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Studies awarded for the Magazine tournament Mat Plus 2010.
[Event "1/2 prize MatPlus"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Akobia=I"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2B5/8/8/k1N5/3p4/7p/r6B/2K5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nb3+ Kb4 2. Nd2 Kc3 3. Nb1+ Kd3 4. Bf5+ Ke3 (4... Kc4 5. Be6+ $18) 5. Bg1+ Ke2 6. Bxh3 (6. Be6 $2 Kf1 $1 7. Bxd4 h2 8. Bc4+ Re2 $11) 6... d3 7. Nc3+ Ke1 8. Kb1 $1 (8. Nxa2 $2 d2+ $11) 8... Ra8 9. Bh2 $1 ({Thematic try} 9. Be3 $5 d2 10. Kc2 Ra2+ 11. Kd3 d1=Q+ 12. Nxd1 Kxd1 13. Bg4+ Ke1 $11) ({Thematic try} 9. Ne4 $5 Re8 10. Bf2+ Ke2 11. Bg4+ Kf1 12. Bh3+ Ke2 {positional draw}) 9... Rh8 10. Bg3+ Kd2 11. Bf4+ $1 (11. Bg4 $5 Rg8 $11 (11... Kxc3 $2 12. Be5+ $18)) (11. Be6 $5 Re8 $11 (11... Kxc3 $2 12. Be5+ $18)) (11. Bd7 $5 Rd8 $11 (11... Kxc3 $2 12. Be5+ $18)) 11... Kxc3 12. Be5+ $18
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[Event "1/2 prize MatPlus"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Becker=R"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1k6/p7/P7/PP1B4/p3K3/P7/6n1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2010"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Ba2 $1 ({Thematic try} 1. b6 $2 Ne1 2. Bc6 Nc2 3. Bb5 Ka8 $1 4. Bc6+ Kb8 5. Bb5 Ka8 6. Bxa4 Nxa3 7. Kd3 Kb8 {(Nb1)} 8. Bc6 Nb1 9. Kc2 Na3+ 10. Kb3 Nb1 11. Bg2 Nd2+ 12. Kc3 Nb1+ 13. Kb2 Nd2 14. Kc3 Nb1+ 15. Kd3 Na3 16. Bc6 Nb1 { positional draw. 17.Bb5 Na3 18.Ba6 not possible.}) 1... Nh4 (1... Ne1 2. Bb1 Ng2 3. Kf3 Nh4+ 4. Kg3 {+-}) 2. Bf7 Ng2 3. Bh5 (3. Bg6 $2 Ne1 4. Ke3 Ng2+ 5. Ke4 Ne1 {=}) 3... Ne1 4. Bd1 (4. b6 $2 Nc2 5. Be2 Ka8 {(Na1) =}) 4... Ng2 5. b6 $1 ({Thematic try} 5. Bxa4 $2 Nh4 6. b6 Ng6 7. Be8 Ne7 8. Ke5 Nc8 $1 9. Bd7 Ne7 10. Be8 Nc8 11. Ke6 axb6 {draw. White is one tempo too late.}) (5. Bc2 $2 Nh4 6. Kf4 Ng2+ 7. Ke4 Nh4 {=}) 5... Nh4 6. Bh5 Ng2 7. Be8 Nh4 8. Bf7 $1 (8. Bxa4 $2 Ng6 9. Be8 Ne7 {and White will again be one tempo too late. Instead, White maneuvers to lose the move.}) 8... Ng2 (8... Ka8 9. Bh5 Kb8 10. Be8 {is the same.}) 9. Bh5 Nh4 (9... Ne1 10. Bd1 Ng2 11. Bxa4 {loses faster.}) 10. Be8 Ka8 11. Bxa4 $1 Ng6 (11... Ng2 12. Bc6+ Kb8 13. Bb7 Ne1 14. a4 Ng2 15. Kf3 Nh4+ 16. Kg4 {(Kf4)} Ng6 17. Kf5 Nf8 18. Bc8 axb6 19. a7+ Kxa7 20. Kf6 Nh7+ 21. Kg6 Nf8+ 22. Kg7 {+-}) 12. Be8 Ne7 (12... Nf8 13. Kf5 Kb8 14. Bc6 Nh7 15. Bd7 Nf8 16. bxa7+ Kxa7 17. Bc8 Kb8 18. a7+ Kxa7 19. Kf6 Nh7+ 20. Kg6 Nf8+ 21. Kg7 {+-}) 13. Ke5 Kb8 14. Ke6 Nc8 15. Bd7 {and White is just in time.} 1-0
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[Event "3 prize MatPlus"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Mikitovics=J"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r7/1p1P4/3P4/8/3P2B1/2K1k3/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2010"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kc4 $1 Ke4 (1... b5+ 2. Kc5 $18) (1... Ra4+ 2. Kd5 $1 Ra5+ 3. Ke6 Ra8 4. Ke7 $18 (4. d5 $2 Kd4 $11) (4. Bf3 $2 Kxd4 $11)) (1... Ra4+ 2. Kd5 $1 Ra5+ 3. Ke6 Ra8 4. Ke7 $18) 2. Be2 $3 (2. Bh3 $2 Ra4+ $1 3. Kc5 Ra5+ 4. Kc4 Ra4+ $1 5. Kc5 Ra5+ 6. Kb6 Ra6+ 7. Kc7 Rc6+ 8. Kb8 Rxd6 $11) (2. Bd1 $2 Kf5 $11) (2. Kc5 $2 Ra5+ 3. Kb4 Ra8 4. Kc5 Ra5+ 5. Kb6 Ra6+ $11) 2... Rd8 (2... b5+ 3. Kc5 $18) 3. Bd3+ $1 (3. Bg4 $2 Ra8 $3 4. Be6 Ra4+ 5. Kc5 Ra5+ $11) 3... Kf4 (3... Ke3 4. Bf5 $18) 4. Kd5 $1 (4. Kc5 $2 Rxd7 5. Bb5 Rd8 6. d7 Ke4 7. Ba4 b6+ $1 $11) 4... Rxd7 5. Bb5 $1 (5. Ke6 $2 Rd8 6. Ke7 Rh8 $3 7. d7 Ke3 $1 8. d5 Kd4 $1 $11) 5... Rh7 (5... Rd8 6. d7 Rh8 7. Kd6 {main}) 6. d7 Rh5+ (6... Rh8 7. Kd6 {main}) 7. Ke6 $1 (7. Kd6 $2 Ke4 8. Bc4 Rh6+ 9. Kc7 Rc6+ 10. Kb8 Rd6 $11) 7... Rh8 (7... Rh6+ 8. Ke7 Rh7+ 9. Kd6 $18) 8. Kd6 $1 (8. d5 $2 Rh6+ 9. Ke7 Ke5 $11) 8... Ke4 9. d5 Kd4 10. Bc6 $3 (10. Ba4 $2 Kc4 11. Bd1 Ra8 12. Be2+ Kd4 13. Bb5 Rh8 14. Bc6 {loss of time}) 10... b6 11. Ba4 $1 Rh6+ 12. Kc7 (12. Ke7 $2 Ke5 $1 13. Bc2 Rh8 14. Bb3 Rh7+ 15. Ke8 Rh8+ 16. Ke7 Rh7+ $11) 12... Rh7 13. Bb3 $18 (13. Kxb6 $2 Rxd7 $11) 1-0
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[Event "1 Hm MatPlus"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Hornecker=S"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/8/8/6pp/6k1/R3K3 w Q - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Ra2+ Kg1 2. Ra3 Kh2 3. Ra1 Kg2 (3... g2 4. Kf2 g1=Q+ 5. Rxg1 {stalemate}) 4. Ra2+ Kh1 5. Ra3 h2 6. Rxg3 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2 Hm MatPlus"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Ilincic=B & Miljanic=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5R1K/1N6/5p2/6P1/2k5/b5n1/3P1p1B/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "18"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rxf6 (1. Bxg3 $2 f1=Q 2. Nd6+ Kd5 $1 3. Kg7 Qg2 4. Rd8 Ke6 $19) 1... Bb2 2. d4 $1 Bxd4 3. Kg8 Bxf6 4. gxf6 Nh5 (4... Nf5 5. Nd6+ $1 Nxd6 6. Bxd6 f1=Q 7. f7 $11) 5. f7 (5. Nd6+ $2 Kd3 $19) 5... Nf6+ 6. Kh8 Nd7 7. Nc5 $1 Kxc5 (7... f1=Q 8. Nxd7 $11) (7... Nf8 8. Ne4 $1) 8. Bg1 $1 fxg1=Q 9. f8=Q+ Nxf8 {stalemate} *
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[Event "Comm. MatPlus"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Hlebec=D"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5b2/p2pR3/3p4/2P3pn/r2rB1pR/2k3B1/5PQ1/1K6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Be5 dxe5 2. Rh3+ gxh3 3. Qxh3+ Kc4 4. Rxd7 Nf4 5. Rxd4+ exd4 6. Qd7 Rb4+ 7. Kc2 Bxc5 8. Qd5+ Nxd5 (8... Kb5 9. Qc6+ Kc4 10. Qa6+ Rb5 11. Bc6 $18) 9. Bd3# 1-0
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[Event "Comm. MatPlus"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Markovic=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/3pqP1p/8/2N1pP2/3k2p1/8/1PPN1P1P/K7 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "13"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nxd7 $1 Qxf7 2. c3+ Kd5 (2... Kd3 3. Nxe5+ $18) 3. Nc4 $3 Qe7 (3... Kxc4 4. Nxe5+) (3... Ke4 4. Nd6+ $18) (3... Qxd7 4. Nb6+ $18) (3... Qxf5 4. Ne3+ $18) ( 3... Qe8 4. Nf6+ $18) (3... e4 4. Ndb6+ Kc5 5. b4+ $18) (3... Qg7 4. f6 $1 Qg8 (4... Qg6 5. Ka2 $18) 5. Ncxe5 Qa8+ 6. Kb1 Ke6 7. c4 Qh1+ 8. Ka2 $18) 4. f6 Qe6 (4... Qe8 5. Ncxe5 Qa8+ 6. Kb1 $18) 5. Ndb6+ Ke4 ({main} 5... Kc6 6. f7 Qf6 7. Nxe5+ $1 $18) ({main} 5... Kc5 6. f7 Qxf7 (6... Qe7 7. f8=Q Qxf8 8. Nd7+ $18) 7. b4+ Kb5 (7... Kc6 8. Nxe5+ $18) 8. Nd6+ $18) 6. f7 Qxf7 7. Nd6+ $18
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[Event "Sp. prize MatPlus"] [Site ""] [Date "2010"] [Round ""] [White "Afek=Y"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1r6/7k/1P6/5Kp1/8/1P6/8/R7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Ra7+ (1. Ra6 $2 g4 2. Kxg4 Kg6 3. Kf4 Kf6 4. Ke4 Ke6 5. Kd4 Kd6 6. b7+ Kc7 7. Kc5 Rh8 $11) 1... Kh6 (1... Kg8 2. Ra6 Kf7 3. Ke5 g4 4. Kd6 $18) 2. b7 g4 3. Kxg4 Kg6 4. Kf4 Kf6 5. Ke4 Ke6 6. Kd4 Kd6 7. Kc4 Kc6 8. Kb4 Rh8 9. Ka3 $3 (9. Ra8 $2 Rh4+ $11) (9. Ka5 $2 Rh5+ 10. Ka6 Rb5 (10... Rh1 $2 11. b8=N+ $18) 11. Ra8 Rb6+ $11) 9... Rb8 10. Ka4 Rh8 11. b4 Rb8 12. Ka5 Rxb7 13. Rxb7 Kxb7 14. Kb5 $18
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