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Beginners Ty 2008
[Event "1.p Composing Tourney for Beginners"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Gonzales=L"] [Black ""] [Result ""] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/5q2/K1b5/4B2k/1R2rP2/1N4p1/7N/4r2Q w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Qf3+ Kh6 2. Ng4+ (2. Qxg3 Bb5+ 3. Rxb5 Ra4+ $11) 2... Kg6 3. Qxg3 Bb5+ $1 4. Rxb5 Ra4+ 5. Na5 Rxa5+ 6. Kxa5 Qa7+ 7. Kb4 Re4+ 8. Kc3 Qa3+ 9. Kd2 $1 Qxg3 10. f5+ Kxf5 11. Nh6+ Kg5 12. Bf4+ $1 Kxf4 13. Rf5# *
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[Event "2.p Composing Tourney for Beginners"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Didukh=S"] [Black ""] [Result ""] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3B2K1/8/8/6Q1/7R/2P5/pk6/4qb2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Bf6 (1. Rh2+ Kb3 2. Qg6 Bc4+ $11) 1... Bc4+ 2. Rxc4 Qe6+ 3. Kh7 $1 Qxc4 4. Qb5+ Qxb5 5. c4+ Qe5 $1 6. Bxe5+ Kb3 7. c5 Kc4 8. c6 Kd5 9. c7 Kxe5 10. c8=Q a1=Q 11. Qh8+ $18 *
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[Event "1hm. Composing Tourney for Beginners"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Racani=M, Campioli=M"] [Black ""] [Result ""] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/Pp6/P7/8/7p/4pKpr/5brk w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Ke1 bxa5 ({main} 1... b5 2. a7 b4 3. a8=Q b3 4. Qe4 b2 5. Kf2 b1=Q (5... e1=N 6. Qxe1 b1=Q 7. Qxb1 $18) 6. Qxb1 e1=Q+ 7. Qxe1 $18) 2. a7 a4 3. a8=Q a3 4. Qa5 $1 a2 5. Kf2 a1=Q (5... e1=Q+ 6. Qxe1 a1=Q 7. Qxa1 $18) 6. Qxa1 e1=Q+ 7. Qxe1 *
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[Event "2hm. Composing Tourney for Beginners"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Pallier=A"] [Black ""] [Result ""] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2P2k1p/P1P2n1p/5K1P/1r2r3/1P1R4/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rd7+ Nxd7 2. cxd7 Rh4 $1 3. d8=N+ $1 Ke7 4. Nc6+ Kd7 5. a7 Rxh5+ 6. Kf6 Ra5 7. Nxa5 Rb6+ 8. Kg7 $1 Ra6 9. Nb7 $1 Rxa7 10. Nc5+ Kxc7 11. Kxh6 Kd6 12. Ne4+ $1 Ke5 13. Ng5 $11 *
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[Event "comm.Composing Tourney for Beginners"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Rossi=P"] [Black ""] [Result ""] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1PR1p1P1/8/3P4/2p3Pr/2p4R/2pk4/K7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rxc3 Kxc3 2. Rxc4+ $1 Kxc4 3. Kb2 c1=Q+ 4. Kxc1 Kc3 5. Kd1 Kd3 6. Ke1 Ke3 7. Kf1 Kf3 8. Kg1 Rxg4+ 9. Kf1 Ra4 10. Ke1 Ke3 11. Kd1 Kd3 12. Kc1 Kc3 13. b8=Q $18 *
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[Event "comm. Composing Tourney for Beginners"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Pacani=M, Campioli=M"] [Black ""] [Result ""] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "R7/7P/3B4/5Q2/8/6N1/pq1k2Kp/r7 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "26"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1... Ke3+ 2. Kh3 h1=Q+ 3. Nxh1 Rxh1+ 4. Kg4 Qg2+ 5. Bg3 Qh3+ 6. Kg5 Qxg3+ 7. Kf6 Rh6+ 8. Kf7 Rxh7+ 9. Qxh7 Qf3+ 10. Kg7 Qb7+ 11. Kh6 Qh1+ 12. Kg7 Qb7+ 13. Kh6 Qxa8 14. Qe7+ $11 *
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[Event "comm. Composing Tourney for Beginners"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Zenkov=V"] [Black ""] [Result ""] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "b7/2P5/1P1k4/1KN1p3/8/1p2q3/1r1rP3/b1n5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. c8=N+ $1 Kd5 2. Ne7+ Kd6 3. Nf5+ Kd5 4. Nxe3+ Kd4 (4... Kd6 5. Nf5+ $18) 5. Nf5+ Kc3 6. Na4+ Kc2 7. Ne3+ Kb1 8. Nc3# *
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[Event "comm. Composing Tourney for Beginners"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Bertoli=F"] [Black ""] [Result ""] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3Q4/2B5/8/2k5/5P2/2n3KP/2N3n1/5q2 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "24"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1... Ne4+ 2. Kh2 Nxf4 3. Qe7+ Kb5 4. Qe5+ Ka6 5. Qa5+ Kb7 6. Qb6+ Kc8 7. Qb8+ Kd7 8. Qd8+ Kc6 9. Nb4+ Kc5 10. Qe7+ Kd4 11. Qe5+ Ke3 12. Nc2+ Kd2 13. Qxf4+ $18 *
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