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Studies awarded for the Chess Study Art - Ukraine 2022 tournament.

Picture drawn by the winner Vladislav Tarasiuk, presenting the final position of his study.

[Event "2.p Chess Study Art"] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Michael Pasman"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7b/2R5/8/7P/8/3K3p/k4P2/6n1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2022"] 
 1. Rc4 $1 (1. f4 $2 Bb2 $1 2. Rc2 Nf3 $1 3. Rf2 h2 $19) 1... Bf6 2. f3 $1 Kb3 3. Rc2 Be5 4. f4 $1 {White must ask the black king to take a seat in the back row.} ({Logical try} 4. h6 $2 h2 5. Rxh2 Bxh2 6. Ke4 Nh3 7. Kf5 Bg1 8. Kg4 Nf2+ 9. Kf5 Nd3 $1 10. h7 Bd4 11. Ke4 Kc4 $19) 4... Bxf4 5. Rc3+ $1 Kb2 6. Rc2+ Kb1 7. h6 h2 8. Rxh2 Bxh2 {Now the word to the white king.} 9. Ke4 $1 Nh3 10. Kf5 $1 Bg1 11. Kg4 $1 Nf2+ 12. Kf5 $1 (12. Kf3 $2 Nd1 13. h7 Bd4 $19) 12... Nd1 { The knight has to climb down.} (12... Nd3 13. h7 Bd4 14. Ke4 $11) 13. Ke5 $1 { The black king or knight can help the bishop to occupy the d4-square.} Nc3 ( 13... Kc2 14. h7 Kd3 15. Ke6 Bd4 16. Kf7 $11) 14. h7 Ne2 15. Ke4 $1 ({Not} 15. Ke6 $2 Bd4 16. Kf7 Nf4 17. Kg8 Ng6 $19) 15... Bd4 16. Kd3 $1 {The king returned with another fork. The wonderful duel of the king and black pieces is skillfully enriched by a logical combination.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3.p Chess Study Art"] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Jan Sprenger"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/B1n5/8/3p4/7K/4R3/7p/5rk1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2022"] 
 1. Re2+ d4 $1 {The bishop on d4 will be attacked by the knight from e6 or b5.} (1... Rf2 2. Rxf2 $1 (2. Kg3 $2 h1=N+ $1) 2... Nb5 (2... h1=Q+ 3. Kg3 Qe4 4. Rf4+ Kh1 5. Rf1#) 3. Bc5 $1 (3. Bb6 $2 d4 4. Ra2 Nd6 $1 5. Bxd4+ Kf1 6. Rxh2 Nf5+) 3... d4 4. Ra2 Nd6 5. Bxd6 h1=Q+ 6. Kg3 {- Black can't stop checkmate because of his pawn.}) 2. Bxd4+ Rf2 (2... Kh1 3. Kg3 $1 Rg1+ 4. Kh3 {mates.}) 3. Rxf2 $1 Ne6 ({Main B.} 3... Nb5 4. Bc5 $1 {In fact, the bishop chooses a square for his rook.} (4. Be3 $2 h1=Q+ 5. Kg3 Qe4 6. Rf3+ Qxe3 7. Rxe3 Kf1 8. Kf3 Nd4+ $10) (4. Bb6 $2 h1=Q+ 5. Kg3 Qb7 $1 6. Rf6+ Qxb6 7. Rxb6 Nc3 $10) 4... h1=Q+ 5. Kg3 Qc6 6. Rf5+ Qxc5 7. Rxc5 $18) 4. Ba7 $1 (4. Be3 $2 Ng5 $3 5. Rf5+ Kg2 6. Rf2+ Kg1 7. Ra2+ Kf1 8. Kg3 h1=Q 9. Ra1+ Ke2 10. Rxh1 Kxe3 $10) (4. Bb6 $2 h1=Q+ 5. Kg3 Qb7 $1 6. Rf6+ Qxb6 $1) 4... h1=Q+ 5. Kg3 Qa8 6. Rf7+ Qxa7 7. Rxa7 Kf1 8. Rf7+ $1 Ke2 9. Re7 {The theme of mined squares for the both sides. The bishop can't move on b6 and e3 in the main lines for various reasons. White is lucky that the black knight also walks on mines: a double attack hits the knight on b5, and a pin on e6.} 1-0

[Event "sp.p Chess Study Art"] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Steffen Nielsen"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1R5K/1p3k1n/5np1/p2P2P1/2p2B2/q5P1/Br6/Q7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2022"] 
 1. Bxc4 $1 {White has charged the battery.} ({After} 1. d6 $2 Qc3 2. Qe1 Qxe1 3. Bxc4+ {it's easy to overlook that the decoyed queen stayed in the game -} Qe6 $1) 1... Qc3 $1 {The black battery defends against the white one.} 2. Qf1 $1 {This battery fires one move further.} Rh2 $1 {And this one even further.} ( 2... Nf8 3. Bd2 $1 Rxd2 4. Rxb7+) 3. g4 $1 {The black rook does not have good squares on the h-file.} (3. d6+ $2 Nd5+ 4. Be5+ Nhf6+ {- all four batteries fired.}) 3... Nxg4+ (3... Rh4 4. Bg3 $1) (3... Rh1 4. Bd2 $1 Rxf1 5. Bxc3) 4. Be5+ Nhf6+ 5. Bxh2 Nf2 $1 6. Be5 $1 {The only way to disable the black battery. } (6. Rf8+ $2 Kxf8 7. Be5 Qf3 $1 8. Bxf6 (8. Be2 Qxd5) 8... Qh5#) 6... Qxe5 7. Rf8+ $1 (7. Qxf2 $2 Qxb8#) 7... Kxf8 8. Qxf2 b5 (8... Qxg5 9. Qc5+ Ke8 10. Qc8+ Ke7 11. Qc7+ Nd7 12. d6+ Kf8 13. Qc8+ Qd8 14. Qxd8#) 9. Qxf6+ Qxf6+ 10. gxf6 bxc4 11. d6 $18 {Consecutive creation of four batteries by adding a rear piece. I see a circle of cowboys aiming their guns at the opponent's temple to protect the friend in danger. At this tense moment Steffen opens a bottle of champagne - g4! Only the pawns survived the skirmish.} 1-0

[Event "2.hm Chess Study Art"] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Martin Minski"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6bN/1P1Pr1B1/8/7k/4N3/b6P/7p/4K3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "18"] [EventDate "2022"] 
 1. Kf2 $1 Bc5+ (1... h1=Q 2. Ng3+) 2. Bd4 $1 {Measures against the rook's move on d3.} ({Logical try} 2. Kg2 $2 Rxg7+ 3. Ng3+ (3. Kxh2 Bg1+ 4. Kh1 Bd5 5. d8=Q Bxe4#) 3... Rxg3+ 4. Kxh2 Rd3 $1 5. b8=Q Bd6+ $19) 2... Bxd4+ 3. Kg2 Rg7+ 4. Ng6 $3 {The decoy of the black bishop to d4 has both a weakening (the d-file is closed) and a strengthening effect - on the e5-square the bishop will not be attacked by the promoted Qd8. White counters new threats with his play for a stalemate.} ({Logical try} 4. Ng3+ $2 Rxg3+ 5. Kxh2 Be5 6. b8=Q Bxb8 7. d8=Q Bd5 $1 8. Qxd5+ (8. Qxb8 Rg2+ 9. Kh1 Rg8+) 8... Rg5+) 4... Rxg6+ 5. Ng3+ $1 Rxg3+ 6. Kxh2 Be5 7. b8=Q $1 Bxb8 8. d8=Q Bd5 $1 9. Qh4+ $1 (9. Qh8+ $2 Kg6 10. h4 Bc7 11. Qe8+ (11. Qh5+ Kf6) (11. Qc8 Rc3+) 11... Kh7 12. Qh5+ Kg7 $19) 9... Kxh4 {stalemate. A good attempt to combine an avalanche of sacrifices and logic, an action movie and a detective story, muscles and mind. Although, I have a suspicion that one interferes with the other a little.} 1/2-1/2

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