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Studies awarded for the Moscow 2017 Tournament.
[Event "1.p Moscow"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Rusz=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/5p2/8/4K1P1/5p2/7P/4R1p1/1k4r1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2017.11.02"] [SourceDate "2017.11.02"] 1. Ke4 $1 Kc1 $1 (1... Rh1 2. Rxg2 Rxh3 3. Kxf4 {(A)} Rh1 4. Rf2) 2. Kf3 Rh1 3. Kxg2 $1 (3. Rxg2 $6 Rxh3+ 4. Kxf4 Kd1 (4... Rd3)) 3... f3+ $1 4. Kxf3 Rxh3+ ( 4... Kd1 5. Rf2 $1 Rxh3+ 6. Ke4 $1 (6. Kf4 $6 Ke1) 6... Rh7 {(A)} 7. Ke5 $1 Ke1 8. Rf5 $1 Ke2 9. Kf6 Ke3 10. Ra5 Kf4 11. Ra4+ $1 Kf3 12. Ra7 Kg4 13. g6) 5. Kg4 (5. Ke4 $6 Rg3 6. Kf4 Rd3 $1 (6... Ra3 $2 7. Re7 {N1}) 7. Re7 {(C)} Rd1 $1) 5... Kd1 $1 (5... Rh7 6. Kf5 Kd1 7. Re5 Kd2 8. Kf6 Kd3 9. Re7) 6. Re6 $3 (6. Rf2 $6 Rh7 {(B1)} 7. Kf5 Ke1 8. Ra2 Rh3 $1 9. Ra7 Rf3+ 10. Kg4 Rf2 $1) (6. Kxh3 $6 Kxe2) (6. Re7 $6 Rh7 7. Kf5 Rg7 8. Kf6 Rg6+ 9. Kf5 Rg7 {D1}) 6... Rh7 $1 ( 6... fxe6 7. Kxh3) 7. Rh6 $1 Rg7 8. Kf5 Ke2 9. Kf6 Rg8 10. Rh7 $1 (10. Rh5 $6 Kf3 11. Kxf7 Kg4 $1) 10... Rg6+ (10... Kf3 11. Kxf7 Kg4 12. g6 Kf5 13. Rh5+) 11. Kf5 {D} 1-0
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[Event "2.p Moscow"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Minski=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/q2p4/8/3k3K/8/N4P2/3p4/7Q w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2017.11.02"] [SourceDate "2017.11.02"] 1. f4+ Ke6 (1... Kd4 2. Qg1+ $6 Ke4 $1 3. Qxa7 d1=Q+ 4. Kg5 Qd5+) (1... Kd4 2. Nb5+) 2. Qe4+ Kf6 3. Qe5+ Kf7 4. Qd5+ Ke7 $1 (4... Ke8 5. Nc4 d1=Q+ 6. Qxd1 Qc5+ 7. Ne5 d6 8. Qa4+) (4... Kg7 5. Nc4 d1=Q+ 6. Qxd1 Qc5+ 7. Ne5 d6 8. Qg4+) 5. Nc4 $1 d1=Q+ $1 6. Qxd1 Qc5+ 7. Ne5 d6 8. Qd4 $3 Qa5 $1 (8... Qxd4 9. Nc6+) 9. Qb4 $3 (9. Qa7+ $6 Qxa7 10. Nc6+ Ke6 {(f6)} 11. Nxa7 Kf5) (9. Kg4 $6 dxe5 10. Qxe5+ Qxe5 11. fxe5 Ke6) 9... Qxb4 10. Nc6+ 1-0
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[Event "3.p Moscow"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Zhukov=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/pp5q/8/1k6/4R3/2r4P/8/3KQ3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2017.11.02"] [SourceDate "2017.11.02"] 1. Kd2 $1 (1. Qf1+ $6 Kc6 2. Qf6+ Kb5 $1 3. Re5+ Rc5) 1... Qxh3 (1... Rc5 2. Qb1+ Kc6 3. Re6+) (1... Rb3 2. Qf1+ Ka5 3. Qa1+) (1... Qh8 2. Re5+) 2. Re5+ $1 (2. Qe2+ $6 Kc6 $1 3. Re6+ Kc5 $1 4. Qe4 Rd3+ $1) (2. Qb1+ $6 Kc6 $1) 2... Kb6 $1 3. Qf2+ $1 (3. Qb1+ $6 Kc7 $1) (3. Qg1+ $6 Kc7 4. Qg7+ Kb8 5. Re8+ Rc8 6. Qe5+ Ka8) 3... Kc7 $1 4. Re7+ $1 (4. Qf7+ $6 Kb8 $1 5. Re8+ Rc8 6. Qf4+ Ka8) 4... Kb8 5. Qf4+ $1 Ka8 6. Qf3 $3 (6. Re3 Qxe3+) 6... Qxf3 (6... Rxf3 7. Re8+ Qc8 8. Rxc8#) 7. Re8+ Rc8 8. Rxc8# 1-0
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[Event "4.p Moscow"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Daniel Keith (France)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2017.11.02"] [FEN "8/5N2/6P1/P7/6K1/3k4/5r2/2b5 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [SourceDate "2017.11.02"] 1.a6 Be3 ( 1...Ra2 2.Kf5 Bb2 ( 2...Ra5+ 3.Ne5+ Kd4 4.g7 Rxe5+ 5.Kf6 ) 3.Ne5+ Bxe5 4.Kxe5 Rxa6 5.Kf5 Kd4 6.g7 $10 ) 2.g7 $1 ( 2.Kg3 $6 Rc2 $1 3.Kg4 Ke4 $1 ( 3...Bd4 $6 4.Ng5 $1 Rg2+ 5.Kf5 Rf2+ 6.Kg4 $1 Rf6 7.a7 $1 Bxa7 8.Kh5 $10 ) 4.Nd6+ Ke5 $19 ) 2...Bd4 $1 ( 2...Rg2+ 3.Kf3 $1 Rxg7 4.Ne5+ Kd2 5.Nc4+ Kd3 6.Ne5+ ( 6.Nxe3 $2 Rf7+ $19 ) 6...Kd4 7.a7 $1 ( 7.Nc6+ $2 Kd5 $19 ) 7...Rg8 8.Nc6+ Kd3 9.Ne5+ Kd2 10.Nc4+ $1 Kd3 11.Ne5+ $1 Kd4 12.Nc6+ Kd5 13.Ne7+ $10 ) 3.Kg3 $1 ( 3.a7 $2 Ra2 $19 ) ( 3.Ne5+ $2 Bxe5 4.a7 Ra2 $19 ) 3...Rf1 4.Ne5+ $1 Ke4 $1 ( 4...Bxe5+ 5.Kg2 $10 ) 5.a7 Rg1+ ( 5...Bxa7 6.Ng4 Rg1+ 7.Kh3 $10 ) 6.Kh3 $1 ( 6.Kh2 $2 Bxa7 $19 ) 6...Rh1+ $1 ( 6...Ra1 7.Kg2 $1 { zz btm } ) 7.Kg3 $1 ( 7.Kg4 $2 Ra1 $1 8.Kh5 Kf5 $1 9.g8=Q Rh1# ) ( 7.Kg2 $2 Ra1 $1 { zz wtm } ) 7...Ra1 8.Kg2 $1 { zz btm } 8...Kxe5 ( 8...Rg1+ 9.Kh3 $10 ) ( 8...Kf5 9.Kf3 $10 ) 9.Kf3 $1 ( 9.Kh2 $2 Bg1+ $1 10.Kg2 Bxa7 11.g8=Q Rg1+ $19 ) 9...Rf1+ 10.Ke2 1/2-1/2
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[Event "sp.p Moscow"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Arestov=P"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "R4R2/8/8/6k1/2K4p/6p1/5r2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2017.11.02"] [SourceDate "2017.11.02"] 1. Rg8+ $1 (1. Rxf2 $6 gxf2 2. Rf8 h3 $1 3. Rxf2 Kg4 4. Kd3 Kg3 5. Ke2 h2) 1... Kf4 2. Kd3 $1 Kf3 3. Ra4 $1 h3 4. Rag4 g2 (4... Rg2 5. Rh4 h2 6. Rf8#) 5. R4g6 $3 (5. R4g7 $6 Kf4 $1 6. Rf8+ Ke5 7. Rxf2 h2) 5... Rd2+ $1 (5... Kf4 6. Rf8+ Ke5 7. Rxf2 h2 8. Rgf6 h1=Q 9. R2f5#) 6. Kxd2 h2 7. Kd3 $1 Kf4 8. Kd4 $1 Kf5 9. Rg5+ $1 Kf6 10. R8g6+ Kf7 11. Rg7+ $1 Ke8 (11... Kf6 12. Ke4 h1=Q 13. R5g6#) 12. Rg8+ Kf7 (12... Kd7 13. Kd5 $1 h1=Q 14. R5g7#) 13. Ke5 $1 h1=Q 14. R5g7# 1-0
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[Event "1.hm Moscow"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Garcia=M Krug=P Tarasiuk=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2N2n2/3r4/6p1/1k4p1/3B2p1/8/1K6/1R6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2017.11.02"] [SourceDate "2017.11.02"] 1. Kc3+ $1 (1. Kc2+ $6 Kc6 2. Rb6+ Kc7 3. Be5+ Kd8 4. Rb8 Rc7+ 5. Bxc7+ Kxc7 6. Ra8 g3 $1 7. Ne7 g2 8. Ra1 Kd6 9. Ng8 Ne6 10. Rg1 Nd4+ $1 11. Kd1 Nf5 12. Nf6 ( 12. Ke2 Ke6 $1 13. Rxg2 Kf7) 12... Ke5 13. Ng4+ Kf4 14. Rxg2 Nh4 15. Rg1 Nf3) 1... Kc6 2. Rb6+ Kc7 (2... Kd5 3. Kd3 Ne6 4. Rd6+ Rxd6 5. Ne7#) 3. Be5+ Kd8 ( 3... Kxc8 4. Rb8#) 4. Rb8 Rc7+ $1 (4... Rd1 5. Nd6+ Ke7 6. Re8+) 5. Bxc7+ Kxc7 6. Ra8 g3 (6... Kb7 7. Ra5 Kxc8 8. Ra8+) 7. Ne7 g2 8. Ra1 Kd6 9. Ng8 $1 (9. Nc8+ $6 Kc7 10. Na7 Kb6 11. Kd2 g1=Q 12. Rxg1 Kxa7) 9... Ne6 10. Rg1 Nf4 11. Kd2 Ke5 12. Ke3 1-0
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[Event "2.hm Moscow"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Afek=Y Minski=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "q7/5PPK/8/r7/2bP2k1/5R2/2B5/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2017.11.02"] [SourceDate "2017.11.02"] 1. d5 $1 (1. g8=Q+ Qxg8+ 2. fxg8=Q+ Bxg8+) (1. f8=Q Rh5+ 2. Kg6 Qc6+) 1... Bxd5 (1... Qxd5 2. g8=Q+ Kxf3 3. f8=Q+) 2. f8=Q Be4+ $1 3. Rf5 $1 (3. Kh8 $2 Rh5+) 3... Rxf5 4. g8=Q+ (4. Qxa8 Rh5+ 5. Kg8 Bxa8) 4... Rg5+ 5. Qf5+ $3 Kxf5 6. Qxa8 Bxc2 7. Qc8+ Kf6+ 8. Qxc2 1-0
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[Event "3.hm Moscow"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Slumstrup Nielsen=S"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7b/8/1R6/1P2k2B/4P3/8/p4K2/r7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2017.11.02"] [SourceDate "2017.11.02"] 1. Ra6 Rh1 2. Bd1 $1 (2. Rxa2 Rh2+) 2... Rh6 $1 3. b6 Kd6 (3... Kf4 4. e5 $1 ( 4. b7 $2 Be5 $1 5. Ra8 Rh2+ 6. Ke1 Rb2) 4... Bxe5 (4... Rh2+ 5. Kg1 Rb2 6. e6) 5. Ra4+ Kg5 6. b7 Rh2+ 7. Kf3) 4. e5+ $1 (4. b7+ Kc7 5. Ra8 Kxb7 (5... Rh2+ 6. Kg1 Kxb7) 6. Rxa2 Rh2+) 4... Bxe5 5. b7+ Kc7 6. Ra8 Kxb7 7. Bf3+ Kb6 8. Rxa2 Rh2+ 9. Bg2 1/2-1/2
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[Event "4.hm Moscow"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Hlinka=M Kekely=L"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2B5/1N6/k7/8/5b2/r6p/2K2B2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2017.11.02"] [SourceDate "2017.11.02"] 1. Nd5+ (1. Bxh2 $2 Ra1+ 2. Kc2 Rxf1 3. Nc4+ Kb5 4. Nd2 Rf2 5. Bg1 Rg2) (1. Nc4+ $2 Kb4 2. Bxh2 Ra1+) 1... Ka4 2. Nb6+ $1 Kb4 3. Bd6+ $1 (3. Bxh2 Rxh2) 3... Kc3 4. Be5+ Kb4 5. Bd6+ Ka5 6. Nc4+ $1 Ka4 7. Nb6+ Kb3 8. Bc4+ Kc3 9. Be5+ Kb4 10. Bd6+ $1 (10. Bxh2 $2 Rxh2 11. Bd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5+ Kc4 13. Nb6+ (13. Ne3+ Kd3) 13... Kd3 14. Na4 Rc2+) 10... Ka5 11. Bxh2 $1 Rxh2 12. Nd5 $1 Ka4 13. Kb1 $1 (13. Nf6 Kb4 14. Bd5 Bxd5 15. Nxd5+ Kc4 16. Ne3+ Kd3) 13... Ka3 14. Kc1 $1 Ka4 15. Kb1 Rd2 16. Kc1 Rh2 17. Kb1 Rh5 18. Nc3+ $1 (18. Nf4 $2 Rh4 19. Nd3 Ka3 $1 20. Be6 Rd4 $1 21. Bf5 Rd5 22. Bh7 Rh5 $1 23. Bg8 Rh2 $1 24. Kc1 Bc6 $1 25. Bc4 (25. Kd1 Bb5) 25... Ba4 $1 26. Kb1 Rd2) 18... Kb4 19. Be2 $1 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 (20. Nxe2 Rh2 21. Nc1 Rd2 22. Na2+ Kb3 23. Nc1+ Ka3 24. Ka1 Rb2 25. Nd3 Rc2 26. Kb1) 1/2-1/2
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[Event ".c Moscow"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Slumstrup Nielsen=S"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7R/6kP/8/2K1p3/1r6/8/4p3/4b1B1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "2017.11.02"] [SourceDate "2017.11.02"] 1. Re8 Rh4 2. h8=Q+ (2. Rxe5 Bb4+ 3. Kd5 e1=Q) 2... Rxh8 3. Rxe5 Rh5 $1 4. Bd4 Bc3 $1 (4... Bf2 5. Kc4) (4... Rxe5+ 5. Bxe5+) 5. Bxc3 e1=Q 6. Rg5+ $1 (6. Bxe1 Rxe5+) 6... Kf7 7. Bxe1 1/2-1/2
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[Event "sp.c Moscow"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Zinar=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6K1/k7/p1P5/1P6/7p/8/PP6/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "9"] [EventDate "2017.11.02"] [SourceDate "2017.11.02"] 1. Kf7 $1 Kb6 (1... h3 2. Ke6 $2 (2. bxa6) (2. Ke7) 2... h2 3. c7 h1=Q 4. c8=Q Qh3+) 2. Ke6 $1 Kc7 3. Kd5 $1 h3 (3... axb5 4. Ke4) 4. b6+ $1 Kxb6 5. Kd6 1/2-1/2
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