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Studies Awarded for the magazine tournament

StrateGems 2017.

[Event "StrateGems 2017; I-III prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Peter Krug (Austria)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1q2brk1/4b1p1/1r4B1/p3N3/5P1N/2pP1R2/6P1/4Q2K w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 
 1. Rh3 $1 Bd7 $1 (1... Rxf4 2. Bh7+ $1 Kf8 3. Nhg6+ Bxg6 4. Nxg6+ Kf7 5. Qxe7#) (1... Qc8 2. Nf5 Rxf5 (2... Qxf5 3. Bxf5 Rxf5 4. Qe4 Rh5 5. Rxh5 Bxh5 6. Qc4+) 3. Bh7+ Kf8 4. Bxf5 Qxf5 5. Rh8#) 2. Bh7+ $1 (2. f5 Bg5) 2... Kxh7 3. Qe4+ $1 ( 3. Nf5+ $6 Rh6 4. Nxh6 Bxh3) 3... Kg8 4. Qc4+ (4. Qd5+) 4... Kh7 (4... Be6 5. Nhg6 $1) 5. Qe6 $3 (5. Nxd7 $6 Rb1+ $1 6. Kh2 Qxf4+ 7. g3 Qh6 $1 8. Qe4+ Kg8 9. Nxf8 Bxf8 10. Qc4+ Kh7) 5... Rb1+ (5... Rxf4 6. Nhf3+ Bh4 7. Ng5+ Kh8 8. Ng6#) (5... Bxe6 6. Nhg6+ Kg8 7. Rh8#) 6. Kh2 Rh1+ $1 (6... Bxe6 7. Nf5+ Kg8 8. Nxe7# ) 7. Kxh1 Qb1+ 8. Kh2 Qg1+ $1 9. Kxg1 Bc5+ 10. d4 $1 (10. Kh2 Bxe6 $11) 10... Bxe6 11. f5 $1 (11. Nf5+ $6 Kg8 12. dxc5 Rxf5 13. Rxc3 Rxf4) 11... Bxd4+ 12. Kh1 Bxe5 (12... g5 13. Nhf3+ Kg8 14. Nxd4 c2 15. Rc3 Bxf5 16. Kh2 $18) (12... g6 13. Nhf3+ Kg7 14. Nxd4 Bxf5 15. Rxc3 $18) 13. Ng6+ Kg8 14. Rh8+ Kf7 15. Rxf8# 1-0

[Event "StrateGems 2017; I-III prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "David Gurgenidze (Georgia) and Martin Minski (Germany)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/P1Pn2K1/2k5/8/5R2/6B1/2r5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 
 1. c7 $1 (1. a7 $6 Ra1 2. c7 Rxa7 $11) (1. Ra3 $6 Rg1 2. Ra2 Nb5 3. Kf6 Kb6 $11 ) 1... Rc2 (1... Rg1 2. Rf2 Kb6 3. Kh6 $3 (3. Kh5 $6 Ra1 $1 4. Rc2 Ra5+ $1 5. Kg4 Kxa6 6. Rc6+ Kb7 $1 $11) 3... Ra1 (3... Kxa6 4. Rf6 Ka7 $1 (4... Rxg2 5. c8=Q+) 5. Rxd6 Rh1+ $1 6. Kg5 $18) (3... Rc1 4. Rf6 $1 Kxc7 5. a7 $18) (3... Nc8 4. Bb7 $18) (3... Kxc7 4. a7 $18) 4. Rc2 $1 Kxa6 (4... Rxa6 5. Rc6+ Ka7 6. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6+ 7. Kh5 $18) (4... Nc8 5. Bb7 $18) 5. Rc6+ Ka7 $1 6. Rxd6 Rh1+ $1 7. Kg5 Rh5+ 8. Kf4 Rf5+ 9. Ke3 Rf3+ (9... Re5+ 10. Be4 $18) 10. Kxf3 $18) 2. Bh1 $3 (2. Bh3 $6 Kb6 $1 3. Rf6 Kxc7 $11) (2. Bf1 $6 Kb6 $1 3. Rf6 Kxc7 $11) ( 2. a7 $6 Rxg2+ $11) 2... Rc1 3. a7 Ra1 4. Rf5+ $1 (4. a8=Q $6 Rxa8 5. Rc3+ Kd4 $11) (4. Bg2 $6 Rxa7 $11) (4. c8=Q+ $6 Nxc8 5. Rf5+ Kd4 $1 6. a8=Q Rxa8 7. Bxa8 Ne7+) 4... Kb6 5. c8=Q $1 (5. a8=Q $6 Rxa8 6. c8=Q Rxc8 $1 $11) 5... Nxc8 6. a8=N+ $1 (6. a8=Q $6 Ne7+ $1 7. Kf7 Rxa8 8. Rf6+ Nc6 $1 $11) 6... Rxa8 (6... Ka7 7. Rf7+ Kb8 8. Rb7+ $1 Kxa8 9. Rb1+ $18) (6... Ka6 7. Nc7+ Kb6 8. Nd5+ $18) 7. Rf6+ Ka7 8. Rf7+ Kb8 9. Rb7# 1-0

[Event "StrateGems 2017; I-III prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Pavel Arestov (Russia) and Anatoly Skripnik (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2bB4/4R3/1P2P2R/1N6/k7/5q2/7K/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2017"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 
 1. Nc3+ $1 (1. Ra7+ $6 Kb4 $1 2. Rh4+ Kxb5 3. Ra5+ Kc6 4. Rc4+ Kd6 $11) 1... Qxc3 (1... Kb3 2. Rf7 $18) 2. Ra7+ (2. Rh4+ $6 Kb5 3. Rh5+ Kb4 4. Rh4+ Kb5 5. Rh5+ Kb4 6. b7 Qd2+ $11) 2... Ba6 $1 (2... Kb4 3. Rh4+ Kb5 4. Rh5+ Kb4 5. Be7+ $18) 3. Rxa6+ (3. Rh4+ $6 Kb3 4. Rh3 Bd3 5. Rf7 Qd2+ 6. Kg3 Qe1+ 7. Kg2 Kc4 8. Rf4+ Be4+ 9. Rhf3 Kd5 $11) (3. Rf6 $6 Qd2+ 4. Kg3 Qxd8 $11) 3... Kb5 4. Ra5+ $1 (4. Ra2 $6 Qe5+ 5. Kg2 Qe4+ 6. Kf2 Qf4+ $11) (4. e7 $6 Qe5+ 5. Kh3 Kxa6 $11) 4... Kxa5 (4... Qxa5 5. Rh5+ $18) 5. b7+ Ka6 $1 (5... Ka4 6. Rh4+ $1 Ka3 7. Rh3 $18) 6. e7+ $1 (6. b8=Q $6 Qh3+ $1 7. Kxh3) 6... Kxb7 7. Rb6+ $1 (7. e8=Q $6 Qd2+ $1 8. Kg3 Qxh6 $11) 7... Kc8 $1 (7... Ka7 8. e8=Q $18) 8. e8=R $3 (8. e8=Q $6 Qg3+ $1 9. Kxg3) 8... Qc2+ 9. Kg3 $1 (9. Kh3 $6 Qf5+ $11) 9... Kd7 10. Rbe6 $1 Qb3+ (10... Qc3+ 11. Kg4 Qc4+ 12. Re4 $18) 11. Re3 $1 $18 1-0

[Event "StrateGems 2017; special prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Lubos Kekely (Slovakia) and Michal Hlinka (Slovakia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2N5/8/1bP5/6K1/4bp2/3kN3/2R2p2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 
 1. Rc3+ $1 (1. Rxf2 $2 fxe3 2. Ra2 e2 3. Ra3+ Kd2 4. Ra2+ Bc2 5. Ra1 Bd8+ 6. Kf4 Bc7+ 7. Kg5 Bd1 8. Ra2+ Ke3 9. Rxe2+ Bxe2 $1 $19) 1... Kxc3 2. Nd1+ Kd3 ( 2... Kd4 3. Nxf2 Bd8+ 4. Kg4 $1 (4. Kxf4 $2 Bxc6 5. Ng4 Bc7+ 6. Kg5 Bd7 7. Na7 Kc5 $19) 4... Bxc6 (4... Bd5 5. Na7 Bc4 6. Kxf4 $11) (4... Bg2 5. Nd6 Bxc6 6. Nf5+ Ke5 7. Nd3+ $11) 5. Kxf4 Bb7 (5... Bc7+ 6. Kg5 $11) (5... Kd5 6. Ne4 $11) (5... Bd7 6. Nd6 Bc7 7. Nfe4 $11) 6. Na7 (6. Nd6 $2 Bc7 $19) 6... Bc7+ (6... Kc5 7. Ne4+ Kb6 8. Nb5 $1 Kxb5 9. Nd6+ $11) 7. Kf5 (7. Kg4 $2 Kc5 $19) 7... Kc5 8. Ne4+ Kb4 (8... Kb6 9. Nc3 Kxa7 10. Nb5+ $11) 9. Nc3 $1 Kxc3 10. Nb5+ Kc4 11. Nxc7 $11) 3. Nxf2+ Bxf2 4. c7 Bb7 5. Nd6 Bb6 6. Nxb7 Bxc7 7. Nc5+ (7. Kg4 Ke3 $19) 7... Ke3 8. Kf5 $1 f3 9. Ne4 Bd8 (9... Ba5 10. Nf6 f2 11. Ng4+) 10. Nc3 ( 10. Ke5 $2 Bb6 $1 11. Kf5 Bd4 $19) 10... f2 11. Nd1+ Ke2 12. Nxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "StrateGems 2017; honorable mention"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Richard Becker (USA)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4K2N/B1kP4/P7/8/8/8/b7/3r3B w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 
 1. Bf2 $1 ({Thematic try} 1. Be3 $2 Rxd7 2. Bf4+ Kc8 3. Bf3 (3. Be4 {(g2)} Rd8+ 4. Ke7 Rd7+ 5. Kf8 Rd8+ 6. Kg7 Rd7+ 7. Kh6 Bc4 8. Bf5 {(h3)} Bxa6 9. Nf7 Be2 $1 10. Bg3 Bd1 $11) 3... Bc4 {(d5)} 4. Bg4 Be6 $1 5. a7 (5. Bxe6) 5... Rd8+ 6. Ke7 Kb7 $1 7. Kxe6 (7. Kxd8 Bxg4 8. Be3 Bh5 $1 $11) 7... Rxh8 8. Be3 Re8+ $11) 1... Rxd7 2. Bg3+ (2. a7 $6 Rd8+ 3. Ke7 Rxh8 $11) 2... Kc8 3. Bf3 $1 Rd8+ (3... Bc4 {(d5)} 4. Bg4 Be6 $1 5. a7 Rd8+ 6. Ke7 Kb7 7. Kxe6 $1 Rxh8 8. Bf2 Rf8 9. Bc5 $18) 4. Ke7 Rd7+ 5. Kf8 $1 ({Thematic try} 5. Kf6 $6 Bc4 6. Bg4 Bxa6 7. Nf7 Bf1 $1 8. Kg5 (8. Kg7 Bb5 $1 9. Kf8 Kb7 $11) (8. Kg6 Bd3+ 9. Kh5 Bc2 $11) 8... Bb5 $1 9. Nd6+ Kd8 10. Nxb5 Rd5+ $11) 5... Rd8+ 6. Kg7 Rd7+ (6... Rg8+ 7. Kh7 Rxg3 8. a7 $18) 7. Kh6 Bc4 8. Bg4 Bxa6 9. Nf7 Bf1 10. Kh5 Ba6 11. Kh4 Bf1 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Kg3 Bf1 14. Kf2 Ba6 15. Bg3 Bd3 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Ne5+ $18 1-0

[Event "StrateGems 2017; commendation"] [Site ""] [Date "2017"] [Round ""] [White "Daniel Keith (France) and Pavel Arestov  (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7K/8/1r6/8/P7/8/6B1/B3k3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2017"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 
 1. a5 $1 (1. Bc3+ $6 Ke2 $1 2. a5 Rd6 $1 3. Be5 (3. Bb7 Rd8+ 4. Kg7 Rd7+ $11) 3... Re6 4. Bc3 (4. Bc7 Re8+ 5. Kg7 Re7+ $11) (4. Bd4 Rh6+ 5. Kg7 Rh4 6. Bb6 Rg4+ $11) 4... Rd6 $1 5. Kg7 Rd3 $1 6. Be5 (6. Bb4 Rg3+) 6... Ra3 $1 7. Bc7 Rc3 8. Bd6 (8. Bb6 Rg3+ $11) 8... Rd3 9. Be5 Ra3 {positional draw}) 1... Rb5 (1... Rh6+ 2. Kg7 $18) (1... Rb8+ 2. Kh7 Kf2 3. Bc6 $18) 2. Bc3+ $1 (2. a6 $6 Rh5+ $1 3. Kg7 Rg5+ $11) 2... Kd1 $1 (2... Ke2 3. a6 Rh5+ 4. Kg7 Rg5+ 5. Kf7 Rxg2 6. a7 $18) (2... Kf2 3. Bc6 $1 Rc5 4. Bd4+ $18) 3. Bc6 $1 (3. a6 $6 Rh5+ $1 4. Kg7 Rg5+ 5. Kf7 Rxg2 6. a7 Ra2 $11) 3... Rc5 4. Ba4+ (4. Bf3+ $6 Kc2 5. Bb4 Rb5 6. Be1 Re5 $11) 4... Kc1 5. Bb4 Rc4 6. Ba3+ Kb1 7. Bd7 $1 (7. Be8 $6 Rc8 $11) (7. Bb5 $6 Rh4+ $1 8. Kg7 Rh5 $11) 7... Rd4 8. Bf5+ (8. Bc6 $6 Rc4 9. Bb5 Rh4+ 10. Kg7 Rh5 $11) 8... Ka2 9. Bc5 $1 (9. Be7 $6 Ra4 10. Bd8 Kb3 11. Bc8 Re4 12. a6 Re8+ $11) 9... Ra4 (9... Rd5 10. Be6 $18) 10. Bb6 Kb3 11. Bd3 $1 (11. Kg7 Kb4 $11) 11... Kc3 (11... Kb4 12. a6 Kc3 13. Bf1 $18) 12. Bb5 $1 (12. Bf1 $6 Rf4 13. Be2 Re4 14. Bb5 Kb4 $1 $11) 12... Rb4 (12... Kb4 13. Bxa4 $18) 13. a6 $1 ( 13. Bf1 $6 Rf4 14. Be2 Re4 $11) 13... Rxb5 14. a7 Rxb6 15. a8=Q 1-0