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Studies awarded for the Uralski Problemist 25 Jubilee tournament 2018:
[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; I-II prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Oleg Pervakov (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3K2R1/3Pp3/2k5/8/3P4/7p/b1PR2p1/4r3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2018.09.23"] [SourceDate "2018.09.23"] 1. c4 $3 (1. d5+ $6 Bxd5 2. Rxd5 h2 3. Kc8 Ra1 $1 4. Rg6+ e6 $1 5. Rd6+ $1 (5. Rxe6+ Kxd5 6. Ra6 $1 Rxa6 7. d8=Q+ Ke4 $1 8. Qh4+ Kf3 $11) 5... Kc5 6. Rg5+ e5 $1 7. Rd5+ $1 (7. Rxe5+ $6 Kxd6 8. Ra5 $1 Rxa5 9. d8=Q+ Ke6 10. Qg8+ Ke5 11. Qxg2 Rc5+ 12. Kd7 Rxc2 $1 $11) 7... Kc4 8. Rg4+ e4 $1 9. Rd4+ $1 Kc3 10. Rg3+ e3 $1 11. Rd3+ Kb2 $1 $11) 1... Bxc4 2. d5+ $1 (2. Rc2 $6 g1=Q 3. Rxg1 Rxg1 4. Rxc4+ Kd5 5. Rc5+ Kxd4 6. Rc1 $1 Rxc1 7. Ke8 Ke4 8. d8=Q h2 9. Qxe7+ Kf3 $11) 2... Bxd5 3. Rxd5 h2 $1 (3... Kxd5 4. Ke8) 4. Kc8 $1 Ra1 $1 5. Rg6+ e6 $1 6. Rd6+ $1 (6. Rxe6+ $6 Kxd5 7. d8=Q+ Kxe6 $11) 6... Kc5 7. Rg5+ e5 $1 8. Rd5+ $1 (8. Rxg2 $6 Ra8+ 9. Kc7 h1=Q 10. Rc2+ Kb4 $1 11. Rb6+ Ka3 $11) 8... Kc4 9. Rg4+ e4 $1 10. Rd4+ $1 (10. Rxg2 $6 h1=Q 11. Rc2+ Kb3 $1 $11) 10... Kc3 11. Rg3+ e3 $1 12. Rd3+ $1 Kc4 $1 (12... Kc2 13. Rxg2+) 13. Rg4+ Kxd3 14. d8=Q+ Ke2 15. Rxg2+ Kf1 16. Qd5 $1 h1=Q 17. Qf3+ $18 1-0
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; I-II prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Alexey Sochnev (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5R2/3rP3/3p4/5N2/4k2q/1K1np3/p5p1/5N2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1. e8=Q+ Ne5 2. Qa8+ d5 3. Nxh4 a1=N+ $1 (3... g1=Q 4. Qa4+ $1 d4 5. Qa8+ Kd3 6. Ng2 $1 a1=N+ $1 7. Kb2 $1 Nc4+ 8. Kb1 $1 Kc3 9. Qxa1+ Kb4 10. Ne1 $1 Qg6+ 11. Nc2+) 4. Qxa1 Rb7+ $1 5. Kc2 $3 (5. Kc3 $6 d4+ $1 6. Kc2 Rc7+ $1 7. Kd1 g1=Q 8. Rf4+ $1 Kxf4 9. Qxd4+ Kg5 10. Qxe5+ Kxh4 11. Qh8+ Kg4 12. Qg8+ Kf3 13. Qxg1 e2+ 14. Kd2 Rd7+ $1 $11) 5... Rc7+ 6. Kd1 g1=Q 7. Rf4+ $1 (7. Qxe5+ $6 Kxe5 8. Nf3+ Ke6 9. Nxg1 Rf7 $1 10. Rxf7 Kxf7 $11) 7... Kxf4 8. Qd4+ Kg5 9. Qxe5+ Kg4 10. Qe6+ Kh5 11. Qe8+ $1 Kxh4 12. Qh8+ Kg4 13. Qg8+ Kf3 14. Qxg1 e2+ 15. Kd2 $1 Rc2+ $1 16. Kd3 $3 (16. Kxc2 $6 e1=Q 17. Nd2+ Ke2 18. Qg4+ Kf2 19. Qh4+ Ke2 20. Qh5+ Kf2 21. Qh2+ Ke3 {zz} 22. Qe5+ Kf2 23. Qh2+ Ke3 $11) 16... Rc3+ $1 17. Kxc3 $1 e1=Q+ 18. Nd2+ $1 Ke2 19. Qg4+ Kf2 20. Qh4+ Ke2 21. Qh5+ Kf2 22. Qh2+ Ke3 23. Kc2 $1 {zz} d4 (23... Qf2 24. Qe5#) 24. Nc4+ Kf3 25. Ne5+ Ke4 26. Qh7+ Ke3 (26... Kxe5 27. Qe7+) 27. Qh6+ Ke4 28. Qc6+ Kf5 29. Qg6+ Kxe5 30. Qe8+ 1-0
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; III-IV prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Sergey Didukh (Ukraine)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7K/8/7n/2P5/1P3R2/2pr3P/8/5N1k w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1. c6 $1 (1. Kg7 $6 Nf5+ $1 2. Kf6 c2 3. Rc4 Nd4 $11) 1... Nf7+ $1 (1... Rxh3 2. Kg7 c2 3. Rc4 Nf5+ 4. Kf6 Rf3 5. Ke5 $1 Rxf1 6. Rxc2 Ne7 7. Kd6 $18) 2. Rxf7 c2 (2... Rxh3+ 3. Rh7 Rxh7+ 4. Kxh7 c2 5. Ng3+ Kg2 6. Ne2 $18) 3. Ne3 $3 (3. Ng3+ $2 Rxg3 4. Rf1+ Rg1 $19) (3. Nd2 $6 Rxh3+ 4. Kg8 Rg3+ $1 5. Kf8 c1=Q 6. Rf1+ Qxf1+ 7. Nxf1 Rb3 $1 8. Nd2 Rb2 $1 {zz} 9. Ke8 Rxb4 10. c7 Rh4 $11) 3... c1=Q (3... Rxe3 4. Rf1+ Kg2 5. Rc1 Rc3 6. b5 $18) 4. Rf1+ Qxf1 5. Nxf1 Rxh3+ ( 5... Rb3 6. Nd2 Rb2 7. Kg8 $1 Rxd2 8. b5 Rc2 9. Kf7 Rc5 10. Ke6 Rxb5 11. c7 Rc5 12. Kd7 $1 $18) (5... Rd8+ 6. Kg7 Rb8 7. Ne3 $1 Rxb4 8. c7 Rb7 9. Nd5 $18) 6. Kg8 $1 Rb3 7. Nd2 Rb2 $1 8. Kf8 $1 {zz} Kg1 (8... Kg2 9. Nc4 $1 Rxb4 10. Ne3+ Kf3 11. c7 Rh4 12. Kg7 $18) 9. Ke8 $1 (9. Nf3+ $6 Kf2 10. Ne5 Ke2 $1 11. Ke8 Rxb4 12. c7 Rh4 $11) 9... Rxb4 10. c7 Rh4 11. Nf3+ $18 1-0
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; III-IV prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Alexey Popov (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1nk5/1N1p4/5B2/R6p/p7/P1N5/2PP1q2/3K4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1. Nd6+ Kc7 2. Rc5+ $3 Qxc5 (2... Kxd6 3. Ne4+ $18) (2... Nc6 3. Ncb5+ $1 Kb6 { (b8)} 4. Rf5 Qg1+ 5. Ke2 $18) 3. d4 Qc6 (3... Qxd6 4. Nb5+ Kc6 5. Nxd6 Kxd6 6. Be5+) (3... Qxc3 4. Nb5+) 4. d5 (4. Ncb5+ $6 Kb6 5. Bd8+ Ka6 6. Nc7+ Ka7 7. Ncb5+ $11) 4... Qa6 (4... Qxd6 5. Nb5+) (4... Qa8 5. Ncb5+ Kb6 6. Bd4+ Ka5 7. Nc7) 5. Ncb5+ Kb6 6. Bd4+ $1 (6. c4 $6 Nc6 $1 7. Bh4 Ne5 8. Bf2+ Ka5 $11) (6. Bd8+ $6 Kc5 7. c4 Qxd6 $1 8. Nxd6 Kxd6 $11) 6... Ka5 7. c4 $1 Nc6 $1 8. Bc3+ Kb6 9. Bb4 $1 Nxb4 (9... Nd4 10. c5#) 10. axb4 Qa8 (10... a3 11. c5#) 11. c5+ Ka6 12. Nc7+ 1-0
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; V-VI prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Pavel Arestov (Russia)"] [Black "Alexander Zhukov (Russia)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/2P1K3/k1p5/Pq6/3P4/3N1B2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1. Nc4+ (1. c7 $2 Kb6 2. c8=Q Qg4+ $19) 1... Ka6 (1... Kxa4 2. c7 Qb7 3. Kd7 Qd5+ 4. Nd6 $18) 2. c7 Kb7 3. Be1 $3 (3. Bg3 $6 Qb3 4. Kd7 Qxa4+ 5. Kd8 Qa8+ $11) (3. Kd7 $2 Qxa4+ 4. Kd8 Qa8+ $19) 3... Qb3 (3... Qxe1+ 4. Kd7 Ka7 5. Nd6 $18) (3... Qxa4 4. c8=Q+ $1 Kxc8 5. Nb6+ $18) 4. Ba5 $1 Qxd3 (4... Kc8 5. Ke7 Qxd3 6. Nd6+ $18) (4... Ka7 5. Bb6+ $1 (5. c8=Q $6 Qxc4+ $1) 5... Kb7 6. a5 Qa2 7. Kd7 $18) 5. Nd6+ Ka6 6. c8=Q+ Kxa5 7. Nb7+ $1 (7. Qa8+ $6 Kb4 8. Qc6 Qb3+ 9. Ke7 Qxa4 $11) 7... Kb6 (7... Kxa4 8. Nxc5+ $18) (7... Kb4 8. Qxc5+ Kxa4 9. Qa5+ Kb3 10. Nc5+ $18) 8. a5+ $1 Ka7 9. Nd6 $1 Qh3+ 10. Nf5 Qb3+ 11. Ke7 $18 1-0
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; V-VI prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Mirko Miljanic (Serbia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3q4/Pr1N4/2R5/1k2N3/8/8/PPK1n3/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1. Rc5+ Ka6 (1... Ka4 2. Rc4+ Kb5 3. a4+ Ka6 4. Nc5+ Kb6 5. a5+ $1 Kb5 6. Nxb7 $18) 2. Nb8+ $1 (2. Ra5+ $6 Kxa5 3. Nc6+ Kb5 4. Nxd8 Rxa7 $11) 2... Rxb8 (2... Qxb8 3. axb8=Q Rxb8 4. Ra5+ $1 Kxa5 5. Nc6+ $18) 3. Ra5+ $1 (3. axb8=Q $6 Nd4+ $1 4. Kd3 Qxb8 $11) 3... Kxa5 4. Nc6+ Ka4 (4... Ka6 5. axb8=N+ $18 (5. axb8=Q $6 Nd4+ $1 6. Kc3 Nxc6 $11)) 5. axb8=Q Nd4+ $1 6. Nxd4 $3 Qxb8 (6... Qxd4 7. Qb3+ Ka5 8. Qc3+ $18) 7. b3+ Ka3 (7... Ka5 {(b4)} 8. Nc6+) 8. Kb1 $1 Qg3 (8... Kb4 9. Nc6+) 9. Nc2# 1-0
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; special prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Yuri Bazlov (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/4pK2/8/4k3/4r3/5P2/2pB4/3R4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1. Rc1 $1 Re2 $1 2. Rxc2 Kf5 $1 3. Rc5+ e5 $1 4. Rd5 $1 (4. Bc1 $6 Re3 $1 5. f4 $1 (5. Bxe3 $6 $11) 5... Re1 $1 {zz} 6. Ke7 Rxc1 $1 7. Rxc1 exf4 8. Rf1 Ke5 $1 {zz} (8... Ke4 $6 9. Kf6 $1 $18) 9. Kf7 Kf5 {zz} 10. Kg7 Kg5 $11 {zz}) 4... Re3 $1 5. f4 $1 (5. Bxe3 $6 $11) 5... Re2 6. Bc1 $1 (6. Ke7 $6 Rxd2 $1 7. Rxd2 exf4 $1 (7... Kxf4 $2 8. Rf2+ $1 Ke3 9. Rf5 $1 e4 10. Ke6 Kd3 11. Rd5+ $1 Kc3 12. Re5 Kd3 13. Kf5 $1 $18) 8. Kd6 Ke4 $1 $11) 6... Re1 7. Rc5 $1 Re2 (7... Rxc1 8. Rxc1 exf4 9. Rf1 $1 {zz} Kg5 (9... Ke5 10. Kg6 $18) 10. Ke6 $18) 8. Ke7 $1 Re1 $1 9. Bd2 $1 (9. Kd6 $6 Rd1+ $1 10. Kc6 Re1 11. Kd6 Rd1+ 12. Ke7 Rxc1 $1 13. Rxc1 exf4 14. Rf1 Ke5 $1 $11) 9... Re2 $1 10. Ra5 $3 (10. Rb5 $6 Rxd2 11. fxe5 Ra2 $1 12. e6+ Kg6 $1 $11) 10... Rxd2 11. fxe5 Rb2 12. e6+ $18 1-0
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; 1st hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Luis Miguel Gonzalez (Spain)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4nnkq/6N1/7B/5K2/B5P1/8/2p5/5R2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1. Bb3+ Kh7 $1 (1... Ne6 $5 2. Bxe6+ Kh7 3. Nxe8 Qxe8 4. Rh1 $1 Qg6+ 5. Ke5 Qxh6 6. Bf5+ Kg7 7. Rxh6 $11) 2. Bxc2 $1 (2. Nxe8 $2 Nd7 $1 3. Re1 c1=Q $1 4. Bxc1 Qf8+ 5. Kg5 Qc5+ $1 6. Bd5 $1 Qxd5+ 7. Kh4 Kg6 $1 8. Bf4 Nc5 $1 9. Re5 { (Ã¥7)} Qh1+ 10. Kg3 Ne4+ 11. Rxe4 Qxe4 $19) 2... Nxg7+ 3. Kg5+ Kg8 4. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 5. Kg6 $1 Qg8 6. Bf5 $1 Qf7+ 7. Kh7 $1 Qc7 8. Bg6 $1 Qc3 $1 9. Bh5 $1 (9. Kh8 $2 Ke7 $1 10. Bxg7 Qc8+ $1 11. Kh7 Qxg4 $19) 9... Qf6 10. Bg6 Qd4 $1 11. Bh5 $1 (11. Bf5 $2 Kf7 $1 12. Bg6+ Ke7 13. Bxg7 Qxg4 $19) 11... Qd7 $1 12. Kh8 $1 (12. g5 $2 Qf5+ $1 13. Bg6 Qe5 14. Bh5 Ke7 15. Bxg7 Qxg5 $19) 12... Qd4 13. Kh7 Qf6 14. Bg6 Qc3 15. Bh5 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; 2nd hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Vladimir Katznelson (Russia)"] [Black "Leonard Katznelson (Russia)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4R3/8/1R2P3/8/4K3/N6p/p3p3/N5rk w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1. N3c2 $1 Rxa1 $1 2. Ra8 $1 (2. Ra6 $6 e1=Q+ 3. Nxe1 Rxe1+ 4. Kf3 a1=Q 5. Rxa1 Rxa1 6. Kg3 Ra3+ $11 (6... h2 $11)) (2. Kf3 $6 Rc1 3. Ra8 Rxc2 4. Kf2 Rc1 5. Kxe2 a1=Q 6. Rxa1 Rxa1 $11) 2... e1=Q+ 3. Nxe1 Rxe1+ 4. Kf3 $1 a1=Q 5. Rxa1 Rxa1 6. Rb3 $1 Kg1 (6... Re1 7. Kf2 $1 Rxe6 8. Rxh3#) 7. e7 Re1 (7... h2 8. e8=Q h1=Q+ 9. Kg4 $1 Qh6 (9... Qg2+ 10. Rg3 $18) 10. Rg3+ Kf2 11. Qf7+ $18) 8. Rb1 $3 (8. Kg3 $6 h2 9. e8=Q h1=N+ $1 $11) 8... Kh2 $1 9. Rb2+ (9. Rxe1 $6 $11) 9... Kg1 10. Re2 Rxe2 11. Kxe2 h2 12. e8=Q h1=Q 13. Qe3+ $18 1-0
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; 3rd hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Mikhail Gromov (Russia)"] [Black "Oleg Pervakov (Russia)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6B1/8/N7/6r1/7N/4P2K/8/5k2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1. Bf7 $1 (1. Bc4+ $6 Kf2 $1 2. e4 Rg3+ 3. Kh2 Rg4 $11) 1... Kf2 $1 2. e4 Rg3+ $1 3. Kh2 Rg4 4. Nf5 Rxe4 5. Nc5 $1 Re2 $1 (5... Rg4 6. Nd3+ Ke2 (6... Kf3 7. Ne5+ $18) (6... Kf1 7. Ne3+ $18) 7. Bh5 $18) 6. Nd4 Re3 (6... Re7 7. Nd3+ Kf1 ( 7... Ke3 8. Nf5+) 8. Nf5 Rxf7 9. Ng3#) 7. Bg6 $1 Kf1 8. Ne4 (8. Bd3+ $2 Rxd3 9. Nxd3 $11) 8... Ra3 $1 9. Ng3+ Kf2 10. Nh1+ $1 Kf1 (10... Ke3 11. Nc2+ $18) 11. Nc2 Ra8 (11... Rc3 12. Ng3+ Kf2 13. Ne4+ $18) 12. Bd3# 1-0
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; 4th hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Valery Kalashnikov (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1r4b1/1N2pP2/3P1p2/3p4/4k2K/4B3/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1. Ba7 $1 Ra8 (1... Bxf7 2. Bxb8 exd6 3. Nxd6+ Kf3 4. Nxf7 d4 5. Nd6 d3 6. Nc4 Ke2 7. Bf4 $18) 2. f8=Q $1 Rxf8 3. dxe7 Ra8 4. Nd8 Bf7 $1 5. Nxf7 Kf4 $1 (5... Kf3 6. Bd4 $1 Re8 7. Bxf6 d4 $1 8. Nd6 d3 $1 9. Nxe8 d2 10. Ng7 $1 d1=Q 11. e8=Q $18) 6. Bb8+ $3 (6. Nd8 $6 Rxa7 7. Ne6+ (7. e8=Q Rh7+) 7... Kf3 $1 8. Nd4+ (8. e8=Q Rh7+ $11) 8... Kf4 9. Ne2+ Kf3 10. Ng1+ Kf4 $1 11. Nh3+ Kf3 12. Ng1+ Kf4 $11) 6... Rxb8 7. Nd8 Rb1 8. Ne6+ $1 Kf3 $1 9. Kh5 $1 Rh1+ (9... Rb8 10. Nd8 $18) 10. Kg6 Rh8 11. Nf8 $18 1-0
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; 5th hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Alexander Stavrietsky (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k7/P1p2Q1b/5pr1/4P3/N1p1R1p1/6p1/1ppr4/5B1K w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1. Nb6+ $1 (1. Qf8+ $6 Kxa7 2. Qc5+ Kb8 $1 $11) 1... cxb6 2. Rxc4 Rh6+ (2... c1=Q 3. Qe8+ Kxa7 4. Ra4+ Kb7 5. Qa8+ Kc7 6. Ra7#) 3. Kg1 Rh1+ $1 4. Kxh1 Be4+ $1 (4... g2+ 5. Bxg2+ $18) 5. Rxe4 g2+ 6. Bxg2 b1=Q+ (6... c1=Q+ 7. Re1+ Rxg2 8. Qf8+ $1 Kxa7 9. Qa3+ $1 Kb8 10. Rxc1 bxc1=Q+ 11. Qxc1 $18) 7. Re1+ Rxg2 8. Qg8+ $1 Kxa7 9. Qh7+ $1 Kb8 10. Rxb1 cxb1=Q+ 11. Qxb1 $18 1-0
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; 6th hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Daniel Keith (France)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2k3K1/1ppp4/6N1/2P5/1R6/6p1/6q1/3R4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1. c6 $3 (1. Ne7+ $6 Kd8 2. Rf4 Qe2 $1 3. Nd5 Qe6+ 4. Kg7 Qe5+ 5. Kg6 Qe8+ $11) (1. Ra4 $6 b5 $1 2. c6 $1 dxc6 $1 3. Ra8+ Kb7 4. Rdd8 Kb6 5. Ne5 Kc5 6. Nd3+ Kc4 $11) 1... dxc6 $1 (1... bxc6 2. Re1 d6 (2... Qa2+ 3. Kg7 $1 d5 4. Nf8 Qd2 5. Re8#) 3. Re8+ Kd7 4. Re7+ Kc8 5. Nf8 $1 Qd5+ 6. Ne6 g2 7. Rxc7#) 2. Ne7+ Kb8 3. Rd8+ Ka7 4. Nc8+ Ka6 5. Nb6 $1 Qa2+ $1 (5... cxb6 6. Ra8#) (5... Ka5 6. Rb3 $18) 6. Kf8 $1 (6. Kg7 {(h8)?} Qa5 $1 $11) 6... Ka5 7. Rb2 $1 (7. Ra8+ $6 Kxb4 8. Rxa2 cxb6 $11) (7. Ra4+ $6 Qxa4 8. Nxa4 Kxa4 $11) 7... Qa3+ (7... Qxb2 8. Nc4+ $18) 8. Kg8 $1 (8. Ke8 $6 Qe3+ $1 9. Kd7 Qd4+ 10. Kxc7 Qe5+ 11. Rd6 Qg7+ 12. Rd7 Qe5+ $11) 8... Qxb2 9. Nc4+ Kb4 10. Nxb2 g2 11. Rd1 Kb3 12. Nd3 Kc2 13. Nf2 $18 1-0
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; special hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Pavel Arestov (Russia)"] [Black "Alexander Zhukov (Russia)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2P1k1P1/7P/3PNP2/qP4pN/3P1p2/pp5K/4B3 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "16"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1... Qc2+ $1 2. Bd2 $1 (2. Kg3 $2 a1=Q 3. g8=Q Qxe1+ $19) 2... Qxd2+ 3. Kg3 b1=Q 4. c8=N+ $1 Kf6 5. Nxg4+ $1 Kf7 6. Ne5+ Kf6 7. g8=N+ $1 Kxe5 (7... Kg5 8. Nf7+ Kh5 9. Nf6#) 8. Nxf3+ Kxd5 (8... Kxf5 9. Nce7#) 9. Nge7# 1-0
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; 1st commendation"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Branislav Durasevic (Serbia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/7p/8/7P/Bbn5/kN6/8/K7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1. Bc6 $1 (1. Bd7 $6 Kxb3 2. Be6 Bc3+ $1 3. Kb1 Kb4 4. h6 Nd2+ 5. Kc2 Ne4 { (f3) -+}) 1... Kxb3 2. Bd5 $1 Kc3 $1 (2... Bc3+ 3. Kb1 Kb4 4. h6 Nd2+ (4... Kb3 5. Kc1 Bd2+ 6. Kd1 $1 $11) 5. Kc2 $11) 3. Bg8 $1 (3. Bxc4 $2 Kxc4 $19) (3. h6 $2 Kb3 $1 4. Kb1 Bd2 $1 5. Bg8 Bxh6 6. Bxh7 Na3+ 7. Ka1 Bg7#) 3... Nd2 $1 (3... h6 4. Bxc4 $11) 4. h6 $1 (4. Bxh7 $2 Kb3 $1 5. Bg8+ Ka3 6. h6 Bc3#) 4... Bf8 5. Ka2 $1 Bxh6 6. Bxh7 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; 2nd commendation"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Alexey Popov (Russia)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4B1kr/3NR1p1/2N5/8/6P1/2B4b/2p5/2b4K b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "20"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1... Bxg4+ 2. Kg2 Rh2+ $1 3. Kxh2 Bf4+ 4. Kg2 c1=Q 5. Rxg7+ Kh8 6. Rg8+ $1 (6. Rxg4+ $6 Qxc3 7. Rxf4 Qxc6+ $11) 6... Kxg8 7. Ne7+ Kh7 8. Nf8+ Kh6 9. Ng8+ Kg5 10. Bf6+ Kf5 11. Bg6# 1-0
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; 3rd commendation"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Amatsia Avni (Israel)"] [Black "Martin Minski (Germany)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1q4Pk/8/3R4/2N4r/6p1/4R1P1/6K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1. Ne3 $1 Qe7 $1 2. Re1 $1 (2. Rf5 $2 Rh1+ $1 3. Kxh1 Qh4+ 4. Kg1 Qh2+ 5. Kf1 Qh1#) 2... Re4 $1 (2... Qf6 3. Nf5 Re4 $1 4. Rf1 $1 Qb6+ 5. Kh1 Rf4 $1 6. Rdd1 $1 Qb3 7. Rc1 Qa3 8. g8=Q+ $1 Kxg8 9. Rc8+ Kh7 10. Nxg3 Rh4+ 11. Kg1 Qxg3 12. Rf7+ Kg6 13. Rg8+ Kxf7 14. Rxg3 $11) 3. Rh5+ (3. Rd3 $2 Qh4 $19) 3... Kg8 4. Rh8+ $1 Kxg7 5. Rh3 $1 (5. Nf5+ $2 Kxh8 6. Nxe7 Rxe1#) 5... Rxe3 6. Rxg3+ $1 Rxg3 7. Rxe7+ $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; 4th commendation"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Michal Glinka (Slovakia)"] [Black "Mario Garcia (Argentina)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5K2/8/2B2n2/2p5/6bR/5p1p/5P2/2k5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1. Ke7 $1 Nd7 $1 2. Kd6 $1 Nf6 3. Ke5 Nd7+ 4. Kf4 Be6 5. Rh6 h2 $1 6. Bxf3 $1 ( 6. Rxh2 $6 c4 $1 7. Rh6 Nc5 8. Rh5 Nb3 $11) 6... Bb3 7. Rxh2 c4 $1 8. Bd5 Kb2 9. f3+ Ka3 10. Rh7 Nf6 11. Ra7+ Kb2 12. Bf7 $1 (12. Be6 $6 c3 13. Rb7 c2 14. Rxb3+ Ka1 15. Rc3 Kb2 16. Rxc2+ Kxc2 17. Ke5 Nh5 $11) 12... c3 13. Rb7 c2 14. Rxb3+ Ka1 15. Rc3 Kb2 16. Rxc2+ Kxc2 17. Ke5 Nd7+ 18. Kd6 Nb6 19. Be6 Kd3 20. Ke5 Na4 21. f4 Nc5 22. f5 Ne4 23. Bd5 Ng5 24. f6 $18 1-0
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[Event "Ural Problemist 25 JT; special commendation"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Mikhail Zinar (Ukraine)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/PPPPPPrr/pk5p/ppnnpbbp/8/7q/8/6K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "2018"] [SourceDate "2017.05.21"] 1. a8=N+ $1 (1. b8=Q+ $2 Nb7 2. Qxb7+ Kc5 $1 3. c8=Q+ Kb4 $1 $19) 1... Kc6 ( 1... Kxb7 2. c8=Q+ Ka7 3. Qxc5+ Kb7 4. Qxd5+ Ka7 5. Qc5+ Kb7 6. Qc7+ $18) 2. b8=N+ $1 (2. c8=Q+ $2 Nc7 3. Qxc7+ Kd5 4. d8=Q+ Bd7 $19) 2... Kd6 3. c8=N+ $1 Ke6 4. d8=N+ $1 (4. f8=N+ $2 Kf6 5. e8=N+ Kf7 6. d8=N+ Bxd8+ $19) 4... Kf6 5. e8=N+ $1 (5. f8=Q+ $2 Rf7 6. e8=N+ Kg6 7. Qg8+ Rhg7 $19) 5... Kg6 6. f8=N# $1 1-0
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