[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Win"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.02.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "I. Akobia & P. Arestov, 1st Prize"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/p2P4/6Np/P7/K1p1q3/3r4/3P4/6Q1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. Ne5+ $1 (1. d8=Q+ $2 Rxd8 2. Ne5+ Kh8 3. Nf7+ Kh7 4. Nxd8 c3+ $11) 1... Kh7
(1... Kh8 2. Qe3 $1 Qxe3 3. dxe3 Rd1 4. d8=Q+ ({or} 4. Nf7+ Kg7 5. d8=Q Rxd8 6.
Nxd8 $18) 4... Rxd8 5. Nf7+ Kg7 6. Nxd8 Kf6 7. Nc6 h5 8. Nxa7 h4 9. Nb5 h3 10.
Nc3 h2 11. Ne4+ Ke5 12. Nf2 {/g3+-}) 2. d8=Q (2. Nxd3 $2 Qxd3 3. Qe3 Qxd7+ $11)
2... c3+ 3. Ka3 $1 ({Logical thematic Try :} 3. Kb3 $2 Rxd8 4. Qxa7+ Kh8 $1 (
4... Kg8 $2 5. Qf7+ Kh8 6. Qf6+ $18) 5. Nf7+ Kg8 6. Nxh6+ Kh8 7. Nf7+ Kg8 8.
Nxd8 cxd2 9. Qf7+ (9. Qg1+ Kf8 $1 10. Qf2+ Ke7 $1 11. Qxd2 Ke8 {zz and same try
}) 9... Kh8 10. Qh5+ Kg8 11. Qg5+ Kf8 $1 12. Qh6+ Ke7 $1 13. Qxd2 Ke8 $1 {zz}
14. a6 Qb1+ 15. Ka4 Qb6 $1 16. Qa5 ({or} 16. Qd3 Qd6 $1 17. Qxd6 $11 {stalemate
}) 16... Qd4+ 17. Qb4 Qa1+ 18. Kb5 Kxd8 19. Qf8+ (19. Qd6+ Kc8 20. Qc6+ Kd8 21.
Qd6+ Kc8 $11) 19... Kc7 20. Qe7+ Kc8 21. Qb7+ Kd8 22. Qb8+ Kd7 23. Qb7+ Kd8 $11
{Positional Draw}) 3... Rxd8 4. Qxa7+ Kh8 (4... Kg8 5. Qf7+ Kh8 6. Ng6+ $18) 5.
Nf7+ Kg8 6. Nxh6+ Kh8 7. Nf7+ Kg8 8. Nxd8 cxd2 9. Qf7+ $1 (9. Qg1+ $2 Kf8 10.
Qf2+ Ke8 11. Qxd2 Ke7 $1 $11 (11... Qf3+ $2 12. Kb4 Qf8+ 13. Kb5 $18)) 9... Kh8
10. Qh5+ Kg8 11. Qg5+ Kf8 12. Qxd2 Ke8 13. Kb3 $1 {zz} Qf5 14. Kb4 $1 (14. Ka4
$2 Qc5 $11) 14... Qf8+ 15. Kb5 $1 Qd6 $1 16. Qg5 $1 (16. Qxd6 $2 {stalemate})
16... Qxd8 17. Qg6+ $1 Ke7 18. Qe4+ $1 (18. Qg5+ $2 Kd7 19. Qd5+ Kc7 {/c8=})
18... Kd7 19. Qc6+ Ke7 20. a6 $18 1-0

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Win"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.02.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P. Arestov & A. Skripnik, 2nd. Prize"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1k2N2/p4NP1/K7/1r1P4/7b/8/6p1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. Nd6+ $1 (1. g8=Q $2 Rb6+ 2. Ka5 Kb7 3. Qxg2 Rxf8 $11) 1... Kb8 (1... Kc7 2.
Nxb5+ $18) (1... Kd8 2. g8=Q Rb6+ 3. Ka5 Rxd6 4. Ne6+ $18) 2. g8=Q Rb6+ 3. Ka5
Rxd6 4. Ne6+ $1 (4. Qxg2 $2 Bd8+ 5. Ka4 Kb7 $11) (4. Nd7+ $2 Kc7 $11) 4... Bd8+
$1 (4... Kb7 5. Qf7+ $18) 5. Nxd8 g1=Q $1 (5... Rxd5+ 6. Qxd5 $1 g1=Q 7. Qb7#)
6. Qxg1 Rxd5+ 7. Ka6 Rd6+ $1 (7... Rxd8 8. Qc5 {/g7+-}) 8. Kb5 $1 (8. Ka5 $2
Rxd8 $11) 8... a6+ $1 (8... Rxd8 9. Qg3+ Kb7 10. Qg7+ Kc8 11. Kc6 $18) 9. Ka4
$1 ({Thematic Try :} 9. Ka5 $2 Rxd8 10. Qb6+ Kc8 11. Qc6+ Kb8 {zz} 12. Kb6 Ra7
$1 $11 {positional draw}) 9... Rxd8 10. Qb6+ Kc8 11. Qc6+ Kb8 12. Ka5 $1 {zz}
Rh8 (12... Rc8 13. Qb6#) 13. Kb6 $1 Ra7 14. Qd6+ Ka8 15. Qd5+ Kb8 16. Qe5+ Ka8
17. Qxh8# 1-0

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Win"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Luis Miguel González, 3rd Prize"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5K2/k2P4/P1pP4/b3p1n1/P7/B7/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. Ke7 Ne4 $1 2. Bb4 $1 (2. d8=Q $2 Bxd8+ 3. Kxd8 Nxd6 $11) 2... Bb6 3. a5 Bf2
$1 (3... Be3 4. Ke6 Bg5 5. Kf5 c5 6. Bd2 Nxd6+ 7. Kxg5 Kxa6 8. Kf6 Nb7 9. Kxe5
Kb5 10. Kd5 c4 11. Be1 Nd8 12. Kd6 Nb7+ 13. Kc7 Nc5 14. d8=N $18) 4. Ke6 $1 (4.
d8=Q $2 Bh4+ 5. Kd7 Bxd8 6. Kxd8 Nxd6 $11) 4... Ng5+ $1 5. Kf6 $1 (5. Kf5 $2
Nf7 6. Kg6 Nd8 7. Bd2 Bh4 $11) 5... Bh4 (5... Nh7+ 6. Kg7 Ng5 7. Bc5+ Bxc5 8.
Kf6 Ne4+ 9. Kg6 Nxd6 10. d8=Q $18) 6. Be1 $1 Ne4+ 7. Kxe5 $1 (7. Kf5 $2 Nxd6+
8. Ke6 Bd8 9. Kxd6 e4 $1 10. Kxc6 Kxa6 11. Kd5 e3 12. Ke4 e2 13. Ke3 Be7 14.
Kxe2 Kb7 15. Kd3 Kc6 16. a6 Kb6 $11) 7... Nf6 $1 8. Bxh4 (8. d8=Q $2 Ng4+ 9.
Kf4 Bxd8 10. Kxg4 Kxa6 11. Kf5 c5 $11) ({or} 8. Kf5 $1 {minor dual}) 8... Nxd7+
9. Kf5 $1 (9. Ke6 $2 Nc5+ 10. Ke7 Kxa6 11. Be1 Nb7 12. d7 Kb5 $11) 9... Kxa6
10. Bf2 $1 (10. Bd8 $2 c5 11. Ke6 Nf8+ 12. Ke7 Ng6+ 13. Kf7 Ne5+ 14. Ke6 Nc6
15. Bb6 c4 $11) 10... c5 11. Ke6 Nb8 (11... Nf8+ 12. Ke7 Ng6+ 13. Kf7 Ne5+ 14.
Ke6 Nc6 15. d7 $18) 12. Bxc5 $1 (12. Be1 $2 c4 13. Kd5 Kb5 14. Bc3 Nd7 $11)
12... Kxa5 13. Ba7 Nc6 14. d7 $1 (14. Kd5 $2 Kb5 15. d7 Nd8 16. Bd4 Nb7 $1 $11)
14... Nd8+ 15. Kd6 $1 Kb5 16. Bd4 $1 $18 {zz} 1-0

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Win"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jan Timman, 1st. HM"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1pN2pp1/1P1p4/8/2P1Ppk1/8/b4P1K/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e5 dxe5 2. c5 Bb1 3. f3+ (3. Ne6 $2 Be4 $11) 3... Kxf3 4. Ne6 $1 {(Berger)}
Ke3 (4... fxe6 5. c6 bxc6 6. b7 Bf5 7. b8=Q e4 8. Qb2 g6 9. Qg2+ Ke3 10. Kg1
Kd4 11. Qd2+ Ke5 12. Qa5+ $1 $18) (4... Ke2 5. c6 f3 6. cxb7 f2 7. b8=Q f6 8.
Nf4+ $1 $19) 5. c6 f3 6. cxb7 f2 7. b8=Q f6 8. b7 {/Qa7)} f1=Q 9. Qa7+ Kf3 10.
Ng5+ (10. Qa3+ $2 Bd3 $1 11. Ng5+ Kg4 $1 $11) 10... fxg5 (10... Kg4 11. Qg1+
$18) 11. Qa3+ Ke4 (11... Bd3 12. Qf8+ $18) 12. Qb4+ Ke3 13. Qc3+ Ke4 (13... Bd3
14. Qxe5+ $18) 14. b8=Q Qf2+ 15. Kh3 Qf1+ 16. Kg4 $1 Qf4+ 17. Kh5 Qh4+ (17...
Qf7+ 18. Kxg5 Qf6+ 19. Kg4 Qf4+ 20. Kh3 Qf1+ 21. Kg3 Qg1+ 22. Kh4 $18) 18. Kg6
Qh6+ 19. Kf7 Ba2+ 20. Ke7 $1 Qe6+ 21. Kd8 Qg8+ 22. Kc7 $18 1-0

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Win"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Harold van der Heijden, 2nd. HM"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/B4kP1/1p2p3/7K/5P2/8/5Pn1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. Kh6 (1. Bxb6 $2 Kxg7 $11) 1... Kg8 2. f5 $1 exf5 (2... Nf4 {e.g.} 3. f6 Nd5
4. Kg6 Nf4+ 5. Kg5 Nh3+ 6. Kh6 Nf4 7. f7+ Kxf7 8. Kh7 $18) 3. Bxb6 {a)} f4 ({b)
} 3... Nf4 4. Bd4 Ne6 (4... Nh3 {e.g.} 5. f3 Nf4 6. Be5 Nd3 7. f4 $18) 5. Ba1
$1 (5. Bb2 $2 f4 6. Kh5 Nc5 7. Kg4 Nd3 $11) (5. Bc3 f4 6. Kh5 Nc5 7. Kg4 Ne4
$11) 5... f4 6. Kh5 (6. Kg6 $2 f3 $1 7. Kf5 Nxg7+ 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 6... f3 7.
Kg4 Nxg7 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Kxf3 $18) 4. Ba5 $1 ({Thematic Try :} 4. Bd4 $2 Ne1 $1
5. Kh5 Nd3 6. f3 Nc1 $1 7. Kg4 Ne2 {attacking the wB} 8. Ba1 Kf7 9. Kf5 Kg8 10.
Ke4 Kf7 $11) 4... f3 (4... Nh4 5. Bc3 Nf3 6. Kh5 $18) 5. Bd2 Nh4 6. Kg5 $1 Ng2
7. Bc3 Ne3 8. Bd4 Nc2 9. Bf6 Ne3 10. Kh4 $1 Nf5+ 11. Kg4 $1 Nxg7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7
13. Kxf3 $18 1-0

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Win"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.03.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vladislav Tarasiuk, 3rd. HM"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4K3/7b/4p3/1P6/8/k7/7P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. b6 $1 (1. Kd7 $2 Bd3 $1 2. b6 Ba6 3. Kxe6 Kb4 4. Kd6 Kb5 $1 $11) 1... Be4 2.
Kd7 $1 (2. h4 $2 Bc6+ $11) 2... Bd5 (2... Ka4 3. h4 Kb5 4. Kc7 $18) 3. Kc7 $3 {
A)} (3. h4 $2 e5 4. Kd6 e4 5. Kxd5 e3 6. b7 e2 7. b8=Q e1=Q $11) (3. Kd6 $2 Kb4
4. h4 Kb5 5. Kc7 e5 6. h5 e4 7. h6 e3 8. h7 e2 9. h8=Q e1=Q $11) 3... e5 (3...
Ka4 4. h4 e5 5. h5 e4 6. h6 e3 7. h7 e2 8. h8=Q e1=Q 9. Qd4+ Qb4 10. Qxd5 $18)
4. Kd6 e4 5. Kxd5 e3 6. b7 e2 7. b8=Q e1=Q 8. Qg3+ $18 1-0

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Win"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "L. Kekely & M. Hlinka, 4th. HM"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6K1/2B2P2/2p4k/6N1/4p3/r7/1N6 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1... Ra7+ (1... e2 2. f7 e1=Q 3. Nf6+ $1 Kh4 4. f8=Q Qxb1 5. Qh8+ Kg3 6. Ne4+
Kg4 7. Bd7+ Kf3 8. Qh3+ Kf4 (8... Ke2 9. Nc3+ $18) 9. Qg3+ Kxe4 10. Qg6+ $18)
2. f7 Rxf7+ $1 (2... e2 3. Nf6+ Kh4 4. Nd2 $19) 3. Kxf7 e2 4. Nf6+ {thanks to
sacrifice of rook now square h6 is free and so:} Kh6 5. Ng8+ $1 Kh7 (5... Kg5
6. Nd2 $18) (5... Kh5 6. Bf3+ $18) 6. Be4+ Kh8 7. Kf8 {or 7.Nh6 e1Q 8.Kf8 +-
as main line} e1=Q 8. Nh6 {threat 9.Nf7 mate} Qxe4 9. Nf7+ Kh7 10. Ng5+ Kg6 11.
Nxe4 c4 $1 12. Nec3 $1 (12. Nbc3 $2 Kf5 13. Ke7 Ke5 14. Kd7 Kd4 15. Kc6 Kd3 16.
Kb5 Kc2 17. Kb4 Kb2 $11 {EGTB}) 12... Kf6 13. Na3 $1 Ke5 14. Nc2 $1 {ans now
region a1-a4-e4-e1 is blocked for black king} (14. Nab5 $2 Kf4 $1 15. Ke7 Ke3
16. Kd6 Kd3 17. Kc5 Kc2 18. Kb4 Kb2 $11 {EGTB}) 14... Kf6 15. Kg8 $1 {and wins,
for example 15.- Kg6 16.Ne3 Kf6 17.Kh7 +- EGTB. Black counterplay, gain of new
queen by mate threat, finally 2 knights win against pawn by creating of
blockhouse.} 1-0

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Win"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alain Pallier, Sp. HM"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7K/6Q1/4r3/8/B7/2Pn4/kp6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. Bc2 $1 ({Thematic Try :} 1. Qa7 $2 b1=Q (1... Kb1 $2 2. Qd4 $1 Kc1 $1 (2...
Rh6+ $2 3. Kg7 Rh3 4. Qg4 Re3 5. Qd1+ Nc1 6. Bc2+ $18) 3. Qg1+ Re1 4. Qg5+ Kb1
5. Qd2 $18) 2. Bc2+ Kb2 3. Bxb1 Kxb1 4. Qd7 Re3 $1 (4... Rh6+ $2 5. Kg7 Rg6+ 6.
Kh7 Rg3 7. c4 Kc2 8. Qa4+ Kc3 9. Qa5+ Kb3 10. c5 $18) 5. Qd4 Rh3+ 6. Kg7 Kc2 7.
c4 Rh5 $1 $11 {(compare position after 5.Qd4 in the try with after 5.Qd4 :
black Knight stands on d3 instead of c1).}) 1... b1=Q 2. Bxb1+ (2. Qa7+ $2 Kb2
3. Bxb1 Kxb1 $11 {see thematic try.}) 2... Kxb1 3. Qg4 $1 (3. Qd7 $2 Re3 $11 {
as in thematic try.}) 3... Re3 (3... Re1 4. c4 Kc2 5. c5 $18) 4. Qd1+ $1 (4.
Qg1+ $2 Re1 5. Qb6+ Kc2 $11) 4... Nc1 5. Qd4 (5. c4 $2 Rh3+ $1 6. Kg8 Rg3+ 7.
Kf7 Rc3 8. Qd4 Kc2 9. c5 Nd3 $11) 5... Rh3+ 6. Kg8 $1 (6. Kg7 $2 Kb2 $1 7. c4+
Rc3 8. c5 Nb3 $1 $11) 6... Rg3+ 7. Kf7 (7. Kf8 $2 Nb3 $1 $11) 7... Nb3 (7...
Rf3+ 8. Ke8 $1 Kc2 9. Qe4+ {/c4} Rd3 {/Nb3} 10. c4 {/Qe4} Nb3 {/Rd3} 11. Qf5 $1
Kc3 12. c5 $1 $18) 8. Qf6 $1 Nd2 9. Qe5 $1 Rd3 $1 10. Qb5+ Kc2 11. c4 Rf3+ (
11... Re3 12. c5 $18) 12. Kg6 $1 {Other king moves (12.Ke7, 12.Ke8 and 12.Kg8)
loose time and} Rg3+ 13. Kh5 (13. Kf6 $2 Rc3 $1 14. c5 Ne4+ $11) 13... Rh3+ 14.
Kg4 Rb3 $1 15. Qf5+ $1 Kc3 16. c5 $18 1-0

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Win"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Richard Becker, 1st Rec"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/7n/K1P1n3/1N4q1/8/5P2/8/5Q2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. Qc4 (1. Qe1 $2 Nhf8 {=}) 1... Nhf8 (1... Qe7 {(Qe5)} 2. Qxe6 $1 Qxe6 3. Nc7+
$18) 2. c7 Nxc7+ (2... Nc5+ 3. Ka5 Qd2+ (3... Kb7 4. f4 $1 Qg2 (4... Qf5 5.
Nd6+ $18) 5. c8=Q+ Kxc8 6. Qxc5+ Kd7 7. Qxf8 $18) 4. Nc3 Nb7+ (4... Kb7 5. Qxc5
$18) 5. Ka4 Qc2+ 6. Kb5 Qb2+ (6... Qf5+ 7. Qd5 $18) (6... Nd6+ 7. Ka6 $19) 7.
Ka6 Qa1+ {(Qa3+)} 8. Na4 Nc5+ 9. Kb5 $18) 3. Nxc7+ (3. Qxc7 $2 Qf6+ 4. Ka5 {
(Nd6)} Qa1+ $11) 3... Kb8 4. Nd5 Qg6+ 5. Nb6 Qf5 6. Qc3 $1 (6. f4 $2 Qe6 {(Qh3)
=}) 6... Qe6 (6... Ng6 7. Qc6 $1 {etc.}) 7. Qc2 $1 Qh3 (7... Ng6 8. Qh2+ Ne5 9.
Qxe5+ $1 Qxe5 10. Nd7+ $18) 8. Qc1 $1 Qf5 (8... Ng6 9. Qc4 $1 Ne5 (9... Qf5 10.
Qc6 $1 {etc.}) 10. Qb5 $1 Qe6 11. Qxe5+ $1 Qxe5 12. Nd7+ $18) 9. Qc4 $1 Ng6 10.
Qc6 $1 Qd3+ 11. Nc4 Qb3 12. Qd6+ Kc8 13. Nb6+ {wins} 1-0

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Win"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.03.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vladislav Tarasiuk, 2nd. Rec"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3p4/K2pp3/R7/Pk6/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. Rb4+ $1 ({Try :} 1. Kb5 $2 d4 2. Ra6 d3 3. Rxd6 Kc2 4. a4 e4 5. a5 e3 6. a6
e2 7. Re6 Kb1 $1 8. a7 d2 9. a8=Q e1=Q $1 10. Rb6 d1=N $1 $11 (10... d1=Q 11.
Kc4+ $1 $18)) 1... Kxa3 2. Kb5 e4 (2... d4 3. Kc4 d5+ 4. Kc5 d3 5. Rb1 Ka2 6.
Rd1 $1 e4 7. Kxd5 $18) 3. Rb1 Ka2 4. Rh1 $1 ({Try :} 4. Rg1 $2 Kb3 5. Kc6 Kc4
6. Kxd6 Kd4 7. Ke6 Ke3 8. Kxd5 Kf2 9. Rh1 e3 10. Ke4 e2 11. Rh2+ Kf1 12. Kf3
e1=N+ $1 $11) 4... Kb3 5. Kc6 Kc4 6. Kxd6 Kd4 7. Ke6 e3 8. Kf5 e2 9. Kf4 Kd3
10. Kf3 $18 1-0

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Win"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.02.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pavel Arestov, Sp. Rec"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/5n2/8/4P3/2k5/K2p2N1/4R3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. Rf1 $1 (1. Rg1 $2 Nxe4 2. Ne3 Kd3 3. Nd1 Kc2 {zz} 4. Ne3+ Kd3 5. Nd1 Kc2 $11
) (1. Rh1 $2 Nxe4 2. Ne3 Nf2 $1 (2... Kd3 $2 3. Nd1 $18) 3. Rf1 Kd3 4. Rxf2
Kxe3 5. Rf1 Ke2 $11) 1... Nxe4 2. Ne3 Kd3 3. Nd1 Kc2 (3... Nc3+ 4. Nxc3 Kxc3 5.
Kb1 $18) 4. Rg1 $1 {zz} Nf6 (4... Nc5 5. Ka3 Nd3 6. Ne3+ Kc3 7. Rg8 Nf2 8. Rd8
$18) (4... Nd6 5. Ka3 Nc4+ 6. Kb4 Nb2 7. Ne3+ Kd3 8. Kb3 $18) 5. Ka3 $1 Nd5 6.
Rh1 $1 {zz} ({Try :} 6. Rf1 $2 Nc3 7. Ne3+ Kd3 8. Kb3 Kxe3 9. Kxc3 Ke2 $11)
6... Nf4 (6... Nc3 7. Ne3+ $1 Kd3 8. Kb3 $1 Kxe3 9. Kxc3 Ke2 10. Kc2 $18) 7.
Kb4 $1 (7. Ne3+ $2 Kd3 8. Nd1 Kc2 {loos of time}) 7... Nd3+ 8. Kc4 Nb2+ 9. Nxb2
Kxb2 10. Kd3 $18 1-0

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Draw"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Darko Hlebec, 1st/2nd  Prize"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/kN2P3/1R2r3/3q1p2/1p2p3/1NQ1n1K1/5P2/3b2b1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. Ra6+ $1 (1. Qxe3 $2 f4+ $19) 1... Kxa6 (1... Rxa6 2. Qxe3+ Rb6 (2... Kxb7 3.
Nc5+ $11) 3. e8=Q $11) 2. N7c5+ Kb5 (2... Ka7 3. Qa1+ Kb8 4. Qh8+ Ka7 5. Qa1+ {
perpetual check}) 3. Nd4+ Qxd4 $1 (3... Ka5 $4 4. Qa1+ Kb6 5. Qa6+ Kxc5 6.
Nxe6+ $18) 4. Qxd4 Rg6+ (4... Rxe7 5. fxe3 $11) 5. Kf4 Ng2+ 6. Kxf5 Nh4+ 7.
Kxe4 $1 (7. Kf4 $2 Bh2+ $19) 7... Rg4+ 8. f4 $1 Bxd4 9. e8=Q+ {Phenix} Kc4 $1 (
9... Kxc5 10. Qc8+ Kd6 11. Qd8+ $11) 10. Qe6+ (10. Qf7+ {minor dual.}) 10...
Kc3 11. Na4+ $1 Bxa4 12. Qc4+ $3 (12. Qc8+ $2 Kb2 13. Qxg4 Nf5 $1 $19) (12.
Qxg4 $4 Bc6#) 12... Kxc4 {Stalemate - Except pawn on b4 all pieces moved
during the solution forming nice picture on 4-rank.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Draw"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "I. Akobia & P. Arestov, 1st/2nd  Prize"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/3K4/1P2R3/8/8/B2P1b2/r5p1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. Bc5 $1 (1. Re8+ $2 Kb7 2. Bc5 Bc6+ $19) 1... Rc2 $1 (1... Bg4 $2 2. Kc6 Bxe6
3. b7+ Kb8 4. Bd6+ $18) 2. b7+ $1 (2. Bd4 $2 Bg4 $19) (2. Re8+ $2 Kb7 3. Bd4
Bc6+ $19) 2... Kb8 (2... Kxb7 3. Rb6+ Ka7 4. Bd4 $11) 3. Bd6+ Kxb7 4. Re1 (4.
Rg6 $2 Rc1 5. Bh2 Rh1 $19) 4... Bc6+ (4... Bg4+ 5. Kd8 $1 $11) 5. Kd8 $1 (5.
Ke7 $2 Re2+ $1 $19) 5... Re2 6. Rb1+ Bb5 (6... Ka6 7. Kc7 $11) 7. Rxb5+ (7. Be7
$2 Re5 $19) 7... Kc6 8. Rc5+ ({Thematic Try :} 8. Rg5 $2 Kxd6 {zz} 9. d4 Ke6 {
zz} 10. Kc8 Kf6 11. Rg3 Re8+ 12. Kc7 Re7+ 13. Kc6 Rg7 $19) 8... Kxd6 9. Rg5 {zz
} Ke6 10. d4 $1 {zz} Kf6 11. Rg3 $1 (11. Rg8 $2 Ra2 12. Kc7 Ra7+ 13. Kb6 Rg7
$19) 11... Kf5 12. Kc7 (12. Kd7 $2 Kf4 {/e4-+}) 12... Ke4 13. Rg4+ Kf3 (13...
Kf5 14. Rg3 Ke4 15. Rg4+ $11 {positional draw}) 14. Rxg2 (14. Rg8 Rd2 $19)
14... Rxg2 15. d5 Ke4 16. d6 Kd5 17. d7 Rg7 18. Kc8 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Draw"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.05.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Richard Becker, 3rd.  Prize"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1rb5/8/2K3Pp/1N6/4nP1k/8/2R5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. Nd6 $1 (1. Kc7 $2 Rxb5 $1 (1... Ra8 $2 2. Nd6 $1 Nxd6 3. Kxd6 {transposes
to main line}) 2. Kxc8 Kh5 3. Rc6 (3. g7 Nf6 4. Rc6 Ng8 $19) 3... Ra5 4. Kd7 (
4. Kb8 Rd5 $19) 4... Ra7+ 5. Ke6 (5. Ke8 Ng3 6. Kf8 Nf5 $19) 5... Rg7 6. Ke5 (
6. f5 Kg5 $19) 6... Nf2 7. f5 Kg5 8. f6 Ng4+ $19) 1... Nxd6 2. Kc7 $1 (2. Kxd6
$2 Kh5 3. Ke5 (3. g7 Bg4 4. f5 Bxf5 5. Rg2 Bh7 $19) 3... Kxg6 4. f5+ Kg7 5.
Rc7+ Kg8 $1 6. Kf6 (6. Rc6 h5 7. Kf6 {(Kf4)} Bd7 $1 $19) 6... Rb6+ 7. Ke5 Rb5+
{(Ba6, Bb7)-+}) 2... Ra8 3. Kxd6 Kh5 4. Ke5 (4. g7 Bg4 $1 5. f5 (5. Rg2 Rg8 $19
) (5. Ke5 {(Ke7)} Kg6 $19) 5... Bxf5 6. Rg2 Bh7 $19) 4... Kxg6 5. f5+ Kg7 (5...
Bxf5 6. Rg2+ $11) (5... Kh5 6. Rh2+ Kg5 7. Rg2+ Kh4 8. Rh2+ $11) 6. Rc7+ Kh8 7.
Rc6 $1 (7. Kf6 $2 Ra6+ 8. Ke5 Ra5+ 9. Kf6 Bxf5 10. Re7 Bh7 {(h5)-+}) 7... Kg7
8. Rc7+ Kg8 9. Kf6 $1 (9. Rc6 $2 h5 10. Kf4 Bd7 $1 $19) 9... Ra6+ 10. Ke5 Ra5+
11. Kf6 Bxf5 12. Re7 $1 (12. Rg7+ $2 Kh8 13. Re7 Bh7 {(h5)-+}) 12... Kf8 (12...
Bb1 13. Re8+ Kh7 14. Re7+ Kg8 15. Re8+ $11) (12... h5 13. Rg7+ Kf8 14. Rg5 h4
15. Rh5 Ra6+ 16. Ke5 $1 Ra5+ 17. Kf6 $11) 13. Rf7+ Ke8 14. Rf8+ $1 Kxf8 {
stalemate} (14... Kd7 15. Rh8 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Draw"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "L. Kekely & M. Hlinka, Sp. Prize"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qkn1r3/p5pK/P5Q1/1P6/2P2Nb1/4P3/1b3B2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. Nd5 $1 (1. Qxe8 $2 Qf3 2. Bh4 Bf5+ 3. Kg8 g5 $1 4. Bxg5 Qg4 5. Qd8 Be4 6.
Nd5 Qe6+ 7. Kf8 Ba3+ 8. Ne7 Bxe7+ 9. Bxe7 Qh6+ 10. Kf7 Bf5 $19) 1... Bf5 $1 2.
Qxf5 (2. Bg3+ $2 Be5 3. Qxf5 Bxg3 4. Qg6 Rxe3 $1 5. Nxe3 Qh1+ 6. Kxg7 Qh4 7.
Ng4 Nd6 $19) 2... Rh8+ $1 3. Kg6 (3. Kxh8 $2 g6+ $19) 3... Ne7+ $1 4. Nxe7 Rh6+
5. Kf7 $1 (5. Kg5 $2 Qg2+ 6. Qg4 Bf6+ $19) 5... Rf6+ 6. Qxf6 gxf6 7. Bg3+ Be5
8. Bxe5+ fxe5 9. Nd5 {switchback, Main A} Kc8 ({Main B} 9... e4 10. Ke6 $1 Kc8
11. c5 Qb8 (11... Kd8 12. c6 Qc8+ 13. Kd6 Qh3 14. c7+ Ke8 15. b6 $11) 12. b6
axb6 (12... Qg3 13. b7+ Kd8 14. c6 $11) 13. cxb6 Kd8 (13... Qh2 14. Ne7+ Kd8
15. Nc6+ Ke8 16. b7 $11) 14. a7 $1 {positional draw} (14. b7 $2 Qa7 $1 $19))
10. b6 $1 (10. Ke7 $2 e4 $1 11. b6 Qc6 12. b7+ Kb8 13. Nf6 Qc5+ 14. Ke6 Qxc4+
15. Ke7 Qxa6 $1 16. Nd7+ Kxb7 17. Nc5+ Kb6 18. Nxa6 Kxa6 19. Kd6 Kb5 $1 20. Kd5
a5 $1 21. Kxe4 Kc4 $1 $19 {EGTB}) 10... Qb8 11. b7+ Kd7 12. Nf6+ Kc6 13. e4 $1
{positional draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Draw"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Luis Miguel González, H. Mention"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r2/8/3n4/5p2/3pkP2/8/4KPR1/7R b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1... d3+ 2. Kd2 $1 (2. Kf1 $2 Ra8 3. Rg6 Ra1+ 4. Kg2 Rxh1 5. Rxd6 Ra1 6. Rd8
Ra3 7. Kf1 Kxf4 $19) (2. Kd1 $2 Ra8 $1 3. Kd2 Kd4 4. Rd1 Ne4+ 5. Ke1 Nc3 6. Rc1
Re8+ 7. Kf1 d2 $19) 2... Kd4 $1 3. Ra1 $1 (3. Kc1 $2 Ra8 $1 4. Rg6 Nc4 5. Kb1
d2 6. Rg3 Rb8+ $1 7. Ka2 Nb2 8. Rg7 d1=Q 9. Rd7+ Kc3 10. Rdxd1 Nxd1 11. Rxd1
Kc2 $19) (3. Rh7 $2 Nc4+ $1 4. Kc1 Ra8 $1 5. Kb1 Rb8+ 6. Ka1 d2 7. Rg1 Kc3 8.
Rc7 Rd8 9. Rd1 Ra8+ 10. Kb1 Rb8+ 11. Ka1 Rb4 12. Ka2 Kc2 $19) 3... Ne4+ 4. Ke1
$3 (4. Kd1 $2 Nc3+ $1 5. Kc1 (5. Kd2 Rb8 $1 6. Rg7 Rb2+ 7. Ke1 d2+ 8. Kf1 Rb5
9. Rd7+ Rd5 $19) 5... Re8 6. Kb2 Re2+ 7. Kb3 d2 8. Rgg1 Rxf2 9. Rh1 d1=Q+ 10.
Raxd1+ Nxd1 11. Rxd1+ Ke4 12. Kc3 Kxf4 $19) (4. Kc1 $2 Rc8+ $1 5. Kb2 (5. Kd1
Rc2 6. Ra4+ Kd5 7. Rxe4 Kxe4 8. Ke1 Kxf4 $19) 5... d2 6. Ra7 Nxf2 7. Rd7+ Ke3
8. Rxd2 Kxd2 9. Rxf2+ Ke3 10. Rf1 Rc4 $1 11. Kb3 Rxf4 $19) 4... Rh8 $1 5. Ra4+
$1 (5. Rg1 $2 Nc3 $1 6. Kd2 Rb8 $1 7. Rg7 (7. Ke1 Re8+ 8. Kf1 d2 9. Rg7 Rd8 $19
) 7... Rb2+ 8. Ke1 d2+ 9. Kf1 Rb5 10. Rd7+ Rd5 $19) 5... Kc3 (5... Kd5 6. Rxe4
$1 fxe4 7. Rg5+ Kc4 8. Ra5 Kc3 9. Rc5+ Kb4 10. Rd5 Ra8 11. f3 Kc3 12. fxe4 Ra1+
13. Kf2 d2 14. e5 $1 $11) 6. Ra3+ $1 (6. Rg1 $2 Rh2 $1 7. Ra3+ Kc2 8. Ra2+ Kb3
9. Rd2 Kc3 10. Ra2 d2+ 11. Rxd2 Nxd2 12. Rg3+ Kc2 $19) 6... Kc2 (6... Kc4 7.
Rg1 Rb8 8. Ra1 $1 Rb2 9. Rg8 Re2+ 10. Kf1 Rxf2+ 11. Kg1 d2 12. Rd8 Kb3 13. Rd4
Rf3 14. Kg2 Rxf4 15. Rf1 Rg4+ 16. Kh2 Kc3 17. Rxd2 Nxd2 18. Rxf5 $11) 7. f3+
d2+ 8. Rxd2+ Nxd2 9. Ra2+ Kc1 10. Rxd2 Rh1+ 11. Ke2 Rh2+ 12. Ke3 $1 Rxd2 {
stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Draw"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.02.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andrzej Jasik, Sp. HM"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3N2k1/3P2qp/R4P2/6P1/1B6/2n3p1/3Ppn2/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. Re6 $1 (1. Ra1 $2 Nfd1 $19) 1... Nh3+ 2. Kh1 $1 (2. Kg2 $2 Nf4+ 3. Kf3 Nxe6
$19) 2... g2+ 3. Kxg2 Nf4+ (3... Qxg5+ 4. Kxh3 $11) 4. Kf2 Nd3+ 5. Kf3 e1=N+ $1
(5... e1=Q $2 6. Re8+ $18) 6. Rxe1 $1 (6. Kg4 $2 Nf2+ 7. Kh4 Nf3+ 8. Kg3 Nce4+
9. Kxf3 Nxg5+ 10. Kxf2 Qxd7 $19) 6... Nxe1+ 7. Kf2 (7. Kf4 $2 Nd5+ $19) 7...
Ne4+ (7... Nd3+ 8. Kf1 Qxd7 9. f7+ Qxf7+ 10. Nxf7 $11) 8. Kxe1 (8. Kf1 $2 Nxf6
9. Nf7 Nxd7 10. Nh6+ Kh8 11. Bc3 Nf3 $19) 8... Nxf6 9. Nf7 $1 Nxd7 10. Nh6+ Kh8
11. Bc3 Ne5 12. Kd1 $1 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Draw"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.10.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anatoly Skripnik, 1st Recom"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3R4/1p2r2k/2P5/Kp1R4/6r1/n7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. R7d6 $1 (1. R4d6 $2 Nc3+ 2. Kxb4 bxc5+ 3. Kc4 Rxd6 4. Rxd6+ Kg5 5. Ra6 Ne4
$19) 1... Rgg6 2. Rxe6 (2. Rxb6 $2 Rxb6 3. cxb6 Rxb6 4. Kb3 Nc1+ 5. Kc2 Ne2 6.
Re4 Nc3 $19) 2... Rxe6 3. Rd6 Nc3+ 4. Kxb4 bxc5+ 5. Ka5 Rg6 6. Re6 Kg7 (6...
Kh5 7. Re3 Nd5 8. Re5+ Rg5 9. Rxg5+ Kxg5 10. Kb5 $11) 7. Re5 Rc6 8. Re7+ Kg8 9.
Re8+ Kg7 10. Re7+ Kf6 11. Re6+ Kxe6 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Draw"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martin Minski, 2nd. Recom"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p1k4b/4K1p1/N7/P7/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. Kf6 $1 (1. Nc4 $2 Bg8+ $1 2. Kf6 Bxc4 $18) (1. Kf7 $2 g5 $1 2. Nc4 g4 3. Ne3
g3 4. Ke6 Kb6 5. Ke5 Ka5 6. Kf4 Kxa4 7. Kxg3 Kb3 $1 8. Kf2 a5 9. Ke2 a4 10. Kd2
a3 $18) (1. Kd5 $2 g5 $1 $18) 1... Bg8 $1 2. Kxg6 Kb6 3. Nb7 $1 (3. Kf6 $2 Kxa5
$18) 3... Bh7+ $1 {switchback} (3... Kxb7 4. Kf5 Kb6 5. Ke4 Ka5 6. Kd3 Kxa4 7.
Kc2 Ka3 8. Kb1 a5 9. Ka1 $11) 4. Kf6 $1 {switchback} (4. Kxh7 $2 Kxb7 5. Kg6
Ka6 {/Kb6} 6. Kf5 Ka5 7. Ke4 Kxa4 8. Kd3 Kb3 9. Kd2 Kb2 10. Kd3 a5 11. Kc4 a4
12. Kb4 a3 13. Ka4 a2 $18) (4. Kg5 $2 Kxb7 $18) 4... Kxb7 5. Ke5 Kb6 6. Kd4 Ka5
7. Kc3 Kxa4 8. Kb2 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Draw"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.03.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marco Campioli, 3rd. Recom"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b1K3/8/1n6/4pP1p/6p1/k5R1/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1... Kb4 (1... Kb2 2. f6 Bf5 3. f7 Bg6 4. Ke7 Nd5+ 5. Ke6 Bxf7+ 6. Kxf7 Kc2 7.
Ke6 $1 $11) 2. f6 Bf5 $1 (2... Nc4 3. Kd8 $1 Be6 4. Ke7 Bd5 5. f7 $11) 3. f7
Bg6 4. Ke7 $1 (4. Kf8 $2 Nd7+ 5. Kg7 Be4 6. Re3 Bd5 $1 7. Rxe5 Bxf7 $1 $19)
4... Nd5+ 5. Ke6 Bxf7+ 6. Kxf7 Kc4 7. Kg6 $1 {with two lines : A)} (7. Ke6 $2
Kd4 8. Kf5 e4 9. Kg5 e3 $19) 7... Kd4 ({B)} 7... Nf4+ 8. Kf5 (8. Kg5 $2 Kd4 9.
Ra3 Ne2 10. Kxh5 g3 $19) 8... Kd4 9. Rg1 $1 (9. Ra3 $2 Ne2 10. Ra2 Ke3 11. Kxe5
g3 $19) 9... Ne2 10. Re1 $1 (10. Rd1+ Ke3 11. Kxe5 g3 12. Kf5 g2 13. Kg5 Ng3
14. Rg1 Kf2 $19) 10... Ke3 11. Kxe5 g3 12. Kf5 g2 13. Kg5 Kd2 14. Rb1 $1 Kc2
15. Re1 $11) 8. Kxh5 Ne3 9. Kg6 $1 (9. Kg5 $2 Ke4 $1 10. Kf6 Kf4 $19) (9. Kh4
$2 Nf5+ $19) 9... Kd3 (9... Ke4 10. Kg5 $11) 10. Kf6 $1 (10. Kh5 $2 Ke2 11. Kg5
Kf2 $19) 10... Ke4 (10... Ke2 11. Kxe5 $11) 11. Kg5 $1 (11. Ke6 $2 Kf4 12. Rg1
e4 $1 $19) 11... Kd3 12. Kf6 Kd4 13. Kg6 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "J. Berger 170 MT section Draw"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.03.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vladimir Samilo, Sp. Recom"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/k3P3/p5p1/q5p1/2p3P1/2p2P1P/2P3PB/6Kn w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

{new nuance of famous study of J. Berger} 1. Bb8+ (1. e8=Q $2 Qa1+ 2. Qe1 Qxe1#
) 1... Ka8 2. e8=Q Qb6+ 3. Kxh1 Qb1+ 4. Kh2 Qxb8+ 5. Qxb8+ Kxb8 6. f4 $1 (6.
Kg3 $2 a5 7. f4 gxf4+ 8. Kxf4 a4 9. Ke4 a3 $19) 6... Kc7 7. fxg5 a5 8. Kg3 a4
9. Kh4 a3 10. g3 a2 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

