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Studies awarded for the Hillel Aloni Memorial Tournament 2017.

Aloni, Hillel 1937-2017

By the way a cook has been found in second prize...

[Event "1st Prize H. Aloni MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2017.01.12"] [Round ""] [White "Steffen Nielsen & Martin Minski"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "r6k/q1p3p1/6P1/nRP4P/3p3R/2b2Pp1/6P1/1Q5K w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 
 1.Qf5 ( 1.h6 { ? } 1...Nc4 2.hxg7+ Kxg7 3.Rh7+ Kg8 4.Qf5 Qa1+ 5.Rb1 Qxb1+ 6.Qxb1 d3 { ± } ) 1...Nc4 ( 1...Nc6 2.h6 ( 2.Rf4 { [%t Shrt] ? eg } 2...Ne7 ) 2...Qa1+ 3.Rb1 Qxb1+ 4.Qxb1 Ra1 5.hxg7+ Kxg7 6.Rh7+ Kg8 7.Qxa1 Bxa1 8.Rxc7 { +?- } ) ( 1...Nb3 2.Rxb3 Qxc5 { [%t Shrt] eg } 3.Qe4 Qd5 4.Rb1 { +?- } ) 2.Rf4 ( 2.h6 { ? } 2...Qa1+ 3.Rb1 Qxb1+ 4.Qxb1 { = } 4...Ra1 5.hxg7+ Kxg7 6.Rh7+ Kg8 7.Qxa1 Bxa1 8.Rxc7 d3 { = } ) ( 2.Rb1 { ? } 2...Qa2 ( 2...Ne3 ) 3.h6 Qxg2+ ) 2...Qxc5 3.Ra5 ( 3.Rxc5 { ? } 3...Ra1+ ) ( 3.Qxc5 { ? } 3...Ra1+ ) 3...Re8 ( 3...Bxa5 4.Qxc5 ) ( 3...Nxa5 4.Qxc5 ) ( 3...Qxa5 4.Qf8+ ) ( 3...Rxa5 4.Qf8+ ( 4.Qc8+ ) ) 4.Qe4 ( 4.Re4 { ? } 4...Rb8 ( 4...Qf8 ) ) ( 4.Rxc5 { ? } 4...Re1# ) ( 4.Qxc5 { ? } 4...Re1# ) 4...Qc6 ( 4...Rxe4 5.Ra8+ ) 5.Qe7 ( 5.Raf5 { ? } 5...Bb4 6.Rf8+ Bxf8 7.Rxf8+ Rxf8 8.Qxc6 Rb8 { [%t Shrt] eg } 9.Qe4 Nd2 ) ( 5.Qxc6 { ? } 5...Re1# ) ( 5.Rf8+ { ? } 5...Rxf8 6.Qxc6 Nxa5 ( 6...Bxa5 ) ) 5...Bb4 ( 5...Rxe7 6.Rf8# ) ( 5...Rg8 6.h6 ( 6.Rf8 ) ) ( 5...Kg8 6.Qf7+ ( 6.Raf5 ) ) 6.Qxb4 Qd6 ( 6...Nd6 7.Ra1 ) 7.Re4 Qxb4 8.Rxe8+ { +?- } 1-0

Harold van der Heijden found a cook in the above study. Only his variations in text here.

1…Qxh1+ 2.Kd2 Qh6+ 3.Kc2 Qg6+ 4.Kc1 and now 4…Qg5+! If 5.Kd1 Ba6 (or also 5…Bxd7 6.cxd7 Qd8 7.Kc2 Qxd7 8.Sd4 Ka3!) 6.c7 Bxe2+ 7.Kxe2 Qg4+ and 8.Qxd7.

And if 5.Kc2 Qf5+ (also 5…Ba6) 6.Kd2 Bxd7 7.cxd6 Qxd7 8.Bb2 Qxd6+ 9.Sd4 Kc4 10.Kc2 Qg6+.

Correction below: