www.arves.org - Problemist Ukraine 2009

Studies awarded in the Magazine tournament Problemist Ukraine 2009.

[Event "Problemist of Ukraine, 2 HM"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "J.Mikitovics"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1p4K1/2n1P1P1/8/2N1k3/2n5/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2009"] 
 1. Kf8 $1 (1. Kf7 Nd5 2. g7 Nd8+ 3. Ke8 Nxe6 4. g8=Q Nf6+ {win.}) 1... Nd5 $1 2. g7 Nde7 ({main} 2... Nce7 3. Nb6 $1 Ng6+ 4. Ke8 Nf6+ 5. Kf7 Kf5 6. Nc4 $1 ( 6. Nd7 $2 Ng4 7. g8=Q Nh6+) 6... Kg5 (6... b5 7. Nd6+ Kg5 8. Ne4+ Nxe4 9. g8=Q Nd6+ 10. Kg7 Nf5+ 11. Kh7 {win.}) 7. e7 Nxe7 8. Kxe7 Kg6 (8... b5 9. Ne5 Kf5 ( 9... b4 10. Kf7 b3 11. Nf3+ Kf5 12. Nd4+) 10. Ng4 $1 (10. Nc6 Kg6 11. Kf8 Kh7 12. Kf7 Ng8 13. Nb4 Nh6+ 14. Kf8 Kg6 15. Nc6 Kh5 $1 16. Ne5 b4 17. Nf7 b3 { draw.}) 10... Kg6 11. Kf8 Nh7+ 12. Kg8 Ng5 13. Ne5+ Kf6 14. Kh8 {win.}) 9. Kf8 b5 10. Ne5+ Kh7 11. Kf7 Ng8 12. Nf3 $1 Nh6+ 13. Kf8 Kg6 14. Ne5+ Kf5 15. Nf7 $1 (15. Nc6 $2 Kf4 $1 16. Nd8 b4)) 3. Na5 $1 Ng6+ 4. Kf7 Nce7 5. Kf6 $1 (5. Nc4 $2 Kf5 6. Nd6+ Kg5 7. Nc8 Nf5 $1 8. g8=Q Nh6+ {draw.}) 5... Kf4 6. Nc4 $1 (6. Nxb7 $2 Kg4 7. Nd6 Kh5 8. Nf5 Nd5+ 9. Kf7 Ne5+ {draw.}) 6... b5 7. Nd6 $1 (7. Na5 $2 b4 8. Nc6 Ng8+ 9. Kxg6 (9. Kf7 b3 10. Kxg8 b2 11. Kf7 b1=Q 12. g8=Q Qf5+ {draw. }) 9... b3 10. e7 b2 $1 11. e8=Q b1=Q+ {check!}) 7... b4 8. Nf5 Ng8+ 9. Kxg6 b3 10. e7 Nxe7+ 11. Nxe7 b2 12. Nd5+ Ke5 13. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Problemist of Ukraine, 3 HM"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "A.Sochnev"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "Q2K4/8/p3k2n/B1PpP2q/3pp3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2009"] 
 1. Qc6+ $3 (1. Qxa6+ $2 Kxe5 (1... Kf5 2. Qf6+ Kg4 3. c6) (1... Kf7 2. Qf6+ Kg8 3. c6) 2. Qd6+ Kf5 3. Qxd5+ Kg6 4. Qxh5+ (4. Qxe4+ Qf5 5. Qxd4 Nf7+ 6. Kc7 Ng5 $11) 4... Kxh5 5. c6 Nf7+ 6. Ke7 Ne5 7. c7 Nc6+ 8. Kf6 Na7 9. Bb6 e3 10. Bxa7 e2 11. c8=Q e1=Q 12. Qf5+ Kh4 13. Bxd4 Kg3 14. Be5+ Kg2 15. Qg4+ Kf1 16. Bd4 Qe4 $1 17. Qxe4 {stalemate}) 1... Kxe5 (1... Kf5 2. Qf6+ Kg4 3. c6 Nf7+ 4. Ke7 Nxe5 5. c7 Qh7+ 6. Ke6 Nd7 7. Qd8 {win.}) 2. Qd6+ $1 (2. Bc7+ $2 Kf5 3. Qxd5+ Kg6 4. Qxe4+ Qf5 5. Qxd4 Nf7+ 6. Ke7 a5 7. Bb6 Ne5 $11) 2... Kf5 3. Qxd5+ Kg6 4. Qxh5+ Kxh5 5. c6 Nf7+ 6. Ke7 Ne5 7. c7 Nc6+ 8. Kf6 $1 (8. Kf7 Na7 9. Bb6 Nb5 $1 $11) 8... Na7 9. Bb6 e3 (9... Nc8 10. Bxd4) 10. Bxa7 e2 11. c8=Q e1=Q 12. Qf5+ Kh4 13. Bxd4 Kg3 14. Be5+ Kg2 15. Qg4+ Kf1 16. Bd4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 { not a stalemate} 1-0

[Event "Problemist of Ukraine, 3 commendation"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "E.Eilazyan"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3QBr2/3P4/2k2n2/2P5/4q1Nb/8/4KPn1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2009"] 
 1. Kf1 Qd3+ $1 (1... Ne3+ 2. Nxe3 Qh1+ 3. Ke2 Qf3+ 4. Kd3 $1 Qe4+ 5. Ke2 { perpetual.}) (1... Qc4+ 2. Kg1 $1 Bxf2+ 3. Nxf2 Qc1+ 4. Kxg2 Rg8+ 5. Kf3 Qc3+ 6. Ke2 Qe5+ 7. Kf1 Qa1+ 8. Ke2 Qa2+ 9. Kf3 Qd5+ 10. Ke2 Qe6+ 11. Kf3 Qf5+ 12. Ke2 Qc2+ 13. Kf3 {perpetual.}) 2. Kxg2 (2. Kg1 $2 Qd1+ $1 (2... Bxf2+ $2 3. Nxf2) (2... Qb1+ $2 3. Kxg2 Qe4+ 4. Kf1) 3. Kxg2 Qxg4+) 2... Qd5+ $1 (2... Qe4+ 3. Kf1 $1 (3. f3 $2 Qe2+ $1 (3... Qxf3+ $2) 4. Kg1 Qe1+ 5. Kg2 Qg3+) 3... Qc4+ 4. Ke1 Qb4+ (4... Qc1+ 5. Ke2) (4... Qe6+ 5. Kf1) 5. Kf1 Nxg4 6. Qc8+ Kd5 7. d8=Q+ Bxd8 8. Qxd8+ Kxc5 (8... Kc4 9. Bb5+) 9. Qe7+ Kc4 10. Qe4+ {perpetual.}) 3. f3 $1 (3. Kf1 $2 Qd1+ 4. Kg2 Qxg4+) 3... Qxf3+ $1 (3... Qd2+ $2 4. Kh3) 4. Kxf3 Nxg4+ (4... Nxd7+ 5. Nf6 $1 (5. Ke4 Bxd8 6. Ne5+ Kb5 7. Bxd7+ Kxc5 { win EGTB.})) 5. Qf6+ $1 Nxf6 (5... Rxf6+ 6. Kxg4) 6. d8=N+ $1 Kd5 7. Bf7+ Ke5 8. Nc6+ Kf5 9. Nd4+ Ke5 (9... Kg5 10. Ne6+) 10. Nc6+ {perpetual.} 1/2-1/2