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[Event "1st prize Paul Joita–80 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Pavel Arestov and Daniel Keith"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2N3B1/5K2/8/6rk/3p4/6P1/5N2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2018"] 1. g3+ $1 (1. Ne3 $2 d2 (1... Rf4+ 2. Ke5) 2. Ncd5 d1=Q 3. Nxd1 Rxg2 $10) 1... Kh5 $1 (1... Kh3 2. Bh6 $1 Rg8 (2... Kg2 3. Ne3+ {fork, +-}) 3. Kf7 Rc8 (3... Rh8 4. Bf4 Kg2 5. Nd2) 4. Bf4 $18) 2. Nd5 d2 3. Nde3 Rg5 $1 (3... Rg6+ 4. Kf7 Rd6 5. Bf6 $1 (5. Nd1 $2 Rd7+ $1 6. Kf6 Kg4 7. Bf8) 5... d1=Q 6. Nxd1 Rxd1 7. g4+ $1 Kxg4 8. Ne3+ {fork, +-}) 4. Kf7 $1 (4. Bf8 $2 d1=Q 5. Nxd1 Rf5+ $1 6. Kxf5 {stalemate}) (4. Bh8 $2 Rd5 $1 5. Nxd5 (5. Nd1 Rd8 $1 6. Bg7 Kg4) 5... d1=Q $10 {and Nf6+ or Bf6+ impossible}) (4. Nd1 $2 Rf5+ $1 5. Kxf5 {stalemate}) 4... Rf5+ $1 (4... Rd5 5. Nxd5 d1=Q 6. g4+ {(or 6.Nf6+)} Kg5 7. Bf6+ $18) (4... d1=Q 5. Nxd1 Rf5+ 6. Bf6 $1 Rxf1 7. g4+ $1 Kxg4 8. Ne3+ {fork, +-}) 5. Nxf5 $1 (5. Bf6 $2 Rxf1 $11) 5... d1=Q 6. g4+ $1 (6. N1e3 $2 Qd7+ $1 (6... Qb3+ $2 7. Kf6 $18) 7. Kf6 (7. Ne7 Qa7 $11) 7... Qd6+ $1 8. Nxd6 {- stalemate.}) 6... Qxg4 (6... Kxg4 7. N1e3+ {fork, +-.}) 7. N1g3+ Kg5 8. Bh6# {ideal mate.} 1-0
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[Event "2nd prize Paul Joita–80 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "David Gurgenidze and Martin Minski"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4r3/K7/1P1P2P1/1k1PB2P/8/1P1p4/4P3/5r2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2017"] 1. d7 Ra8+ $1 (1... Rd8 2. exd3 Rxd7+ 3. b7 $18) 2. Kxa8 Rf8+ 3. Ka7 d2 4. g7 Rg8 5. h6 (5. b7 $2 d1=Q 6. b8=Q+ Rxb8 7. Kxb8 Qxd5 $11) 5... d1=Q 6. h7 Ra8+ $1 {echo} 7. Kxa8 Qxd5+ 8. b7 Ka6 $1 {(9...Qxb7#)} 9. d8=N $1 Qxd8+ 10. b8=N+ $1 Kb6 11. g8=B $1 (11. g8=Q $2 Qd5+ $1 12. Qxd5 {stalemate}) 11... Qd2 (11... Qc8 12. Bd5 $18) 12. b4 $1 (12. Na6 $2 Qd8+ 13. Nb8 Qd2) 12... Qxe2 ({main} 12... Qxb4 13. Bc7+ $1 (13. Nd7+ $2 Kc6 14. Bd5+ Kxd7 15. h8=Q Qf8+ $1 16. Qxf8 {stalemate}) 13... Kxc7 14. Na6+ $18 {fork}) 13. Nd7+ Kc6 14. Bd5+ $1 Kxd7 15. h8=Q Qa6+ 16. Kb8 Qb6+ 17. Bb7 $18 1-0
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[Event "3rd prize Paul Joita-80 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Arestov=P"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6n1/8/P2n1PK1/k5P1/8/4R3/3b4/6r1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "14"] [EventDate "2018"] 1. Re5+ $1 (1. a7 $2 Rxg5+ $1 2. Kxg5 Bxe3+ 3. Kg6 Bxa7 $19) (1. Ra3+ $2 Kb4 2. a7 Rxg5+ $19) 1... Kxa6 2. f7 Ne7+ $1 (2... Nxf7 3. Kxf7 Bxg5 4. Re6+ $1 Kb7 5. Kxg8 $11) 3. Rxe7 Bxg5 (3... Rxg5+ 4. Kf6 Rf5+ 5. Kg6 $1 (5. Ke6 $2 Bb4 6. Rd7 Rf1 $19) (5. Kg7 $2 Bc3+ 6. Kg6 Rf6+ $19) 5... Bb4 6. Re6 Rf1 7. Rf6 Rxf6+ 8. Kxf6 Ne4+ 9. Kg7 Ng5 10. f8=N $1 $11) 4. Re1 $1 (4. Re6 $2 Be7+ $1 5. Kh7 Bf8 6. Re8 Rg7+ $19) 4... Rg3 $1 5. Kh5 $1 Nxf7 6. Re6+ $1 Kb7 (6... Kb5 7. Re5+ $1 Nxe5 $11) 7. Re7+ $1 Bxe7 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "4th prize Paul Joita-80 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Zhukov=A and Rusz=A and Arestov=P"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "qb2B3/2p5/p7/2R5/2P5/8/8/k4K2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2018"] 1. Bc6 $1 Qa7 2. Ra5+ Kb2 3. c5 Kc3 4. Ke2 $1 Kb4 5. Kd3 $1 Kxa5 6. Kc4 $1 Qxc5+ 7. Kxc5 Ba7+ 8. Kc4 $1 $11 (8. Kd5 $2 Kb4 $19) 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1st hm Paul Joita-80 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Rusz=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7n/p1p2p2/2B2R1p/P6P/P5b1/6Pp/2K2P1P/k2r4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2018"] 1. Bf3 $1 (1. Rf4 $2 Rd6 $11) (1. f3 $2 Rf1 $11) 1... Rd4 (1... Bxf3 2. Rxf3 Rh1 3. Ra3#) 2. Kc3 $1 Rxa4 3. Kb3 Bd7 4. Bc6 $1 Rd4 (4... Bxc6 5. Rxc6 Rxa5 6. Rc1#) 5. Kc3 $1 Rd1 6. Kc2 Bg4 (6... Rd4 7. Bxd7 Rxd7 8. Rf4 $18) 7. Rf4 Rd6 8. Ra4# 1-0
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[Event "2nd hm Paul Joita-80 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Avni=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k1B5/1p3P2/1Pp2nQN/8/p1P2Pp1/r5N1/6pK/3r4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2018"] 1. Ne2 (1. Kxg2 $2 Rd2+ 2. Kg1 Rxg3+ 3. Kf1 Rh3 $1 $11) 1... g1=Q+ 2. Nxg1 Rd2+ 3. Kh1 Raa2 4. Nxg4 Nxg4 5. Ne2 Rxe2 6. Qxg4 Rh2+ (6... Ra1+ 7. Qg1 Rxg1+ 8. Kxg1 $18) 7. Kg1 Rhd2 8. Qe2 $3 (8. Qf3 $2 Ra1+ 9. Qf1 Rxf1+ 10. Kxf1 Rd8 $19) 8... Rxe2 9. Bh3 Ra1+ 10. Bf1 $18 1-0
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[Event "3rd hm Paul Joita-80 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Hlinka=M and Garcia=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5K2/5N2/1P2P1k1/2P2r2/8/5P2/8/6b1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2018"] 1. b7 $1 Bh2 2. f4 $1 (2. Ke8 $2 Rxc5 3. e7 Rf5 $1 4. Nd6 Bxd6 5. Kd7 Bxe7 6. b8=Q Bg5 $11) (2. c6 $2 Rxf3 $11) 2... Bxf4 3. c6 Bb8 (3... Bg3 4. Ke8 Kg7 5. e7 Rxf7 6. Kd8 Bh4 7. b8=Q Rxe7 8. Qh2 $1 Bf6 9. Kc8 Be5 10. Qh4 $1 Kf7 11. Qh6 $1 Re8+ 12. Kb7 $18) 4. Ke8 (4. Ke7 Rd5 5. Ke8 Kf6 6. e7 Kg7) 4... Rd5 5. e7 Kg7 6. Ng5 $1 Kf6 (6... Rd6 7. Ne4 $1 Rd3 8. Nc3 $1 Rd2 9. Nb5 $18) 7. Kf8 Rxg5 (7... Re5 8. Nh7+ $1 Kf5 9. Kf7 $18) 8. c7 $1 (8. e8=N+ $2 Ke6 $1 9. c7 Rf5+ $1 10. Kg8 Rg5+ 11. Kf8 Rf5+ 12. Kg7 Rf7+ 13. Kg8 Rxc7 $11) 8... Bxc7 9. e8=N+ $1 (9. e8=Q $4 Bd6+ $19) 9... Kg6 10. Nxc7 Kh7 11. Ke7 Rg7+ 12. Kd8 Rg8+ 13. Ne8 $18 1-0
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[Event "commendation Paul Joita-80 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Arestov=P and Tarasiuk=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1N2k3/8/7P/8/8/3K4/b3P3/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2018"] 1. Ke4 Kf7 2. Kf5 Bc4 $1 (2... Bb1+ 3. Kg5 Bc2 4. Nd7 $18) 3. Nc6 $1 (3. e3 $6 Bd3+ $1 4. Kg5 Bb5 $1 5. e4 Bd3 $1 6. e5 Ke6 7. Nc6 Bb1 $1 8. Kf4 Kf7 9. Kg5 Ke6 10. Kh5 Be4 $1 11. Kg5 Bb1 $11) 3... Bxe2 4. Ne5+ Kf8 $1 5. Kf6 $1 (5. Kg6 $2 Bd1 6. h7 Bc2+ $11) 5... Kg8 6. Kg6 Bd1 7. h7+ Kh8 8. Nf7# 1-0
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[Event "commendation Paul Joita-80 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Buyannemekh=B and Garcia=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4R3/8/K6b/1P1P2r1/n2p4/k2B1P2/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "16"] [EventDate "2018"] 1. b6 $1 Rxd5 (1... Kb4 2. b7 Nc5+ 3. Kb6 $1 (3. Ka7 $2 Rg7 $19) 3... Nxb7 4. Kxb7 $11) 2. b7 Bf4 3. b8=Q $1 Bxb8 4. Rxb8 Nc5+ 5. Kb5 Nxd3+ 6. Kc4 Nf4 7. Rb3+ Ka4 (7... Ka2 8. Rd3 $1 Ra5 9. Rd2+ $1 (9. Rxd4 $2 Ra4+ $19) 9... Ka3 10. Kxd4 $1 $11) 8. Ra3+ $1 (8. Rd3 $2 Rb5 $1 (8... Rd8 $2 9. Rd2 $1 (9. Rxd4 $2 Rc8#) (9. Rd1 $2 Rc8+ 10. Kxd4 Rd8+ $19)) 9. Rxd4 Rb4+ 10. Kc3 (10. Kc5 Ne6+ $19) 10... Ne2+ $19) 8... Kxa3 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "commendation Paul Joita-80 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Hlinka=M Kekely=L"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1K2k3/8/6N1/8/8/3Bp2P/q7/2B5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2018"] 1. Bb5+ Kd8 (1... Kf7 2. Bc4+ Qxc4 3. Ne5+ $18) 2. Bxe3 Qh2+ 3. Bf4 Qg3 $1 4. h4 $1 (4. Bxg3 $2 $11) 4... Qh2 $1 (4... Qxg6 5. Bg5+ $18) 5. Be5 $1 (5. h5 $2 Qg3 $1 6. Be5 Qc3 $1 7. Bxc3 $11) 5... Qg3 6. Nf4 $1 Qg6 $1 (6... Qxh4 7. Bc7+ Ke7 8. Ng6+ $18) (6... Ke7 7. Nd5+ $18) 7. Bc7+ $1 (7. Nxg6 $2 $11) 7... Ke7 8. Nxg6+ $18 1-0
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