[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM PARADISE, 2019."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/4k3/8/8/4K3/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "SECTION STUDIES  WIN"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3k4/8/8/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

 1-0

[Event "Prize Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.10.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Peter S. Krug"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5R2/P6p/p3b1rN/P4p2/5p1P/7R/5k1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. Rc2 $1 (1. Rd2 $2 f2 2. Rxf4 Rg1+ 3. Kh2 Rg2+ 4. Kh1 Rg1+ $11) 1... Rg1+ ({
main} 1... Rxh5 2. a7 $1 (2. Rb7 $2 Rxh3+ 3. Rh2 Rxh2+ 4. Kxh2 Bd4 $11) 2...
Rxh3+ 3. Rh2 Rg3 4. Rh5 $1 Bd4 5. a8=Q Rg1+ 6. Kh2 Rg2+ 7. Kh3 Rg3+ 8. Kh4 Bf2
9. Qa6+ $1 (9. Qxf3 $2 Rxf3+ 10. Kg4 Ke2 11. Rxf4 Rg3+ 12. Kf5 Rg5+ 13. Rxg5
hxg5 $11) 9... Kg2 10. Rxh6 Rg6+ 11. Kh5 Rxa6 12. Rxa6 Bg3 13. Rg6 $1 f2 14.
Rxf4 $18) 2. Kh2 Rg2+ 3. Rxg2 fxg2 4. Ng3+ Kf2 5. Ne4+ Kf1 6. Nd2+ Kf2 7. Nf3
Kxf3 8. Rd7 Kf2 (8... Ke2 9. Kxg2 f3+ 10. Kh1 f2 11. Rf7 Bd4 12. Kg2 $18) 9.
Rd2+ Kf1 (9... Ke1 10. Kxg2 $1 Kxd2 11. a7 $1 $18) 10. Rxg2 f3+ 11. Rg3 f2 (
11... Bb8 12. a7 Bxa7 13. Rxf3+ $18) 12. a7 Bxg3+ 13. Kxg3 Kg1 (13... Ke2 14.
a8=Q f1=Q 15. Qa6+ $1 Ke1 16. Qxa5+ $1 $18) 14. a8=Q f1=Q 15. Qa7+ Kh1 16. Qb7+
Kg1 17. Qb6+ Kh1 18. Qc6+ (18. Qxa5 $2 Qd3+ $11) 18... Kg1 19. Qc5+ $1 (19. Qc2
$2 Qe1+ $1 $11) 19... Kh1 20. Qd5+ Kg1 21. Qd2 $1 $18 1-0

[Event "Sp.Prize Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7B/2b2p2/2p4P/p1P4K/4p1P1/8/rP6/2Nb2k1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. Bd4+ $1 (1. Nxa2 $2 Bc2 2. Bd4+ e3 $11) 1... e3 $1 (1... Kg2 2. h7 Bf4 3.
h8=Q Bxc1 4. Qe5 $1 Bf3 (4... f5 5. Kh4 $18) 5. Kh4 Kf1 6. Qh2 e3 7. Kg3 $18)
2. h7 $1 (2. Nxa2 $2 Bc2 3. Bxe3+ Kg2 $11) 2... Be5 $1 3. Bxe5 $1 (3. Bxe3+ $2
Kg2 $11) 3... Ra4 4. b4 $1 (4. h8=Q $2 Rxg4 5. Kh6 (5. Bg7 Rg2+ $11) 5... Rh4+
6. Kg5 Rxh8 7. Bxh8 Kf1 $11) 4... Rxb4 5. Bf4 $3 (5. Bd4 $2 Rb8 6. Bxe3+ Kg2 7.
Bd4 f5 $11) 5... e2 $1 {refutes the capture} ({MAIN :} 5... Rxf4 6. h8=Q Rxg4
7. Qa1 $1 Ra4+ (7... Kh2 8. Qe5+ Kg2 9. Kh6 Rh4+ 10. Kg7 $18) 8. Ne2+ Kf2 9.
Qxd1 $18) 6. Nxe2+ Bxe2 7. Be3+ $1 (7. h8=Q $2 Rxf4 8. Qe5 Rf2 $1 $11) (7. Kg5
$2 f6+ $1 8. Kxf6 Rxf4+ $11) 7... Kg2 8. h8=Q Rxg4 9. Qb2 $1 $18 1-0

[Event "1.hm. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jarl Henning Ulrichsen"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5N1b/5Pq1/5p1p/N2k1KP1/8/7B/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. Bg2+ $1 (1. Ne6 $4 Qxf7 $1 $19) 1... Kd6 (1... Kc5 {/d4} 2. Ne6+ $18 {fork})
2. Nb7+ (2. Nc4+ $4 Ke7 3. Ng6+ Kxf7 4. Nd6+ ({or} 4. Bd5+ Ke8 5. Nd6+ Kd7 $19)
4... Kg8 5. Bd5+ Kh7 $19) 2... Ke7 3. Ng6+ Kxf7 4. Bd5+ Ke8 5. Bc6+ (5. Nd6+ $4
$19 Kd7) 5... Kf7 (5... Qd7+ 6. Bxd7+ Kxd7 7. gxh6 $18) 6. Nd8+ (6. Nd6+ $2 Kg8
7. Bd5+ Kh7 $19) 6... Kg8 7. Bd5+ Kh7 8. Nf8+ $1 {switchback} Qxf8 9. g6+ Kg7
10. Ne6+ Kg8 11. Nf4+ Kg7 12. Nh5# {The white knight on a5 galopps over the
board and mates on the opposite side on h5.} 1-0

[Event "2.hm. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.06.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David Blundell"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1B5K/8/6P1/8/pR6/3P4/8/3brk2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. g7 $1 (1. Re4 $2 a3 2. Be5 Bb3 3. g7 a2 4. g8=Q Bxg8 5. Kxg8 Rd1 $11) (1.
Rf4+ $2 Kg2 2. g7 Bb3 (2... Rh1+ 3. Kg8 Bb3+ 4. Rc4 Kf3 5. Kf8 Rg1 6. Rc3 Rg6)
3. g8=Q+ Bxg8 4. Kxg8 Re8+ 5. Rf8 Rxf8+ 6. Kxf8 Kf3 7. Be5 Ke3 8. d4 Ke4 9. Kf7
Kd5 $11) 1... Bb3 2. Rc4 $1 (2. Rxb3 $2 Re8+ 3. g8=Q Rxg8+ 4. Kxg8 axb3 5. Be5
Ke2 $11) (2. g8=Q $2 Bxg8 3. Kxg8 a3 $11) 2... Re8+ (2... Ke2 {Editor} 3. g8=Q
Rh1+ 4. Qh7 Rxh7+ 5. Kxh7 Kxd3 6. Rb4 $18) 3. g8=Q Rxg8+ 4. Kxg8 Ke2 (4... a3
5. Kh7 (5. Be5)) 5. Kh7 Bxc4 6. dxc4 Kd3 7. c5 Ke4 8. c6 a3 9. Be5 Kxe5 10. c7
a2 11. c8=Q a1=Q 12. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "3.hm. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.02.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andrzej Jasik"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2p2rnr/2P3P1/pp1P2P1/3k2NP/6KB/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2019.02.04"]

1. Nf6 $1 ({Thematic try:} 1. Nh6 $2 Rxh6 $1 (1... Nh5+ 2. Kg4 Nf6+ 3. gxf6
Rxh6 4. Kg5 Rxf6 5. Kxf6 Kxd5) 2. gxf7 Rh8 3. d6 Ke5 $1 4. dxc7 Nf5+ $1 5. Kh2
Nd6 6. h5 b4 7. h6 Nxf7 8. c8=Q Rxc8 9. Bxc8 Nxg5 10. Kg3 Kd6 11. Kf4 Nf7 {draw
}) 1... Rxf6 $1 2. gxh7 (2. gxf6 $2 Rh6 $1 $11) 2... Rf8 3. d6 $1 Ke5 4. dxc7
Nf5+ 5. Kg4 $1 a4 (5... b4 6. Kh5 $18) 6. Kh5 $1 (6. g6 $2 Kf6 $1 $19) 6... a3
7. Bxf5 Kxf5 (7... a2 8. c8=Q Rxc8 9. Bxc8 a1=Q 10. h8=Q+ $16) 8. g6 Kf6 9. Kh6
a2 10. g7 $18 {win} 1-0

[Event "4.hm Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Valery Kalashnikov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/K2k4/NP6/8/5qPB/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. b7 $1 (1. Nc5+ $2 Kc6 $1 $11) 1... Qd4+ (1... Qe3+ 2. Ka8 Qf3 3. Bf2 {/e1+-}
) 2. Ka8 Qxg4 3. Bf2 Qc4 (3... Qf3 4. Bb6 $1 $18 (4. Bc5 $2 Ke8 5. Nc7+ Kd7 6.
Ka7 Kc6 $11)) (3... Qa4 4. Ka7 $1 $18) 4. Ba7 $1 (4. Nc5+ $2 Kc6 5. b8=Q Qa2+
6. Qa7 Qg8+ 7. Qb8 Qa2+ $11) 4... Ke7 (4... Qxa6 5. b8=N+ $1 $18 {fork}) (4...
Qc6 5. Nb8+ $18 {fork}) 5. Bc5+ Kf6 6. Ka7 Qf7 7. Bd6 Qd7 8. Nc5 Qxd6 9. Ne4+
$18 {fork} 1-0

[Event "Sp.hm. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.05.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Peter Krug"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3qk3/3Nbpp1/8/2N5/3p2Rp/1p1Q4/p7/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. Qa6 $1 (1. Nxb3 $2 Qxd7 2. Rxg7 Qd5 $11) 1... d3 (1... b2 2. Qxa2 d3 {e.g.}
3. Kf2 d2 4. Rf4 d1=Q (4... Qxd7 5. Qxf7+ Kd8 6. Qg8+ Kc7 7. Nxd7 d1=Q 8. Rc4+
$18) 5. Qxf7#) 2. Qa4 $1 (2. Nxb3 $2 Qxd7 3. Qa8+ Bd8 4. Rxh4 Kf8 5. Rh8+ Ke7
6. Qe4+ Kf6 7. Qh4+ g5 8. Rh6+ Kg7 9. Rh7+ Kf6 $11) 2... Bxc5+ 3. Nxc5+ Kf8 4.
Qa3 $1 (4. Nxb3 $2 d2 5. Nxd2 Qxd2 6. Qa3+ Kg8 7. Qa8+ Kh7 8. Rxh4+ Kg6 9. Qe4+
f5 $11) 4... d2 (4... Kg8 5. Qb2 g5 6. Nxb3 d2 7. Nxd2 a1=Q+ 8. Qxa1 Qxd2 9.
Re4 (9. Qd4 $2 Qxd4+ 10. Rxd4 Kg7 $11) 9... Kh7 10. Qf6 Qd1+ 11. Kf2 Qc2+ 12.
Re2 Qg6 13. Qf3 $18) (4... Qb6 5. Kh2 Qd6+ 6. Kh3 $18) 5. Nd7+ Kg8 (5... Ke8 6.
Re4+ {/Qf8+-}) 6. Qf8+ Qxf8 (6... Kh7 7. Qxg7#) 7. Nf6+ Kh8 8. Rxh4# 1-0

[Event "c. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Amatzia Anvi & Eli Amit"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1K6/7k/1Bp5/2pp4/R7/b2pR1P1/pp6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. Re6 c4 (1... Kg8) 2. Ra7+ Kg8 3. Re8+ (3. Bd4 $2 b1=Q+ 4. Kc8 Qb4 5. Re8+
Qf8 6. Rg7+ Kh8 7. Rf7+ Kg8 $11) 3... Bf8 4. Bd4 b1=Q+ 5. Kc8 Qb4 6. Rg7+ Kh8
7. Rb7+ Kg8 8. Rxb4 Kf7 (8... c5 9. Rb2 (9. Ra4) 9... cxd4 $18) 9. Rxf8+ Kxf8
10. Rb2 a1=Q 11. Rf2+ $18 1-0

[Event "Sp.c. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.11.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pavel Arestov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2P5/2qk4/1R6/1P6/1P6/K7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. Rb6 $1 (1. Rc5 $2 Qg2+ 2. Ka3 Qf1 $1 3. Rc6+ Kxc6 4. c8=Q+ Kb6 5. Qc5+ Kb7
$11 {Draw}) 1... Qxb6 (1... Kxc7 2. Rxc6+ Kxc6 3. Kb2 Kb6 4. Kc2 $18 {see
solution}) 2. c8=N+ $1 Kc7 3. Nxb6 Kxb6 4. Kb2 $1 (4. Ka3 $2 Kb5 $11) 4... Kc6
(4... Kb5 5. Kc3 $18) 5. Kc2 $1 Kb6 6. Kd3 $1 Kb5 7. Kc3 Kc6 8. Kc4 Kb6 9. b5
Ka5 10. b6 $1 Kxb6 11. Kb4 Kc6 12. Ka5 $18 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.02.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "SECTION STUDIES DRAW"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/6k1/8/8/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "1/2.Prize. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christopher  Yoo"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2P1P2P/2QP4/8/N2P4/7P/2P1nqP1/4k2K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. Qc3+ {White deflects the Black knight off of e2.} Nxc3 2. h8=Q $1 (2. e8=Q+
$2 Kf1 3. Qf7 Qxf7 4. c8=Q Qf2 5. Qc4+ Ne2 $19) 2... Qf1+ 3. Kh2 Qf4+ 4. Kh1
Ne2 5. Qh4+ $1 Qxh4 6. e8=Q (6. e8=R $11) 6... Qf4 7. Qxe2+ $1 Kxe2 8. Nc5 $1 (
8. c8=Q $2 Kf2 $1 $19 {White's pawns get in the way again.}) (8. Nb2 $2 Qf1+ 9.
Kh2 Qf8 $19) 8... Qf1+ ({B)} 8... Qf5 9. Kh2 $1 (9. Ne4 $2 Ke3 10. Nc5 Kf2 $19)
(9. d7 $2 Qf1+ 10. Kh2 Qf4+ 11. Kh1 Qxc7 $19) 9... Kf1 10. Kg3 $1 Qf2+ 11. Kg4
Qxd4+ 12. Kf5 Qxc5+ (12... Qd5+ 13. Kf6 Qxd6+ 14. Ne6 $11) 13. Ke6 Qc6 14. Ke7
$1 (14. c4 $2 Qe8+ $1 15. Kd5 Kxg2 16. h4 Kg3 17. h5 Kf4 18. h6 Kf5 19. h7 Qa8+
20. Kc5 Ke6 $19) 14... Ke2 15. c4 $1 Kd3 16. c5 Kd4 17. Kd8 $1 $11) 9. Kh2 Qf8
10. Ne4 $1 (10. Kh1 $2 Kf1 $1 $19) 10... Qf4+ 11. Kh1 (11. Kg1 $11) 11... Qc1+
12. Kh2 Qxc2 13. h4 $1 (13. Nc5 $2 Kf1 $19) 13... Ke3 14. Nf6 $1 (14. Ng5 $2
Qf5 15. h5 Qg4 16. g3 Kf2 17. Nh3+ Kf3 18. Ng1+ Ke3 19. h6 Qf5 $19) 14... Kxd4
(14... Qf5 15. Kg3 Qe6 16. d7 $11) 15. Ng8 $1 {This move threatens Ne7.} Qc5
16. Kh3 $1 (16. Kh1 $2 Ke3 17. Nf6 Qf5 18. d7 Kf2 19. d8=Q Qb1+ 20. Kh2 Qg1+
21. Kh3 Qxg2#) 16... Qf5+ 17. Kh2 $1 (17. g4 $2 Qf3+ 18. Kh2 Qc6 $19) 17... Qe6
18. Kg1 $1 (18. Ne7 $2 Qxd6+ $1 $19) 18... Qe1+ 19. Kh2 Qxh4+ 20. Kg1 Qe1+ 21.
Kh2 Qe6 22. Kg1 $1 Qe3+ 23. Kh2 $1 (23. Kh1 $2 Qc1+ 24. Kh2 Ke3 $19) 23... Qf4+
24. Kh3 Qf5+ 25. g4 Qh7+ (25... Qf3+ 26. Kh4 Qh1+ (26... Qf8 27. d7 Qf2+ 28.
Kg5 $11) 27. Kg3 Qc6 28. Kh4 Qc1 29. Kh5 Ke5 30. Ne7 $11) 26. Kg3 Qd7 27. Kh3
$1 (27. Kf2 $2 Qf7+ 28. Kg3 Qb3+ $19) 27... Qe6 28. Ne7 $1 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "1/2.Prize. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7r/2P3R1/6R1/6Bb/7P/p6P/r1k4K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. Ra5 Bd8 (1... Kb2+ 2. Kg2 Re1 3. Bd7 $1 Re2+ 4. Kf3 Rf2+ 5. Ke3 Re7+ 6. Re6
$11) 2. c7 $3 (2. Ra8 $2 Kb2+ 3. Kg2 Rc1 4. Rd6 Rc2+ 5. Kf3 Rf7+ 6. Ke4 Rf4+ 7.
Kxf4 Bc7 $19) (2. Ra6 $2 Kb2+ 3. Kg2 Rc1 4. Rd6 Rc2+ 5. Kf3 Rf7+ 6. Ke4 Bc7 $19
) 2... Bxc7 (2... Kb2+ 3. Kg2 Rxc7 4. Rb5+ Kc3 5. Ra6 $11) (2... Rxc7 3. Rd6
Kb2+ 4. Bd1 Rcc1 5. Rd2+ Kc3 6. Raxa2 $11) 3. Ra7 $1 (3. Rd5 $2 Kb2+ 4. Bd1 Rc1
5. Rg2+ Kb1 6. Rb5+ Ka1 7. Rd2 Rxh3 $19) 3... Kb2+ (3... Be5 4. Ra4 Rc7 5. Bf5
Kd2+ 6. Kg2 Rcc1 7. h4 $1 $11) 4. Kg2 Rg1+ (4... Rc1 5. Rb7+ $11) 5. Kxg1 Bxh2+
6. Kxh2 Rxa7 7. Bc8 $1 (7. Rb6+ $2 Ka3 8. Rb3+ Kxb3 9. Be6+ Kc3 10. Bxa2 Rxa2+
11. Kg3 Kd4 $19) 7... a1=Q 8. Rg1 Qa5 9. Rg2+ Kc3 10. Rg3+ Kd4 11. Rg4+ $11
1/2-1/2

[Event "3.Prize. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Amatzia Avni"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3k4/Pp2R3/4B3/8/P1KP4/pR1p1n2/5r2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. Rd6+ Ke7 2. Bf6+ $1 (2. a7 {?} a1=Q 3. a8=Q Qc1+ 4. Rc2 Qxc2+ 5. Kxc2 d1=Q+
6. Kc3 Qa1+ 7. Kb3 Rb1+ 8. Ka4 b5+ 9. Ka5 Qxa3+ $19) 2... Kxd6 (2... Kf7 3. a7
a1=Q 4. a8=Q Qc1+ 5. Rc2 Qxc2+ 6. Kxc2 d1=Q+ 7. Kc3 $11) 3. Kxd2 (3. Rxb6+ $2
Kc7 4. Kxd2 Kxb6 $19) 3... Ne4+ (3... a1=Q 4. Rxb6+ Kc5 5. Bxa1 Kxb6 6. Bd4+
Kxa6 7. Ke2 {=}) (3... Ng4 4. Bd4 Rf2+ 5. Bxf2 a1=Q 6. Rxb6+ Kc7 (6... Kd5 7.
Rb5+ Ke6 8. Rb6+ Kf5 9. Rb5+ Kf4 10. Bc5 Qa2+ 11. Kc3) 7. Rb7+ Kc8 8. Bb6 $11)
4. dxe4 Rxf6 (4... a1=Q 5. Rxb6+ Kc5 6. Bxa1 {=}) 5. e5+ $1 (5. Rxa2 $2 Rf2+ 6.
Kc3 Rxa2 {-+}) 5... Kd7 (5... Kxe5 6. Rxa2 {leads to the main line when the BK
is too far from white's a-pawn}) 6. e6+ $1 Kd6 (6... Kxe6 7. Rxa2 $11) 7. Rxa2
{now!} Rf2+ 8. Kc3 Rxa2 9. e7 $1 Kxe7 10. Kb4 Rb2+ (10... Rg2 11. Kb5 Kd7 12.
a7 Rg8 13. Kxb6 $11) 11. Ka4 b5+ 12. Ka5 Ra2 13. Kb4 Rb2+ 14. Ka5 Rb3 15. a4
Ra3 16. Kxb5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "4.Prize. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.10.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petr Kiryakov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4b3/8/8/5k2/3p1ppp/2N1P3/2K3R1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[TimeControl "600"]

1. Ne2 $1 d3+ (1... dxe3 2. Nd4+ Kg5 3. Ne6+ {=}) 2. Kxd3 Bb5+ 3. Kd2 Bxe2 4.
Rxe2 (4. Rh2 $2 g3 $19) (4. exf4 $2 Bf3 5. Rh2 g3 6. Rxh4 g2 $19) 4... f3 (4...
g3 5. e4+ Ke5 6. Re1 h3 7. Ke2 Kxe4 8. Kf1+ Kf3 9. Kg1 h2+ 10. Kh1 {= White
brings rook to e1 and king to h1}) 5. Rf2 Ke4 (5... h3 6. Ke1 Ke4 7. Rh2 {
similar to solution}) 6. Rh2 h3 7. Ke1 $1 (7. Rh1 $2 g3 $1 8. Rxh3 g2 9. Rg3 f2
10. Rxg2 f1=Q $19 {No fortress R+p vs Q}) 7... Kxe3 8. Rh1 $1 {Here white has
king e1 and rook h1 - compare with 4...g3 line!} f2+ (8... Kf4 9. Kf1 Kg3 (9...
Ke3 10. Ke1 {=}) 10. Rg1+ Kf4 11. Rh1 $1 {= Positional draw}) 9. Kf1 Kf3 10.
Rxh3+ (10. Rh2 $2 Kg3 $1 11. Rxf2 h2 12. Rg2+ Kh3 $19) 10... g3 (10... gxh3 $11
{Stalemate}) 11. Rh2 gxh2 $11 {Stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sp.Prize. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.05.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Michal Hlinka & Lubos Kekely"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "K7/P1kN3P/pp4R1/R4p2/3qP3/5b2/8/3N4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. Rc6+ $1 {closing the longest diagonal} Kxc6 2. Rd5 Qxe4 (2... Qh8+ 3. Nb8+
Kc7 4. Rd7+ {(ab)} Kc8 5. Nc3 $1 {(ba)} Qxc3 6. h8=Q+ $1 Qxh8 7. Rc7+ $1 Kxc7 {
double pin stalemate} (7... Kd8 8. Kb7 Bxe4+ 9. Nc6+ Bxc6+ 10. Rxc6 $11)) (2...
Qg7 {e.g.} 3. Nc3 Kc7 4. Rd3 {/Nb8=}) 3. Nc3 Qe8+ (3... Qh4 4. Nb8+ Kc7 5. h8=Q
$1 Qxh8 6. Nb5+ {as main}) 4. Nb8+ Kc7 5. h8=Q $1 Qxh8 6. Nb5+ $1 Kc8 (6...
axb5 {double pin stalemate}) 7. Nd6+ Kd8 8. Nb7+ Ke7 (8... Kc7 9. Rc5+ $1 ({or
} 9. Rd7+ Kc8 10. Rc7+ Kxc7 $11) 9... bxc5 {double pin dtalemate}) 9. Re5+ $1 (
9. Rd8 $2 Qh1 10. Rd7+ Kf6 11. Rc7 Ke6 12. Nxa6 Qh8+ 13. Nb8 f4 $19) 9... Kf6 (
9... Qxe5 10. Nc6+ Bxc6 {model pin stalemate}) 10. Rxf5+ $1 Kxf5 {model double
pin stalemate. Synthesis of many pin stalemates.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "1.hm. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.05.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Peter Krug"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3qb2b/2RNpk1P/1P2p3/3B2B1/3p4/5Kp1/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. Ne5+ $1 (1. Bc6 $2 Bxd7 2. Rxd7 (2. Bxd7 Qb8 $19) 2... Qxb6 $19) (1. Bf4 $2
g2 2. Kxg2 Bxd7 3. b7 exd5 4. Rxd7 Qxd7 5. b8=Q Qg4+ $19) 1... Bxe5 2. Rxe7+
Kg6 (2... Qxe7 $2 3. Bxe7 Kxe7 4. b7 $1 $18) 3. Rxe6+ (3. Rg7+ $2 Kxg7 4. Bxd8
exd5 $19) 3... Bf6 4. Rxf6+ Kxg5 5. h8=Q Bh5+ (5... Qxd5+ 6. Kxg3 Qe5+ 7. Kf2
$11) 6. Qxh5+ Kxh5 7. Rf5+ $1 (7. Bf7+ $2 Kg5 8. Rg6+ Kf5 9. Rxg3 d3 $1 $19)
7... Kh4 8. b7 $1 (8. Bf7 $2 Qa8+ 9. Kf4 Qh8 10. Kf3 g2 11. Kxg2 Qg7+ $19) 8...
Qd6 9. Kg2 Kg4 10. Be6 Qxe6 11. Rg5+ Kxg5 (11... Kh4 12. Rh5+ Kxh5 13. b8=Q $11
) 12. b8=Q d3 13. Qxg3+ Qg4 14. Kf1 $1 $11 (14. Kh1 $2 d2 15. Qe3+ Qf4 16. Qg3+
Kf5 $1 $19) 14... Qxg3 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2.hm. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "ﾊ黑・鉅"]
[Date "2019.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Valery Kalashnikov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3n3K/6P1/3PP2k/8/8/5p2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. g7 f1=Q 2. g8=Q Qf5+ 3. Kh8 $1 (3. Kg7 $2 Qxe5+ 4. Kf7 Qxd5+ 5. Kg7 Qd4+ $1
6. Kf7 Ne5+ $19) 3... Qxe5+ 4. Qg7 Nf6 (4... Qb8+ 5. Qg8 Qb2+ 6. Qg7 Nf6 7.
Qf7+ Kg5 8. Kg7 $11) 5. Qf7+ Kh6 6. Qg7+ Kh5 7. Qf7+ Kg5 (7... Kh6 8. Qg7+ {
positional draw}) 8. Kg7 $1 (8. Qg7+ $2 Kf5 9. Qf7 Qg3 10. Qe6+ Kg6 $19) (8.
Qe6 $2 Qh2+ 9. Kg7 Qh7+ 10. Kf8 Kg6 $19) (8. d6 $2 Qh2+ 9. Kg7 Qh6#) 8... Nxd5+
9. Kh7 (9. Kf8 $2 Qd6+ 10. Kg8 Ne7+ 11. Kg7 Qh6#) (9. Kg8 $2 Ne7+ 10. Kf8 Ng6+
11. Kg8 Qh8#) 9... Qh2+ (9... Nf6+ 10. Kg7 {positional draw}) 10. Kg8 (10. Kg7
$2 Qh6+ 11. Kg8 Nf6+ $19) 10... Nf6+ 11. Kf8 Qd6+ (11... Qb8+ 12. Kg7 Nh5+ 13.
Kh7 Nf6+ 14. Kg7 {positional draw}) 12. Kg7 (12. Qe7 $2 Qb8+ 13. Kf7 Qg8#)
12... Nh5+ 13. Kg8 (13. Kh8 $2 Qh6+ 14. Qh7 Qf6+ 15. Kg8 Qd8+ 16. Kf7 Qd7+ $19)
13... Nf6+ 14. Kg7 {positional draw} (14. Kh8 $2 Qh2+ 15. Kg7 Qh6#) 1/2-1/2

[Event "3.hm. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christopher Yoo"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5n2/3Pk3/8/1R6/r6p/4PK2/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

{[#]} 1. e4 $1 {This move cuts off the Black rook from the h4 pawn.} (1. Rh5 $2
Ng6 $1 2. Rg5 Ra6 3. Rd5 Kd8 4. Kg4 Ra1 5. Kf3 Ra4 6. Rg5 Ra6 7. Rd5 Rf6+ 8.
Kg4 Rf2 9. Kh5 Rg2 $19) 1... Ng6 (1... Kxd7 2. Rb6 $1 (2. Rh5 $2 Ng6 $19) 2...
Ne6 3. Rb2 Kd6 4. Rh2 $11) 2. Rb6 Ra3+ (2... Ne5+ 3. Kf4 Ra5 4. Rh6 {/b3=}) 3.
Kg4 Kxd7 (3... Rg3+ 4. Kf5 h3 5. Rb8 $1 Kxd7 6. Rb7+ Ke8 7. Rh7 Kf8 8. e5 $11 {
The difference between this position and the main line is that Black's pawn is
on h3. The Black pawn is more vulnerable on h3.} Kg8 9. Rh5 Kg7 10. e6 $11) 4.
Kf5 $1 (4. Rb7+ Ke6 $19) 4... Rg3 5. Rb7+ Ke8 6. Rh7 Kf8 7. Kf6 Kg8 8. Rh6 $1 {
This is the key move.} (8. Rh5 $2 {Thematic try} h3 9. Kf5 Kg7 {mutual zugzwang
}) 8... h3 9. Kf5 Kg7 10. Rh5 {mutual zugzwang} Rf3+ 11. Kg4 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sp.hm. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.10.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marco Campioli"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7P/8/pp5r/P1p5/3k4/8/R3K3 w Q - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. O-O-O+ (1. Rd1+ $2 Ke3 $19) (1. axb5 $2 Rh1+ 2. Kf2 Rxh7 $19) 1... Kc3 2.
axb5 Rxh7 (2... a4 3. Kb1 Rxh7 4. Ka2 $11) 3. Kb1 (3. b6 $2 a4 $1 (3... Rb7 $2
4. Rd5 $1 $11) 4. Rg1 (4. Kb1 $2 Rb7 5. Ka2 Rxb6 6. Ka3 Kc2 7. Rg1 Rd6 $19)
4... a3 5. Rg3+ Kb4 6. Kb1 c3 7. Ka2 Rh2+ 8. Ka1 Kb3 $19) 3... Rh5 $1 (3... Kb3
4. b6 $1 a4 (4... Rb7 {HM}) 5. Ka1 $11) (3... Rb7 $1 4. Rd5 $1 a4 5. Ka2 Kb4 6.
Kb2 Rg7 (6... Rxb5 7. Rd7 c3+ 8. Kc2 a3 9. Rd4+ $11) 7. b6 Rg2+ 8. Ka1 {/b1=})
4. Rc1+ (4. b6 $2 Rb5+ $19) 4... Kd3 (4... Kb3 5. b6 c3 6. Rg1 $11) (4... Kb4 {
HM} 5. b6 Rb5 6. b7 {/Kc2=}) 5. Rd1+ (5. b6 $2 Rb5+ $19) 5... Kc3 6. Rc1+ Kb3 (
6... Kb4 {HM} 7. b6 Rb5 8. Kc2 Rxb6 9. Rb1+ Kc5 10. Ra1 Ra6 11. Rg1 a4 12. Kb2
Kb4 13. Rg7 a3+ 14. Ka2) 7. b6 c3 (7... Rb5 8. Ka1 Ka3 9. Rxc4 $11) 8. Rg1 $3 (
8. Re1 $2 Rb5 $1 9. Ka1 c2 10. Re3+ Kc4 11. Re4+ Kc3 12. Re3+ Kd2 $19) (8. Rf1
$2 Rb5 9. Ka1 c2 10. Rf3+ Kc4 11. Rf4+ Kd3 12. Rf3+ Ke2 13. Rc3 Kd2 $19) (8. b7
$2 Rb5 9. Rc2 Kc4+ $1 10. Ka2 (10. Kc1 Kd3 11. Ra2 Rh5 $19) 10... Rxb7 $19)
8... Rb5 (8... c2+ 9. Kc1 $11) 9. Ka1 $1 (9. Rg2 $2 Ka3+ 10. Kc2 Rb2+ 11. Kxc3
Rxg2 $19) (9. Kc1 $2 Rxb6 10. Rg5 a4 $19) 9... c2 (9... Rxb6 $2 10. Rb1+ $18)
10. Rg3+ Ka4 $1 (10... Kb4 11. Kb2 Kc5+ 12. Kxc2 $11) 11. Rc3 $1 (11. Rg4+ $2
Ka3 12. Rg3+ Rb3 $19) (11. Rg1 $2 Ka3 12. Rc1 Rd5 13. Rxc2 Rd1+ $19) 11... Rb1+
12. Ka2 c1=Q 13. Rxc1 Rxc1 14. b7 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sp.hm. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.10.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poul Rewitz"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1n6/8/2nB4/5kp1/8/1P1K2P1/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

{[#]} 1. g4+ $1 (1. Ba3 $2 g4 $19 ({or} 1... Nd7 2. g4+ Kxg4 3. Bc1 Nb4+ 4. Kc4
Ne5+ $1 $19)) (1. Kc4 $2 Ke6 2. Ba3 g4 $19 3. b4) (1. b4 $2 Ke6 2. Bf8 Nd7 3.
Bh6 g4 4. b5 Nce5+ 5. Ke4 Nf6+ 6. Kd4 Nf3+ 7. Kc4 Nd7 $19) 1... Kxg4 (1... Ke6
2. Ba3 $1 $11 {With the idea Bc1, Bxg5 followed by b4.} (2. Bc5 $2 Ne5+ 3. Ke4
Nxg4 $19)) 2. Ke4 $1 (2. b4 $2 Kf5 $1 3. b5 Ne5+ 4. Kd4 Nbd7 5. b6 Ke6 $1 6.
Bc7 Nc6+ $1 7. Kc4 Nde5+ $1 8. Kc5 (8. Kb5 Kd7 $1 $19) 8... Na5 $1 9. Kb5 Nb7
$19) 2... Na6 (2... Kh3 3. Kd5 $1 g4 4. b4 $11) (2... Nd7 3. Kd5 $1 Nde5 (3...
Nce5 4. Be7 $1 Kf5 5. Bxg5 $11) 4. b4 $1 (4. Bxe5 $2 Nxe5 5. Kxe5 Kf3 6. b4 g4
7. b5 g3 8. b6 g2 9. b7 g1=Q $19) 4... Kf5 5. b5 $11) 3. b4 $1 (3. Kd5 $2 {Now
black can block the pawn before the Troitzky line.} Nab4+ $19 (3... Ncb4+ $19))
3... Naxb4 (3... Ncxb4 4. Be7 Kh5 5. Bxg5 $11) 4. Bf4 $3 gxf4 {Stalemate.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sp.hm. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.10.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander Stavrietsky"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b6k/5ppp/6P1/4N2Q/3r4/6PB/3n4/4b1Kn b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1... Bf2+ 2. Kh2 Bxg3+ 3. Kg1 Bf2+ 4. Kh2 Nf1+ 5. Bxf1 Rh4+ 6. Qxh4 Bxh4 7.
gxf7 (7. Nxf7+ $2 Kg8 8. gxh7+ Kxh7 9. Bg2 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nf2 $19) 7... Be7 8.
Bg2 (8. f8=Q+ $2 Bxf8 9. Bg2 Nf2 10. Bxa8 g6 $19) (8. Nd7 $2 Bd6+ $19) 8...
Bxg2 9. f8=Q+ Bxf8 10. Nf7+ Kg8 11. Nh6+ Kh8 (11... gxh6 12. Kxg2 $11) 12. Nf7+
Kg8 13. Nh6+ $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sp.c. Problem Paradise "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.10.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Michael Pasman"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p1Pb3/4P1p1/2P1K3/P7/4k3/8/1n6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. a5 $1 Na3 $1 (1... Nc3 2. a6 bxa6 3. c6 Nb5 4. c7 $11 {as main}) 2. a6 $1
bxa6 3. c6 Nc4+ 4. Kd5 Nb6+ 5. Ke5 Na8 (5... Bd8 6. Kd6 Nc4+ 7. Kd5 Nb6+ 8. Kd6
$11) 6. c7 $1 Nxc7 7. d8=Q {/B} (7. d8=R $2 Nxe6 8. Re8 Nd4 9. Kd5 Nf5 $19)
7... Bxd8 8. e7 Bxe7 $11 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

