[Event "Fritz MT100 1st Pr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bazlov=Y"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2r1p1r1/3NP3/6q1/3KRp1k/R2B4/2N5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. Re4 (1. Nc3 Qc4+ 2. Kc2 Kg2 3. Be1 f2 4. Re2 (4. Bxf2 {EV} Kxf2 5. Kd2) 4...
Qxe2+) 1... f2 (1... Qf5 {EV} 2. Nf4+ Kg4 (2... Kg3 3. Be1+) (2... Kh2 3. Nxg6
Qxg6 4. Be1+ Kh3 5. Nb3) 3. Nd5+ Kh5 4. Be3 f2 5. Rxf2 Qxf2 6. Bxf2) 2. Nf4+
Kh2 (2... Kh4 3. Nxg6+) (2... Kg3 3. Nce2+ Kh2 4. Ra1 Ra6 5. Rf1 (5. Rxa6 f1=Q)
5... Qf3+ 6. Re3 Ra3+ 7. Bc3 (7. Kd4 {Houdini}) 7... Rxc3+ 8. Nxc3 Qxf4 9.
Rxf2+ (9. Ne4 {Houdini} Rg2 10. Re2 Qf3+ 11. Kd2) 9... Qxf2 10. Re2 Rg3+ (10...
Qxe2+ 11. Nxe2 Rh6 12. Ke4 Kh3 13. Kf4 Kh4 14. Nd4 Kh5 15. Kg3 Kg5 16. Kf3 Rg6
17. Ke4) 11. Kd2 Qxe2+ 12. Nxe2 Rg5 13. Nd4) 3. Re2 Kg3 (3... Qf5+ 4. Kd4 Kg3
5. Rxf2 Kxf2 6. Be3+) 4. Rxf2 Kxf2 5. Be3+ Ke1 6. Nb3 (6. Nxg6 Qc4#) (6. Nce2
Qf5+ 7. Kd4 Rd6+ 8. exd6 e5+ 9. Kc3 (9. Kc4 exf4 10. Nxf4 Qe4+ 11. Kc3 Qxe3+
12. Nd3+) 9... Qc8+ 10. Kd3 (10. Kb4 exf4 11. Nxf4 (11. Bxf4 Rg2) 11... Rxd6
12. Ra1+ Rd1 13. Nd3+ Ke2 14. Rxd1 Kxd1) 10... Rxd6+ 11. Nd4 Qf5+ 12. Kc4 Qf7+
13. Nde6 exf4) 6... Qd1+ (6... Qf5+ 7. Kd4 Rd6+ 8. exd6 e5+ 9. Kc3 Qc8+ 10. Nc5
exf4 11. d7 Qh8+ 12. Bd4 Rg3+ 13. Kc4 Qg8+ 14. Kb4 Qb8+ (14... Qd5 15. Bf2+ Kf1
16. Bxg3 fxg3 17. Ra3 g2 18. Rd3) (14... Qf8 15. Bf2+ Kf1 (15... Kd1 16. Bxg3
fxg3 17. Rg2) 16. Rd2) (14... Qd8 15. Ra1+ Ke2 16. Ra2+ Kf1 17. Rf2+ Ke1 18.
Rxf4) (14... Rg4 15. Nd3+) (14... Rh3 15. Bf6) 15. Kc4) 7. Ke4 (7. Nd2 Rg3 8.
Kd4 Rg4 9. Kd3 Rc8) 7... Rc4+ 8. Nd4 Rg4 {it is not a helpmove becasue else
white would be even better} (8... Rxd4+ 9. Bxd4 Qg4 10. Be3 Qf5+ 11. Kd4 {
White is better here} Kd1 12. Rd2+ Ke1 13. Nd3+ Kf1 14. Rf2+ Qxf2 15. Bxf2) (
8... Rg3 {EV} 9. Re2+ Kf1 (9... Qxe2 10. Nfxe2) 10. Rf2+ Ke1 11. Re2+) 9. Re2+
Kf1 10. Rf2+ Ke1 11. Re2+ Qxe2 {Stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pat a Mat, Diagram 1329"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Richard Becker"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4Q3/5pp1/2P5/q4p2/1p6/k7/8/1KN2b2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. c7 (1. Qxf7 $2 Ka4 2. Qa2+ Kb5 3. Qd5+ Ka6 4. Qd7 Qb5 {=}) 1... Ba6 2. Qc6
$1 ({Thematic try} 2. c8=Q $2 Bxc8 3. Qxc8 Ka4 $1 4. Nb3 Qb5 5. Nc5+ Ka5 6.
Qd8+ Qb6 7. Nb3+ Ka6 8. Qa8+ Kb5 9. Qd5+ Ka6 10. Nc5+ Ka5 11. Nd7+ Qb5 12. Qa2+
Qa4 13. Qd5+ Qb5 14. Qa8+ Qa6 15. Qd8+ Kb5 {draw because 16.Qg5+ is blocked})
2... f4 (2... g6 {(Threat)} 3. c8=Q Bxc8 4. Nb3 $1 Qe5 (4... Qa6 5. Qc1+ {+-})
(4... Qa7 5. Qg2 $1 {+-}) 5. Qa8+ Ba6 6. Qxa6+ Kxb3 7. Qa2+ {+-}) (2... f6 3.
Qe6 $1 Ka4 4. Nb3 Qxc7 5. Qxa6+ Kxb3 6. Qa2+ Kc3 7. Qc2+ {+-}) (2... b3 3. c8=Q
Bxc8 4. Nd3 $1 b2 (4... Be6 5. Qd6+ Ka4 6. Qd4+ Kb5 7. Qc5+ Ka6 8. Nb4+ {+-})
5. Qc2 $1 Qb6 (5... Be6 6. Qxb2+ Ka4 7. Qd4+ Kb3 8. Nc5+ {+-}) 6. Qc3+ Ka4 7.
Nxb2+ Kb5 8. Qc4+ Ka5 9. Qa4#) 3. c8=Q (3. Qc2 $2 Qd5 {=}) 3... Bxc8 4. Qxc8
Ka4 (4... Qa4 5. Qc5 {(Qd8)} Qa6 6. Qd4 Ka4 {(Qg6+)} 7. Nd3 {+-}) (4... f3 5.
Qc4 Ka4 6. Nd3 Qb6 7. Qd5 $1 Qg1+ 8. Ka2 b3+ 9. Qxb3+ Ka5 10. Qb4+ Ka6 11. Nc5+
{+-}) 5. Nb3 $1 Qb5 (5... Qb6 6. Qa8+ Kb5 (6... Kxb3 7. Qa2+ Kc3 8. Qc2+ Kd4 9.
Qf2+ {+-}) 7. Qd5+ {transposes}) 6. Nc5+ Ka5 7. Qd8+ Qb6 8. Nb3+ Ka6 9. Qa8+
Kb5 (9... Qa7 10. Qc6+ Qb6 11. Nc5+ Ka7 12. Qa4+ Kb8 13. Nd7+ {+-}) 10. Qd5+
Ka6 11. Nc5+ Ka5 12. Nd7+ Qb5 13. Qa8+ Qa6 14. Qd8+ Kb5 15. Qg5+ $1 Kc4 16.
Qxf4+ Kc3 17. Qc1+ Kd4 18. Qg1+ Kd5 (18... Kc3 19. Qe1+ {+-}) 19. Qd1+ {wins} (
19. Qg5+ $2 Kd6 $1 {=}) 1-0

[Event "4.p Fritz MT100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keith=D Minski=M"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5B2/8/7P/8/4kr2/6p1/2N1B3/6bK w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. Bd6 (1. Be7 $2 Rf2 2. Ba6 Rf7 3. Bd6 Ba7 4. Bxg3 Rh7 5. Kg2 Rxh6 $11) 1...
Rf6 (1... Rh4+ 2. Kxg1 Rxh6 3. Bxg3 $18) 2. h7 (2. Kxg1 $2 Rxd6 $11) 2... Bd4
$1 (2... Rh6+ 3. Kxg1 $18) 3. Bf3+ $1 (3. h8=Q $2 g2+ $1 4. Kxg2 Rg6+ 5. Kh3
Bxh8 $11) 3... Kxf3 (3... Rxf3 4. Nxd4 $18) 4. Nxd4+ {main A} Kf2 {main B} (
4... Kg4 5. Bf4 $1 {thematic try} (5. h8=Q $2 Rh6+ $1 6. Qxh6 g2+ 7. Kh2 g1=Q+
8. Kxg1 {stalemate}) 5... Rf8 (5... Rxf4 6. h8=Q $18) 6. Be5 $1 Rf1+ 7. Kg2
Rf2+ 8. Kg1 $18) 5. Bxg3+ $1 Kf1 $1 (5... Kxg3 6. Ne2+ $1 (6. Kg1 $2 Rf8 $11)
6... Kf2 7. h8=Q $18) 6. Bf4 $3 {thematic try} (6. Nf5 $2 Rxf5 7. h8=Q Rh5+ $1
8. Qxh5 {position X with wBg3 - model stalemate} (8. Bh2 Rxh8 {stalemate}))
6... Rxf4 7. Nf5 $1 (7. h8=Q $2 Rh4+ $1 8. Qxh4 {model stalemate}) 7... Rxf5 8.
h8=Q Rh5+ 9. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "1.p Kozlowski 100 MT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman=J"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r6/2b5/Kp6/3P4/1P1R4/8/5k2/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. d6 Bd8 2. Ka7 (2. d7 $2 Ke3 3. Rc4 Ra8+ 4. Kb7 Ra4 $11) 2... Rc8 3. Rf4+ Ke3
4. Rf8 b5 5. Kb7 Bc7 6. Rf3+ $1 Kxf3 7. dxc7 Rf8 8. c8=Q Rxc8 9. Kxc8 Ke4 10.
Kc7 {/b7} Kd5 11. Kb6 Kc4 12. Ka5 $18 1-0

[Event "3rd HM, chessstar.com"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vitalij Medincev, Anatolij Skripnik"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1n6/8/6rq/2p5/k1K1N3/N5B1/2P5/6R1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. Ra1 Qg7 2. Nb1+ Qxa1 3. Nxc5+ Ka5 4. Bc7+ Rb6 5. Nd2 $3 Qa3 6. Ndb3+ Qxb3+
7. cxb3 Na6 8. Nb7# (8. Bd8 $2 Nc7 $1 9. Bxc7 {pat}) 1-0

[Event "Sp.p Loshinski & Umnov 100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Skripnik=A"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b2k4/8/2rP3P/8/8/8/8/4K2R w K - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. O-O $1 (1. Rh4 $2 Kd7 2. h7 Rc8 3. h8=Q Rxh8 4. Rxh8 Bd5 5. Rh6 Be6) 1...
Rxd6 2. Rf8+ Ke7 3. h7 Rg6+ 4. Kf2 Kxf8 5. h8=Q+ Rg8 6. Qf6+ Ke8 7. Ke3 Rf8 8.
Qe6+ Kd8 9. Kd4 Re8 10. Qd6+ Kc8 11. Kc5 Re1 (11... Rd8 12. Qe6+ Rd7 (12... Kc7
13. Qe7+ Rd7 14. Qe5+ Kc8 15. Kb6 Rb7+ 16. Ka6 Rb8 17. Ka7) 13. Kb6 $18) 12.
Qf8+ $18 1-0

[Event "1.pl Team Championship of Russia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pervakov=O"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/pN2pp2/r3r3/2R4B/Rp6/p7/7p/7K w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. Na5 $1 b3 (1... Rab6 2. Bg4 Re1+ 3. Kxh2 e6 4. Nc4 $18) 2. Rb4+ $1 Reb6 3.
Rbc4 Rxa5 4. Rc8+ Kb7 5. R8c7+ $1 Ka6 $1 6. Be2 a2 (6... b2 7. Rc3+ Rbb5 8.
R3c6#) (6... e6 7. Rd4+ Rbb5 8. Rd6#) 7. Bf1 $3 {zz} a1=Q ({Main} 7... b2 8.
Rc3+ Rab5 ({Main} 8... Rbb5 9. R3c6#) 9. Ra3#) ({Main} 7... e6 8. Rd4+ Rbb5 ({
Main} 8... Rab5 9. Ra4#) 9. Rd6#) ({Main} 7... f6 8. Re4+ Rbb5 ({Main} 8...
Rab5 9. Ra4#) 9. Re6#) 8. Rc1+ Rab5 ({Main} 8... Rbb5 9. R1c6#) 9. Rxa1# 1-0

[Event "The Problemist"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keith=D Ulrichsen=J"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r4k/8/1P6/3B4/P5b1/8/8/3N2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. Nc3 $1 (1. a5 $2 Be2 2. Ne3 (2. Nc3 Ba6 $1 $11) 2... Rc1+ $1 (2... Ba6 $2 3.
Bc4 $1 Bb7 4. a6 Bxa6 5. Bxa6 $18) 3. Kf2 Ba6 4. Bc4 (4. b7 Rb1 $1 $11) 4...
Bc8 $1 5. a6 Rxc4 6. a7 Ra4 7. Nc4 Bb7 $11) (1. Ne3 $2 {technical line} Rc1+ $1
({also draws} 1... Be2) 2. Kf2 Bc8 3. b7 Bxb7 4. Bxb7 Rc7 {(also Rc5; Rb1; Ra1;
Kg7; Kg8=)} 5. Bh1 Ra7 {(Also draws: Rc5; Rc3; Kg7 etc)} 6. Bc6 Kg7 7. Nc4 Kf7
{(also Rc7; Kf6; ) draws.}) 1... Rxc3 (1... Rb8 2. a5 $1 $18) 2. b7 Rc1+ 3. Kf2
Rb1 4. Bc6 $1 (4. Ke3 $2 {anticipating Rb3-f3+,} Bh3 $1 (4... Bd7 $2 5. a5 $18)
5. Bc6 (5. a5 Bf1 $11) 5... Rb6 $1 (5... Bd7 $2 6. Bb5 $18) 6. a5 (6. Kd4 Bd7
$1 7. a5 Bxc6 $11) 6... Rb3+ 7. Kd4 Bf1 $11) 4... Rb6 (4... Rb3 5. a5 Bd7 (5...
Rb2+ {transposes}) 6. Bh1 $1 Rxb7 7. Bxb7 Bb5 8. Ke3 Kg7 9. Kd4 $18) 5. a5 Rb2+
$1 6. Ke3 Be2 7. Bb5 $1 {Novotny!} Rxb5 8. a6 Kg7 9. Kxe2 1-0

[Event "1.p FIDE Olympic Ty 2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Didukh=S"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "K1k5/P7/1p6/2p5/1P6/8/1bP3P1/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. b5 $1 ({Thematic try} 1. c3 $2 cxb4 $1 (1... b5 $2 2. g4 Bc1 (2... Bxc3 3.
g5 cxb4 4. g6 Bd4 5. g7 $11) 3. g5 $1 Bxg5 4. c4 $3 cxb4 5. cxb5 Kc7 6. b6+
Kxb6 7. Kb8 Bf4+ 8. Ka8 Be3 9. Kb8 $11) 2. cxb4 b5 3. g4 Bg7 {(Kc7)} 4. g5 Kc7
{(Bg7)} 5. g6 Kb6 6. Kb8 Be5+ 7. Ka8 Ka6 {zz -+}) 1... Bc3 $1 2. g3 $3 ({
Thematic try} 2. g4 $2 c4 {(Kc7)} 3. g5 Kc7 4. g6 Kc8 5. g7 Bxg7 6. c3 Bd4 $1
7. cxd4 c3 8. d5 c2 9. d6 c1=Q $19) 2... Kc7 3. g4 Kc8 4. g5 Kc7 5. g6 c4 6. g7
Bxg7 7. c3 Bd4 8. cxd4 c3 9. d5 c2 10. d6+ {(check!)} Kxd6 (10... Kc8 11. d7+
Kxd7 12. Kb7 c1=Q 13. a8=Q Qh1+ 14. Ka7 $11) 11. Kb7 c1=Q 12. a8=Q Qh1+ 13.
Kxb6 Qxa8 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5.Hm CB 25 AT "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krug=P"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2bk1/r1R3p1/2n3K1/8/6BP/8/8/2R5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. Be6+ Kh8 2. Rc5 (2. Rxc8 Ne7+ 3. Kg5 Nxc8 4. Rxc8 Kh7 5. Rxf8 Ra5+) 2...
Ne7+ 3. Rxe7 Rxc5 4. Re8 Rf5 (4... Rg5+ 5. hxg5 Ra8 6. Bc8 Kg8 7. Rd8 Rb8 8.
Be6+) 5. Bxf5 (5. Kxf5 Kh7 6. Rxf8 Ra5+ 7. Kg4 Ra4+ 8. Kg3 Ra3+ 9. Kg2 Ra4 10.
Kg3 Ra3+ 11. Kg4 Ra4+ 12. Kg5 Ra5+ 13. Bf5+ g6 14. Rf7+ Kg8 15. Kxg6 Ra6+ 16.
Rf6 Rxf6+ 17. Kxf6 Kh8) 5... Ra6+ 6. Be6 Ra8 7. Bc8 Kg8 8. Rd8 (8. h5 Rb8 9. h6
Rxc8 10. h7+ Kh8 11. Rxc8) 8... Rb8 9. Be6+ Kh8 10. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Comm. Loshinski & Umnov MT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oganesyan=A"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4K2R/p3p2B/2p2Pp1/1pPk1p2/1P1b4/8/p7/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. Bg8+ e6 2. Bxe6+ $1 Kxe6 3. f7 $1 Bg7 (3... Bxh8 4. f8=Q a1=Q 5. Qd6#) 4.
Rh1 g5 $1 5. Ra1 $3 g4 (5... Bxa1 6. f8=Q) 6. Rxa2 g3 $1 7. Ra6 $3 (7. Ra1 $2
f4 $1 8. Rh1 g2 9. Rh6+ $4 Bxh6) 7... Kd5 8. Ra1 $1 Ke4 (8... f4 9. Rh1 g2 10.
Rh5+ $1 Ke4 11. Rg5 {etc}) 9. Re1+ $1 (9. Rg1 $2 f4 $1 10. Re1+ Kf5 $1) (9. Kd7
$2 f4 $1 10. Re1+ Kd4 {(d5)!}) 9... Kf3 10. Re6 $1 (10. Kd7 $2 g2 11. Kxc6 Kf2
12. Rb1 f4 $1 13. Kd5 f3 $1 14. c6 g1=Q 15. Rxg1 Kxg1 16. c7 f2 17. c8=Q f1=Q
18. Qg4+ Qg2+ 19. Qxg2+ Kxg2) ({The sacrifice} 10. Re5 $6 Bxe5 {leads to a
perpetual check only:} 11. f8=Q g2 12. Qxf5+ Bf4 13. Qh3+ Kf2 14. Qh4+ Kf3 {etc
}) 10... g2 11. Rg6 $18 1-0

[Event "2nd prize Timman-60 JT "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Afek=Y"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1kn2B2/2R1RP2/2P5/7r/8/1P1p2q1/K7/2N5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. Rb7+ (1. Rxc8+ $2 Kxc8 2. Re8+ Kc7 3. Bd6+ Qxd6 4. f8=Q Qxf8 (4... Rh2+ 5.
Kb1 Qxf8 6. Rxf8 d2 7. Rf1 dxc1=Q+ 8. Rxc1 Rh6 $11) 5. Rxf8 d2 6. Rf1 dxc1=Q 7.
Rxc1 Ra5+ $1 8. Kb2 Ra6 $11) 1... Ka8 2. Ra7+ $3 Nxa7 3. Re8+ Nc8 4. Rxc8+ Ka7
5. Bc5+ $1 Rxc5 6. Ra8+ $3 (6. f8=Q $2 Qg2+ 7. Ka3 Ra5+ 8. Kb4 Qd2+ 9. Kc4
Qxc1+ $11) 6... Kxa8 7. f8=Q+ Qb8 8. Qxc5 d2 9. c7 (9. Qa5+ $4 Qa7 $19) 9...
dxc1=N+ $1 10. Kb1 $1 (10. Qxc1 $2 Qxc7 $1 11. Qxc7 $11) 10... Qc8 $1 (10...
Qxb3+ 11. Kxc1 $18) 11. Qc6+ Ka7 12. Kxc1 Qh3 $1 13. c8=N+ $1 (13. c8=Q $2 Qf1+
$11) (13. c8=B $19 Qxb3 14. Qc7+ Ka8 $11) 13... Kb8 14. Nb6 $1 Qxb3 15. Qc8+
Ka7 16. Qa8+ Kxb6 17. Qb8+ {Mutual phoenix theme and mutual knight
underpromotions following highly sacrificial introductory play} 1-0

[Event "2nd prize Urals's Problemist"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arestov=P"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/R7/8/3rn3/BP2p3/6RK/4p3/5k2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. Bb5 $1 Rxb5 2. Ra1+ e1=Q 3. Rg1+ $3 ({Thematic try:} 3. Rxe1+ $2 Kxe1 4.
Re3+ Kf1 $3 5. Rxe4 Kf2 $1 {zz, wtm} 6. Rd4 Nf3 $1 7. Rc4 Rh5+ 8. Kg4 Rh4+ 9.
Kf5 Rxc4 $19) 3... Kxg1 4. Rxe1+ Kf2 5. Rxe4 {zz, btm} Rd5 6. b5 $1 (6. Rf4+ $2
Nf3 7. Kg4 Rg5+ 8. Kh3 Rg3#) (6. Kh4 $2 Kf3 7. Re1 Ng6+ 8. Kh3 Rh5#) 6... Nf3 (
6... Rxb5 7. Ra4 $1 $11) 7. Kg4 Rg5+ 8. Kf4 {, draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2hm  BCPS Ty"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krug=P"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "Q3b3/1p2q3/1p6/bp5P/1p6/1p6/1P1N1PPp/4NK1k w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. Qd8 $1 Qxd8 2. Ne4 Qh4 3. Ng3+ Qxg3 4. fxg3 Bxh5 5. Kf2 Bg4 6. Nd3 Be2 7.
Nf4 Bg4 8. Nd5 Bf3 9. Nc7 Bg4 10. Na8 Bf5 11. g4 $18 1-0

[Event "5th Prize Jan Timman 60-JT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jasik=A"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2p2R2/2P3NP/8/4npR1/1p4br/1P6/K4bk1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2012.09.11"]

1. h7 Rh1 (1... Rh5 2. Rd7 Bh3 3. Nxf4 Ra5+ 4. Kb1 Bxg4 5. h8=Q {e.g.} Bxf4 6.
Qd4+ (6. Rd1+ Bxd1 7. Qh1+ $11) 6... Kh2 7. Rh7+) 2. h8=Q (2. Rd7 $2 Be2 $19)
2... Bh3 3. Qxh3 Rxh3 4. Rfxf4 (4. Rd7 $2 Kf2 5. Rd1 Ke2 6. Nxf4+ Bxf4 7. Rgg1
Bd2 $19) 4... Rh1 5. Rh4 Bh2 (5... Bxh4 6. Rxh4 Rxh4 7. Nxh4 $11) 6. Rhg4+ Ng3
7. Nh4 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fritz MT100 2nd/3rd Pr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Avni=A& Afek=Y"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7p/6p1/b3rP1k/5K2/4N1R1/5n2/2B5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. Rg5+ (1. Kxe5 Bc7+ 2. Kd5 Bxg3 3. f6 Bh4 4. f7 Be7) (1. f6 Nd3+ 2. Kf3 Nxc1
3. Rh3+ Kg5 4. f7 Bb4) 1... Kh6 (1... Kh4 2. Ng2+ Kh3 3. Kxe5) 2. Ng4+ (2. Kxe5
Kxg5 3. Nd1+ Kh4 4. Nxf2 Bc7+ 5. Ke4 gxf5+) 2... Nxg4 3. Kxg4 {White threatens
mate in a move and black appears to be helpless, for instance 3...Re4+ 4.Kf3!
Rc4 5.Rxg6+ Kh5 6.Rh6#.} Kg7 (3... Re4+ 4. Kf3 Rc4 5. Rxg6+ Kh5 6. Rh6#) 4. Bb2
(4. f6+ Kxf6 5. Bb2 h5+ 6. Kh4 Be1+) 4... Bd8 $1 (4... h5+ 5. Kh4 Bd8 (5... Bc7
6. Bxe5+ (6. Rxg6+ Kf7 7. Bxe5 Bxe5 8. Kxh5) 6... Bxe5 7. Rxg6+ Kf7 8. Kxh5) (
5... Be1+ 6. Kh3 Kf6 7. Rg1) 6. Bxe5+ Kh6 7. f6) 5. f6+ $1 (5. Bxe5+ Kf7 6. f6
h6 7. Kf4 hxg5+ 8. Kxg5 Bxf6+) 5... Bxf6 6. Bxe5 Kh6 7. Bd6 $1 Bxg5 8. Bf8# 1-0

[Event "1.p Ural's Problemist"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarasiuk=V"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k4K1B/p6P/p1P5/2P5/8/bn6/B5pQ/2q5 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. Qb8+ $1 Kxb8 2. Be5+ Ka8 (2... Kc8 3. h8=Q Qxc5+ 4. Kf7+ Qf8+ 5. Qxf8+ Bxf8
6. Bxb3 g1=Q 7. Be6+ Kd8 8. c7#) 3. h8=Q Qh1 4. Bh2 Qxh2 $1 5. Qxh2 g1=Q $1 6.
Qxg1 Bxc5+ 7. Ke8 $3 Bxg1 8. c7 Kb7 9. Kd7 $1 Nc5+ 10. Kd8 Ne6+ $1 11. Bxe6 Bb6
12. Bd5# 1-0

[Event "Comm. Birnov MT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Samilo=V"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/2K5/7p/2P5/8/8/6P1/5n2 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. c6 $1 ({Thematic try} 1. Kd8 $2 Kb7 2. Kd7 Ne3 {(d2)} 3. c6+ Ka7 $1 4. c7
Nd5 {(c4)} 5. c8=Q Nb6+ 6. Kd8 Nxc8 7. Kxc8 {position of G.Adamson,} Kb6 {(a6)}
8. Kd7 Kc5 {(b5)} 9. Ke6 Kd4 {(c4)} 10. Kf5 Ke3 {(d3)=}) 1... Ne3 2. Kd8 Nd5 3.
c7 Nb6 4. c8=Q+ Nxc8 5. Kxc8 Ka7 6. Kc7 Ka6 7. Kc6 Ka5 8. Kc5 Ka4 9. Kc4 Ka3
10. Kc3 Ka2 11. Kc2 Ka3 12. g3 $1 Kb4 13. Kd3 Kc5 14. Ke4 Kd6 15. Kf5 Ke7 16.
Kg6 $1 $18 1-0

[Event "Comm. FIDE Olympic Ty  {m}"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Croitor=M"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/7K/3P4/8/7p/q7/8/4RB2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. d7 Qa8 (1... Qe7+ 2. Rxe7 Kxe7 3. Bh3 $18) 2. Bb5 (2. Bg2 Qd8 3. Bc6 Qe7+ 4.
Rxe7 (4. Kh6 h3 $11) 4... Kxe7 $11) 2... Kf7 3. Re8 Qd5 4. Bc4 $1 (4. d8=N+ $2
Kf6 $11) 4... Qxc4 5. Rf8+ $1 Kxf8 6. d8=Q+ Kf7 7. Qg8+ $18 1-0

[Event "Special Prize, ChessBase-25, "]
[Site "Windows uE"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martin=LM"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/4r2p/2n4N/4pP2/8/8/8/R5K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. f6 Re8 (1... Ra7 2. Rc1) 2. Kh1 $3 ({Logical try} 2. Kh2 $2 Rf8 3. Rg1 Nd8 {
zz} 4. Kh3 e4 {zz} 5. Kh4 e3 {zz} 6. Kh5 e2 {zz} 7. Kh4 e1=Q+ 8. Rxe1 Rxf6 $11)
2... Rf8 (2... e4 3. Rg1 Ne5 4. f7 Nxf7 5. Nxf7#) 3. Rg1 Nd8 (3... e4 4. Rg8+
Rxg8 5. Nf7#) 4. Kh2 $1 {zz} e4 5. Kh3 {zz} e3 6. Kh4 {zz} e2 7. Kh5 {zz} e1=Q
8. Rxe1 Rxf6 9. Re8+ Kg7 10. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "1.p Zinchuk 75 MT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eilazyan=E"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1B6/K2k3p/3P4/8/3r2p1/6R1/p7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. Ra3 $1 Rd2 2. Kb6 $1 g3 3. Ra7+ Kc8 4. Bc7 g2 5. Kc6 $1 Rc2+ 6. Kd5 g1=Q 7.
d7+ $1 Kxd7 {Battery R-B was built, but the Rook is under attack of the Queen.
Therefore,} 8. Bb6+ $1 {The Bishop defended the Rook.} Rc7 $1 9. Rxc7+ Kd8 {
And now the bQ attacked the wB of  battery B-R (a similar situation).} 10. Rc5+
$1 {The Rook defended the Bishop. Situation is completely   repeated with
change of functions of the Rook and Bishop!} Ke8 11. Rc8+ Kf7 12. Rc7+ Kg6 13.
Rg7+ $1 Kxg7 14. Bxg1 {Begins the second phase of the struggle.} Kg6 $1 15. Bd4
Kf5 16. Bc3 $3 h5 17. Kd4 Kf4 18. Kd3 $1 Kf3 ({main} 18... h4 19. Ke2 $1 Kg3
20. Kf1 $11 {The h-pawn stopped the King and a-pawn - the Bishop.}) 19. Kc2 $1
h4 20. Kb2 h3 21. Be5 $11 {.  And here there was a similar situation, but with
the change of function   of the Bishop and the King.     In this study the
theme Change of functions of pieces carried out twice: in the first phase in
sequential form (Rook - Bishop), in the second - in parallel form (Bishop -
King).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3-4th place, Moscow Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Osintsev=S"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/b2p4/7P/1N4QB/8/7q/K1p5/3n4 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. h7 (1. Qd5+ $2 Kb8 2. Qe5+ Kb7 3. Qc7+ Ka6 4. Be2 Qe6+ 5. Bc4 Qb6 6. Nd4+
Ka5 7. Qxb6+ Kxb6 8. Nxc2 Bb8 $11) (1. Qd8+ $2 Bb8 2. Qf6 Nc3+ 3. Nxc3 Qxh5 4.
Qa6+ Ba7 5. Kb2 Qd1 $11) 1... Qe6+ 2. Ka3 Qe7+ $1 (2... Qc6 3. h8=Q+ Kb7 4.
Qc8+ $1 Qxc8 5. Nd6+ $18) 3. Qxe7 c1=Q+ 4. Ka4 $1 ({Thematic try} 4. Kb3 $2
Qb1+ $1 5. Ka4 Nb2+ 6. Ka5 (6. Kb4 Nd3+ 7. Ka5 Qa2+ 8. Qa3 Qxa3+ 9. Nxa3 Bd4
$11) 6... Qa2+ 7. Qa3 Qxa3+ 8. Nxa3 Bd4 $13) (4. Kb4 $2 Qd2+ $1 5. Ka4 Nb2+ $1
6. Kb3 Qd5+ $1 7. Kxb2 Qxb5+ 8. Kc3 Qc6+ 9. Kd3 Qd5+ $11) 4... Nb2+ 5. Ka5 (5.
Kb3 $2 Qc4+ 6. Kxb2 Qxb5+ $11) 5... Nc4+ (5... Qa1+ 6. Na3 $18) 6. Ka6 (6. Kb4
$2 Qb2+ 7. Kxc4 d5+ $1 8. Kxd5 Qxb5+ $11) 6... Qh6+ 7. Nd6 Nxd6 8. Qg5 $3 (8.
Bf3+ $2 Ne4+ 9. Ka5 Bb6+ $19) (8. Bg6 $2 Qxg6 9. h8=Q+ Nc8+ $11) 8... Qxg5 (
8... Qe6 9. Qg8+ $1 Nc8+ 10. Qxe6 $18) (8... Qxh7 9. Qd8+ Bb8 10. Bf3+ Ne4 11.
Qb6 $18) 9. h8=Q+ Bb8 10. Bf3+ Ne4 11. Bxe4+ d5 12. Qg7 $3 Qxg7 13. Bxd5+ Qb7+
14. Bxb7# 1-0

[Event "4th Hm Olympic Ty 2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akobia=I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "kq6/8/1RKP4/1P6/8/3p1N2/4p3/5r2 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1. Ra6+ (1. Rxb8+ $2 Kxb8 2. d7 Rc1+ 3. Kb6 {(Kd6)} Rc8 $19) 1... Qa7 2. d7
Rc1+ 3. Kd5 $3 {-logical chose!. Sense of this move will be clear at viewing
of the Logical try.} ({Logical try.} 3. Kd6 $2 Kb7 4. Rxa7+ Kxa7 5. d8=Q d2 6.
Qa5+ Kb7 $1 (6... Kb8 $2 7. Qxd2 Rd1 {pin} 8. Qd5 $1 $18 {selfpin with win}) 7.
Qxd2 Rd1 {pin} 8. Qd5+ {selfpin (Chameleon echo (see the main line 8.Qd4)} Kb6
$1 9. Nd4 e1=Q $1 {-Phoenex} 10. Qc6+ (10. Qc5+ Kb7 11. Qc7+ Ka8 12. Qc8+ Ka7
13. Qa6+ Kb8 14. Qb6+ Ka8 $11) 10... Ka7 $1 (10... Ka5 $2 11. Qc7+ Kb4 12. Qc5+
Ka4 13. Qc2+ Ka5 14. Qa2+ Kb4 15. Qb3+ Ka5 16. Qa3+ Kb6 17. Qa6#) 11. b6+ Ka6
12. b7+ Ka7 13. Qb6+ Kxb6 14. b8=Q+ {-Phoenex} Ka6 15. Qa8+ Kb6 16. Qb8+ Ka6 {
positional draw}) 3... Kb7 4. Rxa7+ Kxa7 5. d8=Q {-Phoenex} d2 6. Qa5+ (6. Nxd2
$2 e1=Q $11) 6... Kb7 {compare relevant positions (after 6...Kb7) with the
thematic try} 7. Qxd2 Rd1 {pin} 8. Qd4 $1 {swittchback with the -Phoenex,
chameleon echo (see the thematic line 8.Qd5)} Rxd4+ 9. Kxd4 Kb6 10. Kc4 {and
win.  This logical study is based on a choice of a "pin position" with Kd6, or
Kd5. In the thematic try, the black king can attack white pawn b5. In the main
variant there is no such possibility as b6 is protected by the queen. Thus, it
is necessary to pay attention that in both phases the queen must become about
the king (under its protection - 8.Qd5+ &  8.Qd4} 1-0

[Event "5.p FIDE Olympic Ty 2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rusz=A"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/N3k3/6Pq/2K5/1n2r3/Q7/6R1 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1. Nc5+ Nxc5 2. Kd4+ $1 (2. Kxc5+ $2 Ke7 3. Qa7+ Kf8 4. Rf1+ Kg8 5. Qa2+ Kg7 6.
Qb2+ Kg8 $11) 2... Rb3 (2... Ke7 3. Qa7+ Ke6 4. Qb6+ Kd7 5. Qb5+ Kd8 6. Qb8+
Kd7 7. Kxe3 $18) 3. Kxc5 Qf3 (3... Qh3 4. Qa6+ Ke7 5. Re1+ Re3 6. Qa3 $18) 4.
Qa6+ Kd7 5. Qd6+ Ke8 6. Re1+ Re3 7. Qd3 $3 Qf8+ 8. Kc6 Rxe1 9. Qd7# 1-0

