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Studies awarded for the USA Magazine tournament Strategems 2009.
[Event "Prize StrateGems "] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Franjo Vrabec (Sweden)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/5R1p/7p/3P3k/6p1/6P1/6r1/3K4 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "21"] 1. d6 Ra2 2. d7 Ra8 3. Re7 $1 (3. Rg7 $2 Ra6 $1 4. Rg5+ (4. d8=Q Rd6+ 5. Qxd6 { stalemate}) 4... hxg5 5. d8=Q h6 $11) 3... Rd8 4. Rg7 Rf8 (4... Rg8 5. Kd2 Rxg7 6. d8=Q $18) 5. Kc2 $1 (5. Ke2 {(d2) ?} Rf6 $1 6. Rg6 (6. Re7 Rd6 $11) 6... hxg6 7. d8=Q g5 8. Qxf6 {stalemate}) 5... Rf2+ (5... Rf6 6. Re7 $1 Rd6 7. Re5+ Kg6 8. Re6+ $18) 6. Kd3 $1 (6. Kc3 $2 Rf3+ 7. Kd4 Rd3+ 8. Kc5 Rc3+ 9. Kd6 Rxg3 $11) 6... Rf3+ (6... Rd2+ 7. Kc4 Rc2+ 8. Kd5 Rd2+ 9. Kc6 Rc2+ 10. Kd6 Rd2+ 11. Kc7 Rc2+ 12. Kd8 $18) 7. Ke4 $1 Re3+ 8. Kf5 (8. Kd5 $2 Rd3+ 9. Kc6 Rc3+ 10. Kd5 Rd3+ 11. Ke6 Rd6+ $1 $11) 8... Re5+ (8... Rd3 9. Rxg4 Rd5+ 10. Ke6 Rxd7 11. Rh4+ $18) 9. Kf6 Rd5 10. Re7 Rxd7 11. Re5# 1-0
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[Event "1st HM StrateGems "] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Iuri Akobia (Georgia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2k1r3/K6B/8/1P4N1/3p4/3pp3/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2009"] 1. Bf5+ $1 (1. Bxd3 $2 e2 2. Nf3 e1=Q 3. Nxe1 Rxe1 4. Bf5+ Kd8 5. b6 Ra1+ $19) 1... Kd8 (1... Kc7 2. Bxd3 e2 3. b6+ Kc6 4. Nf3 Re7+ 5. b7 Rxb7+ 6. Ka6 $11) 2. Bxd3 e2 (2... Re7+ 3. Kb6 e2 4. Nf3 e1=Q 5. Nxe1 Rxe1 6. Kc5 $11) 3. Nf3 e1=Q 4. Nxe1 Rxe1 5. b6 Ra1+ 6. Ba6 Rb1 7. Be2 $1 {zz} (7. Bd3 $2 Rb2 8. Bc4 Kd7 9. Bd3 Kd6 10. Bf1 Kc6 $19) 7... Kd7 8. Bg4+ Kd6 9. Be2 Kc6 10. Bf3+ Kd7 11. Bg4+ Kd8 12. Be2 Rb2 13. Bd3 $1 {zz} Kd7 14. Bf5+ Kd6 15. Bd3 Kc6 16. Be4+ Kd6 17. Bd3 Kd7 18. Bf5+ Kd8 19. Bd3 Rb3 20. Bc4 Rb4 21. Bf1 $1 {zz} (21. Be2 $2 Kd7 22. Bg4+ Kd6 23. Be2 Rb1 24. Bd3 Rb2 $19) 21... Kd7 22. Bh3+ Kd6 23. Bf1 Kc6 24. Bg2+ Kd6 25. Bf1 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2nd HM StrateGems "] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Janos Mikitovics (Hungary)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/2PN4/8/3n4/p3Kn2/pR6/k7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2009"] 1. Rb6 $1 (1. Rf2 $2 Nxc6 2. Nc4 Ne1 3. Re2 (3. Rf1 Kb1 $11) 3... Kb1 $11) (1. Rxa2+ $2 Kxa2 2. c7 Kb1 $11) 1... Nxc6 2. Nc4 $1 (2. Kxf3 $2 Ne5+ 3. Ke2 Nc4 4. Nxc4 {stalemate.}) 2... Nfe5 $1 (2... Nce5 $1 3. Nxa3 Nc4+ 4. Nxc4 Nd2 $1 {and} 5. Na5 $1 (5. Na3 $2 Nc4+ 6. Nxc4 {stalemate.}) 5... Nc4+ 6. Kd3 $1 Nxa5 7. Kc3 Nc6 8. Rb2 Nd4 9. Rd2 Nb5+ 10. Kb3 $18) 3. Nxa3 Nc4+ (3... Nb4 4. Rxb4 Nc4+ 5. Rxc4 Kb2 6. Nc2 $18) 4. Nxc4 {Thematic moves ->} Na5 $1 {and} 5. Nd2 $1 { (See the diagram after 5.Nd2!)} Nc4+ 6. Kd3 $1 Nxd2 $1 (6... Nxb6 7. Kc2 Nc4 8. Nb3#) 7. Kc3 $1 Ne4+ (7... Nb1+ 8. Kc2 Na3+ 9. Kb3 Nc2 10. Rd6 $1 $18) 8. Kc2 $1 Nd6 9. Rb4 $1 (9. Kb3 $2 Nf5 10. Rb4 (10. Rf6 Nd4+ $11) 10... Kb1 11. Kc3+ Kc1 $11) 9... Nb5 (9... Nc4 10. Kc3 $1 Ne3 11. Rh4 $1 (11. Re4 $2 Kb1 12. Rb4+ Kc1 $1 $11) 11... Nd1+ 12. Kc2 (12. Kb3 $2 Kb1 $11) 12... Ne3+ 13. Kb3 $18) 10. Re4 $1 (10. Rf4 $2 Nd4+ 11. Kc3 Ne2+ $11) 10... Nd4+ 11. Kc3 $1 Nf3 12. Rb4 $1 Ng1 13. Rb2 $1 Nf3 14. Rf2 (14. Rb5 $2 Nd4 $1 15. Re5 Nb5+ 16. Kc2 Nd4+ (16... Na3+ $2 17. Kb3 Nc2 18. Rd5 $1 $18) 17. Kc3 Nb5+ {positional draw.}) 14... Kb1 15. Rf1+ Ne1 16. Rxe1# {Ideal mate.} 1-0
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[Event "1st Comm. StrateGems "] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Harold van der Heijden , (Netherlands)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/1n6/3p4/3p4/1p1P1n2/1QpN4/5K1k b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "30"] 1... Na4 2. Qc1 b2 3. Qxc2 Nxd2+ 4. Kf2 $1 (4. Qxd2 $2 b1=R+ $1 5. Kf2 Rb2 $19) 4... b1=Q 5. Qxd2 Qb2 6. Kf1 Qb1+ 7. Kf2 Qg1+ 8. Kf3 Qf1+ 9. Kg3 Qg1+ 10. Kf3 Qe3+ 11. Qxe3 dxe3 12. Kxe3 Kg2 13. Kd4 Nb6 14. Kc5 Kf3 15. Kxb6 Ke3 16. Kc5 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2nd Comm. Strate Gems"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Ilham Aliev (Azerbaijan)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6bK/8/7k/8/1q6/4RR2/5p2/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "15"] 1. Rh3+ Kg5 2. Rhg3+ Kf5 (2... Qg4 3. Ref3 $11) 3. Rgf3+ Qf4 4. Rxf4+ Kxf4 5. Re8 Be6 6. Rxe6 Kg5 7. Kg7 $1 (7. Re5+ Kf6 8. Re8 Kf7 9. Re5 f1=R $1 $19) 7... f1=Q 8. Rg6+ $18 1/2-1/2
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