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Studies awarded for the Moscow tournament 2013.
[Event "1st Prize, Moscow ty"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "M.Miljanic (Serbia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/2Nq1pk1/P5p1/8/5p2/1Q6/7K w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2013"] [SourceDate "2013.09.11"] 1. Ne5+ $1 Kf5 $1 2. Nxf3 Qd5 3. Qe2 g4 4. Qb5 Qxb5 5. Nd4+ Ke5 6. Nxb5 Kd5 7. Nd4 Kd6 8. Kg2 {(h2)} Kc7 9. Kg3 f5 10. Nxf5 1-0
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[Event "2nd prize, Moscow ty"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "A. Skrypnik (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3RK3/6P1/8/8/1p5q/8/k2p4/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2013"] 1. g8=Q+ b3 2. Rxd2+ Ka3 3. Qf8+ Qb4 4. Rd6 $1 Qa4+ (4... Qb8+ 5. Rd8+) (4... Qe4+ 5. Re6+) 5. Kf7 $1 Qc4+ (5... Qf4+ 6. Rf6+) (5... Ka2 6. Qc8 $1 b2 7. Qe6+ Kb1 8. Qg6+ Kc1 9. Qg1+ Kc2 10. Qd1+) 6. Rd5+ $1 Ka2 7. Qd6 b2 8. Qe6 $1 Ka1 ( 8... b1=Q 9. Ra5+ Kb3 10. Rb5+ Ka3 11. Rxb1 $1 (11. Qxc4 $2 Qg6+)) 9. Rd1+ Qc1 10. Qa6+ 1-0
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[Event "Sp.prize, Moscow ty"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Ilham Aliev, Martin Minski"] [Black "Azerbaijan, Germany"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2pp2K1/3P4/2Pr4/8/1P2k3/7R/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2012"] 1. Rh3+ $1 ({Logical try} 1. Rh5 $2 Rxh5 2. c6 Rg5+ 3. Kf7 Rf5+ 4. Ke7 Re5+ 5. Kxd7 cxd6 6. b4 Rh5 7. c7 Rh7+ 8. Kxd6 Rh6+ $1 9. Kc5 Rh5+ $1 10. Kc4 Rh1 $1 11. Kd5 Rh5+ 12. Kc6 Rh6+ 13. Kb7 Rh8 14. b5 Kd4 15. b6 Kc5 $11) 1... Kd2 2. Rh5 $3 Rxh5 3. c6 Rg5+ ({Main} 3... dxc6 4. dxc7 Rg5+ 5. Kf7 Rf5+ 6. Ke7 Re5+ 7. Kd7 {wins} Rd5+ 8. Kxc6 {or} (8. Ke6)) ({Main} 3... cxd6 4. cxd7 Rg5+ 5. Kf7 Rf5+ 6. Ke7 Re5+ 7. Kf6 $1) 4. Kf7 Rf5+ 5. Ke7 Re5+ 6. Kxd7 cxd6 7. b4 $3 (7. c7 $2 Rc5 8. b4 Rxc7+ 9. Kxc7 d5 10. b5 d4 11. b6 d3 12. b7 Kc2 ({or} 12... Kc1 ) 13. b8=Q d2 $11) 7... Rh5 8. c7 Rh7+ 9. Kxd6 {Obrabotka moego etuda iz Drezdenskogo Olimpijskogo turnira.} 1-0
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[Event "1st HM, Moscow ty"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Iuri Akobia (Georgia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/7K/8/3P4/1B2k3/7N/R3p3/5q2 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "19"] 1. Ng5+ Kxd5 2. Kg7 Kc4 3. Bd2 Qg2 ({Main} 3... Qg1 4. Kf7 Qf2+ 5. Kg8 $1 Kb3 6. Ra5 Qd4 7. Be1 Qg1 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Be1 Qg1 10. Bh4 Qd4 11. Be1 {positional draw} Qd1 12. Rb5+ Ka4 13. Ra5+ Kb3 14. Rb5+) 4. Ra5 Kd3 5. Be1 Qg1 6. Bg3 $1 Kc4 7. Bh4 Kb3 8. Rb5+ Ka4 9. Rd5 Qd1 10. Ne4 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2nd HM, Moscow ty"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "M.Minski, H.Waelzel"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/P3K3/br1p3R/5Rpp/8/8/k7 b - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "22"] 1... Rb6+ 2. Kxd5 (2. Kf5 Rxa6 3. Ra4+ Kb2 4. Kxg4 Rg6+ 5. Kf5 Ra6) 2... Rxa6 ( 2... Rb5+ 3. Kc4 Rxh5 4. a7 Rh8 5. Kb3) 3. Ra4+ Kb2 4. Ke4 $1 Re6+ 5. Kf5 Ra6 6. Kxg4 Rg6+ 7. Kf5 Ra6 8. Ke4 Re6+ 9. Kd5 Ra6 10. Kc4 Rc6+ 11. Kb5 Rb6+ 12. Kxa5 1-0
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[Event "3rd HM, Moscow ty"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Luis Miguel Gonzalez"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/n3B3/4R3/n4K2/8/1B3p1p/6k1 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "21"] 1. Bd4 $1 h1=Q 2. Re1+ Kh2 3. Rxh1+ Kxh1 4. Kg3 $1 f1=N+ $1 5. Kh3 Nc3 $1 6. Bc4 $1 Ne4 $1 7. Bxf1 $1 Ng5+ 8. Kg4 Ne6 9. Be3 $1 Nac5 10. Kh3 Ne4 11. Bg2# 1-0
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[Event "Sp.hm, Moscow ty"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Vitaly Kovalenko (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/p5p1/5pPk/5P2/6P1/8/6PP/7K w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "15"] 1. h4 a5 2. Kh2 a4 3. Kh3 $1 a3 4. g5+ $1 fxg5 (4... Kh5 5. g4#) 5. Kg4 gxh4 6. Kxh4 a2 7. g4 a1=Q 8. g5# {Ekho-khameleon mate} 1-0
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[Event "comm. Moscow ty"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Iuri Akobia, Pavel Arestov"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/1P6/6Np/2r5/7p/k7/3K3R w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] 1. Rh2+ $1 Ka1 $1 2. Rxh3 Rb4 3. Ne4 $1 Rxb6 4. Nc3 $1 Rb3 $1 5. Kc2 $1 Rb2+ 6. Kc1 h4 7. Nd1 $1 Rg2 8. Ra3+ Ra2 9. Rb3 $1 Rg2 10. Nc3 Rg1+ 11. Kc2 Rg2+ 12. Kd3 Rb2 13. Ra3+ 1-0
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[Event "comm, Moscow ty"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Pavel Arestov (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2RP4/2p3k1/3P4/2N2K2/3P4/2q1r3/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "21"] 1. Ne5+ $1 Rxe5 $1 2. Rxc6+ Kf7 3. d8=N+ $1 Ke8 4. Rxc2 Rxd5 5. Rc8 Kd7 6. Nc6 $1 Rd6 7. Ke5 $1 Re6+ 8. Kd5 Rd6+ 9. Kc5 Rxd3 10. Rd8+ Ke6 11. Rxd3 1-0
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[Event "comm, Moscow ty"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Iuri Akobia (Georgia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K7/2P2r2/1P3rnk/8/8/8/8/1Q6 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "24"] 1... Rf8+ 2. Ka7 $1 Ne7 3. Qh1+ $1 (3. b7 $2 Nc6+ 4. Kb6 Nd8+ 5. Kb5 Rf5+ 6. Kc4 Rf4+ 7. Kd3 Rf3+ 8. Ke2 Rf2+ 9. Ke1 Rf1+) 3... Kg7 4. b7 Nc6+ 5. Kb6 {(a6)} Nd8+ 6. Kb5 $1 Rf5+ 7. Kc4 Rf4+ 8. Kd3 Rf3+ 9. Ke2 $1 Nxb7 10. Qg1+ Kh8 (10... Kh7 11. Qb1+) 11. Qd4+ Kg8 12. Qg4+ Kh7 13. Qe4+ 1-0
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[Event "comm, Moscow ty"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Ilham Aliev, Hasan Guliyev"] [Black "Azerbaijan"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/2P1P3/N4p2/b4p1K/4r3/8/k3N3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2012"] 1. Nc2+ $1 (1. c7 $2 Rc3) 1... Bxc2 2. c7 Rc3 3. e7 (3. Nc6 $2 Rxc6 4. e7 Rh6+ $1 5. Kg5 Rh8 $19) 3... Ba4 4. Nc6 $1 Rxc6 (4... Bxc6 5. c8=Q $18) 5. e8=Q Rh6+ 6. Kg5 Bxe8 7. c8=Q (7. Kxh6 $2 Bd7 $19) 7... Rh5+ 8. Kf6 $3 ({Try} 8. Kxf4 $2 Ba4 $1 9. Qa6 Rh4+ $1 $11) 1-0
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[Event "Sp.comm, Moscow ty"] [Site ""] [Date "2013.09.11"] [Round ""] [White "Mikhail Zinar (Ukraine)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1K6/7p/7p/8/4k3/7p/2P2P1P/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "25"] 1. Ka7 $1 (1. Kb7 $2 Kf3 2. c4 Kg2 3. c5 Kxh2 4. c6 Kg1 5. c7 h2 6. c8=Q h1=Q+) 1... Kf3 2. c4 Kg2 3. c5 Kxh2 4. c6 Kg1 5. c7 h2 6. c8=Q h1=Q 7. Qc1+ Kh2 8. Qxh1+ $1 (8. Qxh6+ $2 Kg1 9. Qxh1+ Kxh1 10. f4 h5 11. f5 h4 12. f6 h3 13. f7 h2 14. f8=Q Kg2 $11) 8... Kxh1 9. f4 h5 10. f5 h4 11. f6 h3 12. f7 h2 13. f8=Q *
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