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Studies awarded for the Russian Magazine tournament Shakhmatnaya Kompozitsiya 2008.
[Event "Prize, Shakhmatnaja kompozitsija"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Shupletsov=V, Maksimovskikh=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator ",Ilham"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2k2b2/P7/3P4/1r1B1N2/5n2/6K1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2009.08.08"] [SourceDate "2009.08.08"] 1. d6+ Kb8 $1 (1... Kxd6 2. Bc5+ $1 Kxc5 3. Nd3+) (1... Kc6 2. a7 Kb7 3. Bc3 $1 Rxf4 4. d7 Nh4+ 5. Kg1 Rg4+ 6. Kf2 Rg2+ 7. Ke3 Nf5+ 8. Ke4 Nd6+ 9. Kf4 Rg8 10. Bf6 $11) 2. a7+ Ka8 3. Bc3 $1 Rxf4 4. d7 Nh4+ 5. Kg1 $1 Rg4+ (5... Nf3+ 6. Kh1 $1) 6. Kf2 Rg2+ (6... Rg8 7. Bf6) 7. Ke3 Nf5+ $1 8. Kd3 Bc4+ 9. Kxc4 Nd6+ 10. Kd5 Nb7 11. Ke6 Kxa7 12. Ba5 Rg8 13. Bc7 $1 (13. Kf7 $2 Ra8 $1 14. Bc7 Ka6 15. Ke6 Kb5 16. Ke7 Kc5 $1 17. d8=Q Nxd8 18. Bxd8 Kc6 $19) 13... Ra8 14. Ke7 $11 { Judge: O.Pervakov.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Sp prize, Shakhmatnaja kompozitsija "] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Eilazjan=E"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator ",Ilham"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K7/1r6/2b5/3k4/8/5N2/7P/7B w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2008"] 1. Ne5+ $1 Kxe5 2. Bxc6 Rb6 3. Bb7 Kd6 4. Kb8 Kd7 5. h4 $1 {zz} (5. h3 $2 Kd8 6. h4 Kd7 7. h5 Kd8 8. Ka7 Kc7 9. Be4 Rb4 $1 10. Bc2 Rb2 $19) 5... Kd8 6. h5 Kd7 7. h6 Rxh6 8. Bc8+ Kc6 9. Bg4 $1 Rf6 10. Bd1 $1 Rf4 11. Ka7 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1 HM, Shakhmatnaja kompozitsija "] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Markov=E"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",Ilham"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1K2Nk2/7n/8/6Rb/3P4/4p3/3n1B2 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "17"] 1. Rf4+ Bf6 $1 2. Bxe2 Nc3 $1 3. Nf5 Nxf5 (3... Nxe2 4. Nxh6+ Kg6 5. Rf2) 4. Bh5+ Ke6 5. Bg4 Nb5 $1 6. Bxf5+ Ke5 7. Rb4 $1 ({Try} 7. Ra4 $2 Kxf5 8. Ra5 Kf4 9. Rxb5 Ke3 10. Rb3 Kd4 $11) 7... Nd6+ 8. Kc6 Nxf5 9. Re4# 1-0
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[Event "2HM, Shakhmatnaja kompozitsija"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Kaljagin=VKudelich=EOlimpiev=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Ilham"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7K/2kP2p1/5P2/b3nN2/5p1B/5n2/b4R1r/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "22"] [EventDate "2008"] 1. d8=Q+ $1 Kxd8 2. fxg7+ Rxh4+ $1 (2... Nxh4 3. Rxh2 Nf7+ 4. Kh7 Ng5+ 5. Kh6 Nxf5+ 6. Kxg5 Nxg7 7. Rxa2 Bc7 8. Kg4 Kd7 9. Rb2 Ne6 10. Kf5 Nc5 11. Rf2 Kc6 12. Rxf4 $11) 3. Nxh4 Nf7+ 4. Kg8 Nh6+ 5. Kh7 $1 (5. Kh8 $2 Nxh4 6. Rxa2 Bc3 7. Ra3 Bf6 8. Kh7 N4f5 9. g8=Q+ Nxg8 10. Kxg8 Ke7 $19) 5... Bg8+ 6. Kxh6 Nxh4 7. Kg5 Be1 8. Rxf4 Bd2 9. Kf6 Bc3+ 10. Kg5 Bd2 11. Kf6 Bxf4 {stalemate.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "3HM,Shakhmatnaja kompozitsija"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Vlasenko=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator ",Ilham"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/4K3/7n/7p/2P5/k2P4/8/4N2b w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2008"] 1. Kf6 h4 2. Kg5 h3 3. Kh4 h2 4. Kh3 $1 Ng4 5. Ng2 Kb4 6. Kg3 Kc5 7. Kh3 Kd4 8. Kg3 Kxd3 9. c5 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Sp HM,Shakhmatnaja kompozitsija"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Zinar=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",Ilham"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/pp4p1/1pP3Pp/kp6/1P4pp/3P3P/6P1/6K1 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2008"] 1... Ka6 2. c7 g3 3. c8=N $1 h5 4. Nxa7 Kxa7 5. Kf1 Kb8 6. Ke2 Kc7 7. Kf3 (7. Ke3) 7... Kd6 8. Kf4 $1 Kd5 $1 9. Kf5 $1 Kd4 10. Ke6 Ke3 11. Kf7 Kf2 12. Kxg7 Kxg2 13. Kh6 Kxh3 14. g7 g2 15. g8=R $1 Kh2 16. Kxh5 h3 17. Kh4 g1=Q 18. Rxg1 Kxg1 19. Kxh3 Kf2 20. d4 Ke3 21. d5 Kd4 22. d6 Kd5 23. d7 Kc6 24. d8=R (24. d8=B) 1-0
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[Event "comm, Shakhmatnaja kompozitsija"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Zinar=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",Ilham"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/6p1/pP3pP1/P4P2/p1P4p/Pp1p2pP/1k4P1/4K3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2008"] 1. Kd2 $1 Kxa3 2. b7 b2 3. b8=R $1 Ka2 4. c5 b1=Q 5. Rxb1 Kxb1 6. c6 a3 7. c7 a2 8. c8=Q a1=Q 9. Qc1+ $1 Ka2 10. Qxa1+ Kxa1 11. Kxd3 Kb2 12. Ke4 (12. Kc4) ( 12. Kd4) 12... Kc2 13. Kd5 $1 Kd3 14. Ke6 Ke3 15. Kf7 Kf2 16. Kxg7 Kxg2 17. Kxf6 $1 (17. Kh6 $2 Kxh3 18. g7 g2 19. g8=R Kh2 20. Kh5 h3 $11) 17... Kxh3 18. g7 g2 (18... Kg2 19. g8=Q h3 20. Ke5 h2 21. f6 h1=Q 22. Qd5+) 19. g8=R $1 Kh2 20. Ke6 $1 g1=Q 21. Rxg1 Kxg1 22. f6 h3 23. f7 h2 24. f8=Q h1=Q 25. Qc5+ $1 1-0
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[Event "comm, Shakhmatnaja kompozitsija"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Kalashnikov=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",Ilham"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k4n2/7B/3B4/3pK3/P7/1P6/7p/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2008"] 1. Bg8 Nd7+ 2. Kd4 h1=Q 3. Bxd5+ Qxd5+ 4. Kxd5 Nb6+ 5. Kc6 Nxa4 6. Be5 $1 { Domination No1} (6. bxa4 $2 $11) 6... Nb6 7. Bd4 Nc8 8. Bc5 Kb8 9. b4 Ka8 10. Kc7 $1 {Domination No2} Na7 11. Bxa7 Kxa7 {A.Hildebrand 1954} 12. b5 Ka8 13. Kb6 Kb8 14. Ka6 Ka8 15. b6 Kb8 16. b7 1-0
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[Event "comm, Shakhmatnaja kompozitsija"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Dubrovskij=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",Ilham"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4k3/4P3/4P3/5N1p/8/8/1K6/n7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "2008"] 1. Kc3 $1 (1. Kxa1 $2 h4 2. Nxh4 Kxe7 $11) 1... h4 2. Kc4 Nc2 (2... Nb3 3. Kxb3 h3 4. Kc4 h2 5. Ng3 Kxe7 6. Kd5) 3. Kd5 Na3 4. Ke5 $1 Nc4+ 5. Kf6 h3 6. Ng7# 1-0
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[Event "Sp comm, Shakhmatnaja kompozitsija"] [Site ""] [Date "2008"] [Round ""] [White "Kovalenko=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator ",Ilham"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5K2/8/5p2/5r2/5k2/8/5B2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "2008"] 1. Kf7 $1 Kg4 (1... Ke4 {main} 2. Bh4 $1 Ke5 3. Bg3+ Ke4 4. Bh4 Ke5 5. Bg3+ Kd5 6. Bh4 Ke5 7. Bg3+) 2. Bd4 $1 Kg5 3. Be3+ Kg4 4. Bd4 Kg5 5. Be3+ Kh5 6. Bd4 $1 Kg5 7. Be3+ 1/2-1/2
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