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Studies awarded for the Moscow tournament 2011.
[Event "Prize Moscow Ty 2011 "] [Site ""] [Date "2012.05.15"] [Round ""] [White "Mikitovics=J (Hungary)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator ",iuri"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3r2k1/P7/8/6K1/3N4/3n4/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2011"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nc6 $1 {main A} (1. Nb5 $2 Ra8 (1... Nc5 $2 2. Nc7 $11) 2. Kf6 Nb4 3. Ke6 Nc6 4. Kd6 Nxa7 $19) 1... Ra8 $1 ({main B} 1... Re8 2. Nb8 (2. Kf6 $2 Nf4 3. Nb8 Nd5+ $19) 2... Re5+ 3. Kf6 Ra5 4. Nc6 Ra6 5. Ke7 Nf4 (5... Nc5 6. Kd6 $11) 6. Kd7 Kf8 (6... Nd5 7. Kd6 Nb6 8. Kc7 Nd5+ 9. Kd6 Nf6 10. Kc7 Nd5+ 11. Kd6 { positional draw}) 7. Kc8 $3 (7. Kc7 $2 Nd5+ 8. Kb7 Rb6+ $19) 7... Nd5 8. Nb4 $3 $11 (8. Kb7 $2 Rb6+ $19)) 2. Kf6 Nc5 3. Ke7 Na6 4. Kd6 Kf7 5. Kd5 $1 (5. Ne5+ $2 Kg7 $3 6. Nc6 Kf6 $1 {mutual zugzwang} 7. Kd5 Nc7+ $1 8. Kc5 (8. Kd6 Nb5+ $19) 8... Rh8 9. Kb6 Rh7 10. Kb7 Ke6 $19) 5... Kf6 (5... Nc7+ 6. Kc5 Ke6 7. Kb6 Kd7 8. Ne5+ Kd6 9. Nc4+) 6. Kd6 $1 {mutual zugzwang} (6. Kc4 $2 Nc7 7. Kc5 Rh8 8. Kb6 Rh7 $19) 6... Kg6 (6... Kf5 7. Nd4+ $1 (7. Kd5 $2 Nc7+ $1 8. Kc5 Rh8 $3 9. Kb6 Rh7 $1 10. Kb7 Ke6 $19) 7... Ke4 8. Nb5 $11) 7. Kd5 $1 (7. Ke6 $2 Nc7+ 8. Kd7 Nb5 $19) 7... Kf7 (7... Kf5 8. Nd4+ Kf6 9. Nb5 Ke7 10. Kc6 $11) 8. Kc4 $1 (8. Kd6 $2 Ke8 $19) 8... Ke6 (8... Nc7 9. Kc5 Ke6 10. Kb6 Kd7 11. Ne5+ Kd6 12. Nc4+ $11) 9. Kb5 Kd6 10. Kb6 Rh8 (10... Rg8 11. Ne7 $3 $11 (11. Ne5 $2 Nc7 12. Nf7+ Kd7 13. Ne5+ Kc8 $1 $19)) 11. Ne5 $3 $11 (11. Ne7 $2 Nc7 12. Nf5+ Kd7 $19) (11. Na5 $2 Nc7 12. Nc4+ Kd7 13. Kb7 Rh7 $3 14. Nb6+ Kd6 $19) 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Hm. Moscow ty 2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2012.05.15"] [Round ""] [White "Stavrietsky=A (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator ",iuri"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4k2K/b4p2/8/8/7R/8/1pP5/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "2012"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Re4+ $1 (1. Rb4 $2 Bd4+ 2. Kh7 f5 3. Kg6 f4) 1... Kf8 $1 (1... Kd7 2. Rb4) 2. Rb4 Bd4+ 3. Kh7 f5 4. Kg6 {(h6)} 4... f4 5. c3 $1 Bxc3 6. Rxf4+ $1 Ke8 7. Rf1 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Hm. Moscow Ty 2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2012.05.15"] [Round ""] [White "Akobia=I -Mikitovics=J"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",iuri"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3K4/2B5/P3P3/3n4/2k3N1/2r5/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2011"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Bb8 $1 (1. Bd6 $2 Rh3 $1 (1... Kb5 $2 2. a7 Rc6 (2... Rh3 3. Be5 Ra3 4. Bd4 Kc6 5. Ne3 Nc7 6. e7 Ne6+ 7. Kc8 $18) 3. Bb8 Nb6 (3... Ra6 4. Ne3 $18) 4. Bc7 Na8 5. e7 $18) 2. a7 Rh8+ 3. Kd7 Kb5 4. Bb8 Nb6+ $11) ({Thematic try} 1. Be5 $2 Ra3 $1 $11 (1... Rd3 $2 2. a7 Ra3 3. Bb8 Kb5 4. Ne3 {main})) ({Thematic try} 1. a7 $2 Nxc7 $1 (1... Ra3 $2 2. Bb8 Kb5 3. Ne3 {main}) 2. Kxc7 Kd5+ $1 3. Kd7 (3. Kb7 Rb3+ $11) 3... Ra3 $11) (1. Ne5+ $2 Kb5 $11 (1... Kc5 $2 2. a7 Ra3 3. Bd6+ Kxd6 4. Nc4+ $18)) 1... Kb5 (1... Ra3 2. a7 Kb5 3. Ne3 $1 {main}) (1... Rh3 2. a7 $1 (2. Ne5+ $2 Kb5 3. a7 Ra3 4. Kd7 Ra6 $1 $11 (4... Nf4 $2 5. e7 Nd5 6. e8=N $1 $18)) 2... Rh8+ 3. Kd7 $18) 2. a7 Ra3 3. Ne3 $3 Nb6 4. Nf5 $1 (4. Nc2 $2 Rd3+ $11) 4... Nd5 5. Kd7 $1 (5. Kc8 $2 Kb6 6. Ne3 Rc3+ 7. Kd7 Nf6+ 8. Ke7 Kb7 $11) 5... Ra6 (5... Ra2 6. Kd6 $18) 6. Ne7 $1 (6. Nd6+ $2 Kb6 $11) (6. Kc8 $1 Kb6 7. Ne3 Ne7+ 8. Kd7 Nc6 $3 $11 (8... Ng6 $2 9. Ke8 Kc6 10. Kf7 Kc5 11. Nf5 Kd5 12. Ng7 $18) (8... Ng8 $2 9. Nd5+ Kb7 10. Nc7 $18)) 6... Nf6+ 7. Kd8 $1 ({Thematic try} 7. Kc8 $2 Kb6 $1 {mutual zugzwang} 8. Be5 Kxa7 9. Bd4+ Ka8 $1 $11 (9... Rb6 $2 10. Ng6 $1 $18)) (7. Kc7 $2 Ne8+ 8. Kd8 Ng7 $11) 7... Kb6 8. Kc8 $3 {mutual zugzwang} (8. Nc8+ $2 Kb7 9. e7 Ra1 $3 (9... Ra3 $2 10. Be5 Rd3+ 11. Nd6+ Kxa7 12. Kc8 $1 $18) 10. Be5 Rd1+ $11) 8... Rxa7 (8... Ra2 9. Be5 $1 Rc2+ 10. Kb8 $18 (10. Kd8 $2 Rd2+ 11. Kc8 Kxa7 $1 (11... Rc2+ $2 12. Kb8 $18) 12. Bxf6 (12. Nc6+ Kb6 $11) 12... Rd6 $1 13. Bd4+ Ka8 $1 $11 (13... Rxd4 $2 14. Nc6+ $18))) 9. Bxa7+ Kxa7 10. Kc7 (10. Kd8 $2 Kb6 $1 11. Nf5 Nd5 12. Ne3 Nb4 13. Kd7 Nc6 $11) 10... Ne8+ (10... Ka6 11. Kc6 $18 (11. Nf5 $2 Kb5 12. Kd8 Nd5 13. Ne3 Nb4 14. Kd7 Nc6 $11)) 11. Kd7 $1 Nf6+ 12. Kc6 (12. Kd8 $2 Kb6 $1 13. Nf5 Nd5 14. Ne3 Nb4 15. Kd7 Nc6 $11) 12... Ka6 13. Nf5 $18 {<eg>} 13... Ng8 14. Kd7 Kb6 15. Ke8 $1 Nf6+ 16. Ke7 $1 Nd5+ 17. Kd6 Nc7 18. e7 $18 1-0
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[Event "Com. Moscow ty 2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2012.05.15"] [Round ""] [White "Pallier=A (France)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",iuri"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4K3/8/1p1kp3/8/P2Pp1p1/8/5P1P/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "2012"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kf7 $1 (1. Kd8 $2 e5 $1 2. d5 (2. dxe5+ Kxe5 3. Kc7 Kf4 $11) 2... Kxd5 3. Kc7 Kc5) 1... e5 (1... Kd5 2. Kf6 $1 (2. Ke7 $2 e5 3. dxe5 Kxe5 $11) (2. Kg6 $2 Kxd4 3. Kf6 Kc4 4. Kg5 Kb4 $11) 2... Kxd4 3. Kxe6 (3. Kg5 $2 e3 4. fxe3+ Kxe3 $11) 3... Kc4 4. Kf5 $1 Kb4 5. Kxg4 Kxa4 6. h4 $18) 2. d5 $3 (2. dxe5+ Kxe5 3. Kg6 Kf4 4. Kf6 Kf3 5. Kf5 Kg2 $1 6. Kxe4 Kxh2 7. Kf4 Kg2 8. Kxg4 Kxf2 $11) 2... Kxd5 3. Kf6 {(g6)} 3... Kd4 4. Kf5 $1 (4. Ke6 $2 Kc5 5. Kf5 Kd4 $1 {zz} 6. Kxg4 e3 7. fxe3+ Kxe3 $11) (4. Kg5 $2 g3 $1 5. hxg3 e3) 4... e3 5. fxe3+ Kxe3 6. Kxe5 $18 1-0
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[Event "Com. Moscow ty 2011"] [Site ""] [Date "2012.05.15"] [Round ""] [White "Arestov=P (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",iuri"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7k/3N4/4p2P/1K3p2/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2012"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nf6 e5 2. Kc4 $1 f4 (2... e4 3. Kd4 f4 4. Kxe4 f3 5. Ng4 f2 6. Nxf2 Kh7 7. Ng4) 3. Kd3 f3 4. Kd2 $1 (4. Ke3 $2 e4 5. Kf2 e3+ 6. Kxe3 f2 7. Kxf2 {stalemate }) 4... e4 5. Ke3 {zz} 5... f2 6. Kxf2 e3+ 7. Ke1 e2 8. Ng4 $18 1-0
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