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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1923"] [Round ""] [White "Van den Ende=J"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1923"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "13"] [FEN "8/7n/2P1K3/2N5/8/4k2p/2P5/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Ne4 $1 ( 1.c7 $2 h2 2.c8=Q h1=Q ) 1...Kf3 ( 1...h2 2.Ng3 Kf3 3.Nh1 $1 Kg2 4. c7 Kxh1 5.c8=Q Ng5+ 6.Kf5 Kg1 ( 6...Nh3 7.Qg8 $1 ) 7.Qc5+ Kf1 8.Qd5 ) ( 1... Ng5+ 2.Nxg5 h2 3.c7 h1=Q 4.c8=Q ) 2.c7 h2 ( 2...Nf8+ 3.Kd6 ) 3.c8=Q h1=Q 4.Qc3+ $1 Kf4 ( 4...Kg2 5.Qg3+ ) ( 4...Kxe4 5.Qe5+ Kf3 6.Qd5+ ) 5.Qg3+ Kxe4 6.Qe5+ Kf3 7.Qd5+ 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1925"] [Round ""] [White "Kaminer=S"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1925"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "17"] [FEN "8/5N2/6p1/3P3k/1n6/8/8/7K w - - 0 1"] 1.d6 Nc6 2.d7 Kh4 ( 2...g5 3.Kh2 ) 3.Kh2 $1 ( 3.Kg2 $2 g5 4.Kh2 g4 5.Kg2 g3 6. Kg1 Kh3 7.Kh1 g2+ 8.Kg1 Kg3 ) 3...g5 ( 3...Kh5 4.Kg3 g5 5.Kh3 g4+ 6.Kg3 Kg6 7. Ne5+ ) 4.Kg2 g4 5.Kh2 g3+ 6.Kg2 Kh5 ( 6...Kg4 7.Ne5+ ) 7.Kxg3 Kg6 8.Ne5+ Nxe5 9.d8=Q 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1927"] [Round ""] [White "Somov Nasimovich=E"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1927"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "14"] [FEN "8/8/6n1/7K/3k4/2p1p2N/2P5/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Ng1 ( 1.Kxg6 $2 e2 2.Ng1 Ke3 ) 1...Nf4+ 2.Kg4 ( 2.Kh4 $2 e2 ) 2...Ke4 ( 2... e2 3.Kxf4 ) 3.Kg3 e2 4.Kf2 e1=Q+ 5.Kxe1 Ke3 6.Kd1 ( 6.Kf1 $2 Kd2 ) 6...Kf2 7. Ne2 Nxe2 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1928"] [Round ""] [White "Havasi=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1928"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "17"] [FEN "8/8/1n6/1k6/1PpK4/2P5/1N6/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nd1 Na4 ( 1...Nc8 2.Ne3 Ne7 3.Nc2 Nc6+ 4.Kd5 Ne7+ 5.Kd6 Nc8+ 6.Kc7 Ne7 7.Nd4+ Ka4 8.b5 ) 2.Ne3 Nb2 3.Nf5 $1 ( 3.Nf1 $2 Na4 4.Nd2 Nb2 5.Nb1 Ka4 6.Kc5 Nd3+ $1 ( 6...Kb3 $2 7.b5 Na4+ 8.Kc6 Nxc3 9.Nd2+ $1 Kc2 10.b6 Kxd2 11.b7 ) 7.Kxc4 Nxb4 8.cxb4 ) 3...Kc6 $1 4.Ke4 $1 Na4 5.Nd4+ Kb6 6.Ne2 Kc6 $1 7.Ke5 $1 Kb6 8.Kd5 $1 Nb2 9.Nd4 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1936"] [Round ""] [White "Khachaturov=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1936"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "11"] [FEN "k7/P7/1K4p1/6P1/8/7n/8/N7 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nc2 $1 ( 1.Nb3 $2 Nf4 2.Nd4 Nd5+ 3.Kc6 Ne3 4.Nb5 Nc4 5.Kc5 Nb6 ) 1...Nf4 $1 ( 1...Nxg5 2.Nd4 Nf7 3.Ne6 ) 2.Nb4 ( 2.Ne3 $2 Nd5+ $1 3.Nxd5 ) 2...Nd5+ $1 3.Kc5 $1 ( 3.Kb5 $2 Ne7 4.Ka6 ( 4.Kb6 Nc8+ ) ( 4.Nc6 Nd5 ) 4...Nc6 $1 5.Nxc6 ) ( 3. Nxd5 $2 ) 3...Nb6 4.Nd5 $1 Nd7+ ( 4...Na4+ 5.Kb5 Nb2 6.Ka6 ) ( 4...Nc8 {<main>} 5.Kc6 Nxa7+ ( 5...Kxa7 6.Kc7 ) 6.Kb6 Kb8 ( 6...Nc8+ 7.Kc7 Na7 8.Nb6# ) 7.Ne7 Ka8 ( 7...Nc8+ 8.Nxc8 Kxc8 9.Kc6 ) 8.Nxg6 Nc8+ 9.Kc7 Na7 10.Ne7 Nb5+ 11.Kd7 Nc3 12.g6 Ne4 13.Nd5 ) 5.Kd6 $1 Nf8 6.Nf6 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1938"] [Round ""] [White "Halberstadt=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1938"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "9"] [FEN "4N3/3nP3/1k6/8/1K6/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Ka3 $1 ( 1.Kc3 $2 Kc5 $1 2.Nd6 ( 2.Kd3 Ne5+ 3.Ke4 Nc6 ) 2...Nf6 ) ( 1.Ka4 $2 Nc5+ 2.Ka3 Ne6 ) ( 1.Kb3 $2 Nc5+ 2.Kc4 Ne6 3.Nd6 ( 3.Kd5 Nf4+ 4.Ke4 Ng6 ) 3... Ng7 4.Kd5 Kc7 5.Ke5 Kd7 ) 1...Kc6 ( 1...Ka5 2.Kb2 Ka4 3.Ka2 Ka5 4.Ka3 Kb6 5.Nc7 Nf6 6.Nd5+ Nxd5 7.e8=Q ) ( 1...Ka7 2.Kb2 Kb6 3.Kc2 Ka7 4.Kd2 Kb6 5.Ke2 Ka7 6. Kf2 Kb6 7.Kg3 Ka7 8.Kf4 Kb6 9.Kf5 Kc6 10.Nf6 ) 2.Ka2 $1 ( 2.Kb4 $2 Nc5 ) ( 2. Kb2 $2 Ne5 3.Nd6 Nc4+ 4.Nxc4 Kd7 ) 2...Kb6 ( 2...Kc5 {<main>} 3.Nd6 Nf6 4.Ne4+ Nxe4 5.e8=Q ) 3.Nc7 Nf6 4.Nd5+ Nxd5 5.e8=Q 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1939"] [Round ""] [White "Selezniev=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1939"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "21"] [FEN "7k/8/5PpK/3n2N1/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.f7 Nf6 2.Kxg6 Nd7 3.Kh6 Nf8 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.Nh4 ( 5.Nd4 {<or>} ) 5...Nf8 6.Nf5 Nd7 7.Kh5 Kh7 8.Kg5 Kh8 9.Kh6 Nf8 10.Nh4 Nd7 11.Ng6# 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1995"] [Round ""] [White "Ornstein=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1995"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "19"] [FEN "8/K3N3/8/8/4P3/8/8/3n1k2 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nd5 $1 Nf2 ( 1...Nb2 2.e5 Nd3 3.e6 ) 2.e5 Ng4 3.e6 Ne5 4.Ne7 $1 ( 4.Kb7 $2 Ng6 5.Nf4 Ne7 6.Kc7 Kf2 7.Kd7 ( 7.Kd6 Ng8 $1 8.Nd5 Ke2 9.Ne7 Nh6 10.Ke5 Kd3 ) 7...Nf5 8.Ng6 Kg3 9.Nh8 Kf3 10.Nf7 Kf4 11.Nd6 Nh6 ) 4...Ke2 ( 4...Kg2 5.Kb6 Kh3 6.Kc7 Kg4 7.Nc6 Ng6 8.Ne5+ $1 ( 8.Kd6 $2 Kf4 9.Ne5 Nh4 ) 8...Kf5 9.Kd6 Nxe5 10. e7 ) 5.Kb6 Kd3 ( 5...Kd2 6.Kc7 Ke2 7.Kd6 ) ( 5...Kf3 6.Nf5 Kf4 ( 6...Ng6 7.Nh4+ ) 7.Nh4 Ng4 8.e7 Nf6 9.Kb7 $1 Ke5 10.Kc8 ) 6.Kc5 $1 ( 6.Kc7 $2 Ke4 $1 ) ( 6.Kb5 $2 Ke4 $1 ) 6...Ke4 7.Kb5 $1 Kd3 ( 7...Ng4 8.Ng8 ) ( 7...Nc4 8.Nc8 ) 8.Nc6 Ng6 9.Ne5+ $1 Nxe5 10.e7 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1999"] [Round ""] [White "Osintsev=S"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1999"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "19"] [FEN "K4n2/8/P7/3k4/1P6/2p5/1N6/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nd1 c2 2.Ne3+ Kc6 3.Nxc2 Kb6 ( 3...Kc7 4.Ka7 $1 ( 4.Na3 $2 Kb6 5.b5 Nd7 $1 ) 4...Nd7 5.Nd4 Nb6 6.Ne6+ Kc6 7.b5+ Kxb5 8.Kb7 ) 4.b5 ( 4.a7 $2 Kc6 $1 ( 4...Nd7 $2 5.Ne3 $1 Kc7 ( 5...Kc6 6.Nd5 $1 ) 6.Nd5+ Kc8 ( 6...Kc6 7.b5+ $1 ) 7.b5 ) 5. Nd4+ Kc7 6.Nb5+ Kc8 7.Nd6+ Kc7 8.b5 Nd7 9.Nc4 Kc8 10.b6 Nxb6+ 11.Nxb6+ Kc7 ) 4...Nd7 5.Na3 $1 ( 5.Nd4 $2 Nc5 $1 6.a7 Kc7 $1 ( 6...Nd7 $2 7.Ne6 ) 7.Ne6+ Nxe6 8.b6+ Kxb6 9.Kb8 Nc7 ) 5...Ne5 ( 5...Nc5 6.a7 Kc7 7.Nc4 Nb7 8.b6+ Kc8 9.Ne5 Nd8 10.Ng6 ) 6.a7 $1 ( 6.Kb8 $2 Nd7+ 7.Kc8 Nc5 8.Nc4+ Ka7 9.b6+ Kxa6 10.Kc7 Kb5 ) ( 6.Nb1 $2 Kxb5 7.Kb7 Nc6 8.Na3+ Ka5 9.Nc4+ Kb5 10.Ne5 Nd8+ 11.Ka7 Ka5 ) 6...Kc7 7.b6+ $1 Kxb6 8.Nc4+ $1 Kc6 $1 ( 8...Nxc4 {<main>} 9.Kb8 ) ( 8...Kc7 9.Nxe5 ) 9.Kb8 $1 ( 9.Nxe5+ $2 Kc7 ) 9...Nd7+ 10.Kc8 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "2000"] [Round ""] [White "Rezvov=N Tkachenko=SN"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "2000"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "13"] [FEN "8/8/2p5/8/1P3k2/K1NP4/8/n7 w - - 0 1"] 1.b5 $1 ( 1.Kb2 $2 Ke3 2.Kxa1 Kxd3 3.Na2 Kc4 ) ( 1.Nd5+ $2 Ke5 $1 ( 1...cxd5 $2 2.Kb2 Ke5 3.Kxa1 ) 2.Kb2 Kxd5 3.Kxa1 Kd4 ) ( 1.Nd1 $2 Nc2+ 2.Kb3 Ne1 3.Kc4 Ke5 4.d4+ Kd6 ) 1...cxb5 ( 1...Nc2+ 2.Kb3 $1 Nd4+ 3.Kc4 Nxb5 4.Nxb5 cxb5+ 5.Kxb5 ) 2.Nd5+ $1 Kf5 $1 3.Nb4 $1 ( 3.Kb2 $2 Ke5 $1 4.Nb4 Kd4 $1 5.Kxa1 Kc3 ) 3...Ke5 $1 4.Ka2 $1 Kd4 5.Kb2 $1 Kc5 6.Kc3 $1 ( 6.Na2 $2 b4 $1 ( 6...Kd4 $2 7.Nb4 $1 ( 7.Nc1 $2 b4 8.Kxa1 Kc3 ) ) 7.Kxa1 Kd4 8.Nc1 ( 8.Nxb4 Kc3 ) 8...Kc3 9.Ka2 b3+ 10.Kb1 b2 ) 6...Kd6 {<eg>} 7.d4 1-0
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