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Studies from the informal Ty from magazine Die Schwalbe 2013-2014
[Event "1.p Die Schwalbe"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Minski=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "N6K/8/8/N5p1/3k4/8/8/1b5B w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2012"] {("Die Schwalbe" No.259 February 2013, #15451) position X} 1. Nb3+ $1 ({thematic try:} 1. Nc7 $2 Be4 2. Ne6+ Kd5 $1 (2... Ke5 $2 3. Nc4+ Kd5 4. Ne3+ $1 Ke5 5. Ng4+ $18) 3. Nc7+ Kd4 4. Ne6+ Kd5 $11 { positional draw, 5. Nf4+? impossible because of the bPg5.}) (1. Nc6+ $2 Ke3 2. Nc7 Be4 3. Nd5+ Kd3 4. Ne5+ Kd4 $11) 1... Kc3 (1... Ke3 2. Nc7 $1 g4 3. Nc5 $1 $18) 2. Nc5 Kd4 3. Ne6+ Ke5 4. Nxg5 (4. Nac7 $2 Be4 5. Bxe4 Kxe4 $11) 4... Kf4 (4... Kf5 5. Nf7 Be4 6. Nd6+ $18) 5. Ne6+ Ke5 6. Nc5 Kd4 7. Nb3+ Kc3 8. Na5 (8. Nc1 $2 Kd2 9. Nb3+ Kc3) (8. Bd5 $2 Ba2 $11) 8... Kd4 { position X without the bPg5} 9. Nc7 $1 Be4 10. Ne6+ Kd5 {, now} (10... Ke3 { /Ke5} 11. Nc4+ $18) 11. Nf4+ {is possible} Ke5 (11... Kd4 12. Nb3+ Ke3 13. Nd5+ $1 Kd3 14. Nc5+ $18) 12. Ng2 Bd5 (12... Kd4 13. Nb3+ Kc3 14. Nc5 $18) 13. Kg7 Kd4 14. Kf6 Kc3 (14... Kc5 15. Ke5 Bf3 {/Ba8} 16. Nb3+ $18) 15. Ke5 Bf3 {/Ba8} 16. Kd6 Kb4 17. Nc6+ $18 1-0
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[Event "2.p Die Schwalbe"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Slumstrup Nielsen=S"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1RB3Q1/8/1b5B/1br5/1r6/4K3/P3p3/2N4k w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2013"] {Die Schwalbe/6} 1. Bb7+ (1. Nxe2 $2 Rxc8+ 2. Kf3 Rxg8 3. Rxg8 Bxe2+ 4. Kxe2 Rb2+ 5. Kf3 Rxa2) 1... Rc6+ 2. Kf3 Rc3+ 3. Nd3 $1 (3. Be3 $2 Rxe3+ 4. Kf2+ Ree4+ 5. Kf3 e1=N+ 6. Kg3 Bc7+ 7. Kf2 Rb2+ 8. Ne2 Rbxe2+ 9. Kf1 Rxa2+ 10. Qc4 Bxc4#) 3... Rxd3+ 4. Kxe2+ Rd5+ 5. Kf3 Rd3+ 6. Be3 $1 Rxe3+ 7. Kf2+ Ree4+ 8. Kg3 Bc7+ 9. Kf3 Be2+ 10. Kf2 Bb6+ 11. Ke1 Ba5 (11... Bf3+ 12. Bxe4 Rxe4+ 13. Kd2 Re2+ 14. Kd3 Re3+ 15. Kc4 Re4+ 16. Kb5) 12. Bxe4+ Rxe4+ 13. Kf2 Be1+ 14. Kxe1 Bc4+ 15. Kf2 Bxg8 16. Rxg8 Rf4+ 17. Kg3 Ra4 18. Rb8 Ra3+ 19. Rb3 Rxa2 20. Rb1# 1-0
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[Event "1.hm Die Schwalbe#13953"] [Site ""] [Date "2014"] [Round ""] [White "Krug=P"] [Black "(+3204.32f3h1)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6q1/4p3/7P/4p3/8/4PKn1/3RR1PN/7k w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2014"] {Die Schwalbe/6} 1. h7 (1. Ng4 $2 Nf1 2. Re1 Qf7+ 3. Ke4 Qg6+) 1... Qg7 $1 ( 1... Qxh7 2. Kxg3 Qxh2+ 3. Kg4) 2. h8=Q $1 (2. Ng4 $2 Nf1 3. Rd1 Qf7+ 4. Nf6 Qxf6+ 5. Ke4 Qg6+) 2... e4+ $1 3. Kf2 Qxh8 4. Ng4 $1 (4. Kxg3 $2 Qe5+ 5. Kg4 Qg7+ 6. Kf4 Qf6+ 7. Kxe4 Qc6+ 8. Kf4 Qf6+ 9. Kg3 Qe5+ 10. Kf2 Kxh2) 4... Qh4 5. Rd1+ $1 Nf1+ 6. Kxf1 Qxg4 7. g3 $1 Qxg3 8. Rf2 Qxe3 9. Rdd2 Qg3 10. Ke2 Qg4+ 11. Ke1 Qg3 12. Rd1 Qe3+ 13. Kf1 e6 14. Rdd2 Qg3 15. Ke2 Qg4+ 16. Ke1 Qg3 17. Rd1 Qe3+ 18. Kf1 e5 19. Rdd2 Qg3 20. Ke2 Qg4+ 21. Ke1 Qg3 22. Rd1 Qe3+ 23. Kf1 1-0
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[Event "2.hm Die Schwalbe#15768"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Minski=M"] [Black "(=0040.13d6e3)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/p2K4/pp2P3/8/4k3/b7/5B2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2013"] {Die Schwalbe/12} 1. Kc5 a4 2. Bxb5 $1 a3 (2... axb5 3. Kxb5 Bb3 4. Kb4 $1) 3. Bd3 $1 (3. Kb4 $2 axb5 4. Kxa3 Bf7 5. Kb4 Be8) 3... a5 $1 (3... Kxd3 4. Kb4 Bd5 $1 5. Kxa3 Kc3 6. Ka4 Bc4 7. Ka5 $1) 4. Kb5 Bb3 5. Bb1 Kd2 6. e6 $1 Kc1 7. e7 Bf7 8. Ba2 $1 1/2-1/2
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[Event "sp.hm Die Schwalbe#15710"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Tallaksen Ostmoe=G"] [Black "(+0000.63g8f6)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6K1/P1P1P3/5k1p/7p/7P/1P6/P2p4/8 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "6"] [EventDate "2013"] {Die Schwalbe/10} 1... d1=Q 2. e8=N+ $1 Kg6 3. a8=B $1 (3. a8=Q $2 Qd5+ 4. Qxd5 ) 3... Qd4 (3... Qg4 {} 4. c8=Q $1 Qxc8 5. Be4+) 4. c8=R $1 (4. c8=Q $2 Qd5+ 5. Bxd5) 1-0
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[Event "1.c Die Schwalbe#16139"] [Site ""] [Date "2014"] [Round ""] [White "Van der Heijden=H"] [Black "(+3015.31c8e4)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2K4B/2P5/5P1N/1n5N/4kp2/8/6Pq/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2014"] {Die Schwalbe/12} 1. f7 (1. Kd8 $2 Nxc7) (1. Kd7 $2 Qxg2 2. c8=Q (2. f7 Qd2+ 3. Kc6 Qd5+ 4. Kb6 Qa8 5. Bg7 Qa7+ 6. Kxb5 Qb7+) 2... Qd2+ 3. Ke7 Qb4+ 4. Kd8 Qa5+ 5. Kd7 Qd2+ 6. Ke6 Qa2+ 7. Ke7 Qa3+ 8. Kd8 Qa5+) 1... f3 2. gxf3+ (2. g3 $2 Qc2 3. Nf6+ Kd3 4. Ne8 Nxc7 5. Nxc7 Qc5 6. Bg7 f2 7. f8=Q Qxf8+ 8. Bxf8 f1=Q) 2... Kd5 $1 (2... Kd3 3. f4 Qh3+ 4. Kd8 Na7 5. f5 Qh4+ 6. Bf6 Qb4 7. Ke8) 3. f4 Qh3+ (3... Qc2 4. Be5 Qc5 5. Nf6+ Kc6 6. Kd8 Nxc7 7. Bxc7 Qf8+ 8. Ne8 Qxh6 9. Ke7 Qh7 10. Nf6 Qg7 11. Be5) 4. Kd8 (4. Ng4 $2 Nd6+ 5. Kd8 Nxf7+ 6. Ke7 Nd6) 4... Nxc7 (4... Nd6 5. Nf6+ Kc6 6. f8=Q Qc8+ 7. Ke7 Qxc7+ 8. Ke6) 5. Kxc7 (5. f8=Q $2 Ne6+) 5... Qa3 $1 (5... Qxh5 6. f8=Q) 6. Nf6+ Ke6 (6... Kc4 7. Bg7) 7. f8=N+ $1 (7. f8=Q $2 Qc5+ 8. Qxc5) (7. f5+ $2 Ke7 8. Nfg8+ (8. Nd5+ Kf8) 8... Kf8) 7... Qxf8 (7... Ke7 8. Ng6+ Ke6 9. f5#) 8. f5+ Ke7 (8... Ke5 9. Nd7+) 9. Nhg8+ (9. Nfg8+ $2 Ke8 10. Nf6+ Ke7) (9. Nd5+ $2 Ke8 10. Nf6+ Ke7) 9... Kf7 10. Kd7 $1 Qa3 (10... Qe7+ 11. Nxe7) 11. Nh6+ Kf8 12. Nh7# 1-0
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[Event "2.c Die Schwalbe#16079"] [Site ""] [Date "2014"] [Round ""] [White "Sonntag=G"] [Black "(+0050.11b4b6)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "b7/8/Pkp5/8/1K5B/5B2/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2014"] {Die Schwalbe/10} 1. Ka4 $1 (1. Be2 $2 c5+ 2. Ka3 Bc6 3. Bd8+ Ka7) 1... Kxa6 2. Bf2 Kb7 3. Ka5 Kc7 4. Bg3+ Kb7 5. Bd6 Ka7 6. Bc5+ Kb7 7. Bg4 Kc7 8. Ka6 Bb7+ 9. Ka7 Bc8 10. Bb6+ Kd6 11. Bxc8 1-0
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[Event "3.c Die Schwalbe#15513"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Bomsdorf=G"] [Black "(+0014.35d7a8)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k7/p2K1pp1/P7/N4P1P/8/5p1p/4n3/3B4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2013"] {Die Schwalbe/4} 1. h6 $1 ({thematic try:} 1. Kc8 $2 h2 2. Ba4 Nd4 3. Nb3 h1=Q 4. Nxd4 Qc1+ 5. Nc2 Qh6) 1... gxh6 2. Kc8 $1 (2. Ba4 $2 f2 3. Kc8 Nd4 4. Nb3 f1=Q) 2... h2 (2... Nd4 3. Nb3 f2 4. Nxd4 f1=Q 5. Bf3+ Qxf3 6. Nxf3 h5 7. Nd4 h2 8. Nb5 h1=Q 9. Nc7#) 3. Ba4 Nd4 4. Nb3 $1 (4. Nc6 $2 Nxf5) 4... h1=Q 5. Nxd4 f2 (5... Qc1+ 6. Nc2 {Qa6??}) 6. Nb5 Qc1+ 7. Nc7+ Qxc7+ 8. Kxc7 f1=Q 9. Bc6# 1-0
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[Event "4.c Die Schwalbe#15709"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Arestov=P"] [Black "(+4010.33e8g8)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4K1k1/P4pP1/7P/8/3p4/5q2/B3p3/4Q3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2013"] {Die Schwalbe/10} 1. h7+ Kxg7 2. h8=Q+ Kxh8 3. Qh4+ Kg7 4. Qg5+ Kh7 (4... Kh8 5. Qh6+ Kg8 6. Qf8+ Kh7 7. Bb1+ d3 8. Bxd3+ Qxd3 9. Qxf7+) 5. Bb1+ d3 6. Bxd3+ $1 Qxd3 7. Qh5+ Kg7 8. Qxf7+ Kh6 9. Qf4+ Kh5 10. a8=Q e1=Q+ 11. Kf8 Qe6 12. Qa5+ Qdd5 (12... Qed5 {} 13. Qf7+) 13. Qf3+ 1-0
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[Event "5.c Die Schwalbe#15834"] [Site ""] [Date "2014"] [Round ""] [White "Kovalenko=V"] [Black "(=3537.10b4a8)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k7/7q/r1P5/2R5/1KNR4/8/3n2b1/4n3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2014"] {Die Schwalbe/2} 1. Rd8+ Ka7 2. Rd7+ Qxd7 3. cxd7 Nd3+ 4. Kb5 (4. Kc3 $2 Ne4+ 5. Kc2 Ra2+) 4... Nxc4 5. Rc7+ Bb7 6. Rxb7+ Kxb7 7. d8=N+ Ka7 8. Nc6+ Kb7 9. Nd8+ 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Shakhmaty v SSSR#44"] [Site ""] [Date "1962"] [Round ""] [White "Shilkov=L"] [Black "(+0017.10f8c8), A."] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2k2K2/1n6/8/1N6/1P5n/8/8/1B6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "1962"] {Shakhmaty v SSSR/11} 1. Be4 Nd8 2. Ke7 Ng6+ $1 3. Bxg6 Nc6+ 4. Kd6 Nxb4 5. Kc5 Na6+ 6. Kb6 Nb8 (6... Nb4 7. Nc3 $1) 7. Na7+ Kd8 8. Kb7 Nd7 9. Nc6# 1-0
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[Event ".c Molodoj Leninets (Kurgan)"] [Site ""] [Date "1976"] [Round ""] [White "Nadareishvili=G"] [Black "(=0046.00f2c8), B."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "b1k5/4n3/8/8/8/8/5K1n/5B2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "1976"] {EG#02891.} 1. Bg2 Ng4+ (1... Nc6 2. Kg3) 2. Kg3 Nf5+ $1 3. Kh3 $1 (3. Kxg4 $2 Ne3+) 3... Nf2+ 4. Kh2 Ne4 5. Bh3 $1 Ned6 6. Bg2 Nb7 7. Bh3 Nbd6 8. Bg2 Ne4 9. Bh3 Neg3 10. Bg2 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1/2.p Armenian Central Chess Club ty"] [Site ""] [Date "1987"] [Round ""] [White "Kasparyan=S Varov=S"] [Black "(=0047.10e4c8), C."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "N1k4n/5b2/8/1P6/1n2K3/8/8/5B2 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "1987"] {EG#07339.} 1... Bd5+ $1 (1... Kb7 2. Kd4 Kxa8 3. Bc4 Bg6 4. Kc3 Nc2 5. Bd3) 2. Ke5 $1 (2. Kf5 $2 Kb7 3. Kf6 Nf7 4. Bh3 Nd6 5. Ke5 Nxb5 6. Bd7 Bc4 7. Bxb5 Bxb5 8. Kd6 Na6) 2... Nf7+ (2... Bxa8 3. Kf6 Bd5 4. Bh3+ Kd8 5. Be6 Be4 6. Bf5) 3. Kd4 $1 (3. Kf6 $2 Kb7 4. Bh3 Nd6 $1 5. Ke5 Nxb5 6. Bd7 Bc4 $1 7. Bxb5 Bxb5 8. Kd6 Na6 $1) 3... Bxa8 (3... Kb7 4. Bc4) 4. Kc5 $1 Nc2 5. Bd3 $1 (5. Bc4 $2 Nd8 6. Bd5 Nb7+ 7. Kb6 Kb8) 5... Na1 $1 (5... Ne1 6. Bc4 Nd8 7. Bd5 Nb7+ 8. Kb6 Kb8 9. Be4) (5... Ne3 6. Kd4 Ng4 7. Be4) 6. Bc4 $1 (6. Kb4 $2 Nd6 7. Kc3 Bd5 8. Bb1 Nxb5+ 9. Kb2 Nb3 10. Ba2 N5d4) 6... Nd8 7. Bd5 Nb7+ 8. Kb6 Kb8 9. Be4 $1 Nb3 10. Bxb7 Bxb7 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1.p Moscow ty Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsia"] [Site ""] [Date "2001.12.05"] [Round ""] [White "Visokosov=A"] [Black "(+0042.02f3e6), D."] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "B7/8/4k3/8/8/3b1K1p/7p/N6N w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2001"] {EG#13326.} 1. Kg3 $1 (1. Bb7 $2 Ke5 $1 2. Nf2 h1=Q+ $1 3. Nxh1 Bf1 $1) 1... Ke5 $1 (1... Bf1 2. Bb7 $1 Bg2 3. Bc8+ $1 Ke5 4. Kxh2) 2. Nf2 Bc4 3. Ng4+ Kd6 $1 4. Ne3 $1 (4. Nf6 $2 Bb5 $1) 4... Bb5 5. Nf5+ Kc7 $1 (5... Kc5 6. Nb3+) ( 5... Ke5 6. Nc2 $1 (6. Nh4 $2 Ba4 $1 7. Kxh2 Kd4 $1 8. Nf5+ Kc3) 6... Bf1 (6... Bd3 7. Nfe3 $1 Be4 8. Nc4+ Kf5 9. Nd6+) 7. Nh4 $1 Bd3 8. Nf3+ Kd6 9. Nfd4 Ke5 10. Bf3 Be4 11. Nc6+ $1) 6. Nd4 $1 Ba6 $1 7. Bh1 $1 Bf1 $1 (7... Bb7 8. Nf3) 8. Ne6+ Kd6 9. Nf4 $1 Bb5 10. Kxh3 $1 Bc6 11. Ng2 $1 1-0
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[Event "EG"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Costeff=G"] [Black "(+0000.76h8h6), E."] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7K/1P1PP2p/7k/7P/3p4/3p1p1p/3P1PpP/8 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "16"] [EventDate "2009"] {EG/10 EG#16982.} 1... g1=Q $1 2. e8=N $1 Qg5 3. b8=B $1 (3. b8=Q $2 Qe5+ 4. Qxe5) 3... Qf5 (3... Qe7 4. Bf4+ Kxh5 5. Bd6 Qg5 6. Bc7) 4. Bd6 (4. Kg8 $2 Qd5+ 5. Kf8 Qf5+ 6. Ke7 Qe4+ 7. Kd8 Qa8 8. Kc8 Qa6+ 9. Kc7 Qa5+) 4... Qf7 $1 (4... Qg5 5. Bf8+ Kxh5 6. Ng7+ Kg6 7. Ne6 Qf6+ 8. Bg7 Qxe6 9. d8=Q) 5. d8=R $1 (5. d8=Q $2 Qg7+ 6. Nxg7) 5... Kxh5 {} 6. Ng7+ Kg6 7. Be5 Qb3 8. Rd6+ Kf7 9. Kxh7 1-0
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[Event "1.sp.hm Shakhmatny Listok#341"] [Site ""] [Date "1929.01.25"] [Round ""] [White "Troitzky=A"] [Black "(+0041.02b1h8), F."] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "b6k/7p/2p5/8/8/2N5/3B4/1K6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1929"] {7.p USSR Study Composition champ 1929.} 1. Bh6 $1 Kg8 (1... c5 2. Nb5 $1 Kg8 ( 2... Be4+ 3. Kb2 Kg8 4. Nd6 $1) (2... Bf3 3. Nd6 Bg2 4. Kc2 Kg8 5. Kd2 Bf3 6. Ke3 Bc6 (6... Bg2 7. Kf4 c4 8. Ke5 c3 9. Kf6 Bh3 10. Ne4 c2 11. Ke7 c1=Q 12. Nf6+ Kh8 13. Bxc1 Kg7 14. Nh5+ Kg6 15. Nf4+) 7. Kf4 c4 8. Ke5 c3 9. Kf6 Bd7 10. Ne4 c2 11. Ke7 Bf5 (11... c1=Q 12. Nf6+ Kh8 13. Bxc1 Bf5 14. Bh6) 12. Nf6+ Kh8 13. Kf8 c1=Q 14. Bg7#) 3. Nd6 Bd5 4. Kc2 c4 5. Kc3 Be6 6. Kd4 Bf7 7. Ke5 c3 8. Kf6 Bb3 9. Nf5 c2 10. Ne7+ Kh8 11. Bg7#) (1... Bb7 2. Ne4 Kg8 3. Nd6 $1) 2. Ne4 $1 Kf7 (2... c5 3. Nd6 $1 Bc6 (3... c4 4. Kc2 Bd5 5. Kc3 Be6 6. Kd4 Bf7 7. Ke5 c3 8. Kf6 Bh5 9. Nf5 c2 10. Ne7+ Kh8 11. Bg7#) 4. Kc2 Bf3 5. Kd2 Bd5 6. Ke3 Bc6 7. Kf4 c4 8. Ke5 c3 9. Kf6 Bd7 10. Ne4 c2 11. Ke7 Bc6 (11... c1=Q 12. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 13. Bxc1 h5 14. Kf8) 12. Nf6+ Kh8 13. Kf8 c1=Q 14. Bg7# (14. Bxc1 $2)) 3. Nc5 Kg6 (3... Ke7 4. Bf4 Kf6 (4... Kd8 5. Kc2) 5. Kc2 Kf5 6. Bd6 Kg4 7. Kd2 Kf3 8. Ke1 Kg2 9. Ke2 h5 10. Be7 Kg3 11. Kf1) 4. Bf8 h5 $1 5. Kc2 Kf5 (5... h4 6. Kd3 Kf5 (6... h3 7. Bd6 Kf5 8. Ke3 Kg4 9. Kf2) 7. Bd6 Kg4 8. Ke3) 6. Bd6 $1 Kg4 7. Kd2 Kf3 (7... h4 8. Ke2) 8. Ke1 (8. Be7 $2 Kf4 $1) 8... Kg2 (8... Ke3 9. Be5 ) 9. Be7 Kg3 10. Kf1 Kf3 (10... h4 11. Kg1 h3 12. Kh1) 11. Bd6 Ke3 12. Be5 $1 Kd2 13. Kg2 Kc2 14. Kh3 Kb1 15. Kh4 Ka2 16. Kxh5 Ka3 17. Bc3 $1 1-0
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[Event "3.p Moscow champ Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsi"] [Site ""] [Date "2009.12.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Kalashnikov=V"] [Black "(+0040.11g4c2), G."] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6b1/2pB4/8/P7/6K1/8/2k5/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2009"] {EG#18184.} 1. a6 Bd5 2. Bc8 Bc4 3. a7 Bd5 4. Kf4 $1 Kc3 5. Bg4 $1 (5. Ke5 $2 Ba8 $1 6. Ke6 Kb4 7. Kd7 c5 $1 8. Kc7 c4 9. Bb7 c3 10. Bxa8 c2) 5... Ba8 6. Bf3 c6 7. Ke5 Kb4 8. Kd6 Ka5 9. Kc7 Ka6 10. Kb8 Bb7 11. Bg4 c5 12. Bc8 $1 1-0
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[Event "Probleemblad#265"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Topko=L"] [Black "(+3141.01c7a8), H."] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k6b/2K5/5p2/B4R2/8/1N6/8/3q4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2010"] {Probleemblad/1-3} 1. Bc3 Qg1 2. Ra5+ Qa7+ 3. Rxa7+ Kxa7 4. Bd4+ $1 Ka8 $1 ( 4... Ka6 5. Kc6 Bg7 6. Nc5+) 5. Nc5 Ka7 (5... Bg7 6. Ne6 Bh6 7. Kc8) 6. Nb7+ $1 Ka6 (6... Ka8 7. Nd8 $1) 7. Kc6 Bg7 8. Nc5+ Ka7 (8... Ka5 9. Bc3#) 9. Ne6+ Ka8 10. Nxg7 1-0
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