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Studies awarded in the The Problemist Magazine tournament 2006-2007.
[Event "1st Prize, The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "P.Cumbers & J. Nunn"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/3K2p1/3R2P1/7k/4P3/4p1P1/4pqN1/3B4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] 1. Nf4+ Qxf4 2. gxf4 Kh6 3. Rd2 e1=Q 4. Rh2+ Kxg6 5. Bh5+ Kf6 6. Rg2 Qh4 7. Rg6+ Kf7 8. Rh6+ Kg8 9. Bf7+ 1-0
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[Event "2nd Prize,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Sergiy Didukh"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2R1p3/1R6/5kp1/8/6PK/rb4PP/4q3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] 1. g4+ Kf4 2. g3+ Kf3 3. Rb3+ Bc3 4. Rcxc3+ Kf2 5. Rc2+ Rxc2 6. Rf3+ Kg1 7. Rf2 Qc1 8. Rg2+ Kf1 9. Rxc2 Qe3 10. Rf2+ Ke1 11. Rf1+ Ke2 12. Rf2+ Kd3 13. Rf3 e5 14. Rxe3+ Kxe3 15. Kg2 e4 16. h3 1/2-1/2
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[Event "3rd Prize,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Alexsei Sochniev"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/B6B/7k/6N1/8/p6K/1p6/4b3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] 1. Be3 a2 2. Bd3 Bd2 (2... Bf2 3. Bf4 b1=Q 4. Ne6+ Kh5 5. Ng7#) 3. Bxd2 b1=N 4. Be3 a1=Q 5. Ne6+ Kh5 6. Nf8 Nc3 7. Bg6# 1-0
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[Event "4th Prize,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "David Gurgenidze"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/3P4/1K1k3q/8/8/8/3pp3/3Q4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] 1. Qxd2+ Ke7+ 2. Qxh6 e1=Q 3. Qd6+ Kxd6 4. d8=Q+ Ke6 5. Qe8+ Kf6 6. Qxe1 1-0
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[Event "5th Prize,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Edward Pallasz"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1Kpp1p2/1p6/4p3/2k5/4P2P/3P1P2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] 1. Kc8 b5 2. h4 Kd5 3. Kxd7 e4 4. Ke7 Ke5 5. Kxf7 Kf5 6. Kg7 b4 7. h5 b3 8. h6 b2 9. h7 b1=Q 10. h8=Q 1/2-1/2
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[Event "=1st Sp Prize,,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Yochanan Afek"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4BN2/6Bp/4PP2/5kP1/5p2/7p/2p2Pp1/2b3K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] 1. Ba4 f3 2. Bxc2+ Kg4 3. Bf5+ Kxf5 4. Ng6 Kxg6 5. e7 Kf7 6. Bh6 Bb2 7. Bg7 Ba3 8. Bf8 Bc1 9. Bh6 1/2-1/2
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[Event "=1st Sp Prize,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Gady Costeff"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/7p/7P/3p3p/4P3/8/p3PPp1/R3K2k w Q - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] 1. O-O-O+ g1=Q 2. Rxg1+ Kxg1 3. Kb2 dxe4 4. f4 exf3 5. exf3 Kf2 6. f4 Kf3 7. f5 Kf4 8. f6 Kf5 9. f7 Kg6 10. f8=R 1-0
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[Event "1st HM,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "R. Becker & Iu. Akobia"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2r1B1R1/8/2n4p/8/k2pp3/P7/2K2P2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] 1. Kd2 Ka5 2. Rg6 Ne7 3. Re6 e3+ 4. fxe3 dxe3+ 5. Rxe3 Rxe8 (5... Rd8+ 6. Kc2 Rxe8 7. Re5+ Ka4 8. Re4+ Kxa3 9. Re3+ Ka2 10. Re2 {zz} 10... Ka1 11. Re1+ Ka2 12. Re2 Ka3 13. Re3+ Kb4 14. Re4+ Kc5 15. Re6) 6. Re5+ Ka4 7. Ke2 {zz} 7... Kb3 8. Re3+ Ka4 9. Re5 Kxa3 10. Re4 {zz} 10... Kb3 11. Ke1 {zz} 11... h5 12. Ke2 Kc3 13. Re5 h4 14. Re4 {zz} 14... h3 15. Re3+ 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2nd HM,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Franjo Vrabec"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6b1/8/8/2r1p3/3p1R2/3KP3/4P3/k7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] 1. exd4 Bh7+ 2. e4 Rd5 3. Kc3 Rxd4 4. Rf1+ Ka2 5. Rf7 Bg8 (5... Bg6 6. Rf6 Bh7 7. Rf7 Bxe4 8. Rf2+ Ka3 9. Ra2+ Kxa2) 6. Ra7+ Kb1 7. Rb7+ Ka1 8. Rb1+ Ka2 9. Rb2+ Ka3 10. Rb5 Rxe4 11. Ra5+ Ra4 12. Rxe5 1/2-1/2
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[Event "3rd HM,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Amos Gilboa"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3K1R2/7p/2B5/8/8/6pr/6pp/6kq w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] 1. Kc7 Rh5 2. Kb6 Re5 3. Bb5 Re1 4. Kc5 Rf1 5. Kd4 Rxf8 6. Ke3 Rf5 7. Ba6 Ra5 8. Bc4 Ra3+ 9. Ke2 Rc3 10. Ba6 Rc2+ 11. Ke3 Rb2 12. Kf3 Rb3+ 13. Ke2 Ra3 14. Bb5 Ra5 15. Bc4 1/2-1/2
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[Event "4th HM,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Alain Pallier"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7B/Pkb1p1P1/p1p2P2/3p3p/Kpb4P/8/2P5/3n4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] 1. a8=Q+ Kb6 2. Qd8 c5 3. Qxc7+ Kxc7 4. g8=Q Nb2+ 5. Ka5 Bb5 6. Qg4 exf6 7. Qg7+ 1-0
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[Event "5th HM,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "John Nunn"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/5p2/6q1/8/2KQ4/8/k2N4/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] 1. Kb4 Qe6 2. Qa7+ Kb2 3. Qc5 Qh3 4. Nc4+ Kc2 5. Qf2+ Kd3 6. Qe1 Qe6 7. Ne5+ Kc2 8. Qe2+ Kb1 9. Qf1+ Kc2 10. Qd3+ Kc1 11. Nc4 Qe1+ 12. Ka3 f6 13. Qh3 (13. Qf3 $2 f5 {zz}) 13... f5 14. Qf3 {zz} 14... f4 15. Ka2 Qb4 16. Qxf4+ Kd1 17. Nb2+ 1-0
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[Event "Special HM,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Caspar Bates"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nrN3qk/1P5p/2pp1Ppp/5P2/1p2P1P1/p5K1/P2R4/6Bb w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] 1. Bd4 c5 2. Ba1 b3 3. f7+ b2 4. Rxb2 Qxf7 5. bxa8=Q Rxa8 6. Rb8+ Kg8 7. Ne7# 1-0
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[Event "Comm,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Daniel Keith"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/8/3nk3/2p5/6K1/3B4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] 1. Kf2 Kd3 2. Bh5 Kd2 3. Bg6 Nc2 4. Kg3 Ne1 5. Bb1 Nc2 6. Kf4 Kc1 7. Ba2 Nb4 8. Bb3 Nd3+ 9. Ke3 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Comm,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Martin van Essen"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4K3/1p4B1/pp6/3P4/2p2kp1/b1P4P/5P2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "37"] 1. h4 Bc5 2. h5 Kg5 3. Bf8 Bxf2 4. d6 b5 5. d7 Bb6 6. Be7+ Kxh5 7. Bd8 Be3 8. Bc7 Bg5 9. Bf4 Bf6 10. Bd6 g3 11. Bxg3 b4 12. Be5 Bg5 13. cxb4 Kg4 14. d8=Q Bxd8 15. Kxd8 Kf5 16. Bg7 {(Bh8)} 16... Ke4 17. Kc7 Kd3 18. Kxb7 c3 19. Kxa6 1-0
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[Event "Comm,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Vitaly Kovalenko"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1K6/4k3/8/3R1ppp/n7/1p3PPP/3B4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] 1. Bb3+ Ke5 2. Rd5+ Ke4 3. Rd1 b1=Q 4. Rxb1 Nxb1 5. Bc2+ Kd4 6. Bxb1 g3 7. hxg3 f3 8. Be4 Kxe4 9. gxf3+ Kxf3 10. gxh4 Kg4 11. Kc6 Kxh4 12. Kd5 Kg4 13. Ke4 1-0
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[Event "Comm,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Harold ven der Heijden"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7k/2b3pP/6P1/1p6/2n5/8/8/4K2R w K - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] 1. O-O Bd6 2. Ra1 Nb6 3. Kg2 Nd7 4. Rd1 Ne5 5. Rxd6 Nxg6 6. Rxg6 1-0
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[Event "Comm,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Daniel Stellwagen"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1ppNN3/8/KP1P4/P7/2k2n2/n5b1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "26"] 1. b6 c6 2. Nc5 Nd4 3. Nxb7 Nb4 4. Nc5 Kc4 5. Nf5 Nxf5 6. b7 cxd5 7. Kb6 Nc6 8. a5 d4 9. a6 Nd6 10. a7 Nxa7 11. b8=Q Nac8+ 12. Ka6 Kxc5 13. Qb4+ Kxb4 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Comm,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Marcel Dore"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2p1K3/1p1n1P2/8/8/8/3N2k1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] 1. Ne4 Nf5+ 2. Kf7 c5 3. Kg6 Nd4 4. f7 Ne6 5. Kf6 Nf8 6. Kg7 Ne6+ 7. Kg8 c4 8. Ng5 Nf8 9. Kxf8 c3 10. Ne6 {(Sf3)} 1-0
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[Event "Sp. Comm,The Problemist 2006-2007"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Siegfried Hornecker"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5B2/p6K/6B1/8/8/2k5/1p6/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] 1. Bb1 a5 2. Kg6 a4 3. Kf5 Kb3 4. Ke4 a3 5. Kd3 a2 6. Bc2# 1-0
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