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Studies awarded in the Strategems Magazine tournament 2008.
[Event "1 Prize, StrateGems"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Vrabec=Franjo"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",Ilham"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/k3p3/3p4/1p5p/1P6/3P3P/2P5/1K6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2009.07.25"] 1. d4 $1 e6 $1 2. Kb2 $1 Kb6 3. d5 $1 exd5 4. Kc3 Kc6 5. Kd4 $1 h4 6. c3 Kc7 7. Kxd5 Kd7 8. Kd4 $1 Ke7 9. Ke3 (9. Kd3 $2 Kf6 $3 10. Kd4 Kf5 $11) (9. Ke4 $2 Ke6 $11 {zz}) 9... Ke6 10. Ke4 {zz} d5+ 11. Kf4 Kf6 12. Kg4 Ke5 13. Kxh4 Ke4 (13... Kf4 14. Kh5 Ke3 15. h4 Kd3 16. Kg6 $1 {see main line}) 14. Kg3 $1 Kd3 15. h4 Kxc3 16. h5 d4 17. h6 d3 18. h7 d2 19. h8=Q+ {wins.} 1-0
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[Event "Special Prize, StrateGems"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Neishdat=Vladimir"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator ",Ilham"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/pp4p1/k1p3Pb/p1RB2pK/PpP5/8/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "13"] 1. Be5 $1 b2 2. Rxc5+ bxc5 3. c4 b1=Q (3... b1=R {main} 4. Bc7+ Rb6 5. Kg3 { stalemate}) 4. Bc7+ Qb6 5. Bg3 Qc6 6. Bc7+ Qb6 7. Bg3 {postional draw.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1-2 HM, StrateGems"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Mikitovics=Janos"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator ",Ilham"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4K3/4b3/7R/8/8/4p3/1k1pN3/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "31"] 1. Rh1 $1 Bh4 2. Rd1 $1 Kc2 3. Ra1 $1 Bf6 4. Rh1 (4. Rg1) (4. Rf1) 4... Be5 5. Kf7 $3 d1=Q 6. Rxd1 Kxd1 7. Ng1 Bc7 8. Ke6 $1 Ke1 9. Nf3+ Ke2 10. Nd4+ Kd3 11. Kd5 $1 Bb8 (11... Ba5 12. Ne6 $3) (11... Bg3 12. Nb3 $1) 12. Nf3 e2 13. Ne1+ $1 Ke3 14. Nc2+ $1 Kd2 15. Nd4 e1=Q 16. Nf3+ 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1-2 Hm, StrateGems"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Becker=Richard"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator ",Ilham"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7b/2p4B/4R3/8/1p2p3/8/k7/3K3b w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "35"] 1. Re7 $1 c5 2. Bxe4 Bxe4 3. Rxe4 b3 4. Ra4+ Kb2 5. Rc4 $1 ({Thematic try} 5. Kd2 $2 Bc3+ 6. Kd3 Bb4 7. Ra8 Kb1 8. Rh8 b2 9. Rh1+ Ka2 10. Kc2 Ba5 11. Rb1 Bc3 12. Rh1 Bd4 13. Rb1 Be5 14. Rh1 Bf4 15. Rg1 Bc1 16. Rxc1 bxc1=Q+ 17. Kxc1 Kb3 $19) 5... Bd4 6. Ke2 $1 ({Thematic try} 6. Kd2 $2 Kb1 {zz} 7. Ra4 b2 {zz} 8. Ra8 c4 9. Rc8 c3+ 10. Kd1 Bf6 11. Rc7 Bg7 12. Rc6 Be5 13. Rc5 Ka2 14. Ra5+ Kb3 15. Rb5+ Kc4 16. Rb7 Kd3 17. Rd7+ Bd4 $19) 6... Kb1 7. Kd2 $1 {zz} b2 8. Ra4 { zz} Bf6 9. Rc4 Bd4 10. Ra4 Bf2 11. Ra5 Bd4 12. Ra4 Bf2 13. Ra5 c4 14. Re5 Bd4 15. Re1+ Ka2 16. Kc2 Be3 17. Kc3 Bc1 18. Re2 1/2-1/2
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[Event "3 HM, SttrateGems"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Meinking=Dan, Stewen=Dowd"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",Ilham"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5N1K/2pp1N1p/5P2/5p2/P7/5r2/8/1b5k w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "21"] 1. Nd8 $1 Ba2 2. Nfe6 $1 Bxe6 3. Nxe6 Rb3 $1 4. f7 Rb8+ 5. f8=Q (5. f8=R $2 Rb4 $11) 5... Rxf8+ 6. Nxf8 f4 7. Nxh7 f3 8. Ng5 f2 9. Ne4 f1=N $1 10. Ng3+ $3 Nxg3 11. a5 $18 1-0
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[Event "1 comm, StrateGems"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Markovic=Mirko"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",Ilham"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "B7/4p2p/1p6/1P1p1PP1/P4k1K/7p/p3PN1P/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "2008"] 1. f6 $1 exf6 (1... a1=Q 2. fxe7 Qh8 (2... Qe5 3. Nd3+) (2... Qe1 3. e8=Q Qxf2+ 4. Kh5 $18) 3. Bc6 $18) 2. g6 $1 hxg6 (2... a1=Q 3. g7 Qg1 4. Nxh3+ $18) 3. Nd3+ Kf5 (3... Ke3 4. Nb4 a1=Q 5. Nc2+) (3... Ke4 4. Bxd5+ Kxd5 5. Nb4+ $18) 4. Bxd5 g5+ (4... a1=Q 5. e4#) 5. Kh5 a1=Q 6. e4# 1-0
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[Event "2 comm, StrateGems"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Nikitin=Vladimir"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator ",Ilham"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3rQ3/6b1/8/2p5/2p1p3/1k1b3p/p1pKp1pr/4n1nq w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "13"] 1. Qb5+ Ka3 2. Qa6+ Kb2 3. Qb7+ Ka1 4. Qxg7+ Rd4 $1 (4... Kb1 $2 5. Qb7+ Ka1 6. Kc1 c3 7. Qb3 Rb8 8. Qxc3+ $18) 5. Qxd4+ $1 Kb1 (5... cxd4 {stalemate}) 6. Qa1+ $3 Kxa1 7. Kc1 {~ stalemate.} 1/2-1/2
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