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Studies awarded in the Russian Magazine tournament Zadachy i Etyudy 2012.
[Event "1.p Zadachy i Etiudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2012"] [Round ""] [White "Didkukh=S"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2PPb2B/7k/q7/8/6p1/6N1/6K1 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "20"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. d8=Q $1 ({Logical try 1} 1. c8=Q $2 Qa1+ (1... Qa7+ 2. Kh1 Qa1+ 3. Bb1 Qxb1+ 4. Ne1 Qxe1+ 5. Kg2) 2. Bb1 $1 Qxb1+ 3. Ne1 Qxe1+ 4. Kg2 Qf2+ 5. Kh3 Qf1+ (5... Qh2+ $2 6. Kg4 Qe2+ 7. Kh3) 6. Kxg3 Bd6+ $1 $19) 1... Bxd8 2. c8=Q Qa7+ 3. Kh1 $1 ({Logical try 2} 3. Ne3 $2 Qxe3+ 4. Kg2 Qf2+ 5. Kh3 g2 6. Qc6+ Bf6 7. Bf5 g1=N+ 8. Kg4 Qh4#) 3... Qa1+ 4. Bb1 $1 Qxb1+ 5. Ne1 Qxe1+ 6. Kg2 Qf2+ 7. Kh3 g2 (7... Qf1+ 8. Kxg3 $11) 8. Qe6+ ({Logical try 3} 8. Qg4 $2 Bf6 $1 {zz}) (8. Qc6+ $2 Bf6 9. Qxg2 Qh4#) (8. Qxd8 $2 g1=N+ 9. Kg4 Qf3+ 10. Kh4 Qf4# (10... Qh3#)) 8... Bf6 9. Qg4 $1 {zz} g1=N+ 10. Qxg1 Qxg1 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2.p Zadachy i Etiudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2012.04"] [Round ""] [White "Zhukov=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7K/3r3N/3P1P2/4P2R/3kb1n1/3P4/3p4/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "19"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. e6 $1 Rd8+ $1 2. Kg7 d1=Q 3. e7 $1 Rg8+ $1 4. Kxg8 Bxh7+ 5. Kh8 $3 (5. Rxh7 $2 Nxf6+ 6. Kf7 Ke5 $19) 5... Nxf6 6. Rh4+ $1 ({Thematicv try} 6. e8=Q $2 Nxe8 7. d7 Qxh5 8. d8=Q+ Ke3 $1 (8... Kc3 9. Qd4+ $1 Kxd4 {stalemate}) 9. Qd4+ Kf3 $19) 6... Kxd3 $1 7. e8=Q Nxe8 8. Rd4+ $3 Kxd4 9. d7 $3 Qh5 10. d8=Q+ $11 1-0
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[Event "3.p Zadachy i Etiudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2012"] [Round ""] [White "Razumenko=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4R2Q/1p3P1P/4P1p1/r2r2k1/8/2p4K/PR4P1/5q2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Qf6+ Qxf6 2. f8=Q Rd3+ 3. g3 Rxg3+ 4. Kh2 Qd4 $1 5. Qe7+ $1 ({try} 5. Qh6+ $2 Kxh6 6. h8=Q+ Qxh8 7. Rxh8+ Kg7 $1 8. Rxb7+ $11) 5... Kf5 6. Rf8+ Kg4 7. Qh4+ $1 Kxh4 8. h8=Q+ Qxh8 9. Rxh8+ Rh5 10. Rb4+ Rg4 11. Rxh5+ gxh5 12. e7 c2 13. e8=Q c1=Q 14. Qe7+ $1 Qg5 15. Qe1# 1-0
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[Event "4.p Zadachy i Etiudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2012"] [Round ""] [White "Amiryan=H"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1p6/8/7k/pP6/1p5r/b7/1Q4K1 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "25"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Qf5+ Kh4 2. Qf4+ Kh5 3. Kg2 Rh4 4. Qf5+ Kh6 5. Kg3 Rh5 6. Qf6+ Kh7 7. Kg4 ( 7. Qe7+ $2 Kg6 8. Qe8+ Kg5 9. Qxa4 Kf6 10. b5 Re5 11. Qd4 Ke6 $11) 7... Rh6 8. Qf7+ Kh8 9. Kg5 Rc6 10. Qxb7 Rc3 (10... b2 11. Qb8+ Kg7 12. Qe5+ Kf7 13. Qxb2 Bb3 14. Qf2+ Ke8 15. b5 Rd6 16. b6 $18) 11. Kf6 Rg3 12. Qb8+ Rg8 13. Qh2# 1-0
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[Event "Sp.p Zadachy i Etiudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2012"] [Round ""] [White "Sochnev=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/1N6/2P4r/3P1P2/3p4/K4k2/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "37"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nc4 Rd5 2. c6 Rxd4 3. Nb2 $1 Rd8 4. f5 $1 d2 5. f6 Ra8+ 6. Kb3 Rb8+ (6... Ra7 7. Kc4 Ke1 8. Kc5 Ra2 9. f7 Rxb2 10. f8=Q d1=Q 11. Qe7+ Kf1 12. Qf7+ Kg1 13. Qg7+ Rg2 14. Qd4+ $11) 7. Kc3 Rxb2 8. f7 $1 Rb8 9. c7 (9. Kxd2 $2 Rd8+ 10. Kc3 Ke3 $19) 9... d1=N+ 10. Kd4 Rh8 11. Ke5 Ne3 12. Kf6 Ra8 13. Ke6 Kg3 14. Kd7 Nc4 15. Ke7 Ne5 16. f8=N Nc4 17. Ne6 Rh8 18. Kd7 Rh6 19. c8=N $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1.Hm Zadachy i Etiudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2012"] [Round ""] [White "Akobia=I"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/6pK/8/1kp5/3pP3/7R/3p4/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rd3 (1. Rh1 $2 c4 2. e5 c3 3. e6 Kc6 4. Kxg7 Kd6 5. Kf7 c2 $19) (1. Rb3+ $2 Kc4 2. Rb1 d3 $1 (2... Kc3 $2 3. e5 $11) 3. Kg6 Kd4 4. Kf5 c4 $19) 1... c4 ( 1... Kc4 2. Rxd2 d3 3. Kxg7 $11) 2. Rxd2 c3 3. Rc2 Kc4 4. e5 Kd5 $1 (4... d3 5. Rxc3+ Kxc3 6. e6 d2 7. e7 d1=Q 8. e8=Q $11) 5. Kg6 $1 (5. Kxg7 $2 Kxe5 6. Kg6 Kd5 $19) 5... Ke6 (5... Kxe5 6. Kg5 {zz main}) 6. Kh5 $3 ({Thematic try} 6. Kg5 $2 Kxe5 {zz} 7. Rc1 Ke4 {zz -+}) 6... Kxe5 7. Kg5 $1 {zz} Ke4 (7... g6 8. Rc1 $1 Kd5 9. Kf4 Kc4 10. Ke4 {(f3)} d3 11. Ke3 $11) 8. Rc1 $1 {zz} Ke3 9. Kf5 Kd2 (9... g6+ 10. Ke5 $1 $11) 10. Rg1 $1 ({Thematic try} 10. Rh1 $2 c2 11. Ke4 Kc3 $1 ({not} 11... d3 $2 12. Kd4 $11) 12. Rh3+ (12. Rh8 d3 13. Rc8+ Kd2 $19) 12... d3 13. Rxd3+ Kb4 $19 (13... Kc4 $2 14. Rd8 $11)) 10... c2 11. Ke4 Kc3 12. Rxg7 d3 13. Rc7+ $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2.Hm Zadachy i Etiudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2012"] [Round ""] [White "Becker=R"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k7/3pp2r/1R2p3/2K5/r7/8/6P1/3R4 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "22"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kb5 (1. Rb5 $2 d6+ 2. Kc6 Ra7 3. Re1 Rg7 4. Rxe6 Rxg2 5. Re3 Rc2+ 6. Kd5 Rcc7 7. Ke6 Rab7 $19) 1... Ra7 2. Ra6 Rh5+ 3. Kb6 Rxa6+ 4. Kxa6 d6 5. Rb1 $1 Rg5 6. g4 $1 (6. Rb3 $2 Rg4 7. g3 e5 8. Kb6 Kb8 9. Kc6+ Kc8 10. Ra3 Rb4 $19) 6... Rxg4 7. Rb7 Ra4+ 8. Kb6 Rb4+ 9. Kc6 Rc4+ 10. Kb6 Rb4+ 11. Kc6 Rxb7 { stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "3.Hm Zadachy i Etiudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2012"] [Round ""] [White "Katsnelson=L"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4k3/3p4/3K1P2/2P5/7R/7p/6r1/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "31"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rh8+ (1. Rxh3 $2 Rd2+ 2. Ke5 Re2+ $11) 1... Kf7 2. Kxd7 Rd2+ 3. Kc7 h2 4. Rh6 Re2 5. c6 Ke6 6. Kb7 Rb2+ 7. Kc8 Rc2 8. c7 Rg2 9. f7+ $1 Kxf7 (9... Ke7 10. Rf6 Kf8 11. Rf1 $18) 10. Kb7 Rb2+ 11. Ka6 Ra2+ 12. Kb5 Rb2+ 13. Ka4 Ra2+ 14. Kb4 $1 Rc2 15. Rxh2 Rxc7 16. Rh7+ $18 1-0
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[Event "4.Hm Zadachy i Etiudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2012"] [Round ""] [White "Zakharov=S"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/k7/1n1P1K1N/1p6/4p3/8/8/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "33"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nf5 b4 2. Nd4 e3 (2... Kb7 3. Ke5 e3 4. Ke4 $11) 3. Nc6+ Kb7 4. Nxb4 Nd5+ 5. Nxd5 e2 6. d7 e1=Q 7. d8=N+ $1 (7. d8=Q $2 Qh4+ $19) 7... Kc8 8. Nf7 $1 (8. Ne6 $2 Kd7 9. Ndf4 Kd6) 8... Kd7 $1 9. Nf4 Qe7+ ({main} 9... Qh4+ 10. Kf5 Qh7+ 11. Kf6 Qh4+ 12. Kf5 $11) 10. Kg6 Qe8 11. Kf6 Qe7+ 12. Kg6 Qe4+ (12... Ke8 13. Nh6 $1 Qe5 14. Nh5 $1 $11) 13. Kg5 Qe7+ 14. Kg6 Qe4+ 15. Kg5 Ke7 16. Nh6 Qe5+ 17. Nf5+ $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Sp.Hm Zadachy i Etiudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2012"] [Round ""] [White "Eilazyan=E"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4B2B/1k6/4r3/3R4/3pp1p1/4p3/8/6K1 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "31"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rb5+ Kc8 2. Bh5 e2 3. Kf2 g3+ 4. Kxe2 d3+ 5. Ke1 $1 (5. Kd2 $2 g2 6. Rg5 e3+ 7. Kxd3 Rh6 8. Rg8+ Kd7 $11) 5... g2 6. Rg5 $1 ({try} 6. Re5 $2 Kd8 7. Rg5 e3 8. Rxg2 Rh6 9. Rg8+ Ke7 10. Bf3 Rb6 11. Rg7+ Kd8 12. Rb7 Rg6 13. Rb8+ Kd7 14. Rb7+ Kd8 15. Rg7 Rb6 $11) 6... e3 7. Rg8+ $1 ({try} 7. Rxg2 $2 Rh6 8. Rh2 Rc6 $1 9. Bg4+ Kd8 10. Bb2 Rb6 11. Rh8+ Ke7 12. Ba3+ Kf7 13. Rf8+ Kg7 14. Rd8 Rb1+ $11) 7... Kd7 8. Rxg2 Rh6 9. Rh2 Rb6 10. Rb2 Rh6 11. Bg4+ Ke7 12. Rb7+ Kd8 13. Rb8+ $1 Ke7 14. Bf3 Rg6 15. Re8+ Kxe8 16. Bh5 $18 1-0
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[Event "Comm. Zadachy i Etiudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2012"] [Round ""] [White "Pallier=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1P6/k3p3/4p3/1p5p/1P5P/4p3/6K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. b8=N+ $1 Kb7 2. Kf2 Kxb8 3. Kxe2 Kc7 4. Kd3 $1 (4. Kf3 $2 Kc6 $1 5. Kg4 Kc5 6. Kxh4 Kd4 7. Kg3 e4 $19) 4... Kd6 5. Ke4 $1 {zz} Ke7 6. Kxe5 Kd7 7. Ke4 $1 ( 7. Kd4 $2 Kd6 {zz}) 7... Kd6 8. Kd4 {zz} e5+ 9. Kc4 $1 e4 10. Kxb4 Ke5 11. Kc3 Kf4 12. Kd2 Kf3 13. Ke1 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Comm. Zadachy i Etiudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2012"] [Round ""] [White "Jasik=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K7/1N2k3/1P6/1P1P4/Bn6/2rn1N2/8/8 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "17"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. d6+ Kd7 2. Ne5+ $1 Nxe5 3. Nc5+ $1 Rxc5 4. b7 Rc8+ $1 (4... Rc4 5. b8=Q Nd5 6. Bb3 $1 Rc8 7. Qxc8+ Kxc8 8. Bxd5 Kd7 9. b6 Kxd6 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. b7 Kc7 12. Bh3 Nb8 13. Bf1 Nd7 14. Bb5 Nb8 15. Ka7 $18) 5. bxc8=Q+ Kxc8 6. b6 Nec6 7. b7+ Kd8 8. Bb5 $1 {zz} Kd7 9. b8=Q $18 1-0
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[Event "Comm. Zadachy i Etiudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2012"] [Round ""] [White "Vlasenko=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/3b3K/1R1n3b/6pP/8/k1N5 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "12"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Ra4+ $3 ({Thematic try} 1. Rxd4 $2 g2 2. Ne2 Bf3+ 3. Kxh4 Bxe2 4. Rd2 Kb1 $1 $19 {zz}) 1... Kb1 2. Rxd4 g2 (2... Kxc1 3. Kxh4) 3. Ne2 $1 Bf3+ 4. Kxh4 Bxe2 5. Rd2 $3 {zz} g1=Q (5... Kc1 6. Ra2 $1 $11) 6. Rb2+ Kxb2 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Comm. Zadachy i Etiudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2012"] [Round ""] [White "Malyshev=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4b3/8/8/1NN2B1k/8/8/7K/7n w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "11"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nd6 Bg6 $1 2. Be6 $1 Nf2 3. Kg3 Nd3 (3... Nd1 4. Bg4+ $18) 4. Nf7 $3 Bf5 $1 5. Nxd3 $1 Bxe6 (5... Bxd3 6. Bg4+ Kg6 7. Ne5+ $18) 6. Nf4# 1-0
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