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Studies awarded for the FIDE 2nd World Cup 2011.
[Event "1st Prize, 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.11"] [Round ""] [White "Becker=R"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/p1R4p/6p1/5p1P/r4p2/3KP3/8/1k6 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "29"] 1. Rb7+ $1 ({Thematic try} 1. exf4 $2 a5 $1 (1... a6 $2 2. Rb7+ $11) 2. Rxh7 ( 2. h6 Rxf4 3. Rxh7 Rh4 $19) 2... gxh5 3. Rxh5 Rxf4 4. Ke3 Re4+ (4... Rf1 5. Ke2 Rf4 6. Ke3 {loss of time}) 5. Kd3 Re5 6. Kd4 Rb5 7. Kc4 Rb4+ 8. Kc3 Rf4 $19) ( 1. Rxh7 $2 gxh5 2. Rb7+ Kc1 3. exf4 h4 $19) 1... Kc1 $1 (1... Ka2 2. Rxh7 gxh5 3. Rxh5 Ra5 (3... Ra3+ 4. Kc2 $1 $11) 4. exf4 $11) 2. exf4 (2. Rc7+ $2 Kd1 3. exf4 Rxf4 $19) 2... gxh5 3. Rxh7 (3. Rf7 $2 Ra3+ 4. Ke2 Ra5 5. Rxh7 h4 6. Rxh4 Rd5 $19) 3... a6 $1 (3... a5 4. Rxh5 Rxf4 5. Ke3 {main}) (3... Rxf4 4. Rxa7 $11 ) 4. Rh6 $1 (4. Rc7+ $2 Kd1 5. Ke3 Rb4 6. Ra7 (6. Rc5 Rb5 $19) (6. Rh7 Rb3+ 7. Kd4 Ke2 8. Rxh5 Rb4+ 9. Ke5 Rb5+ 10. Ke6 a5 11. Rh3 a4 12. Ra3 Ra5 $19) 6... Rb6 7. Rh7 Rb3+ 8. Kd4 Ke2 9. Rxh5 Rb4+ 10. Ke5 Rb5+ 11. Kf6 a5 $19) (4. Ke3 $2 h4 5. Rh5 (5. Rxh4 Re4+ 6. Kf3 Rd4 7. Ke3 Rd5 $19) 5... Ra3+ 6. Ke2 Ra5 7. Rxh4 Rd5 $19) (4. Rxh5 $2 Rxf4 5. Ke3 Re4+ 6. Kd3 Re5 7. Kd4 Rb5 $19) 4... h4 (4... Rxf4 5. Rxa6 h4) 5. Rxh4 a5 6. Rh5 $1 (6. Kc3 $2 Kd1 7. Kd3 Ke1 8. Ke3 Re4+ $19 ) 6... Rxf4 7. Ke3 Rf1 8. Ke2 Rf4 9. Ke3 {positional draw, or} Re4+ 10. Kd3 Re5 11. Kd4 Rb5 12. Kc4 (12. Kc3 $2 Kd1 13. Kc4 Rb4+ 14. Kd3 Rb3+ 15. Kc4 Rf3 $19) 12... Re5 13. Kd4 Rb5 14. Kc4 {positional draw, or} Rb4+ 15. Kc3 $11 { and impossible 15...Rf4 as in the thematic try, because 16.Rh1+-} *
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[Event "2nd Prize, 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.12"] [Round ""] [White "Eilazyan=E"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1N6/n2pr3/3K3R/1PP3b1/7p/2N1P3/5k2/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "25"] 1. Rh5 (1. Rh8 $2 Rxe3 2. Nd1+ Kg3 3. Nxe3 Nxb5+ 4. Kxd7 Bxe3 5. c6 h3 $11) (1. Rg6 $2 Rxe3 2. Nd1+ Kf3 3. Nxe3 Nxb5+ 4. Kd5 Bxe3 $11) 1... Rxe3 2. Nd1+ Kg3 $1 (2... Kf3 3. Nxe3 Bxe3 4. b6 Nb5+ 5. Kxd7 $18) 3. Rxg5+ (3. Nxe3 $2 Nxb5+ 4. Kxd7 Bxe3 5. c6 Na7 6. c7 Bf4 7. Na6 h3 8. Nb4 h2 9. Nd3 Bxc7 10. Kxc7 Nb5+ $11 ) 3... Kf4 4. Rf5+ $1 ({Thematic try} 4. Rg4+ $2 Kxg4 5. Nxe3+ Kf3 $1 (5... Kf4 $2 6. b6 {main line}) 6. b6 Nc8+ 7. Ke5 d6+ $1 (7... Nxb6 $2 8. cxb6 h3 9. Nf1 Kg2 10. Kf4 $18) 8. Ke6 Nxb6 9. cxb6 h3 10. Nf1 Kg2 11. Nc6 Kxf1 12. b7 h2 13. b8=Q h1=Q $11) (4. Nxe3 $2 Nxb5+ 5. Kxd7 Kxg5 6. Nc6 h3 7. Nf1 Kf4 $11) 4... Kxf5 5. Nxe3+ Kf4 6. b6 $1 (6. Nd5+ $2 Kg5 7. b6 (7. Kxd7 Nxb5 8. Ne3 Kf4 $11) 7... Nc8+ 8. Kc7 Nxb6) 6... Nc8+ 7. Kc7 $1 ({Thematic try} 7. Kxd7 $2 Nxb6+ 8. cxb6 Kxe3 9. Nc6 h3 10. Ne5 Kf4 11. Nf3 Kxf3 12. b7 h2 {(Kg2)} 13. b8=Q Kg2 $11 ) ({Thematic try} 7. Kd5 $2 Nxb6+ 8. cxb6 Kxe3 9. Nxd7 h3 10. Nf6 Kf3 11. b7 h2 12. b8=Q h1=Q $11) 7... Nxb6 8. cxb6 Kxe3 (8... h3 9. Nf1 Kf3 10. Nxd7 Kg2 11. b7 Kxf1 12. b8=Q $18) 9. Nc6 $1 (9. Nxd7 $2 h3 10. Nf6 Kf4 $1 11. Ne4 h2 $1 12. Nf2 Kg3 {(Kf3)} 13. Nh1+ Kg2 14. b7 Kxh1 $11) 9... h3 10. Ne5 Kf4 11. Nf3 $1 Kxf3 $1 12. b7 h2 13. b8=Q $18 *
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[Event "3rd Prize, 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.12"] [Round ""] [White "Didukh=S"] [Black ""] [Result "0-1"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2R5/2P5/N1Pn4/1k6/8/2p1K3/8/5b2 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "23"] 1. Rd8 $1 Nf5+ (1... Nc4+ 2. Kd4 Nb6 3. Nc5 Bh3 (3... c2 4. Nb3 Bh3 5. Rh8 Be6 6. Rh5+ Kxc6 7. Rc5+ Kd7 8. Na5 Bf5 9. Nc6 $18) 4. Rh8 Bc8 5. Ne4 c2 6. Rh1 Kxc6 7. Rc1 Kxc7 8. Rxc2+ Kd8 9. Rc6 $18) 2. Kf3 $3 ({Thematic try} 2. Kf2 $2 Ne7 3. Re8 ({transpose} 3. Nb4 Kxb4 4. Re8 c2 5. Rxe7 c1=Q 6. c8=Q Qf4+ $11) 3... c2 (3... Bh3 4. c8=Q Bxc8 5. Nc7+ Kb6 6. Na8+ Kc5 7. Rxe7 c2 8. Re1 Kxc6 9. Ra1 Bb7 {zz etc same final}) 4. Rxe7 Bh3 ({not} 4... c1=Q $2 5. c8=Q Qf4+ 6. Kg1 Qg5+ 7. Kxf1 Qxe7 8. Qb7+ $18) 5. c8=Q Bxc8 6. Nc7+ Kb6 7. Na8+ Kc5 8. Re1 Kxc6 9. Ra1 Bb7 {zz} 10. Ke2 Bxa8 11. Rxa8 c1=N+ $1 $11) (2. Kf4 $2 Ne7 3. Rd1 Kxa6 4. Rxf1 Kb6 5. Re1 $11) (2. Ke4 $2 Ne7 $11) (2. Ke4 $3 Ne7 3. Re8 (3. c8=Q Nxc8) 3... c2 4. Rxe7 Bh3 $2 5. c8=Q Bxc8 6. Nc7+ $2 Kb6 7. Na8+ Kc5) 2... Ne7 3. Re8 c2 4. Rxe7 Bh3 $1 (4... c1=Q 5. c8=Q Qd1+ 6. Kf2 Qd2+ 7. Kxf1 $18) 5. c8=Q $1 (5. Re5+ $2 Kxa6 6. Rc5 Kb6 7. Rxc2 Kxc7 $11 {,or}) (5. Re1 $2 Kxa6 6. Rc1 Kb6 7. c8=Q Bxc8 8. Rxc2 Kc7 $11) 5... Bxc8 6. Nc7+ Kb6 $1 (6... Kxc6 7. Ne8 $1 Bd7 (7... c1=Q 8. Rc7+) 8. Re1 Bxe8 9. Rxe8 c1=Q 10. Rc8+ $18) 7. Na8+ $1 (7. Nd5+ $2 Kc5 8. Nf4 c1=Q 9. Nd3+ Kd6 10. Nxc1 Kxe7 $11) 7... Kc5 8. Re1 Kxc6 9. Ra1 Bb7 (9... Kb7 10. Ke3 Bf5 11. Kd2 Be4 $18) 10. Kf2 $3 {zz} Bxa8 ( 10... Kc5 11. Nc7 Kd4 12. Ke2 Kc3 13. Rc1 $18) 11. Rxa8 c1=Q 12. Rc8+ $18 0-1
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[Event "4th Prize, 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.12"] [Round ""] [White "Skripnik=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "B1Rb2b1/3R2P1/8/2Q5/4q1k1/6p1/5K2/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "15"] 1. Kf1 (1. Kg1 $2 Qe1+ 2. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) 1... Bc4+ $1 2. Qxc4 g2+ 3. Kg1 $1 ({ Thematic try} 3. Kf2 $5 Bb6+ 4. Rc5 g1=Q+ 5. Kxg1 Qxc4 6. g8=Q+ Qxg8 7. Rd4+ Kh3+ $19) 3... Bb6+ 4. Rc5 Qxc4 (4... Bxc5+ 5. Qxc5 Qe1+ 6. Kxg2 Qg3+ 7. Kf1 $18) 5. g8=Q+ Qxg8 6. Rd4+ Kh3 (6... Kg3 7. Rc3#) 7. Rc3+ Qg3 8. Bxg2# 1-0
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[Event "1st Spec. Prize, 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.12"] [Round ""] [White "Kovalenko=V"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5B2/8/3P2p1/p7/7p/P7/PpK5/b4k2 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "33"] 1. Kb1 $1 (1. Be7 $2 h3 2. d7 h2 3. d8=Q h1=Q 4. Qd1+ Kg2 5. Qxh1+ Kxh1 6. a4 $11) (1. d7 $2 b1=Q+ 2. Kxb1 Bf6 $19) 1... h3 2. d7 h2 3. d8=Q h1=Q 4. Qd1+ Kg2 5. Qxh1+ Kxh1 6. a4 $1 Kg2 7. Bb4 $1 Kf3 8. Bxa5 Ke4 9. Bd8 Kd5 10. a5 Kc6 11. a6 g5 12. a3 $1 ({Thematic try} 12. a4 $5 g4 13. a5 g3 14. Bb6 g2 {zz} 15. Bg1 Kc7 $11) 12... g4 13. a4 g3 14. a5 g2 15. Bb6 {zz} g1=Q+ 16. Bxg1 Kc7 17. Bh2+ $18 *
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[Event "2nd Spec. Prize, 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.12"] [Round ""] [White "Aliev=I"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6kn/2r1q3/4P3/7K/4N3/R7/B1p2R2/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "17"] 1. Nf6+ $1 (1. Rg3+ $2 Kh7 2. Nf6+ Qxf6 3. Rxf6 Rc5+ $1 (3... c1=Q $2 4. Bb1+ Ng6 5. Rfxg6 $11) 4. Kh4 c1=Q $19) (1. Rg2+ $2 Kh7 2. Ng5+ Qxg5+ 3. Rxg5 c1=Q $19) 1... Qxf6 (1... Kg7 2. Rg3+ $18) 2. e7+ $1 ({Thematic try} 2. Rxf6 $2 Rc5+ $1 (2... c1=Q $2 3. e7+ {main line}) 3. Kg4 c1=Q 4. e7+ Rc4+ 5. Bxc4+ Qxc4+ $11 ) 2... Kh7 3. Rxf6 (3. Bg8+ $2 Kg7 4. Rg3+ (4. Rxf6 Rxe7 $11) 4... Ng6 5. e8=N+ Kh8 $11) {main} 3... c1=Q ({main} 3... Rc5+ 4. Kg4 c1=Q 5. Rh3+ (5. Bg8+ $2 Kg7 6. e8=Q Qg1+ 7. Kh4 Qg5+ 8. Kh3 Qh5+ 9. Qxh5 Rxh5+ 10. Kg4 Rh2 11. Kg3 Rh5 $11) 5... Kg7 6. e8=N#) 4. Bg8+ Kg7 (4... Kxg8 5. e8=Q+ $18) 5. e8=N+ $1 (5. e8=Q $2 Qxa3 $11) 5... Kxg8 6. Rg3+ Kh7 7. Rf7+ Rxf7 ({or also} 7... Nxf7 8. Nf6+ Kh8 9. Rg8#) 8. Rg7+ Rxg7 9. Nf6# 1-0
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[Event "3rd Spec. Prize, 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.12"] [Round ""] [White "Poisson=C"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4B1R1/8/q7/8/8/8/P7/K4k2 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "43"] 1. Rg6 $1 Qa5 ({main} 1... Qe2 2. Rb6 Qxe8 3. Rb1+ Kg2 4. Rb2+ Kh1 5. Rb1+ Kh2 6. Rb2+ Kg1 7. Rb1+ Kf2 8. Rb2+ Ke1 9. Rb1+ Kd2 10. Rb2+ Kd1 11. Rb1+ Kc2 12. Rb2+ Kc3 13. a3 Qg6 14. Ka2 Qf5 15. Ka1 Qh7 16. Ka2 {etc=}) 2. Rf6+ Kg1 3. Rg6+ Kf2 4. Rf6+ Ke2 5. Re6+ Kd1 6. Rd6+ Kc1 7. Rc6+ Kd2 8. Rd6+ Ke3 9. Re6+ Kd4 10. Rd6+ Kc3 11. Bg6 $1 Qe5 ({main} 11... Qg5 12. Rc6+ Kb4 13. Bd3 Qe3 14. Rc4+ Ka5 15. Rc3 Qd4 16. Kb2 Kb4 17. a3+ $11) 12. Rd1 $1 {zz} Qe6 13. Bb1 ({Thematic try } 13. Bh7 $5 Qf6 $1 {zz} 14. Be4 Qh8 $1 {zz} 15. Bg6 Qe5 $1 {zz}) 13... Qf6 ( 13... Qe2 14. Rd3+ $11) 14. Bh7 $1 {zz} Qg7 15. Bf5 $1 {zz} Qh8 16. Be4 $1 {zz} Qe5 (16... Kc4+ 17. Kb1 Qb8+ 18. Kc2 $11) 17. Bg6 $1 {zz} Qf6 18. Bh7 $1 Kb4+ 19. Kb1 Qb6 20. Bc2 Kc3+ 21. Bb3 Qf2 22. Rc1+ $11 *
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[Event "1st Hm. 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.12"] [Round ""] [White "Zaharov=S"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7K/B7/8/6P1/3N4/1p1p4/1p6/1k6 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "31"] 1. g6 d2 2. g7 d1=Q 3. g8=Q Qh1+ 4. Kg7 Qg2+ 5. Kh8 $1 (5. Kf8 $2 Qa8+ $18) (5. Kf7 {(Kh7)?} Qb7+ $19) 5... Qh3+ 6. Kg7 Ka2 ({main} 6... Qg2+ 7. Kh8 Qxg8+ 8. Kxg8 Kc1 9. Nb5 $1 b1=Q 10. Be3+ Kb2 11. Bd4+ Kc1 (11... Kc2 12. Na3+ $18) 12. Be3+ {positional draw}) 7. Qa8 $1 Qd7+ 8. Kg8 {(h8,f8)} ({try} 8. Kf6 $2 b1=Q 9. Bc5+ Kb2 10. Ba3+ Kc3 11. Ne2+ Kd2 $1 12. Qa5+ Kxe2 $19) 8... b1=Q 9. Bc5+ Kb2 10. Ba3+ $1 (10. Qa3+ $2 Kc3 11. Qb4+ Kd3 $19) ({Try} 10. Qg2+ $2 Ka1 11. Qa8+ Qa2 12. Qh1+ Kb2 13. Qg2+ Kc3 14. Qf3+ Kc4 $19) 10... Kc3 11. Ne2+ Kd2 $1 (11... Kd3 12. Qf3+ Kc2 13. Qe4+ $1 Qd3 14. Nd4+ $1 Kd1 15. Qg4+ $11) 12. Bc1+ $1 Kxe2 ({also} 12... Kc2 13. Qe4+ Qd3 14. Qc6+ $1 Kd1 15. Nc3+ $11) 13. Qg2+ Kd1 14. Qf1+ Kc2 15. Qc4+ Kd1 16. Qf1+ {positional draw} *
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[Event "2nd Hm. 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.12"] [Round ""] [White "Minski=M"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6k1/7p/7R/4P2P/4Kpp1/1p5P/8/2b5 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "19"] 1. Rb6 $1 (1. hxg4 $2 f3 2. Rb6 f2 $19) 1... f3 $1 2. e6 $1 (2. Rb8+ $2 Kg7 3. e6 f2 4. e7 f1=Q 5. e8=Q Qe2+ 6. Kf5 Qxe8 $19) 2... f2 (2... Kf8 3. Rb8+ (3. hxg4 f2 4. Rxb3 f1=Q 5. Rf3+ Qxf3+ 6. Kxf3 Bg5) 3... Ke7 4. Rb7+ Kxe6 5. Rb6+ Ke7 6. Rb7+ Kf6 7. Rxb3 f2 8. hxg4 f1=Q 9. Rf3+ $11) 3. e7 (3. Rb8+ $2 Kg7 4. e7 f1=Q 5. e8=Q Qe2+ 6. Kf5 Qxe8 7. Rxe8 gxh3 $19) 3... Kf7 4. Rf6+ $1 Ke8 5. Rf8+ $1 ({Thematic try} 5. Rxf2 $5 g3 6. Re2 b2 7. Rxb2 Bxb2 8. Kf3 Be5 $19) 5... Kxe7 6. Rxf2 g3 7. Re2 $1 (7. Rg2 $2 b2 8. Rxb2 Bxb2 9. Kf3 Be5 $19) 7... b2 8. Kf3+ Kf6 9. Rxb2 Bxb2 10. Kxg3 $11 *
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[Event "3rd Hm. 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.12"] [Round ""] [White "Arestov=P"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "N5r1/2KP2r1/R6B/1k6/8/4p3/6p1/4Rn2 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "17"] 1. Rc6 $1 (1. Rb6+ $2 Kc4 2. Bxg7 g1=Q $11 3. Rc6+ Kd3 4. Rd6+ Ke4 5. Re6+ Kd3) 1... Rxd7+ $1 (1... g1=Q 2. Rb1+ Ka5 3. Rc5+ Ka4 4. Nb6+ Ka3 5. Ra5#) 2. Kxd7 Rd8+ $1 3. Kc7 $1 ({Thematic try} 3. Kxd8 $2 Kxc6 4. Bxe3 Nxe3 5. Nc7 Kd6 $1 { zz} 6. Kc8 (6. Nb5+ Ke5 $1 7. Rxe3+ Kf4 8. Re1 Kf3 $11) 6... Nf5 $1 7. Ne8+ Kc6 $1 8. Nf6 Nh4 9. Rg1 Kc5 10. Nh5 Kd4 11. Nf4 Ke3 12. Nxg2+ Kf2 $11) 3... Rc8+ 4. Kxc8 Kxc6 5. Bxe3 Nxe3 6. Nc7 $1 Kd6 (6... Kc5 7. Ne6+ Kd5 8. Nf4+ Ke4 9. Nxg2 $18) 7. Kd8 $1 {zz} (7. Nb5+ $2 Ke5 $1 ({not} 7... Kd5 $2 8. Nc3+ Kd4 9. Ne2+ Ke4 10. Ng1 $18) 8. Rxe3+ Kf4 9. Re1 Kf3 {(Kg3)=}) 7... Ke5 (7... Kc5 8. Ne6+ Kd5 9. Nf4+ $18) 8. Rxe3+ Kf4 9. Nd5+ $18 1-0
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[Event "4th Hm. 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.12"] [Round ""] [White "Mikitovics=J"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1P2k3/5N1R/3K4/1r6/3b4/8/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "23"] 1. Kc6 Rc4+ 2. Kb5 $1 Rc1+ 3. Kb6 $1 Rb1+ 4. Kc7 Rc1+ 5. Kb8 $1 Bc4 (5... Kf7 { (Re1)} 6. Nd5 $1 $18) 6. Rh7+ $3 ({Thematic try} 6. Ka7 $2 Ra1+ 7. Kb6 Rb1+ 8. Kc7 Rc1 $1 9. Rh1 $1 (9. b8=Q Bd5+ 10. Kb6 Rb1+ $11) 9... Rc2 $1 10. Rh7+ (10. Kb6 Rb2+ $11) 10... Bf7+ $1 $11 (10... Kxf6 $2 11. Rh6+ Ke7 12. Rc6 $18)) 6... Kxf6 7. Rc7 $1 ({Thematic try} 7. Rh6+ $2 Ke7 $1 $11 (7... Ke5 8. Rc6 { main line})) 7... Ke5 8. Rc6 Kd4 9. Kc7 Rb1 10. Rb6 Rg1 11. Rd6+ $1 ({try} 11. b8=Q $2 Rg7+ $1 (11... Rg8 $2 12. Rd6+ $18) 12. Kc6 Rg6+ 13. Kb7 Rg7+ 14. Ka8 Bd5+ $11) 11... Ke5 12. b8=Q $18 *
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[Event "1st Spec.Hm. 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.12"] [Round ""] [White "Aberman=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2p5/2k1P3/3p4/6P1/1K5P/8/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "31"] 1. Kb4 $1 (1. h4 $2 Kd6 2. h5 Kxe6 3. h6 Kf6 4. Kb4 (4. Kc3 c5 {(Kg6)=}) 4... d4 {(Kg6)=}) 1... Kd6 2. e7 Kxe7 (2... c5+ 3. Kb5 Kxe7 4. Kxc5 $18) 3. Kc5 c6 ( 3... Ke6 4. h4 Ke5 5. h5 d4 6. h6 $18) 4. h4 Kf6 5. Kd4 ({try} 5. g5+ $2 Kg6 { zz =}) ({try} 5. h5 $2 Kg5 {zz =}) 5... Ke6 ({main} 5... Kg6 6. Ke5 ({ Thematic try} 6. h5+ $2 Kh6 $1 {zz} (6... Kg5 $2 7. Ke5 {zz +-}) 7. Ke5 Kg5 8. h6 Kxh6 9. Kf6 Kh7 10. Kf7 Kh6 $11) 6... Kh6 7. Kf6 d4 8. g5+ Kh5 9. g6 d3 10. g7 d2 11. g8=Q d1=Q 12. Qg5#) 6. h5 Kf6 7. h6 Kg6 8. g5 Kh7 9. Ke5 Kg6 10. Ke6 d4 11. h7 Kxh7 12. Kf7 d3 13. g6+ Kh6 14. g7 d2 15. g8=Q d1=Q 16. Qg6# 1-0
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[Event "2nd Spec.Hm. 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.12"] [Round ""] [White "Slepyan=G"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k6K/r1b5/2P5/2R5/3Q4/7p/2N3p1/4qBBr w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "23"] 1. Rg5 Bb8 $1 (1... Qe8+ 2. Rg8 Qxg8+ 3. Kxg8 Rxg1 4. Qxg1 $18) 2. Nxe1 h2 3. Bxg2 hxg1=B+ $3 (3... hxg1=Q+ 4. Kg8 Rh8+ 5. Qxh8 $18) 4. Kg8 Bxd4 5. c7+ Rb7 6. Ra5+ Bda7 7. c8=B $1 (7. c8=Q $2 Rh8+ 8. Kxh8 {stalemate}) (7. c8=N $2 Rh6 $1 $11) 7... Bc7 8. Rb5 Rxe1 9. Rxb7 Bc5 10. Rb6+ $1 (10. Rb1+ $2 Ka7 11. Rxe1 B5b6 12. Ra1+ Ba5 $11) 10... Ka7 11. Ra6+ Kb8 12. Ra8# 1-0
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[Event "1st Comm. 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.12"] [Round ""] [White "Prusikin=M"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/5p2/8/4k1p1/3n4/R1p5/P7/2K5 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "29"] 1. Ra5+ $1 Kf4 2. Rd5 Ne6 3. Kc2 g4 4. Kxc3 g3 5. Rd2 Ke3 6. Rd3+ $1 Kf4 (6... Kf2 7. Rd2+ Kf3 8. a4 f5 9. Rd3+ Kf2) 7. Rd2 Kf3 (7... f5 8. Re2 Nc5 9. Kd2) 8. a4 f5 9. a5 f4 10. a6 Nc7 11. Rd3+ $1 Ke2 12. Rd2+ Ke1 13. Rc2 $3 (13. Ra2 $2 f3 $1) 13... Nxa6 $1 (13... f3 14. Kd3 g2 (14... Nxa6 15. Ke3) 15. Rxc7 g1=Q 16. Rc1+ Kf2 17. Rxg1 $11) 14. Kd4 Nb4 15. Rb2 $11 *
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[Event "2nd Comm. 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.12"] [Round ""] [White "Gonzales=L"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5qk1/p1p2p1p/2N1nP2/6PK/8/2B5/PP6/7R w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "19"] 1. Ne7+ Kh8 2. g6 (2. Kg4 $2 Qa8 3. Ng6+ Kg8 4. Ne7+ Kf8 $19) 2... fxg6+ 3. Nxg6+ hxg6+ 4. Kxg6+ Kg8 5. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 6. f7+ Ng7 7. Be5 a5 ({or} 7... c5 8. b3 a6 (8... a5 9. a4 $1 {zz +-}) 9. a3 $1 {zz as in main line}) 8. b3 {zz} c6 ( 8... c5 9. a4 $18) 9. a3 {zz} c5 10. a4 $18 *
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[Event "3rd Comm. 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.12"] [Round ""] [White "Pallier=A"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7b/6R1/n2p2P1/4Pk2/8/1K6/4q3/Q7 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "19"] 1. Qf1+ $1 (1. Qb1+ $2 Ke6 2. Rf7 Qb5+ $1 3. Kc2 Nb4+ $1 4. Kd2 Qd5+ 5. Ke1 (5. Ke3 Qxe5+ 6. Qe4 Nd5+ 7. Kf3 Qxe4+ 8. Kxe4 Bf6 $19) 5... Qxe5+ 6. Kf1 Qb5+ 7. Kg2 Qe2+ 8. Rf2 Qg4+ 9. Kf1 Nd5 10. Qe1+ Be5 11. g7 Qxg7 12. Qe4 Nf6 13. Qf5+ Ke7 $19) 1... Qxf1 2. Rf7+ Kxg6 (2... Kxe5 3. Rxf1 Nc7 4. Kc4 d5+ 5. Kc5 $11) 3. Rxf1 dxe5 (3... Bxe5 4. Kc4 Nc7 5. Rf2 {(f3)} Ne6 6. Kd5 Nf4+ 7. Ke4 $11) 4. Kc3 $1 ({Thematic try} 4. Kc4 $5 Nc7 {zz} 5. Kc5 e4 6. Kd6 Nb5+ 7. Ke6 Nd4+ 8. Kd5 Ne2 $1 9. Rh1 Nc3+ 10. Kc4 Be5 11. Rf1 Kg5 12. Rf8 Kg4 13. Re8 Kf4 $19) 4... Nc7 5. Kc4 $1 {zz} Bf6 6. Kc5 e4 7. Kd6 Nb5+ 8. Ke6 Nc7+ 9. Kd6 Nb5+ 10. Ke6 $11 *
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[Event "4th Comm. 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.12"] [Round ""] [White "Gasparyan=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6NB/6KP/7p/2PPk2q/1b6/6P1/p7/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "19"] 1. Kf8+ Kf5 2. g4+ Kg6 3. gxh5+ Kxh7 4. Ba1 $1 Bxc5+ 5. d6 $3 Bd4 ({main} 5... Bxd6+ 6. Kf7 Be5 7. Bxe5 (7. Nf6+ {transpose}) 7... a1=Q 8. Nf6+ Kh8 9. Nd7+ Kh7 10. Nf8#) 6. Nf6+ (6. d7 $5 Bxa1 7. d8=Q Bg7+ 8. Kf7 a1=Q 9. Qd3+ Kh8 $11) 6... Bxf6 7. d7 Bxa1 8. d8=Q Bg7+ 9. Kf7 a1=Q 10. Qg8# 1-0
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[Event "Spec. Comm. 2World Cup"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.05.12"] [Round ""] [White "Campioli=M"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7N/7N/7b/7b/8/7k/8/7K w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "23"] 1. Kg1 Kg3 2. Nf6 Be2 3. Ne4+ Kf3 4. Nc3 (4. Nd6 $2 Bd3 5. Ndf7 Bf4 $19) 4... Be3+ ({main} 4... Bc4 5. Ng6 $1 Bg7 6. Nh4+ $1 Kg4 7. Ng2 Bxc3 8. Ne3+ $11) ({ or} 4... Bd3 5. Nf7 Be3+ (5... Bg7 6. Ng5+ $11) 6. Kh1 Kg3 7. Nd6 Bf1 8. Nf5+ $11) 5. Kh1 (5. Kh2 $2 Bd3 6. Nd5 Bd4 7. Nb4 Bf5 8. Nf7 Kf2 9. Ng5 Be5+ $19) 5... Bc4 (5... Bd3 6. Nf7 Bd4 7. Ng5+ $11) 6. Ng6 Kg3 $1 (6... Bd4 7. Nh4+ Kg4 8. Ng2 $11) 7. Ne7 Bd3 8. Ned5 Bd4 9. Nb4 Bf1 10. Ne4+ Kh3 11. Ng5+ Kg3 12. Ne4+ $11 *
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Daily task - Stalemate
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