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Studies composed for tournament of magazine EG 2010-2011.
[Event "1.p EG 2010-2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2011"] [Round ""] [White "Afek=Y"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/1P1pr3/7N/8/2k5/P7/6K1 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "19"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. a4 Kb4 (1... Re1+ 2. Kf2 Rb1 3. Nf6 Kb4 4. Ne4 d5 5. b7 Ka5 6. Nc5 $11) 2. b7 Re8 3. a5 Kxa5 (3... Kb5 4. Nf6 Rb8 5. Ne4 d5 6. Nc3+ $11) 4. Nf6 Rb8 5. Ne4 d5 6. Nc3 d4 7. Ne2 d3 8. Nc1 d2 9. Nb3+ Kb4 10. Nxd2 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2.p EG 2010-2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Akobia=I"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K5R1/8/6P1/8/1p5r/8/3N2pk/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2010"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. g7 Rg4 2. Rh8+ Kg1 3. g8=Q Rxg8+ 4. Rxg8 b3 $1 5. Rf8 $1 (5. Nxb3 $2 Kf2 $1 (5... Kh1 $2 6. Rh8+ $18) 6. Rf8+ Ke3 $1 7. Rg8 Kf2 {positional draw}) 5... b2 6. Rf5 $3 ({Thematic try} 6. Rf6 $2 Kh2 $1 (6... Kh1 $2 7. Nf3 b1=Q 8. Rh6#) 7. Rb6 Kg3 8. Ne4+ (8. Rg6+ Kf2 $11) 8... Kf3 {(Kf4)} 9. Ng5+ Kg4 $1 10. Ne6 g1=Q $19 {(compare with the main variant "A" 10...g1Q)}) 6... Kh2 7. Rb5 Kg3 (7... g1=Q 8. Nf3+ $18) 8. Ne4+ Kf3 9. Ng5+ Kg4 $1 10. Ne6 Kf3 ({main A} 10... g1=Q 11. Rg5+ $18 {that is why was the move 6.Rf5!!}) 11. Rb3+ Kg4 12. Rb4+ Kf3 13. Ng5+ (13. Rb3+ $2 Kg4 14. Rb4+ Kf3 {loss of time}) 13... Kg3 14. Rb3+ Kg4 15. Nh3 {(Nf3)+-} 1-0
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[Event "1.Hm EG 2010-2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Afek=Y"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3K4/1b6/8/P6p/3P4/6P1/8/7k w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "19"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kc7 Ba8 2. d5 ({Thematic try} 2. Kd6 $2 Kh2 3. d5 Kxg3 4. Kc5 Bxd5 5. Kxd5 h4 6. a6 h3 7. a7 h2 8. a8=Q h1=Q+ $19) 2... Bxd5 3. Kd6 Bf3 4. Ke5 Kg2 5. Kf4 Be2 6. Ke3 Ba6 7. Kf4 Be2 8. Ke3 Kf1 9. Ke4 (9. Kf4 $2 Kf2 {zz}) 9... Kf2 10. Kf4 {zz=} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2.Hm EG 2010-2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2011"] [Round ""] [White "Josten=G"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/N3n3/2P2p2/1K5k/P7/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "23"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kc3 f3 2. Nb3 f2 3. Nd2 Kg2 4. c5 Nf3 5. Nc4 Kg1 6. Ne3 Ne5 7. Kb3 Nc6 8. a3 $1 (8. a4 $2 Nd4+ $19) 8... Nd4+ 9. Ka2 Nf5 10. c6 Nxe3 11. c7 f1=Q 12. c8=Q $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "3.Hm EG 2010-2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2011"] [Round ""] [White "Hornecker=Z, Minski=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5k1K/6p1/5pR1/7P/5R2/5N2/5p2/1q6 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "27"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nh2 Qg1 (1... Qb8 2. Rfxf6+ Ke7+ 3. Kxg7 Qxh2 4. Rf7+ Ke8 5. Re6+ Kd8 6. Kf8 f1=Q 7. Re8#) 2. Nf1 Qxf1 3. h6 gxh6 4. Re4 Qa1 5. Rg8+ Kf7 6. Rg7+ Kf8 7. Rc4 (7. Rb4 $2 Qe5 8. Rbb7 f5 $19) 7... Qa6 8. Rb4 $1 (8. Rcc7 $2 Qe6 9. Rb7 f1=Q 10. Rb8+ Qe8 $11) 8... Qd6 9. Rbb7 Qe6 10. Rb8+ Qe8 11. Rg8+ Kf7 12. Rb7+ Qe7 13. Rg7+ Ke6 14. Rgxe7+ $18 (14. Rbxe7+ $2 Kf5) 1-0
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[Event "c. EG 2010-2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Garcia=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4k3/8/8/P7/8/8/6K1/rqBB2R1 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "19"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Bh5+ Kd7 2. Rd1+ (2. Bg4+ $2 Kc6 3. Bf3+ Kb5 4. Be2+ Ka4 5. Bd1+ Kb4 6. Bd2+ Kc5 7. Be3+ Kd6 8. Bf4+ Ke7 9. Bg5+ Kf8 10. Bh6+ Kg8 11. Be3 Rxa5 $19) 2... Kc6 3. Bd2 (3. Bf3+ $2 Kb5 4. Be2+ Ka4 5. Rd4+ Kb3 6. Rd3+ Kb4 7. Bd2+ Ka4 8. Rd4+ Ka3 $19) 3... Qb2 4. Bf3+ Kb5 5. Rxa1 (5. Be2+ $2 Ka4 6. Rxa1+ Qxa1 7. Kf2 Qd4+ $19) 5... Qxa1 6. Kf2 Qd4+ 7. Ke2 Kc4 8. Be3 Qd3+ 9. Kf2 Kb4 10. Bb6 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "c. EG 2010-2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Kuiper=R, Afek=Y"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/6p1/5p1p/8/5PPK/7P/4k3 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "28"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kg2 $1 (1. Kh4 $2 Kf2 2. Kg5 Kg2 $1 3. Kxg6 Kxh2 4. Kxh5 Kxg3 5. Kg5 f4 $19) 1... Ke2 2. f4 Ke3 3. Kg1 $1 (3. Kf1 $2 Kf3 4. Kg1 h4 $1 5. gxh4 Kxf4 6. h5 gxh5 7. Kf2 h4 8. Ke2 Ke4 9. Kf2 Kd3 $1 10. Kf3 h3 $1 $19) 3... Kf3 4. Kf1 h4 5. gxh4 Kxf4 (5... Kg4 6. h5 $1 gxh5 7. Kf2 Kxf4 8. Ke2 Kg4 9. Kf2 Kh3 10. Kg1 $11) 6. h5 $1 gxh5 7. Ke2 $1 Ke4 8. Kf2 Kf4 9. Ke2 $1 Kg4 10. Kf2 Kh3 11. Kg1 f4 12. Kh1 f3 13. Kg1 h4 14. Kh1 f2 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "c. EG 2010-2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Garcia=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4N3/8/8/P3KnpP/B7/7r/8/6k1 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "29"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. a6 (1. Bd7 $2 Rxh5 2. Bxf5 g4 $11) 1... Ra3 (1... Ne3 2. a7 Nc4+ 3. Kd5 Ra3 4. h6 Rxa4 5. h7 $11) 2. Kxf5 Rxa4 3. Nc7 g4 4. h6 g3 5. h7 Rh4 6. a7 Rxh7 7. a8=Q Rxc7 (7... g2 8. Ne6 Kh2 9. Qa2 Kh1 10. Qd5 Kh2 11. Ng5 g1=Q 12. Nf3+ Kg3 13. Qg8+ $18) 8. Qa1+ Kh2 9. Qh8+ Kg2 10. Qf6 Rc5+ 11. Kf4 Rc4+ 12. Ke3 Rc2 13. Qf3+ Kh2 14. Qh5+ Kg2 15. Qd5+ $18 1-0
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[Event "c. EG 2010-2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Skripnik=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2B2K2/3P3k/8/8/8/r7/3B4/q1Q1r3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "14"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Qc2+ (1. Qxe1 $2 Rf3+ 2. Ke8 Qh8+ 3. Ke7 Qf6+ $19) 1... Kh8 2. Bc3+ Qxc3 3. Qh2+ Qh3 4. Qxh3+ Rxh3 5. d8=N $1 (5. d8=Q $2 Rf3+ 6. Qf6+ Rxf6#) 5... Rf3+ 6. Nf7+ Kh7 7. Bf5+ Rxf5 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "c. EG 2010-2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Sizonenko=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3N2k1/4p1p1/8/2K1P3/7p/8/8/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "19"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nc6 (1. Ne6 $2 h3 $19) 1... h3 2. Nxe7+ Kf7 3. Nf5 Ke6 4. Nxg7+ (4. Ng3 $2 Kxe5 $19) 4... Kxe5 5. Nh5 h2 6. Ng3 Kf4 7. Nh1 Kf3 8. Kd4 Kg2 9. Ke3 Kxh1 10. Kf2 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "c. EG 2010-2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Vieweger=J"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/4p3/2p3p1/p5p1/6pk/3PP3/5PP1/3K4 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "23"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kc2 g3 2. f3 e6 3. Kb3 g4 4. f4 (4. fxg4 $2 Kg5 5. Ka4 c5 6. Kxa5 e5 7. Kb5 e4 8. Kc4 exd3 9. Kxd3 Kf6 10. Ke4 Ke6 11. Kf4 Kd5 12. e4+ Kd6 13. Kxg3 Ke5 14. Kf3 Kd4 $19) 4... g5 5. fxg5 Kxg5 6. Ka4 e5 7. Kxa5 c5 8. Ka4 e4 9. d4 cxd4 10. Kb3 dxe3 11. Kc2 Kf4 12. Kd1 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "c. EG 2010-2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Garcia=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/K1p5/8/kPPP4/2p2n2/5p2/7N/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "21"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. b6 cxb6 2. cxb6 c3 3. Nxf3 Nxd5 4. b7 Nb4 5. Nd4 Na6 6. Ne2 (6. Nb3+ $2 Kb5 7. Nc5 Nb8 8. Kxb8 Kc4 9. Ka7 c2 10. Nb3 Kxb3 11. b8=Q+ Ka2 $11) 6... c2 7. Nd4 c1=N 8. Nc6+ Kb5 9. Nb4 Nxb4 10. b8=Q+ Ka4 11. Kb6 $18 1-0
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[Event "c. EG 2010-2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2011"] [Round ""] [White "Pos[isil=J"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/4k3/4p3/8/8/5P2/6PP/3K2n1 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "23"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Ke1 $1 (1. f4 $2 Kf6 2. Ke1 Kf5 $11) (1. h4 $2 Nh3 2. gxh3 Kf6 $11) 1... Nxf3+ 2. gxf3 Kf6 3. h4 Kg7 4. Kf1 Kh7 5. Kg2 Kg6 6. Kf2 Kf6 7. Ke3 Kg6 8. Kf4 Kh5 9. Kg3 e5 10. Kh3 Kh6 11. Kg4 Kg6 12. h5+ $18 1-0
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[Event "c. EG 2010-2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2011"] [Round ""] [White "Vieweger=J"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/6p1/k4p2/p7/1p4P1/4P3/1PP4K/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "37"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. b3 Kb5 2. Kg3 a4 3. bxa4+ Kxa4 4. Kf3 Kb5 5. g5 fxg5 6. Kg4 Kc4 7. Kxg5 Kd5 8. Kf5 g6+ 9. Kf4 $1 Ke6 10. Ke4 g5 11. Kd4 Kf5 12. Kd5 g4 13. e4+ Kg6 14. Kd4 Kf6 15. Kd3 Ke5 16. Ke3 g3 17. Kf3 Kd4 18. Kxg3 Kxe4 19. Kf2 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "c. EG 2010-2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2011"] [Round ""] [White "Garcia=M, (dedic. O.Carlsson)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4N2q/R3PK2/8/4b1k1/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "19"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Ra6 Qh5+ 2. Kf8 Qh3 3. Rc6 Qd7 ({main} 3... Qf3+ 4. Nf6 Qxc6 5. e8=Q Qxf6+ 6. Qf7 Qd8+ 7. Qe8 Bd6+ 8. Kf7 Qf6+ 9. Kg8 Be5 10. Qe7 Qxe7 {stalemate}) 4. Rb6 $1 (4. Ra6 $2 Qc8 5. Rb6 Bd4 6. Rd6 Bc5 7. Kf7 Qf5+ 8. Rf6 Qh7+ 9. Ng7 Bxe7 10. Rf5+ Kg4 $19) 4... Qc8 5. Kf7 Qf5+ 6. Kg8 Kf4 7. Ng7 Qg5 8. Rb4+ Ke3 9. e8=N $1 Qd8 10. Kh7 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "c. EG 2010-2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2011"] [Round ""] [White "Foreest=J"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "R7/5pb1/2r1P1P1/pk6/p7/8/3B2K1/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "21"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rb8+ $2 (1. exf7 $2 Rxg6+ 2. Kh3 Rf6 $11) (1. e7 $2 Rxg6+ 2. Kf3 Re6 3. e8=Q+ Rxe8 4. Rxe8 a3 5. Ra8 Kc4 6. Rxa5 Kb3 $11) 1... Kc4 (1... Kc5 2. gxf7 Rxe6 3. Rg8 Rg6+ 4. Kh3 a3 5. Rxg7 Rf6 6. Bg5 Rf3+ 7. Kg2 $18) 2. gxf7 Rxe6 3. Rg8 Rg6+ 4. Kh3 a3 5. Rxg7 Rf6 6. Rg4+ Kd5 7. Rf4 Rxf4 8. Bxf4 a2 9. Be5 Kxe5 10. f8=Q a1=Q 11. Qg7+ $18 1-0
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