11. f3 Qc8 $1 12. f5 {position B} Qc2+ $1 13. Kh3 g4+ 14. fxg4+ Kg5 15. Qd5 Kf6 16. Qxd4+ Ke7 $11) 3... Bxc5 (3... Qxf2 4. Qxd3 Qxc5 5. Qh3#) 4. Ng6+ $1 (4. Qxf7 $2 Qxf2 $11) 4... fxg6 5. Qe6 Qd1+ (5... Qxf4 6. g3+ $18) 6. Kh2 Qg4 7. g3+ Kh5 8. Qd5+ Qf5 9. Qf3+ Qg4 10. Qh1 $1 g5 11. f3 Qc8 (11... Qe6 12. g4+ Kg6 13. f5+ $18) 12. f5 $1 {position A} g4 (12... Qxf5 13. g4+ $18) 13. Kg2+ Kg5 14. Qh4+ Kxf5 15. Qxg4+ 1-0

[Event "11.p"] [Site ""] [Date "2016.06.30"] [Round ""] [White "Costeff=G"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4q3/Pp4pk/Pp6/6P1/1p3QPP/2Pp4/b2P1pP1/K7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1. g6+ $1 (1. axb7 $2 Qe1+ ({or} 1... Bf7 $11) 2. Kxa2 f1=Q 3. Qxf1 Qxd2+ 4. Kb3 Qxc3+ 5. Ka4 Qc6+ (5... Qc2+) 6. Kxb4 Qc5+ 7. Kb3 Qc2+ {perpetual check}) 1... Kh8 (1... Qxg6 2. a8=Q) (1... Kxg6 2. a8=Q) 2. axb7 (2. a8=Q Qxa8 3. Kxa2 bxc3) 2... Bg8 $1 3. a8=R $3 ({Thematic try:} 3. a8=Q $2 Qe1+ 4. Kb2 bxc3+ 5. Kxc3 Qc1+ 6. Kd4 Qc4+ 7. Ke3 Qxf4+ 8. Kxf4 f1=Q+ 9. Kg5 Qf6+ 10. Kh5 Qe5+ 11. g5 Qe2+ 12. g4 Qe5 (12... Qf3 $2 13. b8=R $3 $18) 13. b8=Q Qxb8 14. Qxb8 b5 15. Qxb5 Ba2 16. Qxd3 Bg8 17. Qd6 Bb3 18. d4 Ba2 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 { position B stalemate}) 3... Qe1+ 4. Kb2 bxc3+ 5. Kxc3 Qc1+ 6. Kd4 Qc4+ 7. Ke3 Qxf4+ 8. Kxf4 f1=Q+ 9. Kg5 Qf6+ 10. Kh5 Qe5+ 11. g5 Qe2+ 12. g4 Qf3 $1 13. b8=R $3 (13. b8=Q $2 Qxa8 $1 14. Qxa8 b5 $11) (13. Rxg8+ $2 Kxg8 14. b8=Q+ Qf8 $11) 13... Qxa8 (13... Qd5 14. Rd8 Qb3 15. Rd4 b5 16. Rad8 Qa2 17. Rxd3 Qa5 18. Re8 b4 19. Rdd8 Qa2 20. d4 Qc4 21. d5 $18) 14. Rxa8 b5 15. Rb8 b4 16. Rxb4 Ba2 17. Rd4 Bb3 18. Rxd3 Be6 19. Rd6 Bg8 20. d4 Ba2 21. d5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 {position A} 1-0

[Event "13.-14.p"] [Site ""] [Date "2016.06.30"] [Round ""] [White "Akhaladze=B Gurgenidze=D"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K6k/3R3P/8/3P2P1/1rP1r3/1N4P1/3PP2Q/4b2N b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1... Re8+ 2. Ka7 Bf2+ 3. e3 $1 ({Thematic try:} 3. c5 $2 Bxc5+ 4. Nxc5 Ra8+ 5. Kxa8 Rb8+ 6. Ka7 Rb7+ 7. Ka6 Rb6+ 8. Ka5 Rb5+ 9. Ka4 Rb4+ 10. Ka3 Rb3+ { position B1} 11. Ka2 Rb2+ 12. Ka1 Rb1+ {perpetual check}) 3... Bxe3+ 4. d4 $1 ( {Thematic try:} 4. dxe3 $2 Ra8+ 5. Kxa8 Rb8+ 6. Ka7 Rb7+ 7. Ka6 Rb6+ 8. Ka5 Rb5+ 9. Ka4 Rb4+ 10. Ka3 Rxb3+ 11. Ka2 Ra3+ 12. Kb1 Rb3+ 13. Kc1 Rc3+ 14. Kd1 Rd3+ 15. Ke1 Rxe3+ 16. Kf1 Rf3+ 17. Kg2 Rxg3+ 18. Kf1 Rf3+ 19. Nf2 Rxf2+ 20. Ke1 Re2+ 21. Kd1 Rd2+ 22. Kc1 Rc2+ 23. Kb1 Rc1+ 24. Ka2 Rc2+ 25. Ka3 Rc3+ 26. Ka4 Rxc4+ 27. Ka5 Rc5+ 28. Ka6 Rc6+ {position B2} 29. Ka7 Rc7+ 30. Ka8 Rc8+ { perpetual check}) 4... Bxd4+ 5. c5 $1 ({Thematic try:} 5. Nxd4 $2 Ra8+ 6. Kxa8 Rb8+ 7. Ka7 Rb7+ 8. Ka6 Rb6+ 9. Ka5 Rb5+ 10. Ka4 Rb4+ 11. Ka3 Rb3+ {position B3 } 12. Ka2 Rb2+ 13. Qxb2 {stalemate}) 5... Bxc5+ 6. Nxc5 Ra8+ 7. Kxa8 Rb8+ 8. Ka7 Rb7+ 9. Ka6 Rb6+ 10. Ka5 Rb5+ 11. Ka4 Rb4+ 12. Ka3 Rb3+ {position A1/A3} 13. Ka2 Ra3+ 14. Kb1 Rb3+ 15. Kc1 Rc3+ 16. Kd1 Rd3+ 17. Ke1 Re3+ 18. Kf1 Rf3+ 19. Kg2 $1 ({Thematic try:} 19. Nf2 $2 Rxf2+ 20. Ke1 Re2+ 21. Kd1 Rd2+ 22. Kc1 Rc2+ 23. Kb1 Rc1+ 24. Ka2 Rc2+ 25. Ka3 Rc3+ 26. Nb3 Rxb3+ 27. Ka4 Rb4+ 28. Ka5 Rb5+ 29. Ka6 Rb6+ {position B4} 30. Ka7 Rb7+ 31. Ka8 Rb8+ {perpetual check}) 19... Rxg3+ (19... Rf2+ 20. Kh3 Rxh2+ 21. Kg4 Rh4+ 22. Kf5 Rf4+ 23. Ke6 Rf6+ 24. Ke7 $18) 20. Kf1 Rf3+ 21. Nf2 $3 Rxf2+ 22. Ke1 Re2+ 23. Kd1 Rd2+ 24. Kc1 Rc2+ 25. Kb1 Rc1+ 26. Ka2 Rc2+ 27. Ka3 Rc3+ 28. Nb3 $3 Rxb3+ 29. Ka4 Rb4+ 30. Ka5 Rb5+ 31. Ka6 Rb6+ {position A2/A4} 32. Ka7 Rb7+ 33. Ka8 Ra7+ 34. Kb8 Rb7+ 35. Kc8 Rc7+ 36. Kd8 Rc8+ 37. Ke7 1-0

[Event "15.-16.p"] [Site ""] [Date "2016.06.30"] [Round ""] [White "Khramtsevich=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r4k2/P4P2/7P/KP4Nb/8/1R6/3N2p1/6b1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1. b6 $1 (1. Rb1 $2 Bxa7 2. b6 Bxf7 3. bxa7 (3. b7 Rb8 4. h7 Bd4 5. Ndf3 Bc3+ 6. Ka6 Bd5 7. Ka7 Rxb7+ 8. Rxb7 Bxb7 9. Kxb7 Kg7 $11) 3... Rxa7+ 4. Kb6 Re7 5. Ndf3 Bd5 6. Kc5 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 Kg8 8. Rb2 Kh7 $11) 1... Bxb6+ 2. Rxb6 Rxa7+ 3. Kb4 $1 ({Thematic try:} 3. Kb5 $2 Rxf7 4. h7 Rxh7 5. Nxh7+ Kg8 6. Nf3 Bxf3 7. Ng5 {position B} Bc6+ $1 8. Rxc6 g1=Q 9. Rg6+ Kh8 10. Nf7+ Kh7 11. Rxg1 { stalemate}) 3... Rxf7 4. h7 $1 (4. Rb8+ $2 Ke7 5. Nh3 Bg6 $1 6. Rb7+ Ke8 7. Rb6 Bh7 $1 8. Re6+ Re7 9. Rxe7+ Kxe7 $11) (4. Nh3 $2 Rf4+ 5. Nxf4 g1=Q 6. Rb8+ Be8 7. h7 Kg7 8. h8=Q+ Kxh8 9. Rxe8+ $11) 4... Rxh7 5. Nxh7+ Kg8 $1 (5... Kg7 6. Rb7+ Kg8 7. Nf6+ $18) 6. Nf3 $1 Bxf3 7. Ng5 $1 {position A} Bg4 $1 (7... g1=Q 8. Rg6+ Kh8 (8... Kf8 9. Nh7+ Kf7 10. Rxg1 $18) 9. Nf7+ Kh7 10. Rxg1 $18) 8. Rg6+ Kh8 (8... Kf8 9. Nh7+ Kf7 10. Rxg4 $18) 9. Nf7+ Kh7 10. Rxg4 g1=Q 11. Ng5+ $1 (11. Rxg1 $2 {stalemate}) 11... Kg6 12. Rxg1 1-0

[Event "15.-16.p"] [Site ""] [Date "2016.07.01"] [Round ""] [White "Arestov=P"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3r4/4k1NR/4P3/1P6/b3K3/Ppp5/7p/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1. Ke5 $1 Rd5+ $1 2. Kxd5 Kf6 $1 (2... b2 3. Nh5+ $18) 3. e7 $1 (3. Rxh2 $2 b2 4. Ne8+ Kg6 $19) 3... Bxb5 $1 (3... Kxe7 $2 4. Ke5 $18) 4. a4 $3 ({ Thematic try:} 4. e8=Q $2 Bxe8 5. Nxe8+ Kg5 6. Rxh2 b2 $1 7. Rg2+ Kf4 8. Rf2+ Ke3 $1 (8... Kg3 $2 9. Rc2 $1 $11) 9. Nf6 $5 (9. Rc2 Kd3 $19) 9... Kxf2 $1 ( 9... b1=Q 10. Ng4+ Kd3 11. Ne5+ Ke3 12. Ng4+ {perpetual check} ({Rusz} 12. Rf3+ $2 Kd2 13. Nc4+ Kc2 $1 $19)) 10. Ne4+ Ke3 (10... Ke2) 11. Nxc3 Kd3 12. Nb1 Kc2 $19 {position B}) 4... Bxa4 5. e8=Q Bxe8 6. Nxe8+ Kg6 7. Rxh2 b2 $1 (7... c2 8. Rg2+ $1 Kh6 9. Rh2+ Kg5 10. Nd6 $1 c1=Q 11. Nc4 $1 Qc2 $1 12. Rd2 $1 $11) 8. Rg2+ Kh6 $1 9. Rh2+ Kg5 10. Rg2+ Kf4 11. Rf2+ Ke3 $1 (11... Kg3 12. Rc2 $1 $11) 12. Nf6 $3 (12. Rc2 $2 Kd3 $19) 12... Kxf2 (12... b1=Q 13. Ng4+ Kd3 14. Ne5+ Ke3 15. Ng4+ {perpetual check} ({or} 15. Rf3+ $11)) 13. Ne4+ Ke3 14. Nxc3 Kd3 15. Nb1 Kc2 {position A} 16. Na3+ $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "17.-20.p"] [Site ""] [Date "2016.06.30"] [Round ""] [White "D022 Arestov=P"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/K7/2r1P1N1/7P/3k1p2/6P1/N1Pb4/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1. e7 Rc7+ $1 (1... Rc8 2. Kb7 Re8 3. gxf4 Bxf4 4. Kc6 $1 $18) 2. Ka8 $3 ({ Thematic try:} 2. Kb8 $2 Rxe7 3. Nxe7 f3 $1 4. h6 Bxh6 5. Nf5+ Ke4 6. Nxh6 f2 7. Nc3+ Kf3 8. Ng4 $1 Kxg4 9. Nd1 $1 f1=N $1 10. c4 Nxg3 11. c5 {position B1} Ne4 $1 12. c6 Nc5 13. c7 Na6+ $1 $11 {fork}) ({Thematic try:} 2. Kb6 $2 Rxe7 3. Nxe7 f3 $1 4. h6 $1 Bxh6 5. Nf5+ Ke4 6. Nxh6 f2 7. Nc3+ Kf3 8. Ng4 $1 Kxg4 9. Nd1 $1 f1=N $1 10. c4 Nxg3 11. c5 Nf5 $1 12. c6 Ne7 13. c7 {position B2} Nd5+ $1 $11 {fork}) 2... Rxe7 3. Nxe7 f3 $1 (3... fxg3 4. Nf5+ $18 {fork}) 4. h6 $1 (4. Nf5+ $2 Ke4 5. h6 f2 $1 $11) 4... Bxh6 (4... Bg5 5. Nc6+ Ke3 6. h7 Bf6 7. Nab4 $1 f2 8. Nd5+ $18 {fork}) (4... f2 5. h7 f1=Q 6. h8=Q+ $18) 5. Nf5+ {fork} Ke4 6. Nxh6 f2 7. Nc3+ Kf3 8. Ng4 $1 Kxg4 (8... f1=Q 9. Nh2+ {fork}) 9. Nd1 $1 f1=N $1 10. c4 Nxg3 11. c5 {position A1} Nf5 12. c6 Ne7 13. c7 {position A2} 1-0

[Event "17.-20.p"] [Site ""] [Date "2016.07.01"] [Round ""] [White "Klemanic=E Salai=L"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/p2K2k1/1P1BR3/2p1P1pP/2P3P1/4pb2/3r4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1. h5+ ({Thematic try:} 1. Re6+ $2 Kg7 (1... Kf7) 2. Re7+ Kf8 3. Rf7+ Ke8 4. Re7+ Kd8 5. Rd7+ Kc8 6. Rc7+ Kb8 7. Rb7+ Ka8 {position B} 8. Re7+ (8. Kc7 Bxg3+ 9. Kc8 Rxd5 $19 ({or} 9... axb5)) 8... Rxd5+ $1 9. exd5 Bxg3+ 10. Kc6 e1=Q 11. Rxe1 Bxe1 12. h5 g3 $19 ({or} 12... Bxc3)) 1... Kh6 (1... Kf6 2. Re6+ Kf7 3. Re7+ Kf8 4. Rf7+ (4. Kd7 Bc5 $1 $19) 4... Ke8 5. Re7+ Kd8 6. Rd7+ Kc8 7. Rc7+ Kb8 8. Rb7+ Ka8 {position A1} 9. Re7+ $1 Rxd5+ $2 10. exd5 Bxg3+ 11. Kc6 e1=Q 12. Rxe1 Bxe1 13. d6 ({or} 13. h6) (13. b6) 13... Bxc3 14. d7 Bf6 15. h6 $18) 2. Re6+ Kxh5 3. Re5+ Kg6 4. Re6+ Kg7 5. Re7+ Kf8 6. Rf7+ Kg8 7. Re7+ $1 Kh8 ( 7... Rxd5+ $2 8. exd5 Bxg3+ 9. Kc6 e1=Q 10. Rxe1 Bxe1 11. bxa6 (11. b6) 11... Bf2 12. d6 $18) 8. Re8+ Kg7 9. Re7+ Kf8 10. Rf7+ Ke8 11. Re7+ Kd8 12. Rd7+ Kc8 13. Rc7+ Kb8 14. Rb7+ Ka8 {position A} 15. Kc7 $1 (15. Re7+ $2 Rxd5+ 16. exd5 Bxg3+ ({or} 16... e1=Q) 17. Kc6 e1=Q $19) 15... Bxg3+ 16. e5 $1 Bxe5+ 17. Kc8 Rxd5 18. Ra7+ $1 Kxa7 19. b6+ Ka8 (19... Kxb6 {stalemate}) 20. b7+ Ka7 21. b8=Q+ $1 Bxb8 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2