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Studies awarded for the Magazine tournament Zhigulovskie Zori 2011.
[Event "1/2 p. Zhigulovskie Zori - 4"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.03.30"] [Round ""] [White "Akobia=I"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6R1/5pPp/8/8/3pP2p/3k4/5K2/7r b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "26"] [EventDate "2011"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1... Rh2+ $1 (1... h3 2. Ra8 $1 Rh2+ 3. Kf3 Rg2 4. g8=Q {main line}) 2. Kf1 (2. Kf3 $4 Rh3+ $1 (2... h3 $2 3. Ra8 Rg2 4. g8=Q Rxg8 5. Rxg8 h2 6. Kg2 Ke3 7. Rg3+ {main line}) 3. Kf4 (3. Kg2 Rg3+ $19) 3... Rg3 $19) (2. Kg1 $4 Rh3 $1 3. Kg2 Rg3+ $19) 2... h3 (2... Ke3 3. Ra8 {(Rb8)} 3... Rf2+ 4. Kg1 Rf6 5. g8=Q Rg6+ 6. Kf1 Rxg8 7. Rxg8 d3 8. Ke1 $19) 3. Ra8 $1 ({Thematic try 1 -} 3. Rb8 $5 Rh1+ $1 (3... Ke3 $2 4. Rb3+ d3 5. Rxd3+ $1 Kxd3 6. g8=Q $18) 4. Kf2 h2 $1 ( 4... Rh2+ $2 5. Kf3 Rg2 6. g8=Q {main line}) 5. g8=Q Rf1+ $1 6. Kxf1 h1=Q+ 7. Kf2 (7. Qg1 Qf3+ 8. Qf2 Qh1+ $11) 7... Qh2+ 8. Kf3 Qe2+ $11) ({Thematic try 2 - } 3. Rf8 {(h8,e8,d8,c8)!?} 3... Ke3 $1 (3... Rh1+ $2 4. Kf2 Rh2+ 5. Kf3 Rg2 6. g8=Q {main line}) 4. g8=Q Rh1+ 5. Qg1+ Rxg1+ 6. Kxg1 $11) 3... Rh1+ (3... Ke3 4. Ra3+ d3 5. Rxd3+ $1 Kxd3 6. g8=Q Ra2 7. Qg3+ $18) (3... Rg2 4. g8=Q Rxg8 5. Rxg8 $18) 4. Kf2 Rh2+ (4... h2 5. g8=Q Rf1+ 6. Kxf1 h1=Q+ 7. Kf2 $1 Qh2+ 8. Qg2 $18) 5. Kf3 Rg2 6. g8=Q Rxg8 7. Rxg8 h2 8. Kg2 Ke3 $1 (8... Kxe4 9. Rg4+ Ke3 10. Rh4 d3 11. Kf1 d2 12. Rh3+ Kd4 13. Ke2 $18) (8... Ke2 9. Rf8 f6 10. Kxh2 $18) 9. Rg3+ (9. Kxh2 $2 d3 10. Rg3+ Ke2 11. Rg2+ Ke1 12. Rg1+ Ke2 $11) 9... Ke2 (9... Kxe4 10. Rh3 h1=Q+ 11. Rxh1 $1 $18 (11. Kxh1 $2 d3 $11)) 10. Rg7 $3 ( 10. Rg8 $2 d3 11. Kxh2 d2 12. Rg2+ Kd3 $19) (10. Kxh2 $2 d3 11. Rg2+ Ke1 12. Rg1+ Ke2 $11) 10... f6 (10... d3 11. Rxf7 Ke3 12. Rxh7 $18) 11. Rf7 d3 12. Rxf6 h1=Q+ 13. Kxh1 d2 14. Rd6 $18
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[Event "1/2 p. Zhigulovskie Zori - 4"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.06.27"] [Round ""] [White "Katsnelson=L"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2n4N/7p/4Pk2/3PRp2/1K4p1/3rP3/3N4/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "27"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. e7 $1 (1. Nc4 $2 g3 $1 $11) 1... Nxe7 2. Re6+ Kg7 3. Rxe7+ Kxh8 4. Nf1 $1 Rxd5 5. Kc4 (5. Ng3 f4 6. exf4 Rd4+ 7. Kc5 Rxf4 8. Kd5 h5 $11) 5... Ra5 6. Ng3 $1 f4 7. exf4 Ra4+ 8. Kd5 Rxf4 9. Nh5 $1 (9. Re8+ $2 Kg7 10. Nh5+ Kf7 $11) 9... Rf5+ 10. Ke6 Rxh5 11. Kf6 h6 12. Kg6 Rg5+ 13. Kxh6 Rg8 (13... Ra5 14. Re8#) 14. Rh7# 1-0
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[Event "3 p. Zhigulovskie Zori - 4"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.06.27"] [Round ""] [White "Arestov=P"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1P6/8/2qN4/p1P4B/4pp1p/N1K5/5k2 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "19"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. b8=Q (1. Nxe3+ Qxe3 $19) 1... Qxc4+ 2. Nac3 $1 Qb3+ 3. Qxb3 axb3+ 4. Kb2 $3 h2 (4... e2 5. Ne3+ $18) 5. Nxe3+ Kg1 6. Ne4 $1 h1=Q 7. Bf2+ Kh2 8. Ng5 {zz} Qg2 9. Nxg2 fxg2 10. Nf3+ $18
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[Event "4 p. Zhigulovskie Zori - 4"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.06.27"] [Round ""] [White "Campioli=M"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6BQ/4nK1P/r7/1k6/8/8/1r6/n7 b - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "24"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1... Rf2+ 2. Kxe7 Re2+ 3. Kd7 Rd2+ 4. Bd5 $1 Rxd5+ 5. Ke7 Nc2 6. Qe8+ Kc5 7. Qc8+ Rc6 8. h8=Q Nd4 9. Qcf8 $1 Rcd6 (9... Re6+ 10. Kf7+ $18) 10. Qh3 (10. Qc8+ $2 Rc6 $11) 10... Re5+ (10... Nc6+ 11. Ke8 $18) 11. Kf7 Rf5+ 12. Qxf5+ Nxf5 13. Qc8+ $18
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[Event "s p. Zhigulovskie Zori - 4"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.06.27"] [Round ""] [White "Zakharov=S"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7K/8/2B5/8/2pr4/3N2P1/3pk1N1/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "31"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Ngf4+ $1 (1. Ndf4+ $2 Kf2 2. Ba4 d1=Q 3. Bxd1 Rxd1 $19) 1... Kf1 2. Nb2 Rxf4 3. gxf4 c3 4. Nc4 $1 d1=Q 5. Ne3+ Ke1 6. Nxd1 c2 7. Nb2 Kd2 8. Nc4+ $1 Kc3 ( 8... Ke2 9. Bf3+ $1 Kf2 10. Ne5 $1 Ke3 11. Bg4 c1=Q 12. Ng6 {fortress -1}) 9. Ne5 $1 c1=Q 10. Ng6 Qe3 (10... Kd4 11. Bd7 $1 Qh1+ (11... Kd5 12. f5 $1 Kd6 13. Be6 $1 Qh6+ 14. Kg8 {fortress -2}) 12. Kg7 Qb7 13. Nf8 Ke4 14. f5 {fortress -3} ) 11. Kg7 $1 Qe6 12. Bf3 $1 Kd4 13. Kh6 Qh3+ 14. Bh5 Ke4 15. Kg5 $1 Qe3 16. Bg4 $1 $11
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[Event "Hm. Zhigulovskie Zori - 4"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.06.27"] [Round ""] [White "Mikitovics=J"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5k2/8/2r2p1K/4RBPP/6R1/7q/8/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "19"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. gxf6 $1 (1. Re8+ $2 Kxe8 2. Re4+ Kf8 3. Bxh3 f5+ 4. g6 fxe4 5. Kh7 Rc7+ 6. Kh8 Rg7 {(also e3)} 7. Be6 e3 $1 8. Bc4 e2 $1 9. Bxe2 Rg8+ 10. Kh7 Rg7+ $11) 1... Qh2 (1... Rxf6+ 2. Bg6 Kg8 3. Re8+ Rf8 4. Bh7+ Kf7 5. Ree4 Qh2 6. Rgf4+ $18) 2. Be6 Qd2+ 3. Rgg5 Qc1 4. Re1 $1 Qf4 5. Rf1 $1 Qe3 6. Bd5 Rc1 7. Rf3 Rh1 8. Rfg3 (8. f7 Qb6+ 9. Rg6 Qe3+ 10. Rxe3 Rxh5+ 11. Kxh5 {stalemate}) 8... Rf1 9. Kh7 $1 (9. Rxe3 Rxf6+ 10. Rg6 Rxg6+ 11. Kxg6 {stalemate}) 9... Rxf6 10. Rg8+ $18 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Hm. Zhigulovskie Zori - 4"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.06.27"] [Round ""] [White "Skripnik=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4bK1n/3R4/5kr1/8/3n4/8/4R2p/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "18"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rd6+ Kg5 2. Rd5+ Nf5 3. Rg2+ $1 ({Thematic try} 3. Rxh2 $2 Re6 $1 4. Rxh8 Bg6 5. Rxf5+ Kxf5 6. Kg7 Re7+ 7. Kh6 Rf7 $19) 3... Kf6 4. Rxh2 (4. Rxf5+ $2 Kxf5 $19) 4... Bf7 5. Rxf5+ Kxf5 6. Rh5+ (6. Rxh8 $2 Ke6 $1 {zz}) 6... Kf6 7. Rh6 $1 Ke6 8. Rxh8 {zz} Kf6 9. Rh6 Rxh6 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Hm. Zhigulovskie Zori - 4"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.06.27"] [Round ""] [White "Zhektukhov=V"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3B4/k4p2/2nK3R/7n/8/5p2/8/8 b - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "16"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1... f2 2. Bb6+ $1 Kxb6 3. Rf6 $1 Ng3 4. Rxf7 (4. Rxf2 $2 Ne4+ $19) 4... Ne4+ 5. Kd5 (5. Kd7 $2 Ne5+ $19) 5... Nc3+ 6. Kd6 $1 Nb5+ 7. Kd5 Nc3+ 8. Kd6 Ne4+ 9. Kd5 $11
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[Event "Hm. Zhigulovskie Zori - 4"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.06.27"] [Round ""] [White "Zinar=M"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1P6/2k5/Pp6/1p4p1/1p1PK2p/1P4p1/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "15"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. b8=N+ $1 Kb7 2. Kf2 Kxb8 3. d4 Kb7 4. d5 Ka6 5. d6 g3+ 6. Kg1 Kxa5 7. d7 Ka4 8. d8=R $1 $18 (8. d8=Q $2 h2+ 9. Kxg2 h1=Q+ 10. Kxh1 g2+ $11) *
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[Event "c. Zhigulovskie Zori - 4"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.06.27"] [Round ""] [White "Pallier=A"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5Rn1/7b/5p2/8/3K3k/8/8/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "27"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rf7 Bc2 2. Rc7 Bb1 3. Rb7 Ba2 4. Ra7 Be6 5. Kc5 $1 (5. Ke4 $2 Kg5 $19) 5... Kh5 6. Kd6 Bg4 7. Rg7 (7. Ra8 $2 Nh6 8. Rh8 Kg5 $19) 7... Nh6 8. Ke7 f5 9. Kf6 f4 10. Rh7 $1 Bf5 11. Rh8 $1 f3 12. Kg7 f2 13. Rxh6+ Kg4 14. Rh1 $11
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[Event "c. Zhigulovskie Zori - 4"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.06.27"] [Round ""] [White "Josten=G"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/4p3/6p1/1pK4N/k4P2/6P1/8/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "19"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Ng7 b4 2. Ne6 (2. Ne8 $2 b3 3. Nc7 b2 $11) 2... b3 3. Ng5 b2 4. Ne4 Kb3 5. Kd4 (5. Nd2+ $2 Kc3 6. Nb1+ Kc2 $11) 5... Kc2 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Kd2 8. Nb1+ Kc2 9. Na3+ (9. Nc3 $2 Kd2 $11) 9... Kb3 10. Nc4 $18
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[Event "c. Zhigulovskie Zori - 4"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.06.27"] [Round ""] [White "Kekely=L"] [Black ""] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3K4/4R3/5P2/pP5k/1PrP1Pp1/2b5/8/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "23"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. f7 Rxd4+ 2. Ke8 $1 (2. Rd7 $2 Rxd7+ 3. Kxd7 Bg7 4. b6 g3 5. b7 g2 6. b8=Q g1=Q 7. f8=Q Bxf8 8. Qxf8 Qd4+ $11) 2... Rc4 3. f8=Q Rc8+ 4. Kf7 Rxf8+ 5. Kxf8 Bxb4 6. b6 g3 7. b7 g2 8. b8=Q g1=Q 9. Qxb4 axb4 10. Rh7+ Kg4 11. Rg7+ Kxf4 12. Rxg1 $18
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[Event "s.c. Zhigulovskie Zori - 4"] [Site ""] [Date "2011.06.27"] [Round ""] [White "Poisson=C"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k7/8/2K5/8/2B5/8/N7/n5n1 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "15"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nb4 Kb8 2. Be6 Ne2 (2... Ka7 3. Kc7 Ne2 4. Nc6+ Ka6 (4... Ka8 5. Bc8 $18) 5. Bc4#) 3. Kb6 Nc3 4. Na6+ Ka8 5. Nc7+ Kb8 6. Bd7 Nb3 7. Na6+ Ka8 8. Bc6# 1-0
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