[Event "D29 1st Pr. 4th Fide Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mirko Miljanic"]
[Black "Serbia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2q5/1k1n3Q/N5R1/2P5/4K3/8/5r2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]

{Brilliant sacrificial anti-stalemate play on an open board, with the heavy
cannons absolutely free. The battery Rook-pawn is created already in the first
move to trap the black queen by checking her king should he move to the sixth
rank. Following an amazing journey highlighted by 6.Rf5!! the very same rook
eventually lands on the other side of the very same battery line to complete
the initial job by role exchanges with the pawn in regards to the enemy royal
couple. A highly original concept presented in an exemplary setting. A
remarkable achievement!} 1. c6+ Ka8 2. Nc7+ (2. Qxd7 {?} Re2+ {!} 3. Kf3 Qf8+
4. Kxe2 Qf3+ {!} 5. Kxf3 {Stalemate!}) 2... Qxc7 3. Rg8+ Rf8 (3... Nf8 {?} 4.
Qxc7 $18) (3... Ka7 4. Qxd7 Rf4+ 5. Ke3 Rf7 6. Qd4+ {! +-}) 4. Rxf8+ Nb8 5. Qh6
$3 (5. Qxc7 {stalemate!}) 5... Qh7+ $1 (5... Qe7+ 6. Kd5 Qb4 7. Qc1 {+-}) 6.
Rf5 $3 Qxh6 7. Ra5+ Na6 8. Rxa6+ Kb8 9. c7+ Kxc7 10. Rxh6 $18 1-0

[Event "D02 2nd Pr. 4th Fide Cup "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martin Minski"]
[Black "Germany"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2K1B3/k7/n6q/8/3p4/3PR3/r7/6Q1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]

{Another superb mutual sacrificial play to avoid mates and stalemates with the
cherry on top - the formidable 8.Qb6!! to allow a model mate. A genuine
masterpiece in an excellent setting!} 1. Re7+ Ka8 2. Qb1 $1 (2. Qxd4 $2 Rc2+ 3.
Kd8 Nc5 $1 4. Qd5+ Kb8) 2... Nb4 $1 3. Qxb4 Rc2+ 4. Kd8 (4. Rc7 $2 Qe6+ 5. Kd8
Qd5+ 6. Kc8 Qe6+ $11) (4. Kd7 $4 Qc6+ 5. Kd8 Qc8#) 4... Rc8+ $1 (4... Qa6 5.
Re1 $1) 5. Kxc8 Qa6+ 6. Kc7 $1 (6. Kd7 $2 Qc6+ $1 7. Kxc6 {stalemate}) (6. Qb7+
$2 Qxb7+ 7. Rxb7 {stalemate}) 6... Qc8+ (6... Qa7+ 7. Kd8 $1 Qb6+ $1 8. Rc7 $1
Qxb4 9. Bc6+ Kb8 10. Rc8+ (10. Rb7+ $2 Qxb7 11. Bxb7 Kxb7) 10... Ka7 11. Ra8+
Kb6 12. Rb8+ $18) 7. Kd6 $1 Qa6+ (7... Qd8+ 8. Bd7 Qb6+ $1 9. Kd5 $1 {/Ke5!}
Qxb4 10. Bc6+ Kb8 11. Rb7+ (11. Re8+ $2 Kc7 $1) 11... Qxb7 12. Bxb7 Kxb7 13.
Kxd4 Kc6 14. Ke5 Kd7 15. Kd5 $18) 8. Qb6 $3 (8. Bc6+ $2 Qxc6+ $1 9. Kxc6 {
stalemate}) (8. Kd5 $2 Qd6+ $1 9. Kc4 Qd5+ $1 10. Kxd5 {stalemate}) 8... Qxb6+
9. Bc6+ Kb8 10. Re8+ (10. Rb7+ $2 Qxb7 11. Bxb7 Kxb7 12. Kd5 Kc7 13. Kxd4 Kd6)
10... Ka7 11. Ra8# {A model mate following an active self block} 1-0

[Event "D31 3rd Pr. 4th Fide Cup "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oleg Pervakov "]
[Black "Russia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1B2nKR1/7k/5P2/8/4p3/2b1P2p/6p1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]

{A highly fierce struggle to avoid stalemate and positional draw in the best
of classical style!} 1. Kf7 $1 (1. Rg3 {?} Be1 {!} 2. f7 Nf6 3. Rxh3+ Kg6 4.
Bh2 Bb4+ $18) (1. f7 {?} Ng7 {!} 2. Bh2 Bb4+ $18) 1... Bxf6 (1... Nxf6 2. Rg3
Kh6 (2... g1=N 3. Rxg1 Kh6 4. Bf4+ Kh5 5. Rg5+ Kh4 6. Kg6 {+-}) 3. Bf4+ Kh5 4.
Rxh3+ Kg4 5. Rg3+ Kh4 6. Rxg2 $18) 2. Rg3 {!} (2. Rg6 {?} Bg7 {!} 3. Bh2 Bh6 $1
4. Bg1 (4. Rg3 Nd6+ 5. Kf6 Nc4 {=}) 4... Ng7 5. Rg3 h2 {!} 6. Bxh2 Nf5 $11)
2... Kh6 $1 (2... Bh4 3. Rg6 Bf6 4. Bh2 Bc3 5. Rg4 Kh6 6. Kxe8 {+-}) 3. Rxh3+
Bh4 {!} 4. Rxh4+ (4. Bh2 {?} Kg5 5. Kxe8 Bf2 $1 (5... Kg4 {?} 6. Rxh4+ {! +-})
6. Ke7 Kg4 7. Rh8 Kf3 8. Rg8 Bxe3 {=}) 4... Kg5 5. Rh8 $3 ({Logical try:} 5.
Rh3 $6 Nd6+ {!} (5... g1=Q {?} 6. Rg3+ Qxg3 7. Bxg3 Nf6 8. Bh4+ {!} Kxh4 9.
Kxf6 Kg4 10. Ke5 Kf3 11. Kd4 {+-}) 6. Bxd6 g1=Q 7. Rg3+ Kf5 {!} 8. Bf4 Qg2 {!}
9. Ke7 Qg1 {positional draw or stalemate} 10. Rg5+ Qxg5+ 11. Bxg5 Kxg5 12. Ke6
Kg6 {!} 13. Ke5 Kf7 14. Kxe4 Ke6 $11) 5... g1=Q 6. Bf4+ $1 (6. Rg8+ {?} Ng7 {!}
7. Rxg7+ Kf5 8. Rxg1 {stalemate}) 6... Kg4 $1 (6... Kf5 7. Rh5+ Kg4 8. Rg5+ {+-
}) 7. Rg8+ {switchback} Ng7 $1 8. Rxg7+ Kf5 9. Bh6 $3 (9. Rg3 {?} Qg2 {!} 10.
Ke7 Qg1 {positional draw}) 9... Qa1 10. Rg5# 1-0

[Event "D45 4th Pr. 4th Fide cup  "]
[Site "City"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vladimir Tarasiuk"]
[Black "Ukraina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3b2R1/8/K3n3/3p4/8/2P5/1P6/7k w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

{A tiny intermediate check to the black king prior to the thematic exchange
sacrifice makes a huge difference. A lovely logical study with a lively
introduction!} 1. Kb7 $1 (1. Kb5 $2 d4 2. cxd4 Nxd4+ $11) (1. b4 $2 Bf6 2. Rc8
Be5 3. b5 d4 4. cxd4 Bxd4 $11) 1... Bf6 $1 (1... Bg5 2. Rxg5 Nxg5 3. Kc6 $16) (
1... d4 2. cxd4 (2. Rh8+ $2 Kg2 3. cxd4 Bf6 4. Rg8+ Kf3 5. d5 Nf4 6. d6 Bxb2
$11) 2... Bf6 3. d5 $16) 2. Rg6 (2. Kc6 d4 $1 $11 (2... Nf4 $2 3. Rf8 $16))
2... Nc5+ 3. Kc6 Ne4 4. Rh6+ $3 (4. Rxf6 $2 Nxf6 5. b4 Ne4 6. b5 Nxc3 7. b6 d4
8. b7 d3 9. b8=Q d2 10. Qh8+ Kg2 $1 $11) 4... Kg2 (4... Kg1 5. Rxf6 Nxf6 6. b4
Ne4 7. b5 Nxc3 8. b6 d4 9. b7 d3 10. b8=Q d2 11. Qg3+ $1 $16) 5. Rxf6 $1 Nxf6
6. b4 Ne4 7. b5 Nxc3 8. b6 d4 9. b7 d3 10. b8=Q d2 11. Qb2 $1 $16 1-0

[Event "D35  Sp. Pr. 4th Fide Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Luis Miguel Gonzalez "]
[Black "Spain "]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p5N/3K4/1P3rP1/8/4P3/2k5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]

{An amazing knight manoeuvre, in a most natural setting, with the unavoidable
price of a somewhat limited counter-play} 1. b6 $1 (1. e4 $2 Rxb5 2. e5 Rb6+ $1
3. Kd7 Ra6 $1 4. e6 b5 5. e7 Ra7+ 6. Ke6 Rxe7+ 7. Kxe7 b4) (1. g6 $2 Rxb5 $1 2.
g7 Rb6+ 3. Ke7 Rg6 4. Kf7 Rxg7+ 5. Kxg7 Kd3) 1... Kd3 $1 2. g6 $1 (2. e4 $2 Rb5
$1 3. Kc7 Re5 4. g6 Re6 $1 5. Kxb7 Rxg6) 2... Rf3 $1 (2... Rb5 3. Kc7 Re5 4.
Kxb7 Re6 5. Nf8 Rxe3 6. Ka7) (2... Rf1 3. Kc7 Rg1 4. Nf8 Ke4 5. Kxb7) 3. e4 $1
(3. Kc7 $2 Rxe3 $1 4. Kxb7 Kc4 5. Kc7 Re7+ 6. Kd6 Rg7 7. Nf8 Kb5) 3... Rg3 4.
e5 Rxg6+ 5. e6 Kd4 $1 (5... Kc4 6. Nf8 Rf6 7. Nd7 Rh6 8. Ke5 Rh5+ 9. Kf6 Rh6+
10. Kf7 Rh7+ 11. Ke8 Rh8+ 12. Nf8 Kc5 13. e7) 6. Nf8 Rf6 7. Nd7 Rg6 $1 (7...
Rh6 8. Ne5 Ke4 9. Nc6 $1 bxc6 10. b7) 8. Ne5 Rh6 9. Nc6+ $1 Ke4 (9... bxc6 10.
b7 Rh8 11. e7 c5 12. Kd7) 10. Ne7 $1 (10. Kd7 $2 Kd5 $1) 10... Rf6 (10... Rh8
11. Ng6 Rg8 12. e7 Rxg6+ 13. Kd7 Rxb6 14. e8=Q+) 11. Nd5 $1 (11. Kd7 $2 Ke5 12.
Nc6+ Kd5 $1 13. Nd8 Rh6 14. e7 Rh7 15. Nxb7 Rxe7+ $1 16. Kxe7 Kc6) 11... Rg6
12. Nc7 Kd4 13. Nb5+ $1 (13. Kd7 $2 Kc5 14. e7 Rg8 15. Ne6+ Kxb6 16. Nf8 Rg7)
13... Kc4 14. Na7 Rxe6+ 15. Kxe6 Kc5 16. Nc8 {(Remarkable Knight maneuver:
h7-f8-d7-e5-c6-e7-d5-c7-b5-a7-c8)} 1-0

[Event "D30 1st H M 4th Fide Cup "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yuri Bazlov"]
[Black "Russia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2B2k2/5p1q/3K1P2/5P2/5n2/8/7P/2b4Q w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]

{An excellent mutual battery- play leads to the stunning 6. Qf8+!! which is
hopefully still original.} 1. Qa8 $1 Ba3+ $1 2. Qxa3 (2. Kc6 $2 Kg8 $11) 2...
Qxh2 (2... Qh3 3. Qxh3 Nxh3 4. Bb7 Ng5 5. h4 Nh7 6. Ke5 Kg8 7. h5 Ng5 8. Kd6
Kf8 9. h6 Nh7 10. Ke5 Kg8 11. Bd5 Ng5 12. Kd6 Kf8 13. Bf3 Nh7 14. Ke5 Kg8 15.
Bh5 Ng5 16. Bg6 Kh8 17. Kd6 $18) 3. Be6 $3 (3. Kd7+ $2 Kg8 4. Qe7 {There have
been doubts here regarding the alternative line 4.Qe3 Kh7 here is the
composer's analysis to verify its soundness:  1. 5.Ke8 Nh5 (or 5... Qc2 6.Bd7.
If 6.Be6, then 6... fe 7.Qxf4 Qc8 (c6) + draw. 6.Qc4 Kf8 7.Nh5 Qe7 8.Kh6 etc.
White can't to make progress) 6.Qe7 Qg3 (or 6... Kh6 7.Kxf7 Qa2 + 8.Kf8. If 8.
Qe6, then 8... Qa3 9.Ke8 Kg5 10.Qg8 + Kh4 11.Qc4 + Kg5 =; 8.Be6 Qb2 9.Qf8 +
Kg5 10.Qg8 + 10... Kh4 11.Qg6 (g7) of Qd4 =. 8... Qb2 9.Qe3 + Kh7 10.f7 Qh8 +
11.Ke7 Qf6 + =)) 7.Qxf7 + Kh6 8.Qe6 Kg5 9.f7 Ng7 + 10.Ke7 Nxe6 11.fxe Qa3 + 12.
Ke8 Qa4 + 13.Bd7 Qa8 + 14.Ke7 Qa3 + perpetual check.   2. 5.Qe7 Qa2 6.Ke8 Kh6
7.Qxf7 Qxf7 + 8.Kxf7 Kg5 =; 7.Qe3 Qc4 8.Bd7 Kg5 9.Kf8 Kg4 etc. White cannot to
make progress.  3. 5.Bb7 Qh4 6.Qe7 Qh5 7.Ke8 Kh6 8.Qxf7 Qxf5 9.Qg7 + Kh5 10.
Bf3 + Kh4 11.Qd7 Qe5k + 12.Kxf7 Kg3 13.Qc6 Nh3 =. White cannot to make
progress.  4. 5.Qb3 Kg8 6.Ke8 (6.Ke7 Ng6 + 7.fxg Qc7 + 8. Bd7 Qc5 + 9.Kd8 Qa5
+ 10.Kc8 Qa6 + 11.Kc7 Qxf6 =) 6... Qe2 + 7.Be6 Nh5 8.Qb8 Qe3 9.Qb2 Qe4 10.Ke7
Qe3 11.Qg2 + Kh7 12.Qh2 Qg5 =    Harold van der Hijden confirms that the study
is correct: 3.Kd7+ Kg8 4.Qe3 and now 4...Kh7! 5.Bb7 Kh6 (probably also 4...Kh6
5.Bb7 Kh7) 6.Be4 (6.Bd5 Kg5!) 6...Bh4! 7.Ke7 (otherwise 7...Qg5 and 8...Sh5) 7.
..Qg5! 8.Kxf7 Sh5! 9.Qd4 Qf4 (aiming for c7; also 9...Qg3 or 9...Qc1) 10.Ke6
Qc7! 11.f7 (Black threatened mate; this is the only chance) 11...Sf4(g7)+ 12.
Kf6 Sh5+ 13.Ke6 Sf4(g7)+ positional draw. Many unique black drawing moves here.
I have no doubt (my computer shows a 0.00 score after 4...Kh7;} Qa2 5. Qe8+ Kh7
6. Ke7 Qe2+ 7. Kxf7 Qh5+ 8. Kf8 Qh6+ 9. Ke7 Nd5+ $11) 3... Nxe6+ (3... Kg8 4.
Kd7 (4. Ke7 Nd5+ 5. Bxd5 Qc7+ 6. Ke8 Qc8+ 7. Ke7 Qf8+) 4... Qg2 5. Bxf7+ $18)
4. Kd7+ $1 (4. Kc6+ $2 Kg8 5. fxe6 Qe5 $11) 4... Kg8 5. fxe6 Qb8 (5... fxe6 6.
Qe7 Qd2+ 7. Ke8 $18) (5... Qf4 6. Qa8+ Kh7 7. e7 $18) (5... Qe5 6. exf7+ Kxf7
7. Qe7+ $18) 6. Qf8+ $3 (6. e7 $2 Qb7+ 7. Kd6 Qb6+ 8. Kd5 Qe6+ 9. Kc5 Qe5+ 10.
Kc6 Qe4+ 11. Kb6 Qe6+ 12. Kb5 Qd7+ $11) (6. Qa6 $2 fxe6 7. Qxe6+ Kh7 $11) 6...
Qxf8 (6... Kxf8 7. e7+ Kg8 8. e8=Q+ Qxe8+ 9. Kxe8 $18) 7. e7 Qh6 8. e8=Q+ Kh7
9. Qxf7+ Kh8 10. Qe8+ Kh7 11. Qe7+ Kg6 12. f7 Qh3+ (12... Qd2+ 13. Ke8 $18) 13.
Qe6+ Qxe6+ 14. Kxe6 Kg7 15. Ke7 1-0

[Event "D48 2nd HM 4th Fide Cup "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gunter  Sonntag "]
[Black "Germany "]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1k1P1p2/2n5/2qN3p/K1pRB3/6Bp/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "49"]

{A well orchestrated king- hunt by the white officers, with two enemy queens 
(one at a time) skilfully outplayed. A powerful display of high precision!} 1.
d8=N+ $1 (1. d8=Q {?} Qa7+ 2. Kb5 Qa6+ 3. Kc5 Qa3+ 4. Kxc4 Nxd8 5. Ne7+ Nc6 6.
Rd7+ Ka6 7. Nxc6 Qc1+ (7... Qxg3 {?} 8. Nb4+ Ka5 9. Ra7+ Kb6 10. Rb7+ Ka5 11.
Nc6+ {+-}) 8. Kb4 Qb2+ 9. Kc4 Qc1+ 10. Kd3 Qa3+ 11. Kc4 Qc1+ 12. Kd4 Qg1+ 13.
Kc4 Qc1+ 14. Kd4 Qd2+ {=}) 1... Nxd8 2. Ne7+ Nc6 3. Nxc6 Kb6 4. Rd5 $1 Qxc6+ 5.
Kb4 Qe8 (5... f5 6. Bf3 (6. Bh1) 6... Qe8 7. Rd6+ (7. Bf2+ {?} Kc7 8. Rc5+ Kb8
9. Rb5+ Kc8 10. Rc5+ Kb8 11. Bg3+ f4 (11... Ka7 {?} 12. Rb5 Qe7+ 13. Ka4 {+-})
12. Bxf4+ Ka7 {=}) 7... Ka7 8. Ka5 Qc8 9. Bf2+ {+-}) 6. Bf2+ Kc7 7. Rc5+ Kb8 8.
Bg3+ Ka7 9. Ra5+ Kb6 10. Bf2+ Kc7 11. Ra7+ Kd6 12. Bg3+ Ke6 13. Ra6+ Ke7 14.
Bd6+ (14. Bh4+ {?} f6 15. Rxf6 h2 16. Kc5 Kd7 17. Bc6+ Kc8 (17... Kc7 {?} 18.
Bxe8 h1=Q 19. Rf7+ Kb8 20. Bg3+ Kc8 21. Bd7+ {+-}) 18. Bxe8 h1=Q 19. Rc6+ Kb7 {
=}) 14... Kf6 15. Bf4+ Ke7 16. Bg5+ f6 17. Rxf6 $1 h2 18. Kc5 Kd7 19. Bc6+ (19.
Rd6+ {?} Kc7 (19... Kc8 {?} 20. Kb6 {+-}) 20. Rc6+ Kb8 21. Bf4+ Ka7 22. Rc7+
Ka6 23. Rc6+ Ka7 {=}) 19... Kc8 20. Bxe8 h1=Q 21. Rc6+ Kb7 22. Re6 Qg1+ (22...
Kc8 23. Bc6 {+-}) 23. Be3 Qg7 (23... Qg8 24. Bc6+ Kc7 25. Re7+ (25. Bf4+ {+-})
25... Kd8 26. Re4 c3 27. Kb6 c2 28. Bg5+ {+-}) (23... Qg4 24. Bc6+ Kc7 25. Re7+
Kd8 26. Re8+ (26. Re4 {+-}) 26... Kc7 27. Bd4 {+-}) (23... Qg3 24. Bc6+ Kc7 25.
Kb5 (25. Re7+ {+-}) 25... Kc8 26. Bb6 {+-}) 24. Bc6+ Ka6 25. Re8 {+-} 1-0

[Event "D04 3rd HM 4th Fide Cup "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Harold van der Heijden "]
[Black "Netherlands "]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/k2pK3/P7/2pR4/r3P3/4P3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]

{A well constructed Rook ending with an original reciprocal zugzwang mechanism
and a fine play of capture refusals.} 1. e4 $1 (1. Rxd6+ $2 {e.g.} Kxa5 2. e4
Re3) (1. Kxd6 $2 {e.g.} Rxe3) (1. Rxc4 $2 Rxe3+) 1... c3 {Again, capturing the
pawn only draws:} (1... Kb5 2. Kd5 c3 {= main line}) (1... Rc3 2. Kd5) 2. Rc4 {
Also Black refuses to capture as he would lose too much time:} (2. Kxd6 $2 Kb5
$1 3. Rd5+ Kb4) 2... Kb5 (2... Kxa5 3. Kxd6 Kb5 4. Kd5) 3. Kd5 $1 Rxa5 {Black
has no good non-capturing move anymore. But White does! Try: Thematictry:} (
3... Kxa5 {e.g.} 4. Kxd6) 4. e5 $1 (4. Rxc3 $2 Kb4+ 5. Kd4 Rc5 $1 6. Rxc5 dxc5+
7. Kd5 (7. Kd3 Kb3 8. Kd2 Kb2 9. Kd3 Kb3 10. e5 c4+ 11. Kd2 Kb2 12. e6 c3+ 13.
Kd3 c2 14. e7 c1=Q) 7... c4 8. e5 c3 9. e6 c2 10. e7 c1=Q) (4. e3 $2 Ra3 5. Rc8
(5. e5 dxe5 6. e4 $4 (6. Rc8) 6... Ra5 {zz, a full-point reciprocal zugzwang,
WTM. See main line!}) 5... c2 $1 {e.g.} 6. e5 dxe5 7. e4 Rd3+ 8. Kxe5 Rd2) 4...
dxe5 {Now White again refuses to capture, as both possible captures will cost
him a rook.} 5. e4 $1 {zz, full point reciprocal zugzwang, BTM} (5. Rxc3 $4
Kb4+) 5... Ra3 {In the ini tial position, White was a pawn ahead, but after
all the refusals of capture he now is a pawn down, and does not seem to have
achieved much progress.} 6. Rc8 $1 {An easy win for White is:} Kb4 (6... Ra5 7.
Kxe5 Kb4+ 8. Kd4) 7. Rb8+ {another refusal of capture. The point of this
position is that the two active black self-blocks on c3 and e3 prove to be
fatal.} Ka5 8. Kc5 $1 (8. Kc4 $4 c2) 8... Ka4 (8... Ka6 9. Ra8+ Kb7 10. Rxa3)
9. Kc4 $1 Ka5 (9... c2 10. Ra8#) 10. Ra8+ Kb6 11. Rxa3 1-0

[Event "D24 4th HM 4th Fide Cup "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pavel Arestov  "]
[Black "Russia "]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k2r/8/4K1R1/8/6Np/p2P3p/1ppP3P/6R1 w k - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

{A long and winding king chase, efficiently copes with the unstoppable black
pawns} 1. Ne5 $1 (1. Nf6+ $2 Kd8 2. Rg8+ Rxg8 3. Rxg8+ Kc7 $19) 1... Kd8 2. Kd6
$1 Kc8 3. Rg8+ $1 (3. Nc6 $2 c1=Q 4. Rg8+ Kb7 $3 $19) 3... Rxg8 4. Rxg8+ Kb7 5.
Nc6 $1 b1=Q $1 (5... c1=Q 6. Rb8+ Ka6 7. Ra8+ Kb5 8. Rb8+ Ka6 9. Ra8+ {- pos.
draw}) 6. Rb8+ Ka6 7. Ra8+ Kb5 8. Kc7 $3 (8. Rb8+ $2 Ka4 $1 9. Ra8+ Kb3 10.
Rb8+ Ka2 $19) 8... Qb4 $1 9. Rb8+ Kc5 10. d4+ $1 (10. Rxb4 $2 c1=Q 11. d4+ Kd5
12. Rb5+ Ke4 13. Re5+ Kf4 $19) 10... Qxd4 11. Rb5+ $3 Kxb5 12. Nxd4+ Kc4 13.
Nxc2 a2 14. Na1 $1 {draw.} *

[Event "D18 Sp. HM 4th Fide Cup "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Victor  Aberman "]
[Black "USA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1n6/8/4k3/8/8/8/PP4P1/4K3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "45"]

{This product of modern technology introduces an amazing discovery: Three
times Festina Lente (a gradual pawn's starting move) combined with 2 echoing
slow Excelsiors that end up in a minor promotion  .Curiously five of the six
men are in their initial squares at such an advanced stage of the game. A
memorable super miniature!} 1. Kd2 $1 Nd7 $1 2. Kc3 $1 Ne5 ({main} 2... Kd6 3.
Kb4 $1 Ne5 4. Kb5 Kc7 5. b3 $1 (5. b4 $2 Kb7 $1 6. a3 Ng4 $1 7. Kc5 Ne3 8. g3
Kc7 9. a4 Ng4 10. Kd4 Nf2 $1 11. b5 Nh1 $1 12. g4 Nf2 13. g5 Nh3 14. g6 Nf4 15.
g7 Ne6+ $11) 5... Ng4 6. Ka6 Ne3 7. g3 Nc2 $1 8. a4 Nb4+ 9. Kb5 $1 Nc6 10. g4
$1 (10. Kc5 $2 Ne5 $1 11. Kd5 Nd7 $1 {ZZ WTM} 12. a5 Kb7 13. b4 Nf6+ 14. Ke5
Ng4+ 15. Kf4 Nf6 $1 $11) 10... Nd4+ 11. Kc4 Nf3 $1 12. Kd5 Nh2 $1 13. g5 Nf3
14. g6 Nh4 15. g7 Nf5 16. g8=N $1 $18 {Slow excelsior of Pawn the "g" with
underpromotion and echo of the final play in variation I!}) 3. Kd4 Kd6 4. Ke4
$1 (4. b3 $2 Nd7 $1 5. Ke4 Nc5+ 6. Kf5 Nd3 7. a3 Ne1 $1 8. g4 Nc2 $1 9. a4 Nd4+
$11) 4... Ng4 (4... Ke6 5. b3 $1 Kd6 6. g3 $1 (6. a3 $2 Nc6 $1 7. g4 Na5 $1 8.
b4 Nc4 $1 9. a4 Nb6 $1 10. a5 Nd5 $11)) 5. b3 $1 Nf2+ 6. Ke3 $1 Nd1+ 7. Kd4 $1
Nf2 8. a3 $1 (8. Kc4 $2 Ne4 $1 {ZZ WTM} 9. a3 Nd2+ 10. Kc3 Nb1+ 11. Kb4 Nd2 12.
g4 Ne4 $11) 8... Ng4 9. Ke4 Ne5 10. g3 $1 {ZZ BTM All three pawns have made a
short move from the second row!} Ke6 11. Kf4 Nd3+ (11... Kf6 12. a4 $1 Nd3+ 13.
Ke3 Nc5 14. a5 $1 Nxb3 15. a6 $18) 12. Kg5 (12. Kg4) 12... Nc5 13. b4 Ne4+ 14.
Kh4 Nc3 15. g4 $1 Kf6 16. Kh5 Kg7 17. Kg5 Nd5 18. b5 Nb6 19. Kf5 Na4 20. Ke5 (
20. Ke6 $2 Nc3 $1 21. b6 Na4 $1 22. b7 Nc5+ $11) 20... Nc3 $1 21. b6 Na4 $1 22.
b7 Nc5 $1 23. b8=N $1 $18 {Slow excelsior of Pawn the "b" with underpromotion
and echo of final play in variation II!} 1-0

[Event "D06 1st Comm. 4th Fide Cup "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ladislav Salai Jr. "]
[Black "Slovakia "]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2B5/3K4/1p6/1Pp4k/Pb5p/1P1p2P1/1P1P4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]

{A typical solvers' friendly study, displaying the incarceration motive, with
an excellent thematic key.} 1. a5 $3 (1. gxh4 $2 Bxd2 2. Kc6 Ba5 3. b4 cxb4 4.
Bf5 d2 5. Bc2 Kxh4 6. Kd5 Kg3 7. Kc4 Kf2 8. Kb3 Ke1) 1... Bxa5 (1... hxg3 2. a6
g2 3. a7 g1=Q 4. a8=Q) 2. gxh4 Bxd2 3. Kc6 Ba5 4. Bf5 (4. b4 $2 d2 $1 5. bxa5
bxa5 6. b6 d1=Q 7. b7 Qb3 $1 8. Kc7 Qg3+) 4... d2 5. Bc2 Kxh4 6. b4 $1 (6. Kd5
$2 Kg3 7. Kc4 (7. b4 Bxb4) 7... Kf2 8. Kd3 Ke1) 6... cxb4 7. Kd5 Kg3 8. Kc4 Kf2
9. Kb3 Ke1 10. Ka4 $1 d1=Q (10... b3 11. Bxb3 $1 d1=Q 12. Bxd1 Kxd1 $4 13. b4)
11. Bxd1 Kxd1 12. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "D46 2nd Comm. 4th Fide Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexei Gasparyan "]
[Black "Armania "]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k1K5/p4n2/2b5/5B1R/1N6/6B1/1r4p1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "22"]

{A well constructed stalemate play against a cornered King though the final
position is a well trodden one.} 1. Be4 {!} (1. Bh2 $2 Rxb4 2. Bg6 Rb7 3. Bxf7
Rxf7 4. Rg5 Bb7+ 5. Kd8 Rf1 {-+}) (1. Nxc6 {?} g1=Q 2. Be4 Rb7 {-+}) 1... Bxe4
2. Rb5 {!} a6 3. Rb8+ Ka7 4. Nc6+ Bxc6 5. Rxb2 {!} Nd6+ {!} (5... g1=Q {?} 6.
Bf2+ Qxf2 7. Rxf2 {=}) 6. Kc7 {!} (6. Kd8 {?} g1=Q {-+}) 6... Nb5+ (6... g1=Q
7. Bf2+ {=}) 7. Kxc6 g1=Q (7... Nd4+ 8. Kc7 g1=Q 9. Rb7+ Ka8 10. Rb8+ {=}) 8.
Bf2+ Nd4+ {!} 9. Bxd4+ (9. Kd5 {?} Qh1+ 10. Kxd4 Ka8 {-+}) 9... Qxd4 10. Rb7+
Ka8 11. Rb8+ Kxb8 {pat} 1/2-1/2

[Event "D213rd Comm. 4th Fide Cup "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Michal Hlinka "]
[Black "Slovakia "]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "q6r/4Q1N1/2P5/7N/4p3/4Kp2/6kr/4B3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]

{A fine ideal pin stalemate with the entire heavy black artillery involved} 1.
Nf4+ (1. Qc5 $2 Qa2 2. Bd2 Qb3+ 3. Bc3 Rh3 $1 4. Nf4+ Kh1 5. Nxh3 Rxh3 6. Kf4
f2 7. Qxf2 Rf3+) 1... Kh1 (1... Kf1 2. Nf5 Re8 3. Ng3+ Kg1 4. Qg7 Qa3+ 5. Bc3
Qc1+ 6. Kd4 Qd1+ 7. Kc5) 2. Nf5 (2. Ngh5 $2 R8xh5 3. Nxh5 Qa1 4. Ng3+ Kg2 5.
Qb4 Qa7+ 6. Kf4 Rh4+ $1 7. Kg5 Kh3 $1 8. Nf5 Rg4+ 9. Kf6 e3 10. Qf8 Qh7) 2...
Qxc6 (2... Qa1 3. Ng3+ Kg1 4. Bb4 Qc1+ 5. Kxe4 Qxc6+ 6. Kd4 Qc1 7. Qe3+ Qxe3+
8. Kxe3) 3. Ng3+ $1 (3. Qxe4 $2 Qxe4+ 4. Kxe4 f2 $1 (4... Re8+ $2 5. Kxf3 Rxe1
6. Ng3+ Kg1 7. Nfe2+)) 3... Kg1 4. Qxe4 $1 (4. Bb4 $2 Qc1+ 5. Kxe4 Qc4+ 6. Ke5
Rc2 7. Ne4 Qc7+ 8. Qxc7 Rxc7 9. Nd3 Rd7 10. Bc5+ Kf1 11. Ndf2 Rh4 12. Ke6 Rd8
13. Be7 Re8 14. Kf7 Rxe7+ $1 15. Kxe7 Ke2 $1 16. Ke6 Ke3 17. Kf5 Rh5+ 18. Kg4
Rh2 $1 {-+egtb}) 4... Re8 (4... Qxe4+ 5. Nxe4 Re2+ 6. Nxe2+) 5. Kxf3 Rxe4 6.
Nh3+ $1 Rxh3 7. Bf2+ Kh2 8. Bg1+ Kxg1 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "D36 4th comm 4th Fide cup  "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilham Aliev "]
[Black "Azerbaijan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7K/8/8/3P3p/4k1p1/8/6r1/3R4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

{An accurate encounter between a Rook and pawns.} 1. d6 (1. Kg7 $2 g3 2. d6 (2.
Kf6 Rf2+ 3. Kg5 g2 4. d6 Rf1) 2... Rb2 3. d7 Rb8 $1 (3... Rb7 $2 4. Kh6 Rxd7 5.
Rxd7 h4 6. Rg7 Kf3 7. Kh5 h3 8. Kh4 h2 9. Rxg3+ Kf2 10. Rh3 $11) 4. d8=Q Rxd8
5. Rxd8 g2 $1) (1. Kh7 g3 2. d6 (2. Kh6 Rf2 $1 3. d6 g2 4. d7 Rf8 5. Kxh5 Kf4
$19) 2... Ra2 3. d7 Ra8 4. d8=Q Rxd8 5. Rxd8 h4 $1) 1... Ra2 2. d7 Ra8+ 3. d8=Q
Rxd8+ 4. Rxd8 g3 5. Rd7 $3 ({Thematic try:} 5. Rd6 $2 Kf3 $1 6. Rf6+ Kg4 $1 7.
Rg6+ Kf4 $1 8. Rf6+ Kg5 9. Kg7 h4 10. Rg6+ Kf4 $1 11. Rf6+ Kg4 12. Rg6+ Kf3 $1
13. Rh6 g2 $19) 5... h4 6. Rh7 g2 7. Rxh4+ Kf3 8. Rh3+ Kf4 9. Rh4+ Kf5 10. Rh5+
Kf6 11. Rh6+ Kf5 12. Rh5+ Kf4 13. Rh4+ Kf3 14. Rh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "D47 Sp. Comm. 4th Fide Cup "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Valery Kalashnikov "]
[Black "Russia "]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/2p2N2/pn6/7R/pp1KP3/8/2p4P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "41"]

{A two sets scene to restrain a pair of passers on the same file, one at a
time.} 1. Rh8+ (1. Rc5 {?} b3 2. Kd3 a3 {-+}) 1... Kb7 2. Nd8+ Ka8 3. Nc6+ Nc8
4. Rxc8+ (4. Kd5 {?} Kb7 5. Na5+ Kb6 6. Nc4+ Ka7 7. Rxc8 c1=Q 8. Rxc7+ Kb8 {-+}
) 4... Kb7 5. Rb8+ Kxc6 6. Rxb4 c1=Q 7. Rc4+ Qxc4+ 8. Kxc4 Kd6 9. h4 (9. Kb4 {?
} Ke5 10. Kxa4 Kxe4 11. Ka5 c5 12. h4 Kf5 {-+}) 9... Ke5 10. h5 Kf6 11. Kb4 Kg5
12. Kxa4 Kxh5 13. Ka5 c5 14. e5 $1 (14. Kb6 {?} c4 15. e5 c3 16. e6 Kg6 17. Kc7
c2 18. e7 c1=Q+ {-+}) 14... Kg6 15. e6 Kf6 16. Kb6 $1 c4 17. Kc5 $1 c3 18. Kd6
c2 19. e7 Kf7 20. Kd7 c1=Q 21. e8=Q+ 1/2-1/2

