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Studies of the Chess Star 2009 tournament.
[Event "1.p ChessStar 2009"] [Site ""] [Date "2009.01"] [Round ""] [White "Becker=R"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7K/7p/8/8/R7/Pk6/8/6nr w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "45"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Ra8 (1. Ra7 $2 h5 2. a4 Nf3 {(Ne2) -+}) 1... h5 2. a4 Kb4 3. a5 Kb5 4. a6 Kb6 5. Rb8+ $1 ({try} 5. a7 $5 Kb7 6. Rb8+ Kxa7 7. Rb1 Ka6 {zz} 8. Kh7 Ka5 {zz} 9. Kh6 (9. Kg6 Rh4 10. Rxg1 Rg4+ {-+}) 9... Ka4 {zz} 10. Kh7 Ka3 { and Black's win}) 5... Ka7 6. Rb7+ $1 Kxa6 7. Rb1 {zz} Ka5 8. Kh7 {zz} Ka4 9. Kh6 {zz} Ka3 10. Rb5 h4 11. Rb1 Ka2 12. Rf1 Kb3 13. Kh5 Kc3 14. Rf4 h3 15. Rf2 Kd3 16. Kg4 Ke3 17. Rb2 $1 {zz} ({try} 17. Ra2 $5 Nf3 18. Ra3+ Ke2 19. Ra2+ Nd2 {zz} 20. Kh4 (20. Rb2 Ke3 {-+}) (20. Kg3 Ke3 21. Ra3+ Kd4 22. Ra4+ Kc3 23. Ra3+ Kb4 {-+}) 20... Ke3 21. Ra3+ Kf4 {and Black's win}) 17... Nf3 18. Rb3+ Ke4 19. Rb4+ Ke3 ({main} 19... Nd4 20. Ra4 $1 {zz} Ke3 21. Ra3+ {=}) 20. Rb3+ Ke2 21. Rb2+ Nd2 22. Ra2 $1 {zz} Ke3 23. Ra3+ $11 *
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[Event "2.p ChessStar 2009"] [Site ""] [Date "2009.02.21"] [Round ""] [White "Gurgenidze=D"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3K4/1P5r/k7/8/7p/8/1R6/7r w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "23"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rb6+ $1 Ka5 2. Rb5+ $1 Ka4 3. Rb4+ $1 Ka3 4. Rb3+ $1 Ka2 5. b8=Q (5. Rb2+ $2 Ka1 $19) 5... Rh8+ 6. Ke7 $1 (6. Kd7 Rxb8 7. Rxb8 h3 $19) 6... Rxb8 7. Rxb8 h3 8. Rf8 $1 h2 9. Rf2+ Kb3 10. Kf6 Kc3 11. Kf5 Kd3 12. Kf4 $11
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[Event "3.p ChessStar 2009"] [Site ""] [Date "2009.03"] [Round ""] [White "Mikitovics=J"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4K3/7N/8/5k1n/8/1n6/Bp6/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kd7 $1 (1. Bb1+ $2 Ke5 2. Nf8 (2. Ng5 Nd2 3. Nh3 Nf6+ 4. Kd8 Nfe4 $19) 2... Nf6+ 3. Kf7 Nd5 4. Ne6 Nb4 $19) 1... Nf4 2. Kc6 $1 Nd2 3. Kc5 $1 Ke5 4. Kb4 $1 Kd4 5. Nf6 $1 ({try} 5. Ka3 $5 Kc3 $1 (5... Nd3 $2 6. Nf6 Nc4+ 7. Ka4 Kc3 8. Ne4+ Kc2 9. Bb3+ Kc1 10. Ba2 $11) 6. Nf6 Kc2 $1 (6... Nc4+ $2 7. Ka4 Kc2 8. Ne4 $1 $11) 7. Ka4 Nb1 $1 8. Ne4 Ne2 $1 9. Bb3+ Kc1 10. Kb4 Nbc3 $1 $19 (10... Nd2 $2 11. Nxd2 Kxd2 12. Ba2 Kc2 13. Bb3+ Kc1 14. Ba2 Kc2 15. Bb3+ { positional draw.})) 5... Ne2 6. Bb1 $3 Nc3 $1 7. Bc2 $1 Na2+ 8. Ka3 $1 { and draws:} Kc3 9. Bh7 {(Bd3;Bf5; Bg6)} Nb4 10. Ne4+ $1 {draws.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1.hm .ChessStar 2009"] [Site ""] [Date "2009.02.06"] [Round ""] [White "Loustau=J"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1k6/8/2b5/7p/1K5b/3R4/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kc5 $1 Kc7 2. Kd4 Bf6+ 3. Ke3 Be5 4. Rd1 $1 Ba8 5. Rg1 h4 6. Rg8 Bh1 7. Rg1 Ba8 8. Rg8 Bc6 9. Rg6 Bh1 ({main} 9... Bd7 10. Ke4 Bc3 11. Rh6 h3 12. Kf3 Bc8 13. Rh4 Kd6 14. Rc4 Bb7+ 15. Kg3 $11) 10. Rg1 {positional draw, or} Bb7 11. Rg5 Bg3 12. Rg7+ Kb6 13. Rxb7+ $11
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[Event "2.hm ChessStar 2009"] [Site ""] [Date "2009.02.21"] [Round ""] [White "Pallier=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/4K3/6R1/p2k3p/4n3/P7/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Ra5 Kc3 2. Rxa4 Nc4 3. Ra7 $1 ({try} 3. Ra8 $5 Kb2 4. a4 h3 5. Kd5 (5. Rh8 Kb3 6. a5 Nxa5 $11) (5. a5 h2 $11) 5... Nb6+ $11) 3... Kb2 4. a4 h3 5. Kd5 h2 6. Rh7 Nb6+ 7. Kc5 Nxa4+ 8. Kb4 Nb6 9. Rxh2+ $18
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[Event "3.hm ChessStar 2009"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Aliev=I"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3B4/8/k7/8/K7/1p3RP1/6p1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "2009"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Bb6 $1 (1. Rf6+ $2 Kb7 $1 $11) 1... b2 2. Rb3 g1=Q $1 (2... b1=Q 3. Rxb1 g1=Q 4. Rxg1 $18 (4. Bxg1 $4 {stalemate})) 3. Bxg1 b1=Q 4. Rb6+ $1 (4. Rxb1 $2 {stalemate}) 4... Qxb6 5. Bxb6 Kxb6 6. Kb4 {and teoretical ending with win} 1-0
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[Event "1.c ChessStar 2009"] [Site ""] [Date "2009.02.21"] [Round ""] [White "Poisson=C"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K7/8/8/3n4/1k6/5b2/4R3/3R4 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "23"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rb2+ Kc3 2. Rdb1 Be4 3. Rb3+ Kc4 4. R1b2 Nf4+ 5. Ka7 Nd3 6. Rb1 Nc5 7. Rb4+ Kc3 8. R1b2 Bc2 ({main} 8... Bd5 9. Rb5 Bc4 10. Rxc5 $18) 9. Rb8 Nd7 (9... Nb3 10. Ra2 $18) 10. R8b7 Nc5 11. Rxc2+ Kxc2 12. Rc7 $18
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[Event "2.c ChessStar 2009"] [Site ""] [Date "2009.02.21"] [Round ""] [White "Kovalenko=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "q3k3/P5K1/2P5/8/8/3P4/2R5/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "11"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. c7 Qxa7 2. Re2+ Kd7 3. Re7+ Kxe7 ({main} 3... Kc8 4. Re8+ Kxc7 5. Re7+ $18) 4. c8=N+ Ke6+ 5. Nxa7 Kd5 6. Nb5 $18
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[Event "3.c ChessStar 2009"] [Site ""] [Date "2009.02.21"] [Round ""] [White "Dore=M, Pallier=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1p6/8/1K3Rp1/8/1P6/3kp3/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "23"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rd5+ Kc3 2. Re5 Kd3 3. Re8 g4 4. Rd8+ Kc2 5. Re8 Kd1 6. Rd8+ Ke1 7. Kc4 g3 8. Kd3 g2 9. Ra8 Kf2 10. Rf8+ Ke1 11. Ra8 Kf2 12. Rf8+ $11
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[Event "4.c ChessStar 2009"] [Site ""] [Date "2009.02.21"] [Round ""] [White "Aberman=V"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1n6/8/8/6P1/6K1/k7/7b/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "29"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kf5 Nc6 2. Ke6 Ne5 3. Kf6 Nf3 4. Kf5 Nd4+ 5. Kf6 Nf3 6. Kf5 Nh4+ 7. Kg4 Ng6 8. Kf5 Nh4+ 9. Kg4 Ng6 10. Kf5 Nf4 11. g6 Nh5 12. Kg5 Ng7 13. Kf6 Nh5+ 14. Kg5 Ng7 15. Kf6 $11 *
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[Event "5.c ChessStar 2009"] [Site ""] [Date "2009.02.21"] [Round ""] [White "Aliev=I , Kovalenko=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2k5/p7/6p1/6P1/1P6/K7/8/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "13"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Ka4 Kb7 2. Ka5 Kb8 ({main} 2... a6 3. b5 axb5 4. Kxb5 { Thechnical ending with win} Kc7 5. Kc5 {etc wins}) 3. Ka6 Ka8 4. b5 Kb8 5. b6 Ka8 6. Kb5 axb6 7. Kxb6 {Thechnical ending with win} *
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[Event "6.c ChessStar 2009"] [Site ""] [Date "2009.02.21"] [Round ""] [White "Croitor=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K7/4p3/5p2/8/4P3/7k/5P2/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "21"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. e5 fxe5 2. Kb7 Kg2 3. Kc6 e6 4. Kd6 e4 5. Ke5 Kf3 6. Kd4 Kf4 7. Kc5 (7. Kc4 $2 e3 8. fxe3+ Kxe3 $19) 7... Kf3 8. Kd4 Kf4 9. Kc5 e3 10. fxe3+ Kxe3 11. Kd6 $11
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[Event "s.p ChessStar 2009"] [Site ""] [Date "2009.05.19"] [Round ""] [White "Aberman=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7n/5B2/6Pp/5k2/7K/2p5/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2010"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. g7 c2 2. Be6+ Ke4 3. Bd5+ Kd3 4. Bc4+ Ke4 (4... Ke3 5. gxh8=Q c1=Q 6. Qxh6+) 5. g8=Q c1=Q 6. Qd5+ Kf4 7. Qd6+ Kf3 8. Qc6+ Kf2 9. Qf6+ Kg2 10. Bd5+ Kg1 11. Qd4+ Kf1 12. Bc4+ Kg2 (12... Ke1 13. Qe4+ Kf2 14. Qe2+ Kg1 15. Qg4+ $18) 13. Qg4+ Kf2 14. Qg3# 1-0
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