www.arves.org - Joaquín Pérez de Arriaga 85 JT

Studies awarded for the Joaquín Pérez de Arriaga 85 Jubilee Tournament.

[Event "1st prize, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Oleg Pervakov"] [Black "(=4107.34h6h8)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4n2k/1p6/7K/1p4N1/4p3/6Rp/1P1qPn1P/7Q w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1. Qe1 $3 {Watching out c3 and h4 squares} Qd6+ (1... Qxe1 $2 2. Nf7#) 2. Ne6 $1 (2. Kh5 $2 Ng7+ 3. Kh4 Qh6#) 2... Qxe6+ 3. Rg6 Nf6 $1 (3... Ng4+ $2 4. Kg5 $1 Nef6 (4... Qe5+ 5. Kxg4 Kh7 6. Rb6 $1 $18) 5. Qh4+ $1 Nh7+ 6. Qxh7+ Kxh7 7. Rxe6 $18) 4. Qc3 $1 {Pin f6-knight} (4. Qxf2 $2 Ng4+ 5. Kg5 Qxg6+ 6. Kxg6 Nxf2 $19) 4... N2g4+ $1 5. Rxg4 (5. Kg5 $2 Ne5 $1 {Unpin f6-knight} 6. Rxf6 Qg4+ 7. Kh6 Qh4#) 5... Qf5 $1 6. Rh4 (6. Rg5 $2 Qh7#) 6... b4 $1 {Black counterplay consists in closing the diagonal a1-d4 for wQ} 7. Qd4 b3 $1 (7... e3 $2 8. b3 $18) 8. Qc3 $1 ({1st logical try:} 8. e3 $6 b6 $1 9. Qc3 b5 10. Qd4 b4 11. Qd8+ Ng8+ 12. Qxg8+ Kxg8 13. Rg4+ $1 Kf7 14. Rg7+ Ke6 15. Rg6+ Kd5 $1 16. Rg5 Qxg5+ 17. Kxg5 Kc4 18. Kf4 Kd3 $19) 8... e3 $1 (8... b6 $2 9. Rxh3 $18) 9. Qd4 $1 ({ 2nd logical try:} 9. Qc4 $6 Ng8+ 10. Qxg8+ Kxg8 11. Rg4+ $1 Kf8 12. Rg8+ $1 Ke7 13. Rg7+ Kd6 14. Rg6+ Kc7 15. Rg7+ Kb8 16. Rg8+ Ka7 $1 $19) 9... b6 $1 {Lose a tempo} 10. Qc3 $1 ({3rd logical try:} 10. Qd8+ $6 Ng8+ 11. Qxg8+ Kxg8 12. Rg4+ $1 Kf7 13. Rg7+ Ke6 14. Rg6+ Kd7 15. Rg7+ Kc6 16. Rg6+ Kb7 17. Rg7+ Ka6 $1 $19) ({Try} 10. Rxh3 $2 Qxh3+ 11. Kg5 Qg2+ $1 12. Kf5 (12. Kxf6 Qg7+ $19) 12... Qd5+ 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Ke4 Nc3+ $1 $19) 10... b5 11. Qd4 b4 {White in zugzwang?} 12. Qd8+ {(c4)} Ng8+ 13. Qxg8+ Kxg8 14. Rg4+ $1 Kf8 (14... Qxg4 $11 {stalemate}) 15. Rg8+ $1 Ke7 (15... Kxg8 $11 {stalemate}) 16. Rg7+ Kd6 (16... Kf6 17. Rf7+ $1 Kxf7 $11 {stalemate}) 17. Rg6+ Ke7 18. Rg7+ {After a brilliant introduction with sacrificies the following play involves a wQ waiting manoeuvre around a pinned bK avoiding until three logical tries by the advance of bPs in order to get a final draw by stalemate or positional draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd prize, sp. book prize, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Oleg Pervakov"] [Black "(+4013.23c6e5)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1B6/8/n1KPP1p1/4k1p1/6Q1/3p4/8/1q6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1. Bc7 $1 (1. Ba7 $2 Qh1+ $1 2. Kd7 Qb7+ $11) (1. Qxg5+ $2 Kxe6 2. Qxg6+ Ke5 $11) (1. d7+ $2 Nxb8+ 2. Kc7 Na6+ $11) 1... Qc2+ $1 2. Kd7 $1 (2. Kb5 $2 d2 $1 3. e7 Qd3+ 4. Qc4 Qxc4+ 5. Kxc4 d1=Q 6. e8=Q+ Kf6 $1 7. Qf8+ (7. Kb5 Qd3+ 8. Kb6 Nb4 $1 9. d7 Qa6+ 10. Kc5 Qc6+ 11. Kxb4 Qb7+ $11) 7... Ke6 8. Qc8+ Kf7 9. Kb5 Nxc7+ $1 10. Qxc7+ (10. dxc7 Qd5+ $11) 10... Ke6 11. Qe7+ Kd5 $1 $11) (2. Kb6 $2 Nxc7 3. dxc7 d2 4. e7 Qb3+ 5. Kc5 Qd5+ $1 $11) 2... d2 (2... Nc5+ 3. Ke7 Ne4 4. Kd8 $1 $18) 3. e7 Nxc7 (3... Qf5+ 4. Qxf5+ Kxf5 5. e8=Q d1=Q 6. Qe6+ $18 ) 4. Qxg5+ $1 Kd4 $1 (4... Qf5+ 5. Qxf5+ Kxf5 6. Kxc7 d1=Q 7. e8=Q $18) (4... Ke4 5. Qxg6+ $18) 5. Qf4+ $1 ({Logical try} 5. Qxd2+ $2 Qxd2 6. dxc7 Kd5 $1 {zz } 7. c8=Q (7. e8=Q Kc5+ 8. Kc8 Qd5 $1 9. Qe7+ Kb6 $1 10. Qb4+ Ka7 $1 $11) 7... Ke5+ 8. Ke8 Kf6 $1 9. Qc4 (9. Kf8 $2 Qh6+ $19) 9... Kg7 $1 10. Qf7+ Kh8 $1 11. Qf6+ Kg8 $1 12. Qxg6+ Kh8 13. Kf7 Qd5+ 14. Qe6 Qh5+ $11) 5... Kd5 $1 (5... Kc5 6. Kxc7 d1=Q 7. e8=Q Qd5 8. Qfe5 $18) (5... Kc3 6. Kxc7 d1=Q 7. e8=Q Qd5 8. Qfa4 $18) (5... Kd3 6. dxc7 d1=Q 7. Qd6+ $18) 6. Qxd2+ $3 (6. dxc7 $2 Qc6+ $19) 6... Qxd2 7. dxc7 {zz} Kd4 $1 (7... Qd4 8. c8=Q Ke5+ (8... Ke4+ 9. Ke6 $18) 9. Ke8 Kf6 10. Kf8 $1 $18) 8. Kd8 $3 (8. c8=Q $2 Ke5+ $1 $11) (8. e8=Q $2 Kc5+ $1 $11) 8... Ke5+ ({main} 8... Kc5+ 9. Ke8 $18) 9. Kc8 {wins as a pawn will be promoted and the remained position is victorious with the another one on the 7th rank.   It seems that advanced wPs are enough advantage to win but, the most surprising is that it can only be possible after a spectacular Q-sac in the right time, once bK occupies an unfavourable square where the reciprocal zugzwang works in favour of white. In the original position there was not a g5 pawn but it is necessary to avoid a dualistic solution} 1-0

[Event "3rd prize, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Alexander Zhukov"] [Black "(=3441.40b2b5)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4N3/P3P3/2b3q1/1k6/3P4/3Pr3/BK6/1R6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1. Bf7 $1 (1. Nc7+ $2 Kb6 $1 2. a8=Q Bxa8 3. e8=Q Rxe8 4. Nxe8 Qxe8 $19) (1. Kc3+ $2 Ka6 $1 $19) (1. a8=Q $2 Bxa8 2. Nc7+ Ka5 $19) (1. Bd5 $2 Qxe8 2. Kc3+ Ka6 3. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 4. Kd2 Kxa7 $1 5. Kxe3 Qe6+ 6. Kd2 Qxe7 $19) 1... Qxd3 2. Nd6+ $1 (2. Nc7+ $2 Kb6 $19) (2. a8=Q $2 Bxa8 3. Nd6+ Kc6 $19) 2... Ka4 $1 ( 2... Kb6 3. e8=Q $1 Rxe8 4. Bxe8) (2... Ka5 3. Nc4+ $11) (2... Kb4 3. e8=Q Rxe8 4. Bxe8 $11) 3. a8=Q+ $1 {/ 3. a8R+!} (3. Ra1+ $2 Kb4 4. e8=Q Qd2+ $19) 3... Bxa8 4. e8=Q+ $1 (4. Ra1+ $2 Kb4 $19) 4... Rxe8 5. Bxe8+ Ka5 $1 (5... Kb4 6. Ka2+ Ka5 7. Rb5+ Ka6 8. Bf7 $1 Qxd4 9. Bc4 $1 $11) 6. Ra1+ Kb6 $1 (6... Kb4 $2 7. Ra4#) 7. Ra6+ $3 (7. Rxa8 Qxd4+ $19) 7... Qxa6 (7... Kxa6 8. Bb5+ $11) (7... Kc7 8. Nb5+ $1 Kb7 9. Re6 $11) 8. Bb5 $1 $11 {Domination} Qa5 (8... Qa7 9. Nc8+ $11) 9. Nc4+ $11 {An original domination of bQ by two minor pieces with the brilliant sacrificie Ra6+!! after a lively introduction} 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th prize, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Vladislav Tarasiuk"] [Black "(+0134.22h1h3)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6N1/8/5P2/p3P3/R7/1p2n2k/8/4b2K w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1. Ra1 (1. Ra3 $2 a4 2. f7 Bb4 3. Rxa4 Bc5 $1 $11) 1... Bb4 2. e6 $1 (2. Ne7 $2 a4 $1 (2... Ng4 $2 3. Ng6 Nf2+ 4. Kg1 Bc5 5. Nf4+ Kg4 6. Ne6 $18) 3. Rxa4 Nc2 4. Ra8 b2 5. Rh8+ Kg3 6. Rg8+ Kf4 7. Rg1 Kxe5 $11) 2... Nf5 3. Kg1 $1 (3. Rb1 $2 Ng3+ 4. Kg1 Bc5#) 3... a4 4. e7 Bc5+ $1 (4... Nxe7 5. fxe7 Bxe7 6. Nxe7 b2 7. Ra3+ Kg4 8. Rxa4+ $18) 5. Kf1 Nxe7 $1 (5... Bxe7 6. Nxe7 $1 (6. fxe7 $2 b2 $1 7. Re1 Nxe7 8. Nf6 Nf5 $1 9. Kf2 Ng3 $1 10. Nd5 Ne4+ 11. Ke3 a3 12. Nb4 Nc3 $11) 6... b2 7. Re1 Ng3+ 8. Kf2 $1 (8. Kg1 $2 Ne2+ 9. Kf2 Nc1 $11) 8... Ne4+ 9. Ke3 $18) (5... b2 6. Rb1 Bxe7 7. Rxb2 $1 a3 8. Rb8 Bd6 9. Ra8 $18) 6. fxe7 Bxe7 7. Nxe7 (7. Rb1 $2 Bf8 8. Nf6 Kh4 $1 (8... Bg7 $2 9. Ne4 $1 b2 10. Ke2 $1 a3 11. Kf3 $1 a2 12. Rh1#) 9. Kg2 Bg7 $1 10. Rh1+ Kg5 11. Ne4+ Kf4 12. Nc5 b2 13. Nxa4 Ke3 $11) 7... b2 8. Ra3+ $1 Kh2 9. Ra2 a3 10. Nf5 $3 (10. Nd5 $2 Kh1 11. Nc3 b1=Q+ 12. Nxb1 {stalemate}) 10... Kh1 $1 11. Ng3+ Kh2 12. Ne4 $1 Kh1 13. Nf2+ Kh2 14. Nd1 $1 Kh1 15. Rxa3 (15. Nxb2 $2 axb2 16. Rxb2 {stalemate}) 15... b1=Q 16. Rh3# {In a game-like position and after a nice introductory play follows a precise manoeuvre of wN in order to cover wK of the unavoidable black promotion and to mate with the remained Rook} 1-0

[Event "5th prize, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Jan Timman"] [Black "(+1773.85h1f2)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3Q4/3P1PPR/P5pb/p7/1prP3p/1p2P2r/b3PknP/B6K w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1. Bb2 $1 (1. Qc8 $2 Bf4 $1 2. exf4 Ne3 3. d8=Q Bb1 $19) (1. f8=Q+ $2 Nf4 $1 $19) 1... Rc1+ $1 (1... Bb1 2. f8=Q+ $18) (1... Bf4 2. exf4 Rc1+ 3. Bxc1 b2 4. Bxb2 Bd5 5. Qxa5 {comes to the same.}) 2. Bxc1 b2 3. Bxb2 Bd5 4. Qxa5 $1 (4. Qa8 $2 Bxa8 5. d8=Q Bf4 $1 6. exf4 Rd3 $1 7. exd3 Bf3 $1 $11) 4... Bf4 $1 5. exf4 Rd3 $1 6. exd3 Bf3 7. Qd5 $1 Bxd5 8. d8=Q Bf3 9. Qa8 $1 Bxa8 10. f8=Q $1 ( 10. g8=Q $2 Bf3 11. Qa8 Bxa8 12. f8=Q Bf3 13. Qa8 Bxa8 14. Rb7 Nxf4 15. d5 h3 $1 $11) 10... Bf3 11. Qa8 $1 Bxa8 12. d5 $1 Bxd5 13. g8=Q Bf3 14. Qa8 $1 Bxa8 15. h3 $1 (15. Bd4+ $2 Kf1 16. h3 Bd5 17. Rd7 Bc6 18. Rd6 Ba8 $1 19. Rd8 Bc6 20. Rc8 Bd5 $1 $11) (15. Rb7 $2 h3 $1 $19) 15... Bd5 (15... Ne3+ 16. Rb7 Nf5 17. Kh2 Ng3 18. Bd4+ $1 $18) 16. Rd7 Bc6 17. Rc7 Bd5 18. Rc2+ (18. Rc5 Ba8 19. Rc2+ {minor dual}) 18... Kf1 19. Rc5 Ba8 20. Rc8 Bd5 21. Rd8 Bc6 22. d4 (22. Rd6 Ba8 23. d4 Be4 24. Re6 Ba8 25. Re5 {waste of time}) 22... Be4 23. Re8 Bc6 24. Re5 Ne3+ 25. d5 $1 Bxd5+ 26. Kh2 Kf2 27. Bd4 {Of course the initial position is not very natural but the content is amazing with a festival of four Q-sacs, three of them promoted, and a final duel of wR vs bB} 1-0

[Event "special prize, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "János Mikitovics"] [Black "(+3142.20f3a1)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/bq1P4/1N6/8/2R2K2/1P6/kB2N3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1. Ra3+ $1 ({Thematic try} 1. Rc1 $2 Bxb5 $11 (1... Qxb5 $2 2. Bd3+ $18 { [%emt 0:00:01] battery})) 1... Kxb2 (1... Kxb1 2. Nc3+ Kxb2 (2... Kc1 3. Ra1+ Kxb2 4. Rb1+ $18) 3. Na4+ $18) 2. Ra2+ $3 (2. Nd3+ $2 Kxb1 3. Nc3+ Kc2 4. Ne1+ Kd2 $1 5. Ne4+ Kc1 $1 6. Nd3+ Bxd3 7. Rxd3 Qb5 $1 (7... Qa6 $2 8. Ke3 $1 Qb6+ 9. Kf4 $1 Qg1 10. Ke5 $1 Qg7+ 11. Nf6 Qg5+ 12. Ke6 $18) 8. Rd1+ Kc2 $1 (8... Kxd1 $2 9. Nc3+ $18) 9. Rd2+ Kc1 (9... Kb1 $2 10. Nc3+ $18) 10. Rd1+ Kc2 { positional draw}) 2... Kb3 $1 (2... Kc1 3. Nd3+ Kxb1 4. Nc3#) (2... Kxb1 3. Nc3+ Kc1 4. Rc2#) 3. Rxa6 $1 (3. Ra3+ $2 Kb2 4. Ra2+ {loss of time}) 3... Qxb5 $1 (3... Qxa6 4. Bd3 $1 Qc6+ 5. Ke2 (5. Kf2 $2 Qc5+ $1 $11) 5... Qd5 6. Nf3 Kb4 7. Nfd4 $1 $18) 4. Nd3 $3 Kc3 (4... Qxa6 5. Nc5+ $18) 5. Ra3+ Kc4 6. Ra4+ $3 ( 6. Ba2+ $2 Kd4 7. Nf4 Qf1+ $1 (7... Qb7+ $2 8. Kg3 Qg7+ 9. Kf2 Ke5 10. Nd3+ $1 Kxd6 11. Ra6+ Ke7 12. Ra7+ $18) 8. Kg4 Ke5 $11) 6... Kc3 (6... Qxa4 7. Nb2+ $18 ) 7. d7 $3 (7. Ra3+ $2 {loss of time}) 7... Qf5+ (7... Qxd7 8. Rc4+ $3 $18 { as the main line}) 8. Rf4 $1 (8. Kg3 $2 Qxd7 $1 9. Rc4+ Kd2 $1 $11) 8... Qxd7 9. Rc4+ $3 Kd2 (9... Kxc4 10. Ne5+ $18) (9... Kb3 10. Nc5+ $18) 10. Rc2+ Kxd3 11. Rc7+ $18 {battery 2. Beautiful sacrificies of wR. Mutual batteries by white B&R in thematic try and mainline} 1-0

[Event "special prize, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Oleg Pervakov"] [Black "(+0305.23e4g1)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4r3/3pn3/4PP2/6N1/4Kp2/7p/8/3N2k1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1. exd7 $1 {Suddenly open the line of battery} ({Try} 1. Nxh3+ $2 Kh2 2. exd7 Ng8+ $1 ({but not} 2... Nd5+ $2 3. Kxd5 Rd8 4. Kd6 $18) 3. dxe8=N Nxf6+ 4. Nxf6 Kxh3 $11) ({Try} 1. Nf3+ $2 Kg2 2. exd7 Nd5+ $1 ({but not} 2... Ng8+ $2 3. dxe8=N Nxf6+ 4. Nxf6 $18 {see solution}) 3. dxe8=N (3. Kxd5 Rd8 $11) 3... h2 $1 4. f7 (4. Nxh2 Nxf6+ 5. Nxf6 Kxh2 $11) 4... h1=Q 5. f8=Q Qxd1 $11 {Change of refutations in two tries}) 1... Ng8+ $1 (1... Nd5+ 2. Kxd5 $1 $18) 2. dxe8=N $1 Nxf6+ $1 (2... h2 3. f7 h1=Q+ 4. Nf3+ $18) 3. Nxf6 h2 4. Nf3+ (4. Nh3+ $2 Kf1 5. Ndf2 Kg2 $11) 4... Kg2 5. Kxf4 $1 {Allowing the pawn to queen} (5. Nxh2 $2 Kxh2 $11) (5. Nf2 $2 Kxf2 $11) 5... h1=Q 6. Ne3+ Kh3 $1 (6... Kf2 7. Ne4+ Ke2 8. Ng3+ $18) 7. Ng5+ Kh2 (7... Kh4 8. Nf5#) 8. Nfg4+ Kg1 9. Kg3 $1 Qh8 (9... Qa8 10. Nh3+ Kh1 11. Ngf2#) 10. Nf3+ Kh1 11. Nf2# {Precise first move with change of refutations in two tries followed by the only zz position in 3N vs Q material and a nice mate picture by promoted knight} 1-0

[Event "1st honourable mention, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Vladislav Tarasiuk"] [Black "(+0383.31h4h8)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1b5k/1Prp4/4PP2/8/B4n1K/5b2/7B/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1. e7 Ng6+ (1... Ng2+ 2. Kh3 $1 Bh5 3. Bxc7 Bxc7 4. Kxg2 $18) 2. Kg5 (2. Kh3 $2 Nxe7 3. fxe7 Bh5 4. Bxc7 Bxc7 $11) 2... Rc5+ $1 3. Kh6 $3 (3. Kxg6 $2 Bh5+ 4. Kh6 Bxh2 $19) 3... Nxe7 $1 4. fxe7 Bh5 5. Bxb8 Be8 $1 (5... Bf7 6. Be5+ Kg8 7. b8=Q+ $18) 6. Bd1 $1 (6. Bxd7 $2 Rh5#) 6... Rc6+ $1 (6... Rb5 7. Be5+ Kg8 8. b8=Q Rxb8 9. Bxb8 Kf7 10. Bd6 Ke6 11. Kg7 $1 Kxd6 12. Kf8 $18) 7. Kg5 Rc5+ $1 ( 7... Rb6 8. Be5+ Kg8 9. b8=Q Rxb8 10. Bxb8 Kf7 11. Bd6 Ke6 12. Bc2 $1 (12. Bb3+ $18) 12... Kxd6 13. Kf6 $18) 8. Kf4 $1 (8. Kf6 $2 Rb5 9. Bf3 d5 $1 10. Bxd5 Rxd5 11. Be5 Rb5 $11) 8... Rb5 9. Be5+ Kg8 10. b8=Q Rxb8 11. Bxb8 Kf7 12. Ke5 $1 ({Try} 12. Bd6 $2 Ke6 13. Kg5 (13. Ba3 d6 $1 $11) 13... Kxd6 14. Kf6 Kc5 $1 15. Kg7 d5 $1 $11) 12... Kxe7 13. Bd6+ Kd8 14. Kf6 Kc8 15. Bf3 $1 (15. Ke7 $2 Bg6 $11) 15... Kd8 16. Be2 $1 Kc8 17. Ke7 Bg6 18. Ba6# {Black succeeds in capturing all wPs but at the expense of the king is trapped in an original mating net by wBs. The avoidance capture 3.Kh6!! is worthy of mentioning} 1-0

[Event "3rd honourable mention, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Pavel Arestov & Daniel Keith"] [Black "(+4714.22h1h5)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "Q7/1r1q1P1p/3p2r1/7k/R3N3/2B5/5P2/3n3K w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1. Qa5+ $1 (1. Nf6+ $2 Rxf6 2. Bxf6 Nxf2+ 3. Kg1 Nh3+ 4. Kh2 Qxf7 ({or} 4... Ng5 5. Qxb7 Qh3+ $1 6. Kg1 Qe3+ $10) 5. Rh4+ Kg6 6. Rxh3 Qd5 $1 $10) (1. Kh2 $2 Qxf7 2. Qa5+ d5 $10) 1... d5 $1 (1... Rb5 2. Nf6+ $1 (2. Qxb5+ $2 Qxb5 3. Ra5 Qxa5 4. Bxa5 Nxf2+ $1 5. Nxf2 Rf6 $10) 2... Rxf6 3. Bxf6 Rxa5 (3... Nxf2+ 4. Kg1 Nh3+ 5. Kh2 Nf4 $1 6. Rxf4 Rxa5 7. f8=Q {Phoenix} Ra2+ 8. Kg1 $1 $18) 4. Rxa5+ d5 5. f8=Q Ne3 $1 6. Qb8 $1 (6. fxe3 $2 Qh3+ 7. Kg1 Qxe3+ 8. Kf1 Qc1+ $10 ) 6... Qh3+ 7. Qh2 Qxh2+ 8. Kxh2 Ng4+ 9. Kg3 Nxf6 10. Kf4 $18) 2. Ng3+ (2. Nf6+ $2 Rxf6 3. Bxf6 Nxf2+ 4. Kg2 Qh3+ $1 $10) 2... Rxg3 3. Rh4+ $1 Kxh4 4. fxg3+ Kg5 $1 (4... Kxg3 5. Be5+ $18) (4... Kh5 5. g4+ Qxg4 6. Qxd5+ Kg6 7. f8=Q Qh3+ 8. Kg1 Qg4+ 9. Qg2 $18) 5. Bd2+ $1 (5. Bf6+ $2 Kh5 $1 6. g4+ Qxg4 7. Qxd5+ Kg6 8. f8=Q Qh3+ {/ Nf2+ =}) 5... Ne3 $1 (5... Kh5 6. g4+ Qxg4 7. Qxd5+ Kg6 8. f8=Q $18) 6. Bxe3+ Kh5 $1 7. g4+ $1 Qxg4 8. Qxd5+ Kg6 9. f8=N+ {Phoenix} (9. f8=Q $2 Qh3+ {/ Rb1+ =}) 9... Kf6 $1 (9... Kg7 10. Ne6+ Kg6 11. Nf4+ $18) 10. Bd4+ Ke7 11. Bc5+ (11. Qxb7+ $2 Kxf8 $10) 11... Ke8 12. Qc6+ Rd7 13. Qc8+ $1 (13. Nxd7 $2 Qd1+ (13... Qh5+ 14. Kg2 Qe2+ $1 15. Kg3 Qd3+ 16. Kf4 Qd2+ $1 {transposes}) (13... Qxd7 $2 14. Qe4+ Kd8 15. Bb6+ $18) 14. Kg2 Qd2+ 15. Kf3 Qd3+ 16. Kf4 Qd2+ $1 (16... Qxd7 $2 17. Qe4+ $18) 17. Ke5 Qxd7 $10) 13... Rd8 14. Qxg4 {In an exposed position of both kings, this shows a precise tactical play by the two sides with Phoenix theme} 1-0

[Event "4th honourable mention, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Alexey Sochnev"] [Black "(=0317.20e3f1)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/2P2P2/8/1r3n2/4K3/B5N1/3n1k2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1. Kd2 $1 (1. Kf3 $2 Nxg2 $1 2. c7 Nc3 (2... Nh4+ $2 3. Kg3 Nf5+ 4. Kf3 Nd6 ( 4... Nd4+ 5. Ke4 Nb5+ 6. Ke5 Nxc7 7. f7 Rb8 8. Kd6 Ne3 9. Kxc7 $11) 5. Be6 Rh4 6. f7 Rh8 7. Kf4 Nc3 8. Ke5 Nxf7+ 9. Bxf7 $11) 3. c8=Q Rf4+ 4. Kg3 Ne2+ 5. Kh2 Ne3 $1 (5... Kf2 $2 6. Bc4 $1 Ng1 7. Qh8 $1 Rxc4 8. f7 $1 Nf3+ 9. Kh3 Nf4+ 10. Kg4 Ng6+ 11. Kf5 Nxh8 12. f8=Q $11) 6. f7 (6. Kh3 Kf2 $1 7. Qg8 Ng1+ $18) (6. Qh3+ Kf2 7. f7 Nf1+ 8. Kh1 Neg3+ $18) 6... Kf2 $1 7. f8=Q Nf1+ 8. Kh3 (8. Kh1 Neg3#) 8... Ng1# $1 {mirror mate on file "h".}) 1... Rd4+ 2. Kc1 $1 (2. Kc2 $2 Kxg2 $1 3. c7 Ne3+ 4. Kc3 $1 Rd1 $1 (4... Ne2+ $2 5. Kb3 Rc4 6. f7 Nc1+ 7. Ka3 {as the main line}) 5. f7 (5. c8=Q Rc1+ 6. Kd4 Rxc8 $19) 5... Ng6 6. Kb2 Rd2+ $1 7. Kb3 Rc2 8. Bb1 Rxc7 9. Bxg6 Rc8 $1 $19) 2... Ne2+ $1 (2... Nd3+ 3. Kxd1 Nb4+ 4. Kc1 Nxa2+ 5. Kb2 $1 $11) 3. Kc2 Kxg2 4. c7 $1 ({Thematic try:} 4. f7 $2 Ne3+ 5. Kb2 Rd2+ $1 6. Ka3 Rd8 7. c7 Ra8+ 8. Kb4 Nf4 $1 9. Kc5 Rh8 10. Kd6 Kg3 {(f3,h3)} 11. Kd7 Ned5 (11... Nfd5) 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. c8=N Kg4 $19) 4... Ne3+ 5. Kb3 $1 (5. Kb2 $2 Rb4+ 6. Ka3 Nc2#) 5... Rc4 $1 6. f7 Nc1+ 7. Ka3 $1 (7. Kb2 $2 Rc2+ $1 8. Kb1 Nxa2 $1 9. f8=Q Nc3+ 10. Ka1 Ra2#) 7... Nc2+ 8. Kb2 Nd3+ 9. Kb1 $1 (9. Kb3 $2 Rxc7 $1 10. f8=Q Nd4+ 11. Ka4 Ra7# $1 {mirror mate on file "a".}) 9... Na3+ 10. Ka1 Rc1+ (10... Nc2+ 11. Kb1 Na3+ 12. Ka1 Rc1+ {as the main line}) 11. Bb1 Rxb1+ (11... Nxb1 12. Ka2 $1 (12. f8=Q $2 Nc3#) 12... Nc3+ 13. Kb3 Nc5+ (13... Ne4 14. f8=Q Nec5+ 15. Ka2 $1 Rc2+ 16. Ka3 Rc3+ 17. Ka2 Rc2+ 18. Ka3 $11) 14. Kb2 $1 Nd3+ 15. Kb3 $11) 12. Ka2 Nc1+ $1 13. Kxa3 Ra1+ 14. Kb4 Ra8 15. Kc5 $1 (15. Kb5 $2 Nd3 16. Kc6 Rh8 $1 17. Kd6 {White lost tempo.} (17. Kd7 Ne5+ 18. Ke7 Nxf7 $1 $19) 17... Kg3 {(h3)} 18. Ke7 Nf4 $1 19. Kd7 Nd5 20. c8=N Kg4 $19 {Just as Thematic try}) 15... Nd3+ 16. Kd6 Rh8 ({main } 16... Kg3 17. Ke7 $1 Ne5 (17... Nf4 18. Kd7 $1 Nd5 19. c8=N $1 Nf6+ 20. Ke7 Nh7 21. Nb6 $1 $11) 18. f8=N $1 Nc4 19. Ne6 Rh8 20. Kd7 Rh6 21. c8=N $1 $11) 17. Ke7 $1 Nf4 (17... Ne5 18. f8=N $1 Nc6+ 19. Kd7 Na7 20. Ng6 $1 $11) 18. Kd7 Nd5 {Just as Thematic try, but Kg2!} 19. c8=N $1 Nf4 20. Nd6 Ra8 21. Ke7 Ra6 22. f8=N $1 $11 {The echo knight promotions are known of Sochnev (HHdbV #5421) but here there are a good thematic try and a fine black counterplay} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th honourable mention, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Manuel Sanz Cabrero"] [Black "(+0007.22h7d4)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1n1p3K/1N5p/P3n3/1P1k4/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1. a6 Nc6 2. b5 Nba5 $1 (2... Nbd8 3. Nc8 $1 Kc5 4. b6 Ne6 (4... Ne7 5. a7 Nxc8 6. a8=Q Nxb6 7. Qxd8 $18) 5. b7 Nc7 6. a7 Nxa7 7. b8=Q $18) 3. Nc8 $1 (3. Nxd7 $2 Na7 $1 4. b6 N5c6 $1 5. Nb8 Kc5 6. Nxc6 Kxb6 $1 $11) 3... h5 $1 (3... Kc5 4. b6 $1 Ne7 (4... Nc4 5. b7 $18) 5. a7 Nxc8 6. a8=Q Nxb6 7. Qxa5+ $18) 4. b6 h4 5. a7 $1 (5. Nd6 $2 Nc4 $1 6. Nxc4 h3 $1 7. Nd2 Kc5 $11) 5... h3 6. Nd6 $1 (6. Ne7 $2 Nxe7 7. a8=Q Nec6 8. Qc8 Kc5 9. Qxd7 Kxb6 $11) 6... Ke5 $1 (6... h2 7. Nf5+ Ke4 8. Ng3+ Kf3 9. Nh1 Kg2 10. a8=Q Kxh1 11. Qg8 $1 $18) (6... Kd5 7. Nf5 h2 8. Ng3 $18) 7. Nc4+ $3 (7. a8=Q $2 h2 $1 8. Qe8+ Kxd6 9. Qh5 h1=Q 10. Qxh1 Kc5 $1 11. Qg1+ Kb5 $11 {TB7}) 7... Nxc4 (7... Kd4 8. Nd2 $18) 8. b7 (8. a8=Q Nxb6 $11 {TB7}) 8... Nxa7 (8... h2 9. b8=Q+ Kd5 10. Qxh2 Nxa7 11. Qg2+ Kd6 12. Qa2 $18) 9. b8=Q+ Ke4 $1 10. Qb1+ $1 (10. Qxa7 $2 h2 $1 11. Qb7+ d5 12. Qe7+ Kd3 $1 13. Qh4 d4 $1 14. Kg6 Kc3 15. Qxh2 d3 16. Qh8+ Kc2 17. Qd4 Nb2 18. Qc5+ Kb3 19. Qd4 Kc2 $11 {positional draw}) 10... Kd4 $1 11. Qd1+ $1 (11. Qa1+ $2 Ke4 12. Qxa7 (12. Qh1+ Kd4 13. Qd1+ {loss of time}) 12... h2 $1 13. Qb7+ d5 $11 ) 11... Ke5 $1 12. Qg1 $1 (12. Qh5+ $2 Kd4 13. Qd1+ {loss of time}) (12. Qe2+ $2 Kd4 13. Qd1+ {loss of time}) 12... Nc6 13. Qc5+ {In an unbalanced position, despite being down a minor piece, wPs are able to paralyze bNs and take advantage of it with a great knight sacrifice. The posterior play of the promoted queen has good tries} 1-0

[Event "special honourable mention, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Árpád Rusz"] [Black "(=0700.12b3f3)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/4P2p/1R6/r7/8/pK3k1r/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "20"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1. Rh6 $3 (1. e8=Q $2 a2 2. Rf6+ Kg2+ 3. Kc2 (3. Kc4 Ra4+ $1 4. Qxa4 Rh4+ $19) 3... a1=N+ $1 (3... Rc3+ $2 4. Kd2 Rd5+ 5. Ke2 Rc2+ 6. Ke3 Rc3+ 7. Ke2 $11) 4. Kd1 (4. Kb2 Rb3+ 5. Kc1 Rc5+ 6. Kd2 (6. Kd1 Rb1+ 7. Ke2 Rc2+ 8. Kd3 Rd1+ 9. Ke3 Re1+ $19) 6... Rc2+ 7. Kd1 Rb1# {echo checkmate}) 4... Rh1+ 5. Kd2 Ra2+ 6. Kd3 Rd1+ 7. Kc3 Rc2+ 8. Kb4 Rb1+ 9. Ka3 Rb3+ 10. Ka4 Ra2# {echo checkmate}) 1... a2 $1 (1... Rxh6 2. e8=Q a2 3. Qf7+ $1 (3. Qf8+ $2 Kg2 4. Qg7+ (4. Qxh6 a1=Q $19) 4... Rg6 $19) 3... Kg2 4. Qb7+ $1 Kg1 5. Qg7+ Rg6 6. Qd4+ $11) 2. Rxh3+ Kg2 3. Rh1 $3 (3. e8=Q $2 a1=Q 4. Qe4+ Kxh3 5. Qf3+ Kh4 6. Qf4+ Kh5 $19) 3... Kxh1 ( 3... Re5 4. Ra1 Rxe7 5. Rxa2+ Kg3 6. Ra5 Rc7 7. Rd5 $1 Kg4 8. Rd4+ Kg5 9. Rd5+ Kg6 10. Rd6+ Kg7 11. Rd5 $1 Rc6 12. Kb4 $1 Kg6 13. Kb5 Rc8 14. Rd6+ Kg5 15. Rd5+ Kg4 16. Rd4+ Kg3 17. Rd3+ (17. Rd5 $2 Rh8 $19) 17... Kg4 18. Rd4+ Kg5 19. Rd5+ Kg6 20. Rd6+ {perpetual check}) 4. e8=Q a1=Q 5. Qe4+ Kh2 6. Qh4+ Kg2 7. Qg4+ Kf2 8. Qf4+ Ke2 9. Qe4+ Kd2 (9... Kf2 10. Qf4+ Kg2 11. Qg4+ Kh2 12. Qh4+ { perpetual check}) 10. Qd4+ $1 Qxd4 {stalemate. Beautiful sacrificies of wR with a nice final stalemate. There is a good try with bN promotion and echo mates} 1/2-1/2

[Event "special honourable mention, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Javier Rodríguez Ibrán"] [Black "(+3102.45f7f5)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4N3/2pR1K2/5p1p/pP3k2/2N5/3P3P/2p3P1/6q1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1. Rd4 $3 {for 2.Ng7+ and 3.Rg4#} (1. Ng7+ $2 Kf4 2. Nh5+ Kg5 $11) 1... Qxd4 ( 1... Qxg2 2. Ne3+ Ke5 (2... Kg5 3. h4+) 3. Rh4 $1 {for 3.d4#} Qd5+ 4. Nxd5 c1=Q 5. Ne7 $18) (1... h5 2. Ng7+ Kg5 3. Ne6+ Kh6 4. Rd8 Kh7 5. Rd5 c1=Q 6. Rxh5+ Qh6 7. Nf8+ Kh8 8. Rxh6#) 2. Ng7+ Kg5 (2... Kf4 3. Ne6+ Kg3 4. Nxd4 $18) 3. Ne6+ Kh4 $1 (3... Kh5 4. Nxd4 c1=Q 5. Nf3 $1 f5 6. Nce5 $1 f4 7. Nd7 $18) 4. Nxd4 c1=Q 5. Ne3 $1 { For 6.Kg6, and also 6.Ndf5+ Kg5 7.g3 with mate or win the Queen} Qh1 $1 { To answer 7.g3 with...Qxh3.} (5... Kg5 6. Ne6+ Kh5 7. Nf5 {for 8.g4#}) 6. Nef5+ $1 Kg5 7. Ng3 Qxg2 {to avoid mate} 8. Ne6+ Kh4 9. Nf5+ Kxh3 10. Nf4+ Kg4 11. Nxg2 Kxf5 12. Ke7 $1 (12. Ke8 $2 Ke6 $1 $11) 12... Ke5 13. Kd7 Kd4 14. Kxc7 { wins e. g.} a4 15. Nf4 ({also} 15. b6) 15... a3 16. Ne2+ Kc5 17. b6 a2 18. Nc1 a1=Q 19. Nb3+ {The first quite rook move is brilliant. It follows two consecutive forks of the hero e8-knight which captures two queens. The presence of technical pawns prevents a higher ranking} 1-0

[Event "2nd commendation, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "JÃ¡nos Mikitovics & Marcel DorÃ©"] [Black "(+0503.23h5h7)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3R4/4P2k/5P2/6pK/6n1/7p/5pR1/4r3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1. Rxf2 $1 (1. Rh8+ $2 Kxh8 2. f7 Nf6+ 3. Kg6 Re6 $1 $11 {Battery by black}) ( 1. Rxg4 $2 h2 $11 (1... f1=Q $2 2. Rd7 $1 {Battery by white} Rxe7 3. Rxe7+ Kg8 4. Kg6 $1 Qd3+ 5. Rge4 $1 $18)) 1... h2 2. Rh8+ $1 (2. Rxh2 $2 Nxf6+ 3. Kxg5+ Kg7 4. Rg2 Rxe7 5. Kf5+ Kf7 $11) 2... Kxh8 3. Rxh2 {battery by white} Nxf6+ 4. Kg6+ Kg8 5. Kxf6 Rf1+ 6. Ke6 (6. Kg6 $2 Re1 7. Kf6 $18 {loss of time}) (6. Kxg5 $2 Kf7 7. Rh7+ Ke8 $11) 6... Re1+ 7. Kd7 $1 (7. Kd6 $2 Kg7 $1 (7... Rd1+ $2 8. Ke6 Re1+ 9. Kd7 $18) 8. Ra2 Rd1+ 9. Ke6 Re1+ 10. Kd7 Rd1+ $11) 7... Kf7 (7... Rd1+ 8. Ke8 $1 Re1 9. Rd2 $1 g4 10. Rd4 $1 Kg7 11. Rxg4+ Kf6 12. Rf4+ $18) 8. Rf2+ $1 (8. Rh7+ $2 Kg6 $1 9. Rh8 g4 $1 10. Rg8+ Kf5 11. e8=Q Rxe8 12. Kxe8 Kf4 $11) (8. e8=Q+ $2 Rxe8 9. Rf2+ Kg6 10. Kxe8 g4 11. Ke7 Kg5 12. Ke6 g3 13. Rf8 Kg4 14. Ke5 g2 15. Ke4 Kg3 $11) 8... Kg6 9. Rf1 $3 (9. Rf8 $2 g4 $1 10. e8=Q+ Rxe8 11. Kxe8 Kg5 $1 12. Ke7 g3 13. Ke6 Kg4 14. Ke5 g2 15. Ke4 Kg3 $11) 9... Rxf1 10. e8=Q+ Kh6 $1 11. Qe6+ $1 $18 {Nice wRs sacrificies with mutual creation of batteries} (11. Qh8+ $2 Kg6 12. Qe8+ $18 {loss of time}) 1-0

[Event "3rd commendation, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Marco Campioli"] [Black "(+0004.65f6f8)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5k2/8/4PKP1/4PPP1/5pp1/p4P2/4pnpN/8 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1... g1=Q $1 (1... gxf3 2. g7+ Kg8 3. e7 Ne4+ 4. Kg6 $1 $18) (1... e1=Q 2. g7+ Kg8 3. e7 Qxe5+ 4. Kxe5 Nd3+ 5. Kf6 $18) 2. e7+ $1 (2. g7+ $2 Kg8 3. e7 Ne4+ $1 4. fxe4 Qb6+ 5. e6 Qb2+ {/ Qd4+} ({also} 5... Qb8) 6. e5 Qxe5+ 7. Kxe5 e1=Q+ 8. Kf6 Qa1+ {/ Qc3+} 9. Kg6 Qxg7+ 10. Kh5 Qxe7 $19) 2... Ke8 3. g7 Ne4+ $1 (3... e1=Q 4. g8=Q+ $18) 4. fxe4 Qb6+ 5. e6 Qb2+ {/ Qd4+} 6. e5 (6. Kg6 $2 Qxg7+ 7. Kxg7 a2 8. f6 a1=Q 9. Kg8 Qa8 $1 $19) 6... Qxe5+ $1 7. Kxe5 e1=Q+ 8. Kf6 Qa1+ { / Qc3+} 9. Kg6 Qxg7+ $1 10. Kxg7 a2 $1 (10... Kxe7 11. f6+ Kxe6 12. f7 a2 13. f8=Q a1=Q+ 14. Qf6+ Qxf6+ 15. gxf6 g3 16. Nf3 $18) (10... g3 11. f6 gxh2 12. f7+ Kxe7 13. f8=Q+ $18) 11. f6 $1 (11. Kg8 $2 a1=Q 12. f6 Qa8 $1 13. g6 Qc8 $1 $11) (11. Nxg4 $2 Kxe7 12. f6+ Kxe6 13. f7 a1=Q+ 14. Kg8 Qa8+ 15. f8=Q Qxf8+ 16. Kxf8 Kf5 $1 $11) 11... a1=Q 12. Nxg4 $1 (12. Kg8 $2 Qa8 $11 {see 11. Qg8?}) (12. g6 $2 g3 13. Ng4 (13. Nf3 $2 g2 $19) 13... g2 14. Kg8 g1=Q $11) 12... f3 ( 12... Qc3 13. Nh6 Qe5 14. g6 Qc3 15. Nf7 Qd4 16. Nd6+ Qxd6 17. f7+ Kxe7 18. f8=Q+ Kxe6 19. Kg8 $18) 13. Nh6 $1 (13. g6 $2 f2 14. Nxf2 Qxf6+ $1 15. Kxf6 $11 {stalemate}) (13. Kg8 $2 Qa8 $1 14. g6 Qc8 $1 15. Kg7 Qc3 $1 16. Ne3 f2 17. Nd5 (17. Nf5 Qxf6+ 18. Kxf6 f1=Q 19. g7 Qa1+ $11) 17... f1=Q 18. Nxc3 Qxf6+ $1 19. Kxf6 {stalemate}) 13... f2 (13... Qe5 14. Nf7 $1 Qxe6 15. Nd6+ $1 Kd7 (15... Qxd6 16. f7+ Kxe7 17. f8=Q+ $18) 16. e8=Q+ $18) (13... Qxf6+ 14. gxf6 $1 $18) 14. Nf5 {/ Nf7} f1=Q (14... Qxf6+ 15. gxf6 $1 $18) (14... Qe5 15. Nd6+ $1 {see the play after 13. ... Qe5}) 15. Nd6# {There are four bQ promotions, good sacrificies and stalemate avoidances but the position is not very natural} 1-0

[Event "4th commendation, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Jan Timman"] [Black "(=3735.56g3h5)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "q7/bpR3p1/1n4p1/3pprPk/4p1NP/4P1K1/r1PN2P1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1. Nf6+ $1 (1. Rxg7 $2 Qh8 $19) (1. Kh3 $2 Rxg5 2. Nf6+ Kh6 $19) 1... Rxf6 2. Kh3 $1 Rf4 $1 3. exf4 exf4 4. Nf1 $1 Ra3+ 5. c3 Rxc3+ 6. Rxc3 Bb8 $1 (6... Qb8 7. Rc7 $1 {Switchback} Qxc7 8. Ng3+ fxg3 {Stalemate}) 7. Ng3+ $1 (7. Rc8 $2 Qa3+ $19) 7... fxg3 8. Rc8 $1 Ba7 $1 9. Rb8 $1 {zz} Nd7 (9... e3 $2 10. Rxa8 Nxa8 11. Kxg3 e2 12. Kh3 $18) 10. Rxa8 Bb8 11. Ra4 $1 (11. Ra6 $2 Bf4 $19) (11. Ra5 $2 e3 12. Rc5 Bf4 13. Rc8 Bxg5 14. hxg5 Kxg5 15. Kxg3 Kf6 16. Kf3 d4 17. Ke2 Ne5 18. Rd8 Nc6 19. Rd5 Ke6 20. Rb5 Ne5 21. Rxb7 Kd5 22. Rxg7 Ke4 $19) 11... Ne5 (11... e3 12. Re4 $1 $11) (11... Bf4 12. Rxe4 Bxg5 13. Rd4 $11) 12. Ra8 Nc6 13. Ra5 $1 (13. Ra4 $2 Bf4 $1 14. Rxe4 Bxg5 $19) 13... e3 14. Rxd5 Bc7 ({Main-} 14... Bf4 15. Re5 $1 Nd4 16. Re8 $11) 15. Rd4 $1 (15. Rd6 $2 Nb4 $1 16. Rd7 Bf4 $1 17. Rxg7 Bxg5 $19) 15... Ne5 16. Rd7 $1 Nxd7 {stalemate. Great struggle of both sides, Black to avoid be mated and White to get be stalemated. A highlight is the zz position after 9.Rb8!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "5th commendation, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Michal Hlinka & LuboÅ¡ Kekely"] [Black "(+0146.21b7e8)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4k3/1Kp4B/1P2n3/1n6/1P6/6R1/b7/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2016"] 
 1. Ka6 Nd6 (1... Nbd4 2. b7 Bc4+ 3. Ka7 Nb5+ 4. Ka8 Bd5 5. Bg8 Bxb7+ 6. Kxb7 $19) 2. b7 Bc4+ $1 (2... Nxb7 3. Kxb7 Bd5+ 4. Kc8 $18) 3. Ka7 Nxb7 4. Kxb7 { switchback} c5 $1 5. bxc5 (5. Kc6 $2 cxb4 $11) 5... Nxc5+ 6. Kc6 Ne6 (6... Nd7 7. Re3+ $18) 7. Kd6 (7. Rc3 $2 Nd8+ 8. Kc7 Be6 $1 9. Re3 Ke7 10. Bf5 Kf6 $11) 7... Nd8 8. Re3+ (8. Rc3 $2 Nf7+ $11) 8... Kf8 9. Bb1 $1 {zz} (9. Rc3 $2 {or Rf3+? or Kd7?} Nf7+ $11) 9... Nf7+ 10. Kc5 Bf1 $1 (10... Ba6 11. Ba2 $1 Ng5 12. Re5 $1 $18) 11. Bc2 $1 ({them. try} 11. Bg6 $2 Bg2 $1 $11 {zz}) ({them. try} 11. Ba2 $2 Bg2 $1 $11 {zz}) 11... Bg2 (11... Ba6 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Kb6 $1 $18) 12. Bg6 $1 {zz} Nh6 (12... Ng5 13. Re5 $1 Nf3 14. Rh5 $1 $18) (12... Bb7 13. Bh5 $1 Bc8 14. Kd5 Bd7 15. Rf3 Be8 16. Ke6 $18) 13. Bb1 {switchback} (13. Bc2 Nf7 14. Bg6 Nh6 15. Bb1 $18 {is only waste of time}) 13... Nf7 {switchback} 14. Ba2 $1 {zz} Bh1 (14... Ng5 15. Kd6 $1 $18) 15. Kb6 (15. Re1 Bg2 16. Re3 Bh1 17. Kb6 $18 {is only waste of time}) (15. Re6 $2 {or Re2?} Bf3 16. Rf6 Bh5 $11) 15... Ng5 (15... Ba8 16. Kc7 $1 $18) 16. Re5 (16. Rg3 Nf7 17. Re3 Ng5 18. Re5 $18 {is only waste of time}) 16... Ne4 17. Rf5+ $1 (17. Bd5 $2 Nf6 $1 18. Bxh1 Nd7+ $11) (17. Rh5 $2 Bg2 $11) 17... Ke7 (17... Kg7 18. Rf1 $1 Nc3 (18... Bg2 19. Rg1 $18) 19. Rxh1 Nxa2 20. Kc5 $18) 18. Kc7 $1 (18. Rf1 $2 Bg2 $11) 18... Nf6 19. Re5+ Kf8 20. Kd6 {switchback, ring of king - d6-c5-b6-c7-d6} Be4 $1 21. Ra5 $1 (21. Re6 $2 Kg7 $11) (21. Rb5 $2 Bh7 22. Rb7 Bg8 $11) 21... Bh7 22. Ke5 $1 {Great discover in the 6-men material wRB vs bBN with surprising positions of reciprocal zugzwang, a ring of king and quite moves of wB. The play is sometimes difficult to understand} (22. Ra8+ $2 Kg7 $11) (22. Ra7 $2 Bg8 $11) 1-0

[Event "special commendation, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Manuel Sanz Cabrero"] [Black "(+0500.01f1g3)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/8/3R4/6k1/1pr5/5K1R w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1. Rg1+ $1 (1. Rd3+ $2 Kf4 $1 2. Rb3 (2. Rd4+ Ke3 3. Rb4 Kd2 $11) 2... Rc1+ 3. Kg2 Rc2+ 4. Kh3 Rc1 $11) 1... Kf3 (1... Kh3 $2 2. Rb4 Rd2 3. Rg8 Rd1+ 4. Kf2 $1 b1=Q 5. Rh8+ $18) 2. Rd3+ Ke4 $1 3. Rb3 (3. Rd1 $2 Rc1 $11) 3... Kf4 4. Ke1 $1 Rc1+ 5. Kf2 Rc2+ 6. Kf1 Rh2 (6... Rd2 7. Rh1 Kg4 8. Ke1 Rc2 9. Rf1 $18) 7. Ke1 $1 (7. Rb4+ Kf3 8. Ke1 Rc2 9. Rf1+ Ke3 10. Rb3+ Ke4 11. Kd1 {loss of time}) 7... Rc2 8. Rf1+ Ke4 9. Kd1 $1 (9. Rb5 $2 Ke3 10. Rb3+ {loss of time}) 9... Rc1+ 10. Ke2 Rc2+ 11. Ke1 Kd4 (11... Rc1+ 12. Kf2 Rc2+ 13. Kg3 $18) (11... Rh2 12. Kd1 Rg2 13. Re1+ Kd4 14. Re2 $18) 12. Rf4+ $1 (12. Kd1 $2 Rc1+ 13. Ke2 Rc2+ 14. Ke1 (14. Kf3 Rc3+ 15. Rxc3 Kxc3 $11) 14... Kc4 $1 15. Rb8 Rc1+ 16. Kf2 Rxf1+ 17. Kxf1 Kc3 $11 {positional draw}) 12... Ke5 13. Rfb4 {A position r to a study of Shkril is reached (HHdbV #33373) but the play is different. White must manoeuvre with great precision to avoid the promotion} 1-0

[Event "Hors concours, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Luis Miguel González, Twin A"] [Black "(=4400.10b8g8)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1K4k1/8/8/8/4q3/3r4/1R3QP1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1. Qf6 $1 (1. Qc5 $2 Rd8+ $1 2. Kc7 Rd5 $1 3. Rb8+ Kh7 4. Qb4 (4. Qc3 Qf4+ 5. Kc8 Qg4+ 6. Kc7 Qd7+ 7. Kb6 Rb5+ $19) (4. Qc6 Qe5+ 5. Kb7 Rb5+ 6. Ka6 Rxb8 $19) 4... Qe5+ 5. Kc6 Qe6+ 6. Kb7 Rd7+ $19) 1... Qe8+ (1... Rd7 2. Qg5+ $1 Rg7 3. Qc5 $11) 2. Ka7 Ra3+ 3. Kb6 Rg3 $1 4. Ka7 $3 {switchback} (4. Qd4 $2 Qb8+ $1 5. Kc5 Qa7+ 6. Rb6 Qa3+ $1 7. Rb4 Qa5+ 8. Kd6 Rg6+ 9. Kd7 Rg7+ 10. Ke6 Qa6+ 11. Ke5 Qe2+ $1 12. Kd6 Qe7+ 13. Kd5 Rg5+ 14. Kc6 (14. Kc4 Qe2+ $1 15. Kb3 Rg3+ 16. Ka4 Qa6#) 14... Qe6+ 15. Qd6 Qe8+ 16. Kc7 Rg7+ 17. Kb6 Rg6 $19) 4... Ra3+ 5. Kb6 Qb8+ 6. Kc5 Qc7+ (6... Ra5+ 7. Kc4 $1 Qc7+ (7... Qc8+ 8. Kd3 $1 Rd5+ 9. Ke2 Qg4+ 10. Qf3 Qe6+ 11. Kf2 Rf5 12. Rb3 Rxf3+ 13. Rxf3 $11) 8. Kd4 $1 Qc5+ (8... Ra4+ 9. Kd3 $1 Ra3+ 10. Kd2 Qa5+ 11. Ke2 $11) 9. Ke4 $1 Qc4+ 10. Qd4 Qe6+ 11. Kf3 Qf5+ 12. Kg3 Ra3+ 13. Kh2 Qh5+ 14. Kg1 Ra1+ 15. Kf2 $11) 7. Kb4 $1 Qa5+ 8. Kc4 Ra4+ 9. Kd3 Qd5+ 10. Ke3 $1 (10. Ke2 $2 Qxg2+ 11. Qf2 Qg4+ $1 12. Kd2 Qg5+ 13. Kc2 Rc4+ 14. Kd3 Qd5+ 15. Ke2 Re4+ 16. Kf1 Qc4+ $1 17. Kg2 Qc6 $3 18. Kf1 Qc1+ 19. Kg2 Qg5+ $1 20. Kh3 Qh6+ 21. Kg3 Qh4+ 22. Kg2 Rg4+ 23. Kf1 Rf4 $19) 10... Qc5+ 11. Kf3 $1 (11. Kd3 $2 Ra3+ 12. Ke4 Qc4+ 13. Qd4 Qe6+ 14. Kf4 Qh6+ $1 15. Kg4 Qg6+ 16. Kf4 Qg3+ 17. Kf5 Ra5+ 18. Ke6 Qg6+ 19. Kd7 Ra7+ 20. Qxa7 Qf7+ $19) 11... Qa3+ $1 12. Kf2 $1 Qc5+ 13. Kf3 $1 (13. Kg3 $2 Qc7+ $1 14. Kf3 Ra3+ 15. Kg4 (15. Ke2 Qc4+ 16. Kd1 Qd3+ 17. Rd2 Ra1+ $1 18. Qxa1 Qf1+ $19) 15... Qg3+ $1 16. Kf5 Ra5+ 17. Ke4 Ra4+ 18. Kd5 Qd3+ 19. Kc6 Qc4+ 20. Kb7 Qd5+ 21. Qc6 Ra7+ $1 $19) 13... Qa3+ 14. Kf2 $1 {positional draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hors concours, JPA 85 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Luis Miguel GonzÃ¡lez, Twin B"] [Black "(=4400.10b8g8)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1K4k1/8/8/8/4q3/3r2P1/1R3Q2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2017"] 
 1. Qc5 $1 (1. Qf6 $2 Qe8+ 2. Ka7 Ra3+ $1 3. Kb6 Rxg3 4. Qd4 $1 (4. Ka7 Ra3+ 5. Kb6 Qb8+ 6. Kc5 Ra5+ 7. Kc4 Qc8+ 8. Kd4 Qg4+ 9. Ke3 Qg3+ 10. Kd4 Ra4+ 11. Kc5 Qc7+ 12. Qc6 Rc4+ $18) 4... Qb8+ 5. Kc5 (5. Kc6 Rc3+ 6. Kd7 Qc8+ 7. Kd6 Rc6+ 8. Ke5 Re6+ 9. Kf4 Qf8+ 10. Kg5 Qh6+ 11. Kg4 Rg6+ 12. Kf3 Qh3+ 13. Ke4 Rg4+ $18) 5... Qa7+ 6. Rb6 Qa3+ $1 7. Rb4 Qa5+ 8. Kd6 Rg6+ 9. Kd7 Rg7+ 10. Ke6 Qa6+ 11. Ke5 Re7+ 12. Kf5 Qe6+ 13. Kf4 Rf7+ 14. Kg3 Qe1+ 15. Kg4 Qe2+ 16. Kh4 Qh2+ 17. Kg5 Qg3+ 18. Qg4 Rg7+ $18) 1... Rd8+ (1... Qe8+ 2. Ka7 Rd7+ 3. Rb7 $11) 2. Kc7 Rd5 $1 3. Rb8+ Kh7 4. Rh8+ $3 (4. Qc6 $2 Qe5+ 5. Kb7 Rb5+ 6. Ka6 Rxb8 $19) (4. Qc3 $2 Qe7+ $1 5. Kb6 Rd6+ 6. Kb5 Qd7+ 7. Kb4 Rd4+ 8. Kb3 Rd3 $19) 4... Kxh8 5. Qf8+ Kh7 6. Qf7+ Kh6 7. Qf8+ $1 Kg6 8. Qg8+ Kh5 $1 9. Qh8+ Kg4 10. Qh4+ Kf3 11. Qh1+ Ke3 12. Qe1+ Kd3 13. Qb1+ Kd4 14. Qb4+ $1 (14. Qa1+ $2 Kc4 15. Qa2+ Kc3 $19) 14... Ke5 15. Qe7+ Kf5 16. Qh7+ {perpetual check.  Twin with exchange of play between main line and try in the first move (Qf6/Qc5)} 1/2-1/2

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