[Event "The Problemist, 1 prize "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1071 Valery Vlasenko(Ukraine"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4K3/4N2n/5N2/8/5p2/1R2b1p1/4k3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

{Judge of the tournament: Sergiy Didukh (Ukraine)} 1. Nfd4 $1 (1. Ng5 $2 Nxf5+
2. Kf6 f2) (1. Rb1+ $2 Bd1 2. Ne3 Nf5+ 3. Nxf5 g1=Q {win.}) 1... Nf5+ 2. Kf8 $1
({First logical try} 2. Kf6 $2 Nxd4 3. Nxd4 f2 4. Rxe2+ Kf1 5. Re5 g1=Q 6. Nf3
Kg2 7. Nxg1 f1=Q+ 8. Rf5 Qa6+ {(a1)}) ({Second logical try} 2. Kf7 $2 Nxd4 3.
Nxd4 f2 4. Rxe2+ Kf1 5. Re6 g1=Q 6. Nf3 Kg2 7. Nxg1 f1=Q+ 8. Rf6 Qc4+ $1 {win.}
) 2... Nxd4 (2... Nh4 3. Ng5 f2 4. Rxe2+ Kd1 5. Rxf2 g1=Q 6. Rd2+ {draw.}) 3.
Nxd4 f2 4. Rxe2+ Kf1 (4... Kd1 5. Rxf2 g1=Q 6. Rd2+ $1 Kc1 7. Ne2+) 5. Re7 g1=Q
6. Nf3 $1 {zz} Kg2 7. Nxg1 f1=Q+ 8. Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist, 2 prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1070 Oleg Pervakov (Russia)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/5b1p/1P1P2pK/p5P1/P7/1p5p/p4n1P/R3R3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

{308MB, Fritz9.ctg} 1. Re4 $1 ({Try} 1. Rg1 $2 b2 2. Rab1 $1 (2. d7 $2 bxa1=Q
3. d8=Q+ Bg8 4. Qf6+ Qxf6 5. gxf6 Ng4+ $1 6. Kg5 Nxh2 7. Kf4 g5+ 8. Kg3 Nf3 $1
{Black wins}) 2... axb1=Q 3. b7 Qa1 4. b8=Q+ Bg8 5. d7 b1=Q 6. Qxg8+ Kxg8 7.
d8=Q+ Kf7 8. Qd7+ Kf8 9. Rxb1 Qxb1 10. Qd8+ Kf7 11. Qf6+ Ke8 12. Qxf2 Qe4 $1
13. Kxh7 Qxa4 14. Qe3+ (14. Kxg6 Qe4+ 15. Kh6 Qe5 $1 $11) 14... Kf7 15. Qf3+ (
15. Qxh3 Qe4 16. Qd7+ Qe7 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. Kxg6 a4 $11) 15... Ke8 16. Qxh3
Qe4 17. Qc8+ Kf7 18. Qg8+ (18. Qc7+ Ke8 19. Qxa5 Qe7+ $11) 18... Ke7 19. Qg7+
Kd6 20. Qxg6+ Qxg6+ 21. Kxg6 a4 $11 {EGTB}) 1... b2 2. Rb1 $3 (2. d7 $2 bxa1=Q
3. Re8+ Bg8 $11) 2... Nxe4 (2... axb1=Q 3. b7 Qa1 4. b8=Q+ Bg8 5. d7 Ng4+ (5...
b1=Q 6. Qxg8+ Kxg8 7. d8=Q+ Kf7 8. Re7#) 6. Rxg4 b1=Q 7. Qxg8+ Kxg8 8. d8=Q+
Kf7 9. Qd7+ Kf8 10. Rf4+ Qf5 11. Rxf5+ gxf5 12. Kxh7 {win.}) 3. b7 $1 ({
Logical try} 3. d7 $2 Nf6 $1 4. d8=Q+ Ng8+ 5. Qxg8+ Bxg8 6. b7 a1=B $1 7. b8=B
$5 Ba2 $1 8. Be5+ Kg8 9. Bxb2 Bxb1 $11) 3... Nf6 $1 4. b8=Q+ Ng8+ 5. Qxg8+ Bxg8
6. d7 a1=B $1 7. d8=N $1 (7. d8=B $2 Ba2 $1 8. Bf6+ Kg8 9. Bxb2 Bxb1 $11) (7.
d8=Q $2 {stalemate.}) 7... Bb3 $1 8. Re1 $1 (8. Rf1 $2 Kg8 9. Nc6 Bf7 $1 $11)
8... b1=Q (8... Kg8 9. Re8#) (8... Bxa4 9. Rf1 $1 Kg8 10. Ne6 Bb3 11. Rf8#) 9.
Re8+ (9. Rxb1 $4 Bg7# $1 {Mate by promoted bishop!}) 9... Bg8 10. Nf7# $1 {
Mate by promoted knight!} 1-0

[Event "The Problemist, 3 prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1069 Peter Krug (Austria)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7R/5p2/8/1P3nP1/8/8/1k3r2/1n5K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. b6 Nd6 2. Rh6 $1 Nb7 (2... Rd2 3. b7 Nxb7 4. Rb6+ Kc1 $1 5. Rxb7 Rf2 6. g6
fxg6 7. Rb6 g5 8. Rb5 g4 9. Rb4 g3 10. Rb3 $1 (10. Rg4 $2 Nd2 11. Rxg3 Nf3 12.
Rg2 Rf1+) 10... Nd2 11. Rc3+ $1 Kd1 12. Rd3 $1 Ke2 (12... Ke1 13. Re3+ Kd1 14.
Rd3 {positional draw.}) 13. Rxg3 Nf3 14. Rg2 $11 {pin.}) 3. Rh7 $1 Nc5 (3...
Rf1+ 4. Kh2 Rf2+ 5. Kh1 {positional draw.}) (3... Nc3 4. g6 fxg6 5. Rxb7 Rf6 6.
Rb8 Na4 7. b7 Nc5 8. Kg2 Rb6 9. Kg3 Nxb7 10. Kf4 Kc3 11. Kg5 {draw.}) 4. b7 $1
Nxb7 5. g6 Rf1+ $1 (5... fxg6 6. Rxb7+ Kc1 7. Rb6 $11) (5... Rf5 6. g7 $11) 6.
Kh2 $1 Rf5 7. Rxf7 (7. g7 $2 Rg5) 7... Rh5+ 8. Kg1 $1 (8. Kg3 $2 Nd6 9. Kg4 Rh1
{win.}) 8... Rg5+ 9. Kh1 $1 Nd6 10. Rf2+ Kc3 11. Rg2 Rh5+ 12. Rh2 $1 (12. Kg1
Rh8) 12... Rg5 13. Rg2 {positional draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist, 4 prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1060 Valery Vlasenko(Ukraine"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5K2/7B/8/4p3/5p2/Nk1P3p/4n3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Nc4 h2 (1... f3 2. Nd2+) (1... Ng1 $5 2. Nxe5 $1 (2. Be4 $2 f3 3. Nd2+ Kc2
4. Nf1 Kd1) (2. Nd2+ $2 Kc3 3. Nf1 Nf3 4. Be4 Nd2) 2... h2 (2... f3 3. Ng4 $11)
3. Be4 f3 4. Nxf3 $1 h1=Q 5. Nd2+) 2. Be4 Ng3 3. Bf3 $1 ({Logical try} 3. Bg2
$2 e4 4. Nd2+ (4. Ne5 e3) (4. Na5+ Kc3 5. dxe4 h1=Q 6. Bxh1 Nxh1 7. e5 f3) 4...
Kc3 5. Nxe4+ Nxe4 6. dxe4 Kd4 7. Kf7 (7. Bh1 Ke3 8. e5 f3 9. e6 f2 10. e7 f1=Q+
) 7... Ke3 8. e5 f3 9. e6 fxg2 10. e7 g1=Q 11. e8=Q+ Kf2 {win.}) 3... e4 4.
Nd2+ Kc3 5. Nxe4+ Nxe4 (5... Kxd3 6. Nf2+ Ke3 7. Ng4+ Kxf3 8. Nxh2+ {draw.}) 6.
dxe4 Kd4 7. Bg2 $1 {zz} Ke3 8. e5 f3 9. e6 fxg2 10. e7 g1=Q 11. e8=Q+ Kf2 12.
Qf7+ $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist, 5 prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1068 Peter Krug (Austria)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4p3/1P5P/7P/8/1N4k1/K7/1n1r4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. h7 $1 ({Logical try} 1. b7 $2 Nc3+ (1... Rd8 $2 2. Kxb1 Kg4 3. Na5) 2. Kb2
Na4+ 3. Ka3 Rd8 4. Kxa4 Kg4 5. Na5 Kxh5 6. Nc6 Rf8 7. h7 Kh6 8. Na7 Kxh7 9. Nc8
Rf1 10. Nb6 Rf8 $11 {positional draw.}) 1... Nc3+ $1 2. Kb2 Na4+ 3. Ka3 Rd8 4.
Kxa4 Kg4 5. Na5 $1 Kxh5 6. Nc6 Ra8+ (6... Rf8 7. Ne5 Kh6 8. h8=Q+ Rxh8 9. Nf7+)
7. Kb3 $1 (7. Kb5 $2 Kg6 $1 (7... Kh6 $2 8. b7 Rf8 (8... Re8 9. Na7) 9. Kb6 e5
10. Kc7 Rh8 11. Ne7 e4 12. Ng8+) 8. b7 Re8 $1 9. Na7 Rb8 $1 10. h8=Q Rxh8 11.
Nc8 Rh1 $11) 7... Kh6 8. b7 Rf8 9. Na7 (9. Nxe7 $2 Kxh7 10. Nc8 Rf3+ {draw.})
9... Kxh7 10. Nc8 Rf1 11. Kc2 Rf2+ 12. Kc3 Rf3+ 13. Kc4 Rf4+ 14. Kc5 Rf5+ 15.
Kc6 1-0

[Event "The Problemist, 6 prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1050 Richard Becker (USA)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5k2/5pR1/8/P1p2K2/8/8/7r w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rg3 $1 (1. Rg2 $2 Ra1 2. Re2 c3 3. Ke3 Rxa4 {-+}) (1. Rg4 $2 c3 (1... Ra1 $2
2. Kf5 {=}) 2. Ke3 c2 {-+}) 1... Rf1+ 2. Rf3 (2. Ke4 $2 Ra1 3. Kd4 Rxa4 4. Rg1
f5 5. Ke5 Ra5+ {-+}) 2... Ra1 3. Re3 {zz} Ra2 4. Re1 $1 {zz} ({Logical try} 4.
Re4 $2 Rxa4 5. Kg4 Kg6 {zz} 6. Kf4 (6. Rd4 f5+ 7. Kf4 Kf6 8. Rd6+ Ke7 9. Rc6
Kd7 10. Rc5 Kd6 11. Rxf5 Ra3 12. Ke4 Rd3 {-+}) 6... Kh5 7. Rd4 Kh4 8. Kf5+ (8.
Re4 Kh3 9. Kf5 (9. Kf3 Ra3+ 10. Ke2 c3 {-+}) 9... Ra5+ 10. Kxf6 Rc5 11. Ke6 c3
{-+}) 8... Kg3 9. Kxf6 Kf3 10. Ke5 Ke3 11. Kd5 Ra5+ 12. Kxc4 Ra4+ {-+}) 4...
Ra3 5. Re2 $1 {zz} Ra1 ({MAIN} 5... c3 6. Re4 c2 7. Rc4 Rxa4 8. Kf5 Rxc4 {
stalemate}) 6. Re3 Rxa4 7. Re4 {zz} Kg6 8. Rd4 {zz} Kf7 (8... Kh5 9. Rd5+ {
(Re4) =}) 9. Re4 Rb4 10. Kg4 {zz} Kg6 11. Kf4 {zz} Kh5 12. Rd4 (12. Kf5 $2 Rb5+
13. Kxf6 Rc5 14. Ke6 (14. Re2 c3 15. Rc2 Kg4 16. Ke6 Kf3 17. Kd6 Rc8 18. Kd5
Ke3 {-+}) 14... c3 15. Re1 c2 16. Rc1 Kg4 17. Kd6 Rc8 18. Kd5 Kf3 19. Kd4 Ke2 {
-+}) 12... Kh4 13. Kf5+ (13. Re4 $2 Kh3 14. Kf5 Rb5+ 15. Kxf6 Rc5 {etc.}) 13...
Kg3 14. Kxf6 Kf3 15. Ke5 {(Ke6)} Ke3 16. Kd5 {=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist, 7 prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1058 Jan Timman (Netherlands"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/7p/1p2q3/1Rp3QP/2p5/2r5/5bPK/2B5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Bf4 Bd4 (1... Re3 2. h6 $1 Qg6 3. Bxe3 Qxg5 4. Bxg5) 2. h6 Bf6 $1 (2... Qf6
3. Qg4) 3. Rxb6 $1 Qxb6 (3... Rh3+ 4. gxh3 Qxb6 5. Be5 {as in the main line.})
4. Be5 Rh3+ $1 (4... Qd6 5. Qxf6+ Qxf6 6. Bxf6+ Kg8 7. Bxc3) 5. gxh3 Qd6 $1 6.
Qg7+ $1 (6. Qxf6+ $2 Qxf6 7. Bxf6+ Kg8 $11) 6... Bxg7 7. hxg7+ Kg8 8. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "The Problemist, 8 prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1066 George Teodoru (Romania"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "K7/1p4n1/5p2/pr3p1p/5P1k/3p3p/5P1P/B7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. f3 Ne8 (1... Re5 2. Bd4) 2. Bd4 Rb2 $1 3. Bxb2 d2 4. Bd4 d1=N $1 5. Ka7 $1 (
5. Bb6 $2 Nd6 6. Bxa5 Ne4 7. Be1+ Ndf2 8. Kxb7 Nc5+ $1 9. Kc6 Ncd3 {Black win.}
) (5. Kb8 $2 b5 $1 6. Bc5 b4) 5... a4 $1 (5... b5 6. Kb6 b4 7. Kc6 b3 8. Kd7 b2
9. Kxe8 b1=Q 10. Bxf6#) 6. Kb8 $1 (6. Kb6 $2 a3 7. Bc5 Nd6 $1 8. Bxd6 Ne3 9.
Bc5 Nd5+ $1 10. Kxb7 Nxf4 {Black win.}) 6... b6 $1 (6... a3 7. Bc5 a2 (7... Nd6
8. Bxd6) 8. Bb4 a1=Q (8... Nc3 9. Bxc3) 9. Be1+ Nf2 10. Bxf2#) 7. Ka7 $1 (7.
Kc8 $2 Nd6+ 8. Kd7 Ne4) 7... a3 8. Kxb6 a2 9. Kc6 a1=Q 10. Bxa1 Nf2 11. Kd7 (
11. Bd4 $2 Nd3) 11... Nd3 12. Kxe8 Nxf4 (12... Nb2 13. Kf7) 13. Bxf6# 1-0

[Event "The Problemist, 1 hm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1053 Daniel Keith (France)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2B1kb1K/7P/1N6/7P/4P3/4p3/bP6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. b3 $1 ({Logical try} 1. Nd5 $2 Bxd5 (1... e2 2. Kg8 Bxd5+ {transposes}) 2.
exd5 e2 3. Kg8 e1=Q 4. Bd7+ Kxd7 5. h8=Q Qe8 6. Qh7+ Be7+ 7. Kg7 Qf8+ 8. Kg6
Qf6#) (1. Bg4 $2 e2 2. Bxe2 Bh6) 1... Bxb3 (1... e2 2. Kg8 $1 $11 {transposes ;
}) (1... Kf7 2. Be6+ Kxe6 3. Kg8 $11) 2. Nd5 Bxd5 3. exd5 e2 4. Kg8 e1=Q 5.
Bd7+ $1 (5. h8=Q $2 Qg3+ 6. Kh7 Qd3+ 7. Kg8 Qxd5+ 8. Kh7 Qf7+) (5. Bf5 $2 Bg7
6. Kxg7 Qe5+) 5... Kxd7 6. h8=Q Qe8 $1 7. Qa1 $1 Bc5+ ({main line 2} 7... Bd6+
8. Kh7 Qe4+ 9. Kg8 Qxd5+ 10. Kh7 $11) 8. Kg7 $1 (8. Kh7 $2 Qe4+ 9. Kg8 Qxd5+
10. Kh7 Bd4 {win.}) 8... Qe4 9. Kf7 $1 Qxd5+ 10. Kg6 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist, 2 hm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1065 Ladislav Salai jr. (Slo"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/1p6/6K1/N1p5/1p6/2p5/P6P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Nb3 $1 (1. Kg7 c4) 1... c4 2. Nc1 $1 (2. Nd4 $2 Kf8 3. h4 (3. Kf5 Kg7 4. Ke4
Kg6 5. Kd5 b5 6. Kc5 b3 $11) (3. Ne2 Kg8 4. Nc1 Kh8 $1 5. Kf6 Kh7 $1 6. Ke5 Kg6
7. Kd4 b5 8. Kc5 b3 $11) 3... b3 4. axb3 c2 5. Nxc2 cxb3 6. Na3 b2 $11) 2...
Kf8 $1 (2... Ke7 3. Kg7 Ke6 4. h4 Kd5 5. h5 b3 (5... Ke4 6. h6 Ke3 7. h7 Kd2 8.
h8=Q Kxc1 9. Qc8) 6. axb3 cxb3 7. Nxb3 Kc4 8. Nc1 b5 9. h6 b4 10. h7 b3 11.
h8=Q) 3. Kf6 $3 b5 $1 (3... c2 4. Ke5 Kg7 5. Kd4 b5 6. Ke3 $1 Kg6 7. Kd2 Kg5 8.
Kxc2 Kg4 9. Kd2 Kh3 10. Ke3 Kxh2 11. Kd4 {win}) (3... Kg8 4. Ke5 Kg7 5. Kd4 b5
6. Kc5 b3 7. axb3 cxb3 8. Nxb3 Kg6 9. Nd4 Kg5 10. Kb4 Kg4 11. Kxc3 Kh3 12. Nf3
{win}) 4. h3 $1 ({First logical try} 4. h4 $2 Kg8 5. Kg6 Kh8 6. h5 Kg8 7. h6
Kh8 8. h7 c2 9. Kh6 b3 10. axb3 cxb3 11. Nxb3 b4 12. Kg6 c1=Q 13. Nxc1 b3 14.
Nd3 b2 15. Nxb2 {pat.} (15. Ne5 $3 b1=Q+)) ({Second logical try} 4. Kg6 $2 Ke7
$1 5. h3 (5. h4 Kf8 $1 $11) 5... Ke6 6. h4 Kd5 7. h5 b3 8. axb3 cxb3 9. Nxb3
Kc4 10. Nc1 b4 11. h6 b3 12. h7 b2 $11) 4... Kg8 5. Kg6 Kh8 6. h4 Kg8 7. h5 Kh8
8. h6 Kg8 9. h7+ Kh8 10. Kh6 c2 11. Kg6 b3 12. axb3 cxb3 (12... b4 13. Kh6 cxb3
14. Nxb3 {main line.}) 13. Nxb3 b4 14. Kh6 c1=Q+ 15. Nxc1 b3 16. Nd3 b2 17. Ne5
b1=Q {(without check)} 18. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "The Problemist, 3-4 hm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1031 Yochanan Afek (Israel)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7R/3P3P/8/k7/3r4/7K/4n3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

{Dedicated to Corus Tournament} 1. Ra7+ Kb5 2. h7 Nf3+ 3. Kg2 $1 (3. Kh1 $2 Nh4
$3 (3... Rd1+ $2 4. Kg2 Nh4+ 5. Kf2 Ng6 6. Rg7 {main line.}) 4. Rg7 $1 (4. h8=Q
Rh3+ 5. Kg1 Nf3+) 4... Ng6 $1 (4... Rh3+ $2 5. Kg1 Kc6 6. d7 Kc7 7. d8=Q+ Kxd8
8. h8=Q#) 5. d7 Nh8 6. Rg8 Rxd7 7. Rxh8 Rb7 {draw.}) 3... Nh4+ 4. Kf2 $1 ({
Logical try} 4. Kf1 $2 Ng6 5. Rg7 Kc6 $1 6. Rxg6 Rh3 7. d7+ Kxd7 8. Ra6 Rf3+ $1
9. Kg2 Rf8 $11) 4... Ng6 5. Rg7 Kc6 $1 (5... Nh8 6. Rg8 Nf7 7. Rf8 Rxd6 8. Rxf7
Rh6 9. Kg3 {win.}) (5... Rxd6 6. Rxg6) 6. Rxg6 (6. d7 $2 Nh8 $1 7. Rg8 Rxd7 8.
Rxh8 Rc7 {draw.}) 6... Rh3 7. d7+ $3 Kxd7 8. Ra6 $1 Ke7 9. Ra8 Rxh7 10. Ra7+
1-0

[Event "The Problemist, 3-4 hm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1072 Valery Vlasenko(Ukraine"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "K7/1P2p3/8/7r/8/8/4p2N/6kB w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Nf3+ (1. b8=Q $2 Ra5+ 2. Kb7 Rb5+ 3. Kc7 Rxb8 4. Nf3+ Kxh1) (1. Ka7 $2 Rxh2
2. b8=Q e1=Q) 1... Kf1 $1 (1... Kxh1 2. b8=Q Ra5+ 3. Qa7 Rxa7+ 4. Kxa7 Kg2 5.
Ne1+ Kf2 6. Nc2 e5 7. Kb6 e4 8. Kc5 $11) (1... Kf2 2. b8=Q Ra5+ 3. Qa7+ Rxa7+
4. Kxa7 e5 5. Nxe5 e1=Q 6. Nd3+ {fork.}) 2. b8=Q (2. Ka7 $2 Rh8 3. b8=Q Rxb8 4.
Kxb8 e5 {zz (see logical try)}) (2. Nh2+ $2 Kf2 $1 3. Ng4+ (3. Nf3 Rxh1) 3...
Kg1) (2. Nd2+ $2 Kf2 3. b8=Q Ra5+) 2... Ra5+ 3. Qa7 $1 ({Logical try} 3. Kb7 $2
Rb5+ 4. Ka7 Rxb8 5. Kxb8 e5 $1 {zz} 6. Ka7 e4 7. Nd2+ Kf2 8. Nxe4+ Ke3 9. Nf6
e1=Q 10. Bb7 Qa1+) 3... Rxa7+ 4. Kxa7 e5 5. Kb8 $1 {zz} e4 6. Nd2+ Kf2 7. Nxe4+
Ke3 8. Nf6 $1 e1=Q 9. Bb7 Kd4 10. Nd5 $1 Qe8+ 11. Ka7 Qa4+ 12. Kb8 {positional
draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist, 5 hm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1059 Siegfried Hornecker(Ger"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7r/8/6P1/3k2P1/3p3n/5RK1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. g6 Rh4 $1 (1... Rg7 2. Kxh3 Rxg6 3. Kh4 $11) 2. Rf8 $1 (2. g7 $2 Rxg4+ 3.
Kxh3 Rxg7 $19) (2. Rf7 $2 Ng5 {see Rf6?} ({or} 2... Rxg4+)) (2. Rf6 $2 Ng5 ({
not} 2... Ke5 $2 3. Rf5+ Ke4 4. Kg3 d2 5. Kxh4 $1 d1=Q 6. g7 Qd8+ 7. Kxh3 $11)
(2... d2 3. Rd6+ Ke3 4. Re6+ Kd3 5. Rd6+ Ke2 6. Re6+ Kd1 7. Rd6 Ng5 $1 8. Kg3
Rh8 {wins too}) 3. Rf4+ Ke3 4. g7 d2 5. Rf3+ (5. Rd4 Kxd4 ({also} 5... d1=Q) 6.
g8=Q Rxg4+ 7. Kh2 Ke3 {win}) 5... Nxf3 6. g8=Q d1=Q 7. Qe6+ Kd2 8. Qd5+ Ke1 9.
Qxd1+ Kxd1 10. Kxf3 Ke1 {win}) 2... Rxg4+ 3. Kf3 $1 Rf4+ (3... Rxg6 4. Rd8+ Kc3
5. Rxd3+ Kxd3 $11) ({main line 2} 3... Rg5 4. Rd8+ $1 (4. g7 $2 Ng1+) 4... Kc4
(4... Kc3 5. g7 $1 Rxg7 (5... d2 6. Rc8+ Kd3 7. Rd8+ Kc2 8. Rc8+ Kd1 9. g8=Q
$11) 6. Rxd3+ Kxd3 {stalemate.}) 5. g7 $1 Rxg7 6. Rd4+ $1 Kc3 (6... Kxd4) 7.
Rxd3+ Kxd3 {stalemate.}) 4. Rxf4+ Nxf4 5. g7 (5. Kxf4 $2 d2 6. g7 d1=Q 7. g8=Q
Qf1+ 8. Kg3 Qg1+) 5... d2 6. g8=Q d1=Q+ 7. Kg3 Qg1+ 8. Kh4 $1 Qh2+ (8... Qxg8 {
stalemate.}) 9. Kg5 (9. Kg4 Qh3+ 10. Kg5 Qg3+ {main line.}) 9... Qg3+ 10. Kh6
Qxg8 {stalemate.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist, 6 hm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1045 Richard Becker (USA)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/1rpR4/6P1/1P6/5npK/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. b6 $1 (1. Kxg4 $2 Nxg6 2. Kf5 Nf8 {-+}) (1. g7+ $2 Kg8 2. Kxg4 Ne6 3. Re7
Nc5 4. Kf3 (4. Kf5 {(Kf4)} Rxb5 {-+}) (4. Kg3 Na4 5. Kf3 Ra7 6. Kg4 Nc3 7. b6
Ra4+ {-+}) 4... Na4 5. Kg4 (5. Kf4 {(Ke3)} Nc3 {-+}) 5... Nb6 6. Kf5 Nd5 7. Rd7
Rxb5 8. Ke6 c6 {-+}) 1... Rxb6 (1... Nxg6+ 2. Kg3 Rxb6 3. Rxc7 Ne5 (3... Rb4 4.
Rc5 Re4 5. Rh5+ Kg7 6. Rg5 {=}) 4. Kf4 Rb5 (4... Re6 5. Ra7 Kg8 6. Rb7 Kf8 7.
Kf5 Re7 8. Rb2 Kg7 9. Rg2 Kh6 10. Rh2+ Kg7 11. Rg2 Kf7 12. Ra2 Ke8 13. Rd2 {=})
5. Ra7 Rc5 6. Rb7 Ra5 7. Rc7 Kg8 8. Rb7 Rc5 9. Ra7 Rb5 10. Rc7 {=}) 2. Rh7+ $1
(2. Rxc7 $2 Rxg6 3. Rc4 (3. Rb7 Rg8 {-+}) 3... Ng2+ 4. Kh5 Ne3 5. Re4 Kg7 6.
Rxe3 g3 7. Re1 g2 8. Rg1 Kf6 9. Kh4 Kf5 10. Kh3 Kf4 11. Rxg2 Rh6#) (2. g7+ $2
Kg8 3. Rxc7 Rg6 4. Rc4 Ng2+ 5. Kg3 Ne3 6. Re4 Kxg7 {etc.}) 2... Kg8 3. Rxc7
Rxg6 4. Rd7 $1 {zz} (4. Rb7 $2 Nd3 5. Kg3 Ne5 {-+}) 4... Ne6 ({main line 2} 
4... Kh8 5. Rd4 $1 g3 6. Rd8+ Kg7 7. Rg8+ Kxg8 {stalemate.}) (4... g3 5. Rg7+
Rxg7 {stalemate.}) (4... Kf8 5. Rd4 g3 6. Rxf4+ Kg7 7. Rf1 g2 8. Rg1 Kf6 9. Kh3
$11) (4... Ne2 {(Ng2+)} 5. Kh5 Nf4+ 6. Kh4 Ne6 7. Rd2 $1 Nf4 8. Rd7 $1 (8. Rd4
$2 g3 9. Rd8+ Kf7 10. Rd7+ Kf6 11. Rd6+ Ne6 {-+})) 5. Rd2 $1 g3 (5... Nc5 6.
Rg2 Ne4 7. Rxg4 $11) 6. Rg2 Nd4 7. Rxg3 Nf5+ 8. Kh5 Rxg3 {stalemate.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist, 7 hm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1033 Andrzej Lewandowski(Pol"]
[Black "Andrzej Jasik (Poland)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2B5/2bP2P1/3k4/1r4pr/5n2/p4RK1/P2pN1PN/3n4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. d8=Q+ $1 (1. g8=Q $2 Nxe2+ 2. Kg4 Rh4#) (1. Nd4 $2 Ne2+ 2. Nxe2 Ke7+) 1...
Bxd8 2. Nd4 Rh3+ $1 (2... Rh4 3. Nxb5+) 3. Bxh3 $1 (3. gxh3 $2 Nh5+ 4. Kg4 Nxg7
5. Nxb5+ Kc5 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. Rxc3+ Kd4 {win.}) 3... Nh5+ 4. Kg4 Nxg7 5. Nxb5+
Kc5 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. Rxc3+ Kd4 8. Rg3 $3 d1=Q+ 9. Nf3+ Kc3 {stalemate.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist, 8 hm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1039 Alexei Gasparyan (Arm)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b3N1/2B2kp1/2RP4/3P2Pp/7K/1n6/1p6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. g6+ $1 (1. d7 $2 Bxd7 2. g6+ Ke8 3. Nf6+ Ke7 $1 4. Bd6+ Kd8 5. Rc7 Nc5 6.
Nxd7 b1=Q 7. Nxc5 Qh1+ 8. Kg3 Qg1+ $1 {draw.}) 1... Ke8 2. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 3. g7
Kf7 4. d7 Bxd7 5. Rxf6+ Kxg7 (5... Kxf6 6. g8=Q b1=Q 7. Qf8+ Kg6 8. Qd6+ Kg7 9.
Qxd7+) 6. Be5 $1 (6. Rf1 $2 Nd2 7. Be5+ Kg8 8. Rg1+ Kf8 9. Bxb2 Nf3+ {draw.})
6... b1=Q 7. Rf1+ Kh7 $1 (7... Kg6 8. Rxb1 Nd2 9. Rb6+) (7... Kg8 8. Rxb1 Nd2
9. Rb8+) 8. Rxb1 Nd2 9. Rh1 $1 (9. Rb7 $2 Nf3+ 10. Kg3 Nxe5 11. Kf4 Ng6+ 12.
Kg5 Ne5 13. Kf6 Ng4+ 14. Kg5 Ne5 $11) 9... Nf3+ 10. Kg3 Nxe5 11. Rxh5+ Kg6 12.
Rxe5 1-0

[Event "The Problemist, 1 commendation"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1032 Andrzej Lewandowski(Pol"]
[Black "Andrzej Jasik (Poland)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/b1Kpp3/3P4/3k4/8/3r4/2R1p3/1B6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Ba2+ Kd4 2. Rc4+ Kd5 (2... Ke3 3. dxe7) 3. dxe7 Bb6+ $1 4. Kxb6 (4. Kb7 $2
Re3 5. Rc3+ Kd6 6. Rxe3 Bxe3 7. e8=Q e1=Q 8. Qb8+ Kc5 9. Qe5+ Kb4 {draw.}) 4...
e1=Q 5. Re4+ $1 (5. Rc1+ $2 Rb3+ $1 (5... Kd6 $2 6. Rxe1 Re3 7. Be6 $1) 6.
Bxb3+ Kd6 7. Rxe1 {stalemate.}) 5... Rb3+ $1 (5... Kxe4 6. e8=Q+) 6. Bxb3+ Kd6
7. e8=N# $1 1-0

[Event "The Problemist, 2 commendation"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1024 Mirko Markovic (Serbia)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1nP1ppRp/1Q1P1k2/2P5/7q/8/P3nP1P/7K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1... Qxf2 (1... Kxg7 2. Qxb7) (1... Qe4+ 2. Rg2 Nf4 3. f3 Qxf3 4. Qb2+ e5 5.
Qf2 Qd1+ 6. Qg1 {win.}) 2. dxe7+ (2. Qb2+ $2 e5) 2... Kxe7 (2... Kxg7 3. e8=N+
$1 Kg8 (3... Kf8 4. Qh6+ Ke7 5. Qf6+) 4. Nf6+ Kg7 5. Nh5+ {win.}) 3. c8=N+ $1
Kf8 4. Qh6 $1 Qf3+ 5. Rg2+ Ke8 6. Qe3+ $1 Qxe3 7. Rg8+ Kd7 8. Nb6+ Kc6 (8...
Ke7 9. Nd5+) (8... Ke6 9. Re8+) 9. Rc8+ Kb5 10. a4+ Ka6 (10... Kb4 11. Nd5+
Kxa4 12. Nxe3 {win.}) 11. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "The Problemist, 3 commendation"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1047 Darko Nesek (Croatia)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4R3/1P4p1/r7/r2p4/1p1B1P1k/p4K2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. b7 Rb4 $1 (1... a1=Q 2. b8=Q Ra2+ 3. Re2 $1 (3. Be2 $2 Rxe2+ $1 4. Rxe2 Rg5
5. Qc8+ Rf5 6. Qh8+ Rh5 7. Qb8 Rg5 8. Qc8+ Rf5 {positional draw} 9. Qc7 $2
Rxf3+) 3... Rxe2+ 4. Bxe2 Rg5 5. Bf1+ {win.}) 2. Bb5 $1 {Plachutta!} Rbxb5 (
2... Raxb5 3. b8=Q Rxb8 4. Rh7#) 3. Rh7+ Rh5 4. b8=Q $1 (4. Rxh5+ $2 gxh5 5.
b8=Q Rg5 $11) 4... Rag5 5. Qc8+ Kh2 6. Qc7+ Kh3 7. Qd7+ Kh2 8. Qd6+ Kh1 $1 9.
Qxg6 $1 Rxg6 10. Rxh5# 1-0

[Event "The Problemist, 4 commendation"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1029 Nikolay Rezvov (Ukraine"]
[Black "Sergei N.Tkachenko (Ukraine)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3B2k1/K5p1/4Pp1p/4PP2/1N5q/7p/2N1p2P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

{Dedicated to Boris Gelfand} 1. e7 Kf7 (1... Qh5 2. Nd5 Qe8 3. Nc7 Qa4+ 4. Kb8
Qb3+ 5. Kc8 Qxc2 6. e8=Q+ Kh7 7. Qg6+ Kh8 8. exf6 {win.}) 2. e6+ Ke8 3. Na6 $1
(3. Nd5 $2 Qa4+ 4. Kb8 Qxc2 {Black wins.}) 3... Qa4 4. Ne1 Qa2 $1 5. Kb7 $1 (5.
Nd3 $2 Qa4 $1 {zz} 6. Ndc5 Qc6 7. Nd3 Qa4 8. Ndc5 Qc6) 5... Qd5+ 6. Kb8 $1 Qb5+
7. Ka7 Qa4 8. Nd3 $1 {zz} h5 $1 9. Ne1 $1 (9. Ndb4 $2 e1=Q) (9. Kb6 $2 Qb3+)
9... Qa2 10. Kb7 $1 Qd5+ 11. Kb8 Qb5+ 12. Ka7 Qa4 13. Nd3 {zz} h4 (13... Qa3
14. Kb7 Qb3+ 15. Kc8) 14. Ne1 Qa2 15. Kb7 Qd5+ 16. Kb8 Qb5+ 17. Ka7 Qa4 18. Nd3
{zz} Qa2 (18... Qa1 19. Kb7 Qh1+ 20. Kb8 Qxh2+ 21. Nc7+ Qxc7+ 22. Bxc7) 19.
Ndb4 $1 Qc4 (19... e1=Q 20. Nxa2) 20. Nd5 $1 1-0

[Event "The Problemist, 5 commendation"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1052 Anatoly Skripnik (Rus)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1b6/8/8/1R6/2k4p/5pnP/1R1p3K/7Q b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1... Nf1+ 2. Kg1 Ba7+ 3. Rb6 d1=Q (3... Bxb6+ 4. Rxb6 d1=Q 5. Rc6+ $1 (5. Rb4+
$2 Kc5 6. Rb5+ (6. Rc4+ Kxc4 7. Qxf3 Ne3+ 8. Kf2 Qxf3+ 9. Kxf3 Kd3) 6... Kd6 7.
Rd5+ Qxd5 8. Qxf3 Nd2 9. Qf8+ Kd7 10. Qg7+ Kc6 11. Qg4) 5... Kd5 6. Rd6+ Kxd6
7. Qxf3 Ne3+ 8. Kf2 Qd2+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Nf5 11. Kf3 Ke5 12. Kg4 Kf6 (
12... Ke6 13. Kg5 Ke5 14. Kg4) 13. Kh5 $11 {zz}) 4. R2b4+ Kd5 5. Qxf3+ Qxf3 6.
R4b5+ Ke4 7. Rb4+ Kf5 8. R4b5+ Kf4 9. Rf5+ $1 Ke4 (9... Kxf5 {stalemate.}) 10.
Rxf3 Kxf3 11. Kh1 Ng3+ (11... Bxb6 {stalemate.}) 12. Kh2 Bxb6 {stalemate.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist, 6 commendation"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1054 Eligiusz Zimmer (Poland"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k2r/5ppp/8/p1KNpN2/2R5/8/8/b7 w k - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Nf6+ $1 (1. Kd6 $2 O-O $1 2. Nf6+ Kh8 $1 3. Ke7 Ra8 4. Nd6 Ra7+ 5. Kf8 Ra8+
{draw.}) 1... gxf6 (1... Kd8 2. Kd6 e4 3. Nd5 Re8 4. Nfe7) 2. Kd6 O-O (2... Kd8
3. Ne7 e4 4. Rc8#) 3. Rg4+ Kh8 4. Nh6 Bd4 (4... f5 5. Ke7 $1 (5. Rg2 $2 e4 6.
Ke7 Bg7 7. Nxf7+ Kg8 8. Nh6+ Kh8 $11) 5... fxg4 6. Kxf8 e4 7. Nxf7#) 5. Ke7
Bc5+ ({main line 2} 5... Be3 6. Kxf8 Bxh6+ 7. Kxf7 Bg5 8. Rc4 h5 9. Kg6 Kg8 10.
Rc8#) 6. Kxf6 e4 7. Rg8+ Rxg8 8. Nxf7# 1-0

[Event "The Problemist, 7 commendation"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1040 Anatoly Skripnik (Rus)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3n4/8/8/1p5k/1p6/5PR1/1n3K2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rh2+ $1 (1. f3 $2 Ne5 $1 (1... Nc3 $2 2. Rg4+ Kh3 3. Rxb4) 2. Rb2 Nc4 3.
Rxb1 Nd2+) 1... Kg4 2. f3+ Kg3 (2... Kxf3 3. Rh3+) 3. Rg2+ $1 ({Logical try} 3.
Rb2 $2 Nc5 4. Rxb1 Kxf3 {zz} 5. Ke1 Ke3 6. Kd1 Kd3 7. Kc1 Kc3 {zz} 8. Rb2 Nd3+)
3... Kxf3 4. Rb2 Nc5 5. Rxb1 {zz} Ke3 6. Ke1 Kd3 7. Kd1 Kc3 8. Rc1+ Kd4 (8...
Kd3 9. Rb1) 9. Rxc5 $1 b2 10. Kc2 {draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist, 8 commendation"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1056 Yochanan Afek (Israel)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k3K3/8/8/6R1/1P3p2/1P2p3/3b4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

{Dedicated to London Classics 2010} 1. Kd7 $1 (1. Kd8 $2 Kb7 $1 2. Kd7 e2 3.
Rb5+ Ka6 4. Kc6 Bxb4 5. Rxb4 e1=Q 6. Ra4+ Qa5 $19) 1... e2 (1... Kb7 $4 2. Rb5+
Ka6 3. Kc6 Ka7 4. Kc7 $18) 2. Kc7 Bxb4 3. Kb6 $1 Bd6 (3... Bc5+ 4. Rxc5 Kb8 5.
Re5 $18) 4. Rg8+ Bb8 5. Re8 f3 6. b4 $3 f2 7. Rxe2 Ba7+ (7... f1=Q 8. Ra2+ Ba7+
9. Rxa7+ Kb8 10. Rb7+ Kc8 11. Rc7+ Kd8 12. Rc5 $11) 8. Kc7 $1 Bb8+ (8... f1=Q
9. Re8+ Bb8+ 10. Rxb8+ Ka7 11. Rb7+ Ka6 12. Rb6+ $11) 9. Kb6 $1 {Positional w.
Black can choose between perpetual checking and being perpetually checked!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.09.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Other studies"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/8/8/8/8/8/8/4K3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

 *

[Event "The Problemist January"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1023 Gunter Amann (Austria)"]
[Black "Martin Minski (Germany)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5p2/4Pp1p/5pkN/1b2P3/6KP/5PP1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. e7 $1 (1. f4+ $2 Kxh5 2. e7 Bxe7 3. exf5 Bd6 4. h4 Bxf4+ 5. Kh3 Bg3 6. Kxg3
{stalemate.}) ({Logical try} 1. h4+ $2 Kxh5 2. exf5 (2. e7 f4+ $1) 2... fxe6 3.
Kh3 exf5 {Black wins.}) 1... Bxe7 2. h4+ $1 Kxh5 (2... Kg6 3. Nf4+ Kg7 4. exf5
Bd6 5. h5 Be5 6. Kf3 Bd4 7. Nd5 Be5 8. Ne3 Bc3 9. Ng4 Bb2 10. Ke4 Bc3 11. Kd5
Bb2 12. Kd6 Bc3 13. Ke7 Bd4 14. Ke8 Bc3 15. Ne3 Bd4 16. Nc4 Bxf2 17. Nd6 Bd4
18. Nxf7 {win.}) 3. exf5 Bd6+ 4. Kh3 $1 (4. f4 $2 Bxf4+ 5. Kh3 Bg3 6. Kxg3 {
stalemate.}) 4... Bg3 $1 5. f4 $1 (5. f3 $2 Bxh4 6. f4 Bg3 7. Kxg3 {stalemate.}
) 5... Bxf4 (5... Bxh4 6. g4#) 6. g4# 1-0

[Event "The Problemist January"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1025 Mirko Markovic (Serbia)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "q2nn3/2R5/1R6/4K3/1B1p1N2/2PN1b2/k1B5/r7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Bb3+ $1 Kxb3 (1... Kb1 2. Bd5 $1) 2. Bd6+ $1 ({Try} 2. Bc5+ $2 Kc2 3. Rb2+
Kd1 4. Nf2+ Ke1 5. N2d3+ Kf1 6. Rf2+ Kg1 7. Rxf3 (7. Nh3+ Kh1) 7... Qxf3 8.
Bxd4+ Kf1 {win.}) (2. Ba5+ $2 Ka3 $1) 2... Kc2 3. Rb2+ Kd1 4. Nf2+ Ke1 5. N2d3+
Kf1 6. Rf2+ Kg1 7. Rg7+ $1 (7. Rg2+ $2 Bxg2 8. Ne2+ Kh2 9. Kxd4+ (9. Rh7+ Bh3)
9... Nxd6) 7... Nxg7 8. Rg2+ $1 Bxg2 9. Ne2+ Kh2 (9... Kf1 10. Ng3+ Kg1 11.
Ne2+) 10. Kxd4+ Kh3 11. Nf2+ Kh4 12. Be7+ Kh5 13. Nf4+ Kh6 14. Ng4+ Kh7 15.
Nf6+ Kh6 16. Ng4+ {draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist January"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1026 Nikolay Rokirovkin (Ukr"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1n6/p2k3p/3p4/1p1Pp2p/1P2Pp1P/1Q3PpK/6P1/5q2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Qb1 $1 (1. Qd1 $2 Qc4 2. Qa1 Ke8 $1 3. Qa6 Qc1 {win.}) 1... Qc4 (1... Qxb1 {
stalemate.}) 2. Qa2 $1 Qc8 (2... Ke8 3. Qxc4 bxc4 4. b5 $11) 3. Qa6 $1 ({
Logical try} 3. Qc2 $2 Nc6 4. Qxc6+ Qxc6 5. dxc6+ Kc8 $1 {zz} 6. c7 d5 7. exd5
Kxc7 8. d6+ Kd8 $1 9. d7 e4 10. fxe4 Kxd7 11. e5 Ke7 $1 12. e6 f3 13. gxf3 Kxe6
14. Kxg3 Ke5 $1 {zz} (14... Kf5 $2 15. Kg2 $1 Ke5 16. Kg3 $1 $11 {zz}) (14...
Kd5 $2 15. Kf4 Kc4 16. Ke5 Kxb4 17. f4 Ka4 18. f5 b4 19. Kd4 b3 20. Kc3 Ka3 21.
f6 $11)) 3... Nc6 4. Qxc8+ $1 (4. Qb7+ Kd8+ 5. Qxc8+ {waste of time}) 4... Kxc8
5. dxc6 {zz} h6 6. c7 d5 7. exd5 Kxc7 8. d6+ Kd8 $1 9. d7 e4 10. fxe4 Kxd7 11.
e5 Ke7 $1 12. e6 f3 13. gxf3 Kxe6 14. Kxg3 Ke5 {Not zz because Black played h6.
} 15. Kf2 $1 Kd4 (15... Kf4 16. Kg2 Ke3 17. Kg3 Kd4 18. Kf4 Kc4 19. Ke5 $11)
16. f4 Ke4 17. Kg3 a6 18. f5 $1 Kxf5 19. Kf3 $1 {zz} 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist March"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1027 Eligiusz Zimmer (Poland"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b2B1rk1/5p1p/3N1K2/5N2/8/8/p7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Nh6+ (1. Ne7+ $2 Kh8 2. Nxf7+ Rxf7+ 3. Kxf7 a1=Q {win.}) 1... Kh8 2. Ndxf7+
$1 Rxf7+ 3. Kxf7 (3. Nxf7+ $2 Kg8 4. Nh6+ Kf8 5. Be7+ Ke8) 3... Bd5+ $1 (3...
a1=Q 4. Bf6+) 4. Kf8 a1=Q 5. Nf7+ $1 Bxf7 6. Bf6+ Qxf6 {stalemate.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist March"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1028 Noam Livnat (Israel)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/4Rp2/3q1b2/4p2K/6N1/R3P3/8/4B3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Bb4 $1 (1. Rb7 $2 Qe6 2. Rb8+ Kg7 3. Nxf6 Qxf6 $11) 1... Qxb4 2. Re8+ Kxe8 (
2... Kg7 3. Raa8 Qb6 4. Rh8 Be7 5. Rag8#) 3. Nxf6+ Kf8 ({main line 2} 3... Kd8
4. Ra8+ Kc7 5. Nd5+) 4. Ra8+ Kg7 5. Kg5 Qe7 6. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "The Problemist March"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1030 Emil Melnichenko (N.Zea"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b5/4p2p/7p/3pPPkP/B3P3/5P1K/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Kg3 $1 (1. exd5 $2 Kxf5 2. d6 exd6 3. exd6 Ke6 4. d7 Bxd7 5. Bxd7+ Kxd7 6.
Kg4 Ke6 $11) 1... dxe4 2. f6 (2. fxe4 $2 Bxf5) (2. f4+ $2 Kxf5 3. Bd1 e3 4.
Bg4+ Ke4 5. Bxc8 e2 6. Kf2 e6 $1 7. Bxe6 Kxf4 $11) 2... exf6 3. e6 $1 Bxe6 4.
f4+ Kf5 (4... Kxh5 5. Be8+) 5. Bd1 e3 (5... Bc4 6. Bg4#) 6. Bc2# 1-0

[Event "The Problemist May"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1034 Ilham Aliev(Azerbaidjan"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/3PN3/p4r2/2K2n2/k7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Nd2 $1 (1. Nc5 $2 a2) 1... Re3 (1... Rf8 2. Nb3+ Ka2 3. Nc1+ $11) 2. Nb3+
Ka2 3. Nc1+ Ka1 4. Nb3+ {perpetual chek, positional draw} Rxb3 5. Kxb3 a2 6.
Kc2 Nd3 7. d5 Nb4+ 8. Kc1 Nd3+ 9. Kc2 Ne1+ 10. Kc1 Nd3+ 11. Kc2 Nb4+ 12. Kc1
Nxd5 13. Kc2 {theoretical draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist July"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1035 Alain Pallier (France)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "B6k/8/8/8/8/P7/K7/N4r2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. a4 Rf8 $1 2. Bc6 $1 ({Logical try} 2. Bb7 $2 Rf7 $1 3. Bd5 Rd7 4. Bc6 Rc7 5.
Bb5 Kg7 6. Kb3 Kf6 7. Kb4 Ke5 8. Ka5 Kd6 9. Kb6 Rc8 10. Nb3 Rb8+ 11. Ka7 Rh8
12. Na5 Kc5 13. Nb7+ Kb4 14. Bc6 Rh6 $11) 2... Rc8 (2... Rf6 3. Bd7 Rf7 4. Bb5
Kg7 5. Kb3 {main line}) 3. Bg2 $1 (3. Bd5 Rd8) (3. Bh1 $2 Rc4 4. Kb3 Rc1 $11)
3... Rg8 4. Bh1 $1 Rg4 5. Bc6 $1 Rg6 (5... Kg7 6. Nb3 Kf6 7. a5 Rc4 8. Bb5 Rc2+
9. Ka3 Ke5 10. a6 Kd6 11. Bd3 $1) 6. Bd7 $1 ({Logical try} 6. Bb5 $2 Kg7 7. Kb3
Kf7 8. Kb4 Ke7 9. Kc5 Kd8 {draws.}) 6... Rg7 7. Bb5 $1 Kg8 8. Kb3 Kf7 9. Kb4 $1
(9. Kc4 $2 Rg5 $1 10. Nb3 Ke7 11. Nc5 Rg6 12. a5 Kd6 {(8) draws.}) 9... Ke7 (
9... Rg5 10. Ka5) 10. Kc5 Kd8 11. Kb6 Kc8 12. Nb3 $1 ({Logical try} 12. Nc2 $2
Rb7+ $1 13. Ka6 Kc7 14. Nb4 Rb6+ 15. Ka7 Rb7+ {positional draw.}) 12... Rb7+
13. Ka6 Kc7 14. Nc5 $1 Rb6+ 15. Ka7 {win because Black b7 is under control.}
Rb7+ 16. Nxb7 1-0

[Event "The Problemist July"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1036 Anatoly Skripnik (Rus)"]
[Black "Sergiy Didukh (Ukraine)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/3n3K/6PR/8/3b4/8/8/r7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. g7 Ra7 $1 2. Rd6 $1 (2. g8=Q+ $2 Nf8# $3) (2. Rc6 $2 Bxg7 $1 3. Kxg7 Ne5+) (
2. Rg6 $2 Nf6+ 3. Kh6 Be3+) (2. Rh4 $2 Nf8+ 3. Kg8 Bxg7 4. Rg4 Ne6 5. Rg6 Re7)
2... Nf8+ (2... Nf6+ 3. Kh8 Rd7 4. Rxd7 $11) 3. Kh8 $1 (3. Kg8 $2 Bxg7 {zz} 4.
Rc6 Nd7 $1 5. Kxg7 Ne5+) 3... Bxg7+ 4. Kg8 {zz} Kb8 5. Rb6+ $1 (5. Rd8+ $2 Kc7
6. Rc8+ Kd7 {win.}) 5... Kc7 6. Rc6+ Kd7 7. Rd6+ Ke7 (7... Ke8 8. Rc6 $1) 8.
Rf6 $1 Kd8 9. Rd6+ Ke8 10. Rc6 $1 Re7 11. Rc8+ Kd7 12. Rc7+ Kxc7 {stalemate.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist July"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1037 Bizyagin Buyannemekh(Mo"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k2r/R4p1P/8/3b4/7P/3K4/4P3/8 w k - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. e4 Bc6 2. e5 Rxh7 3. e6 $1 Be4+ $1 4. Kxe4 f5+ 5. Kxf5 Rxa7 6. h5 Ra5+ (6...
Kf8 7. h6 Re7 8. Kf6 $11) 7. Kg6 Re5 8. h6 Kf8 9. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist July"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1038 Alain Pallier (France)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3k4/5R2/1K6/1p6/1R6/q1p5/p1p1B3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rd4+ Ke8 2. Bh5 $1 (2. Rh7 $2 Qa8 $11) 2... Qa6+ 3. Kxa6 a1=Q+ 4. Kb6 $1 (4.
Kb7 $2 Qh1+ 5. Rf3+ Ke7 $1 (5... Qxh5 $2 6. Re4+ Kd7 7. Rd3+) 6. Re4+ Kd6 7.
Rd3+ Kc5 $11) (4. Kxb5 $2 Qh1 5. Rh7+ (5. Bg6 Qg2 (5... Qh6)) 5... Qxh5+ {
check!} 6. Rxh5 c1=Q $11) 4... Qh1 5. Rh7+ $1 (5. Rf5+ Ke7) 5... Qxh5 6. Re4+
$1 Kf8 7. Rf4+ $1 Kg8 ({main line 2} 7... Ke8 8. Rxh5 c1=Q 9. Re5+ Kd7 10. Rd4+
) 8. Rxh5 c1=Q 9. Rg5+ Kh7 10. Rh4# 1-0

[Event "The Problemist September"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1041 Michal Hlinka (Slovakia"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7q/8/1K1n4/3RN2N/6Pr/1b5p/1QP2k2/R6r b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1... Qb8+ $1 (1... Qd8+ 2. Kc6 $1 Bxd5+ 3. Kxd5 Nf7+ 4. Ke4 $1 Re1+ 5. Rxe1
Nxe5 6. Qxe5 Kxe1 7. Kf3+ $11) 2. Kc5 (2. Kc6 $2 Bxd5+ 3. Kxd5 Qxb2) 2... Ne4+
3. Kd4 Qb6+ 4. Rc5 $1 Qxc5+ 5. Kxe4 Bxc2+ (5... Bd5+ 6. Kf5) (5... Qxc2+ 6.
Nd3+ Kg2 7. Nhf4+ Kh2 8. Ra2 $11) 6. Nd3+ (6. Kf4 $4 Qe3#) 6... Kg2 7. Nhf4+ (
7. Rxh1 $2 Rxg4+ 8. Nhf4+ Kxh1) 7... Kh2 8. Rxh1+ Kxh1 9. Qc1+ Kh2 10. Qd2+ (
10. Qf1 $2 Bxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Qf2) 10... Kg3 11. Qe1+ Kxg4 12. Qg3+ $1 Kxg3 {
stalemate with pinned knights.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist September"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1042 Iuri Akobia (Georgia)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6kn/2K5/8/3P4/8/8/1P5r/2Qn3r w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. d6 $1 Nf7 2. d7 Nxb2 3. d8=Q+ $1 Nxd8 4. Qg5+ Kf8 (4... Kh7 5. Qf5+ $1 Kg7
6. Qg5+ Kf7 7. Qf4+ Ke6 8. Qe4+ {draw.}) 5. Qxd8+ $1 (5. Qc5+ $2 Kf7 $1 6. Qf5+
Ke7 7. Qd7+ Kf6 8. Qd4+ Kf5 9. Qd5+ Kf4 10. Qd4+ Kf3 11. Qc3+ Ke4) 5... Kf7 6.
Qd5+ Kf6 7. Kb8 $1 {zz} Rh8+ 8. Kb7 $1 ({Logical try} 8. Kc7 $2 R8h7+ $1 ({not
} 8... R1h7+ $2 9. Kc6 $1) 9. Kb8 R7h2 $3 {zz} 10. Qd6+ Kf5 $1 $19) 8... R8h7+
9. Ka8 $1 (9. Kc8 $2 R1h2 $1 10. Qd6+ Kf5 11. Qd5+ Kf4 12. Qd4+ Kf3 13. Qc3+
Ke4 $19) 9... Rh8+ 10. Kb7 $1 (10. Ka7 $2 R1h4 11. Qd6+ Kf5 $1 12. Qd5+ Kf4)
10... R1h7+ 11. Kc6 $1 Rc8+ 12. Kb5 $1 Nc4 13. Qf3+ $1 {draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist November"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1043 Siegfried Hornecker(Ger"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q4/1p2p3/1P2p3/Pp1kP3/1P1ppP2/Pp2P3/n7/RR2K3 w Q - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

{Dedicated to Dr. George Teodoru} 1. Rc1 Nc3 $1 (1... Nxc1 2. Rxc1 $18) 2. Rxc3
dxc3 3. O-O-O+ Kc6 4. Rxd8 b2+ 5. Kc2 b1=Q+ 6. Kxb1 c2+ 7. Ka2 $1 (7. Kxc2 $2 {
stalemate.}) 7... c1=Q 8. Rc8+ Kd5 9. Rc5+ $1 (9. Rxc1 $2 {Echo-stalemate.})
9... Qxc5 10. bxc5 {win.} 1-0

[Event "The Problemist November"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1044 Gerhard Josten (Germany"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p6/8/8/1K2P3/2PB1p1P/3k2n1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

{Dedicated to Dr. George Teodoru} 1. Bf1 Nf4 (1... Ke1 2. Bb5 Nf4 3. e5 f2 4.
Ka5 {see main line.}) (1... Ne3 2. Bb5 f2 3. h4 $11) 2. e5 f2 3. Ka5 b6+ (3...
Ke1 4. Bb5 b6+ 5. Ka6 Kd2 6. Bf1 b5 7. Ka5 {main line.}) 4. Ka6 $1 Ke1 (4...
Kxc3 5. Kxb6 $11) 5. Bb5 $1 Nd5 6. Bd3 Kd2 7. Bf1 b5 (7... Nf4 8. h4 Ke1 9. Bb5
Ne2 10. e6 f1=Q 11. e7 $11) 8. Ka5 $1 Nf4 9. h4 Ke1 10. Bxb5 Ne2 11. e6 f1=Q
12. e7 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist November"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1046 Oleg Pervakov (Russia)"]
[Black "twin A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/q7/2RR4/8/8/8/1K1p4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

{Dedicated to Alexei Sochnev} 1. Ra6 d1=N+ 2. Kb3 $1 ({Logical try} 2. Kc2 $2
Ne3+ 3. Kd3 Qxa6+ $1 4. Rxa6+ Kb7 5. Ra5 Ng4 $1 6. Rg5 Nf6 $1 $11) 2... Ne3 3.
Rxa7+ $1 Kxa7 4. Kb4 $1 Kb7 5. Kc5 Kc7 6. Rf6 $1 Kd7 7. Rf4 $1 (7. Kd4 $2 Nc2+
8. Kc3 Ne3 9. Kd4 Nc2+ {waste of time}) 7... Ke6 8. Re4+ 1-0

[Event "The Problemist November"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1046 Oleg Pervakov (Russia)"]
[Black "twin B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/1q6/3RR3/8/8/8/2K1p3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rb6 e1=N+ 2. Kd2 $1 ({Change of the try} 2. Kc3 $2 Nf3 $1 3. Rxb7+ Kxb7 4.
Kc4 Nd2+ $1 5. Kc3 Nf3 6. Kc4 Nd2+ 7. Kb4 (7. Kc5 Nb3+ $1 8. Kb4 Nd4) 7... Kc7
$1 8. Re3 Nf1 $1 9. Rf3 Nh2 $1 10. Rf4 Kd6 11. Kc4 Ke5 $11) 2... Nf3+ 3. Ke3
Qxb6+ 4. Rxb6+ Kc7 5. Rb5 $1 Nh4 6. Rg5 $1 (6. Rh5 $2 Ng6 $11) 1-0

[Event "The Problemist January"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1048 Iuri Akobia (Georgia)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5K2/5R2/1pb1Pn2/4k3/1p6/1P6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. e6 (1. Ke6 $2 Nd4+ 2. Kd7 Kxe5 $19) 1... Nd6+ 2. Kg6 $1 (2. Kg8 $2 Nc4) 2...
Bd4 (2... Nc4 3. Rf1 Nxb2 4. Rf5 $1 Be7 5. Rxb5) 3. Rf1 $1 ({try} 3. Rf8 $5
Bxb2 4. e7 Be5 $1 ({not} 4... Ba3 $2 5. Rd8 b2 6. Rxd6 b1=Q 7. Rd1 $1 (7. e8=Q+
$2 Kf4+) 7... Qxd1 8. e8=Q+ Kf4 9. Qxb5) ({not} 4... Bc3 $2 5. Rd8 b2 6. Rxd6
b1=Q 7. e8=Q+ $1 (7. Rd1 $2 Qxd1 8. e8=Q+ Be5 9. Qxb5 Qg4+ 10. Kf7 Qh5+) 7...
Kf4+ 8. Kh6 $1 $11) 5. Rd8 b2 $19) 3... Bxb2 4. Rb1 Bc3 $1 (4... Bd4 5. Rxb3
Kd5 6. e7 $11) 5. Rxb3 b4 6. e7 Kd5 $1 {(Reti's manoeure)} 7. Kg5 $1 {zz} Kc4
$1 (7... Ke6 8. Kf4 Kxe7 9. Ke3 Nb5 10. Kd3 $11) (7... Ke5 $5 8. Kg4 $1 Ke4 9.
Rb1 $1 (9. Kg5 $2 Kd5 {zz} 10. Kf4 (10. Rb1 Ke6) (10. Kg4 Kc4 11. Rb1 b3 12.
Rd1 Bd4 13. Rc1+ Kb5 $1 14. Rd1 b2 15. Rxd4 b1=Q) 10... Kc4 11. Rb1 b3 12. Rd1
Bd4 13. Rc1+ Kd3 $1 14. Rd1+ Kc3 15. Rc1+ Kd2 16. Rc6 Ne8 17. Rc8 b2 18. Rxe8
b1=Q 19. Rd8 Qf1+ 20. Ke4 Qe2+ 21. Kxd4 Qxe7)) 8. Rb1 b3 9. Rd1 Bd4 $1 (9... b2
10. Rxd6 $11) 10. Rc1+ Kd3 $1 (10... Kd5 11. Rc8 b2 12. Rd8 Ke6 13. e8=Q+) (
10... Kb5 11. Rd1 Kc5 12. Rc1+ Kb5 13. Rd1 {positional draw.}) 11. Rd1+ $1 ({
Logical try} 11. Rc6 $2 Ne8 12. Rc8 b2 13. Rxe8 b1=Q 14. Rd8 {(compare with
the move 16 in main line)} Qg1+ 15. Kf5 Qf2+ 16. Ke6 Qf6+ 17. Kd7 Qg7 18. Kd6
Qe5+ 19. Kd7 Qb5+ 20. Kd6 Be5+ $1 21. Ke6+ Ke4 22. e8=Q Qb6+ 23. Kf7 Qf6+)
11... Kc3 12. Rc1+ {(White force bK to block the square d2.} Kd2 13. Rc6 $1 (
13. Rc4 $2 Kd3 14. Rc6 Ne8 {leads back to the logical try}) 13... Ne8 14. Rc8
b2 15. Rxe8 $1 b1=Q 16. Rd8 {(compare with the move 14 of the logical try)}
Qg1+ (16... Qb5+ 17. Kh4 $1) 17. Kf5 $1 Qf2+ 18. Ke6 Qf6+ 19. Kd7 {draw.} Qf5+
20. Kd6 Qc5+ 21. Kd7 Qb5+ 22. Kd6 Be5+ 23. Ke6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist January"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1049 Alexei Gasparyan (Arm)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4P3/2N4p/2b2Kn1/8/2p2PPk/6n1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. e8=Q c2 2. Qh5+ Kxg3 3. Qxh6 Nh4+ $1 (3... Ne3+ 4. Kxg5 c1=Q 5. Qh4+ Kg2 6.
Qe4 $11) 4. Kxg5 Be3+ 5. f4 $1 Bxf4+ 6. Kh5 Bxh6 (6... c1=Q 7. Qg7+) 7. Nd4
c1=Q 8. Ne2+ Kh3 9. Nxc1 Bxc1 {model stalemate.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist March"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1051 Vitaly Kovalenko (Rus)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p2p2k/1P2p3/1p2p1p1/3pP1K1/3P4/3P2P1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Kf3 Kg6 2. g4 $1 Kf7 3. Ke2 Ke8 4. Kd1 Kd7 5. Kc2 Kc6 6. Kb3 Kc5 7. Ka3 Kxb6
8. Kb4 {zz} Kc6 ({main line 2} 8... Ka6 9. Kc5 $1 Ka5 {stalemate.}) 9. Ka5 $1
Kc5 {stalemate.} (9... b4 10. Kxb4 Kb6 11. Kc4 Ka5 12. Kb3 b5 13. Ka3 b4+ 14.
Kb3 Kb5 15. Kb2 Ka4 16. Ka2 b3+ 17. Kb2 Kb4 18. Kb1 Ka3 19. Ka1 b2+ 20. Kb1 Kb3
{stalemate.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist May"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1055 Edward Pallasz (Poland)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2p4p/8/3p4/1P1P4/4PK2/7k/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. b5 $1 h5 2. e4 $1 (2. Ke2 $2 h4 3. e4 h3 4. e5 Kg2 5. e6 h2 6. e7 h1=Q 7.
e8=Q Qf1+) 2... dxe4+ 3. Ke2 $1 h4 4. b6 $1 (4. d5 $2 h3 5. b6 Kg3 $1 6. bxc7
h2 7. c8=Q h1=Q $11) 4... cxb6 5. d5 h3 6. d6 Kg1 (6... Kg3 7. d7 h2 8. d8=Q
h1=Q 9. Qg5+ Kh3 10. Qh5+ Kg2 11. Qg4+ Kh2 12. Qh4+ Kg2 13. Qxe4+ Kh2 14. Qh4+
Kg2 15. Qg4+ Kh2 16. Kf2) 7. d7 h2 8. d8=Q h1=Q 9. Qxb6+ (9. Qg5+ $2 Qg2+) (9.
Qd4+ Kh2 10. Qd6+ Kg1 11. Qxb6+) 9... Kh2 10. Qh6+ Kg1 11. Qe3+ Kh2 12. Qf4+
Kh3 13. Qh6+ Kg2 14. Qg5+ Kh3 15. Qh5+ Kg2 16. Qg4+ Kh2 17. Qh4+ Kg2 18. Qxe4+
Kh2 19. Qh4+ Kg2 20. Qg4+ Kh2 21. Kf2 1-0

[Event "The Problemist May"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1057 Jan Timman (Netherlands"]
[Black "(after An.Kuznetsov)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6b1/6kp/3R2P1/8/p2K3P/p7/P7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. h5 $1 (1. gxh7 $2 Bxa2 2. Ra6 Bb3 3. Ra7+ Kh8 4. Kc3 a2 5. Kb2 Be6 6. Rxa4
Kxh7 $11) 1... Kh6 $1 (1... Kh8 2. Ke5) (1... Bxa2 2. Rd7+ Kg8 3. Ke5) 2. Rd8
$1 (2. g7+ $2 Kxg7 3. h6+ Kh8 $1 4. Ra6 Bxa2 5. Rxa4 Bg8 $11) 2... Bxa2 3. Rh8
$1 Bg8 $1 (3... Kxh5 4. g7) 4. Kc3 a2 5. Kb2 a3+ 6. Ka1 Kg7 7. h6+ Kxh8 8. g7#
1-0

[Event "The Problemist July"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1061 Hamlet Amiryan (Armenia"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2kP1r2/8/5p2/8/B7/4p3/1R2K3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rb7+ $1 Kd8 2. Bd6 $1 f4 3. Ra7 $1 (3. Kxe2 $2 Rf5 4. Kf3 Rd5 $11) 3... f3 (
3... Rf5 4. Bb4 Rd5 5. Ba5+) 4. Kf2 e1=Q+ 5. Kxe1 f2+ 6. Kf1 Rxd7 7. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "The Problemist July"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1062 Sergiy Didukh (Ukraine)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r4k/b3Pr2/3K1n2/8/8/1R6/1R6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rh3+ $1 ({Logical try} 1. Rh2+ $2 Kg8 2. Rg2+ Rg7 3. Rxg7+ Kxg7 4. e8=N+ $1
Nxe8+ 5. Kd7 Ra8 6. Ra3 Kf7 $1 {zz} 7. Ra1 (7. Ra2 Nc7 $1) (7. Ra4 Nd6 $1 8.
Rf4+ Kg6 9. Kxd6 Bb8+) (7. Ra6 Kf8 $1 8. Ra3 Nd6 $1 9. Rf3+ Nf7) 7... Nf6+ $1
8. Kc6 Rc8+ 9. Kb7 Bd4 10. Ra4 Rd8 {win}) (1. Rb7 $2 Ne8+ 2. Kd7 Ra8) (1. Ke6
$2 Rh7 2. Kxf6 Bd4+ 3. Ke6 Bxb2) 1... Kg8 (1... Rh7 2. Rxh7+ Kxh7 3. Ke6 $11)
2. Rg3+ Rg7 3. Rxg7+ Kxg7 4. e8=N+ $1 Nxe8+ (4... Rxe8 5. Rb7+) 5. Kd7 Ra8 6.
Ra2 Kf8 $5 7. Ra6 $1 {zz} Kf7 8. Ra3 $1 {zz} Nf6+ 9. Kc6 Rc8+ 10. Kb7 Bc5 11.
Rc3 Ne4 12. Rf3+ {draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Problemist July"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1063 Mario Guido Garcia (Arg"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4N3/8/8/p3k3/p3n3/K3n3/5N2/6B1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Nd3+ Kd4 2. Ne1 Kc3 (2... Nd2 3. Nc2+ Kd3 4. Nxe3 Nf3 5. Bf2 Ke2 6. Ng4 Nh2
7. Nxh2 Kxf2 8. Ng4+ $18 {(theme Troiski)}) 3. Bxe3 Nd6 $1 4. Bd4+ $1 (4. Nxd6
$2 {Stalemate}) 4... Kxd4 5. Nxd6 $18 {( "theme Troiski")} 1-0

[Event "The Problemist September"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1064 Sergiy Didukh (Ukraine)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/2p2p2/8/3PK3/8/1P6/3P4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. d6 $1 ({Logical try} 1. Kf6 $2 Ke8 2. d6 (2. b4 Kd7 3. Kxf7 Kd6 4. Ke8 Kxd5
5. Kd7 Kc4 6. Kxc7 Kxb4 7. d4 Kc4 $11) 2... c6 $1 {zz} 3. d3 Kd8 $1 4. Kxf7 Kd7
{zz} 5. Kf6 (5. Kf8 Ke6 $1 6. Ke8 Kxd6 7. b4 (7. Kd8 c5 8. Kc8 Kc6 $11) 7... c5
8. b5 Kc7 $11) 5... Kxd6 6. b4 Kc7 7. Ke6 Kb6 8. Kd6 Kb5 9. d4 Kb6 $1 $11 10.
Ke7 Ka7 11. Ke6 Ka6 12. Kd7 Kb7 13. Kd6 Kb6 $11) (1. d3 $2 Ke8 2. d6 c6 $1 3.
Kf6 {zz} Kd8 $1 4. Kxf7 Kd7 {zz}) 1... c6 $1 2. Kf5 $1 (2. d4 $2 Ke8 3. b4 (3.
d5 c5 $1) 3... Kd7 4. d5 f6+ $1 $11) (2. d7 $2 Ke7 3. d8=Q+ Kxd8 4. Kd6 f5 5.
Ke5 Kd7 $11) (2. Kd4 $2 Ke8 3. Kc5 Kd7 4. d4 f5 5. d5 cxd5 6. Kxd5 f4 $11) 2...
Ke8 3. Kf6 $1 {zz} Kd7 4. Kxf7 Kxd6 5. Ke8 $1 c5 6. Kd8 $1 (6. Kf7 $2 Kd5 7.
Ke7 c4 $1 8. b4 Kc6 $11) 6... Kc6 7. Ke7 $1 Kb5 8. d3 $1 (8. Kd6 $2 c4) 8...
Ka6 $5 9. Ke6 $1 {zz} Ka5 10. Kd7 (10. Kd6 $2 Kb6 $11) 10... Kb5 11. Kc7 $1 Ka5
12. Kc6 1-0

[Event "The Problemist September "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E1067 Iuri Akobia (Georgia)"]
[Black "Janos Mikitovics (Hungary)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rk4/P1p5/5P2/1P6/8/3K4/P3P3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. a4 $1 (1. f7 $2 Ke7 2. a4 Ra8 3. a5 Rxa7 4. a6 Kxf7 $19) 1... Ra8 2. a5 Rxa7
3. a6 c6 4. Kc4 cxb5+ (4... Kc7 5. Kc5 cxb5 6. Kxb5 Ra8 7. e4 $1 {zz main line}
) 5. Kxb5 Kc7 6. e3 $3 {zz} ({Logical try} 6. e4 $2 Ra8 $1 {zz} 7. e5 (7. f7
Rf8 8. a7 Kb7 9. Kc5 Rxf7 10. e5 Rf8 11. Kd6 Rd8+) 7... Re8 8. a7 Rxe5+ (8...
Kb7 $2 9. Kc5 {main line}) 9. Kc4 Kb7 10. f7 Rf5 $19) 6... Ra8 7. e4 {zz} Rf8 (
7... Re8 8. Kc5) 8. a7 Kb7 9. e5 Re8 10. Kc5 Rxe5+ 11. Kd6 $11 1/2-1/2

