www.arves.org - Problemist Ukraine 2005-2008

Studies awarded for the Ukraine Magazine tournament Problemist Ukraine 2005-2008.

[Event "1/2 p Problemist of Ukraine 2005-08"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "S.Didukh"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/4p1p1/6P1/6Pp/BP5K/2Pk4/3P1p2/7n w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2008"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 
 1. Bd7 $3 ({Thematic try} 1. Bb5+ $2 Kxd2 2. Bf1 Ke1 3. Bh3 f1=Q 4. Bxf1 Kxf1 5. b5 (5. Kxh5 Nf2 $1 6. b5 Kg2 7. Kh4 Ne4 $1 8. Kg4 Nd6 9. b6 e5 10. c4 e4 11. Kf4 (11. c5 e3 12. cxd6 e2 13. d7 e1=Q 14. d8=Q Qe4+ 15. Kh5 Qf3+ 16. Kh4 Qh3#) 11... e3 12. Kxe3 Nxc4+ 13. Kd4 Nxb6 14. Ke5 Nc4+ 15. Ke6 Ne3 16. Kf7 Nf5) 5... Kg2 6. b6 Ng3 7. b7 Nf5+ 8. Kxh5 Kh3 9. b8=Q Ng3+ 10. Qxg3+ Kxg3 11. c4 Kf4 12. c5 Kf5 $1 13. Kh4 Ke6 $1 14. Kg4 Ke5 15. Kf3 Kd5 16. Kf4 e6 $1 { zz for White, win}) (1. Bc6 $2 Kxd2 2. Bg2 e5 3. b5 e4 4. b6 e3 5. b7 e2 6. b8=Q f1=Q 7. Qb2+ Ke1 8. Qc1+ Kf2 {win.}) 1... e6 $1 (1... Kxd2 2. Bh3 e5 3. b5 e4 4. b6 e3 5. b7 e2 6. b8=Q f1=Q 7. Qb2+ Ke1 8. Qb1+ Kf2 9. Qb6+ $1 { perpetual check.}) 2. Bb5+ Kxd2 3. Bf1 Ke1 4. Bh3 $1 (4. Bc4 $2 e5 5. b5 e4 6. b6 e3 7. b7 e2 8. b8=Q f1=Q 9. Qb1+ Kf2 10. Qb6+ Kg2 {win.}) 4... f1=Q 5. Bxf1 Kxf1 6. b5 $1 Kg2 7. b6 Ng3 8. b7 Nf5+ 9. Kxh5 Kh3 10. b8=Q Ng3+ 11. Qxg3+ Kxg3 12. c4 Kf4 13. c5 Ke5 14. Kg4 $1 Kd5 15. Kf4 {zz for Black} e5+ 16. Kf5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "2.hm. Problemist of Ukraine 2005-08"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "A.Akobia"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4K3/2r4p/6P1/3pP3/8/4p3/R1P5/4k3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2008"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 
 1. Kd8 $1 (1. Ra1+ $5 Kd2 2. Ra2 Kd1 3. Kd8 Rg7 4. Ra1+ Kxc2 5. Ra2+ Kd3 $19) ( 1. e6 $5 hxg6 2. e7 e2 3. Kd8 Rxe7 4. Kxe7 d4 $19) 1... Rb7 {(Rg7)} 2. gxh7 Rxh7 3. e6 e2 (3... Rh8+ 4. Kd7 e2 5. c3 $11) 4. e7 Rh8+ 5. e8=Q (5. Kd7 $5 d4 $1 (5... Kd1 $5 6. c3 e1=Q 7. Ra1+ Kd2 8. Rxe1 Kxe1 9. Kd6 $11) 6. Kd6 Kd1 $19) 5... Rxe8+ 6. Kxe8 d4 {main B} ({main A} 6... Kd1 7. Kd8 $3 ({Thematic try} 7. Kd7 $5 d4 $1 {zz WTM} 8. Kd6 Kc1 $1 9. c4 d3 10. c5 Kb1 $1 11. Rd2 e1=Q 12. Rxd3 Qb4 $19) 7... d4 8. Kd7 $3 {zz BTM} Kc1 $1 9. c4 {and leads to line B}) 7. Ke7 $3 (7. Kd7 $5 Kd1 {zz WTM etc}) 7... Kd1 8. Kd7 $3 {zz BTM} ({Thematic try } 8. Kd6 $5 Kc1 $1 (8... e1=Q $5 9. Ra1+ Kd2 10. Rxe1 Kxe1 11. Kd5 $11) 9. c4 d3 10. c5 Kb1 $1 (10... d2 $5 11. Rxd2 Kxd2 12. c6 e1=Q 13. Kd7 $11) 11. Rxe2 ( 11. Rd2 e1=Q 12. Rxd3 Qb4 $19) 11... dxe2 12. c6 e1=Q 13. Kd7 (13. c7 Qe8 $19) 13... Qd1+ $1 14. Kc8 Qg4+ $19) ({Thematic try} 8. Kd8 $5 e1=Q $1 (8... Kc1 $5 9. c4 d3 10. c5 Kb1 11. Rxe2 dxe2 12. c6 e1=Q 13. c7 $11) 9. Ra1+ Kd2 10. Rxe1 Kxe1 11. Kd7 Kd2 $19) 8... Kc1 $1 9. c4 d3 10. c5 d2 11. Rxd2 Kxd2 12. c6 e1=Q 13. c7 $11 1/2-1/2