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Studies awarded in the Best Problems Magazine tournament 2004-2006.
[Event "Best problems 2004-06, 1.Prize"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Rossi, Pietro"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "q1B5/8/5pn1/6pN/5R2/3k4/8/1K1Nn3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Bf5+ Ke2 2. Rf2+ Kxd1 3. Bg4+ Nf3 4. Bxf3+ Ke1 5. Re2+ Kd1 6. Bg4 Qf8 7. Nxf6 Ne5 8. Ne4 Qf5 9. Rd2+ Ke1 10. Rd1# 1-0
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[Event "Best problems 2004-06, 2.Prize"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Sochnev, A."] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4K3/5p2/5P1B/6P1/1p6/6b1/8/5k2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. g6 fxg6 2. f7 Bd6 3. Bf8 b3 4. Bxd6 b2 5. f8=Q+ Kg2 6. Qe7 b1=Q 7. Qe2+ Kh3 8. Qf3+ Kh4 9. Bg3+ Kg5 10. Qf4+ Kh5 11. Qh4# 1-0
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[Event "Best problems 2004-06, 3.Prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2006.01.20"] [Round ""] [White "Becker=R, Akobia=I"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1R6/7b/8/8/7p/7r/4PK2/7k w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2006"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rb4 Rh2+ (1... Bf5 2. Rd4 Be6 3. Rd1+ Kh2 4. Rd4 $11) 2. Kf3 Bg6 (2... h3 3. Rb5 Rg2 4. Rh5 $11) 3. Kg4 Bf7 (3... Bc2 4. Kg5 h3 5. Kh4 Kg2 6. Rb2 Be4 7. Rb3 $11) 4. Kg5 $1 (4. Rb1+ $5 Kg2 5. e4 Be6+ 6. Kf4 Rh1 7. Rb6 Bc4 8. Rb2+ Kh3 $19 ) (4. Rd4 $5 Be6+ 5. Kf3 Bb3 6. Kg4 Kg2 7. e4 Kf1 8. Rd6 Bc4 9. e5 Be2+ 10. Kg5 h3 $19) (4. e4 $5 Be6+ 5. Kg5 h3 6. Rb1+ Kg2 7. Kf4 Bc4 8. e5 Kf2 9. Rc1 (9. Rb4 Be2 $19) 9... Be2 10. e6 Rg2 $19) 4... h3 5. Kh4 Be6 6. Rb1+ $1 (6. Re4 $5 Rf2 7. Rxe6 h2 $19) 6... Kg2 7. Rb6 Bc4 8. Rg6+ Kf2 9. Rf6+ Kg1 10. Kg3 Bxe2 11. Rf4 $1 {zz BTM} ({Thematic try} 11. Rf7 $5 Bb5 $1 {zz WTM} (11... Bc4 $5 12. Rf6 {zz BTM=}) 12. Rf3 Bd7 $19) ({Thematic try} 11. Rf8 $5 Ba6 $1 {zz WTM} (11... Bb5 12. Rf7 {zz BTM=}) 12. Rf3 Bc8 $19) 11... Bd3 12. Rf3 Bc4 13. Rf6 $1 {zz BTM} 13... Bb5 14. Rf7 $1 {zz BTM} 14... Ba6 15. Rf8 $1 {zz BTM} 15... Bb5 16. Rf7 Bc4 17. Rf6 Bd3 18. Rf3 Be2 19. Rf4 {positional draw.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Best problems 2004-06, 1HM"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Caputto=Z.R"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/pK4p1/2p4p/2B1PP2/5k2/8/8/4r3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. f6 Rxe5 2. f7 Rf5 3. f8=Q Rxf8 4. Bxf8 g5 5. Bxh6 c5 6. Kc6 c4 7. Kd5 $1 c3 8. Ke6 c2 9. Kf6 a5 10. Bxg5+ Ke4 11. Bc1 a4 12. Ba3 Kd4 13. Kf5 Kc3 14. Ke4 Kb3 15. Kd3 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Best problems 2004-06, 2HM"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Carlsson=O"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6KR/4P3/5Nkp/8/8/8/1b4q1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kf8 $1 Kxf6 2. Rxh6+ Kf5 3. Rh5+ Kf4 4. Rh4+ Kf3 5. Rh3+ Kf2 6. Rh2 Qxh2 7. e8=Q $11 Qh6+ 8. Ke7 Ba3+ 9. Kd7 Qd6+ 10. Kc8 Qa6+ 11. Kd8 Qa8+ 12. Kd7 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Best problems 2004-06, 3.HM"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Gurgenidze=D, Akobia=I"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1r6/1P6/3P4/1N6/k1K5/2p5/1P2N3/7b w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. b4 $1 Bd5+ 2. Kxd5 Kxb5 3. Nxc3+ Kb6 4. Na4+ Kxb7 5. Nc5+ Ka7 6. d7 Rxb4 7. Nb7 $1 Rb1 8. Nd6 Rb8 9. Nc8+ Kb7 10. d8=Q 1-0
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[Event "Best problems 2004-06, Com"] [Site ""] [Date "2005.01.11"] [Round ""] [White "Akobia=I"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "1,1"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2K5/b5P1/8/B4P2/1p2pRp1/5P2/2b4k w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2005"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] {Diagram #} 1. g7 (1. fxe3 $5 b2 2. Bc6 (2. g7 Bc4 3. Bc6 g2 4. Be4 b1=Q 5. Rh3+ Kg1 6. Bxb1 Kf2 7. Rh2 Kf3 8. Rxg2 Kxg2 $11) 2... Kh2 3. g7 Bc4 4. Be4 b1=Q 5. Bxb1 g2 6. Rf2 Bxe3 7. Rxg2+ Kxg2 $11) 1... Bc4 (1... e2 2. g8=Q e1=Q 3. Qh7+ Kg1 4. Rxg3+ $18) 2. Bxb3 $1 Bxb3 3. Rxg3 exf2 ({main} 3... e2 4. Rh3+ $1 (4. Rxb3 $2 Bxf4+ 5. Kc6 e1=Q 6. g8=Q Kh2 $11) 4... Kg1 5. Rxb3 Bxf4+ 6. Kd7 $1 e1=Q 7. g8=Q+ Kxf2 8. Rb2+ Kf3 9. Qg2+ $18) 4. Rh3+ $3 (4. Rxb3 $5 Bxf4+ 5. Kb6 f1=Q 6. g8=Q $11) 4... Kg1 (4... Kg2 5. Rxb3 Bxf4+ 6. Kd7 $1 f1=Q 7. g8=Q+ Kf2 8. Qg4 $18) 5. Rxb3 Bxf4+ 6. Kb6 $3 (6. Kd8 $5 Bg5+ $1 7. Ke8 f1=Q 8. g8=Q Qe2+ 9. Kd7 Qg4+ $11) (6. Kd7 $5 f1=Q 7. g8=Q+ Qg2 $1 8. Qf7 Qg4+ 9. Kc6 Qg2+ 10. Kc5 Qe4 $11) (6. Kb7 $5 f1=Q 7. g8=Q+ Qg2+ $11) (6. Kc6 $5 f1=Q 7. g8=Q+ Qg2+ $11) 6... f1=Q 7. g8=Q+ Kf2 8. Rb2+ Kf3 9. Kb7 $3 (9. Qd5+ $5 Kg4 $11) 9... Be3 10. Qf7+ (10. Qf8+ $2 Bf4 11. Qg8 {loss of time} (11. Rb3+ $2 Kg4 $11) ) 10... Bf4 11. Qh5+ Kg3 12. Rb3+ $18
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[Event "Best problems 2004-06, Com"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Minerva=E"] [Black "(tw)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "KR6/PP6/8/8/8/8/6pp/6rk w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "7"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rh8 Rb1 2. Rxh2+ Kxh2 3. b8=Q+ Rxb8+ 4. axb8=Q+ 1-0
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[Event "Best problems 2004-06, Com"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Minerva=E"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "KR6/PP6/8/8/8/8/6pp/6bk w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "7"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rg8 Bxa7 2. Rxg2 Kxg2 3. Kxa7 h1=Q 4. b8=Q 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Best problems 2004-06, Comm"] [Site ""] [Date "2007"] [Round ""] [White "Akobia=I"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7n/1k1K1R2/8/7p/8/P4n1R/6p1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2007"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rg7 g1=Q 2. Rxg1 Nxg1 3. Rxh5 (3. Rb3+ $5 Ka6 $11) 3... Ng6 (3... Nf7 4. Ke7 $18) 4. Rb5+ $3 ({Thematic try} 4. Rg5 $5 Nf3 $1 5. Rxg6 (5. Rb5+ Ka6 $11) 5... Ne5+ $11) 4... Ka6 (4... Ka7 5. Kc7 $1 $18) 5. Rg5 Nf8+ 6. Ke8 $1 ({ Thematic try} 6. Ke7 $5 Nf3 $1 (6... Nh3 7. Rg3 $5 Nf4 8. Kxf8 $18) 7. Rg7 (7. Rf5 Ng6+ $11) (7. Rg3 Nd4 8. Kxf8 Nb5 $11) 7... Nd4 8. Kxf8 Ne6+ $11) ({ Thematic try} 6. Kd6 $5 Ne2 7. Rg8 Nh7 8. Kc5 Nc3 9. Kc6 Nb5 10. Ra8+ Na7+ 11. Kc7 Nf6 $1 (11... Ng5 $5 12. Kb8 $18) 12. a4 Nd5+ {(Ne4)=}) 6... Nf3 $1 (6... Ne2 7. Kxf8 $18) 7. Rf5 ({Thematic try} 7. Rg3 $5 Nd4 $1 8. Kxf8 Ka5 $11) 7... Nd4 8. Rxf8 Nb5 (8... Ka5 {(Ke7,Kf7)} 9. Kd7 Nb5 10. Ra8+ $18) 9. Kd7 {(Ke7)} ( 9. Kf7 $5 Kb7 {(Kb7)=}) 9... Ka5 10. Ra8+ $18
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[Event "Best problems 2004-06, Comm"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Rossi=P"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2b2p1r/7B/1Q1p3k/2b2P2/2P2R2/5ppK/4Nq2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rh3+ Kg6 2. Rg3+ Kf5 3. Qd7+ Kf6 4. Qc6+ Kf5 5. Rg5+ Ke4 6. Qe8+ Kxf4 7. Qe3+ Kxe3+ 8. Re5# 1-0
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[Event "Best problems 2004-06, Comm"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Bertoli=F"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4K1n1/4NP1k/8/8/8/r7/pP4R1/4B3 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "30"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1... Nf6+ 2. Kd8 Ra8+ 3. Nc8 a1=Q 4. f8=N+ Kh8 5. Ng6+ Kh7 6. Nf8+ Kh6 7. Bd2+ Kh5 8. Rg5+ Kh4 9. Ng6+ Kh3 10. Nf4+ Kh2 11. Be3 Qd1+ 12. Ke7 Rxc8 13. Rg2+ Kh1 14. Rg1+ Qxg1 15. Bxg1 Ng8+ 16. Kd7 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Best problems 2004-06, Comm"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Sochnev=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1K6/PP1k4/8/1n1p4/8/8/nP6/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. a8=N $1 (1. a8=Q Nb4 2. Qa5 Nc6+ 3. Ka8 Nc7+) 1... Kc6 2. Nc7 Nxc7 3. Ka7 Nb5+ 4. Ka8 Nc7+ 5. Ka7 Na6 6. Kxa6 Nb4+ 7. Ka5 (7. Ka7 Kc5 8. b8=N Nc6+ 9. Nxc6 Kxc6) 7... Kc5 8. b8=N $1 d4 9. Nd7+ 1/2-1/2
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