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Original study entries for the Magazine tournament Ceskoslovensky Sach 2019.
[Event "Ceskoslovensky sach 2019"] [Site ""] [Date "2019"] [Round ""] [White "Minski=M"] [Black "cs.sach 1/2019, original"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Michal"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1R6/pP1K4/k1N5/1p6/b7/N7/1P3p2/r7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2018"] 1. Kc7 $1 (1. Rf8 $2 Kxb7 2. Rb8+ Ka6 $11) 1... f1=Q 2. Rf8 $1 (2. Nb4+ $2 Ka5 3. Rf8 $2 Rc1+ $1 $19) 2... Qxf8 3. b8=N+ $1 (3. Nb4+ $2 Ka5 4. Nc6+ Ka6) 3... Qxb8+ 4. Nxb8+ Ka5 5. Nc6+ Ka6 6. Nc2 $1 (6. b4 $2 Rc1 $1 $19) 6... Bxc2 (6... b4 7. Nxa1 $18) 7. b4 Z0 8. Nb8# {model mate} 1-0
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[Event "Ceskoslovensky Sach 2019"] [Site ""] [Date "2019"] [Round ""] [White "Jasik, Andrzej"] [Black "cs.sach 1/2019,original"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",A"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K2B1k1N/3P3R/4r1P1/5n1b/7b/5pq1/8/7Q w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "2018.10.23"] 1. Qxh4 $1 (1. Bxh4 $2 Ra6+ 2. Kb7 Ra7+ 3. Kxa7 Qc7+ 4. Ka6 Qc6+ $11) (1. Qb1 $2 Qe5 2. Qb4+ Kg8 3. Bxh4 Ra6+ 4. Kb7 Rd6 $11) 1... Qd6 $1 (1... Ra6+ 2. Kb7 $16) 2. Be7+ $1 (2. Qa4 $2 f2 $1 3. Rf7+ Kg8 4. Rxf5 Bf3+ $1 5. Rxf3 Qd5+ 6. Kb8 Qxf3 7. Qc4 f1=Q 8. Qxe6+ Kxh8 $11) 2... Rxe7 (2... Nxe7 3. Qf4+ $16) 3. g7+ $1 (3. Rf7+ $2 Kg8 4. Qc4 Qa3+ 5. Kb8 Qd6+ $11) 3... Nxg7 (3... Kg8 4. Qc4+ Bf7 5. Nxf7 Qa3+ 6. Kb8 Qb2+ 7. Kc8 Kxh7 8. g8=Q+ Kxg8 9. d8=Q+ Kh7 10. Nd6 Rg7 11. Qe4 Qc3+ 12. Nc4 Rf7 13. Qdh4+ Kg8 14. Qg5+ $16) 4. Ng6+ Bxg6 (4... Kg8 5. Rh8+ Kf7 6. Qxe7+ Qxe7 7. Nxe7 Ne6 8. Nd5 $16) 5. Qf6+ $1 (5. Rh8+ $2 Kf7 6. d8=N+ Qxd8+ 7. Rxd8 Be4+ 8. Kb8 Ne6 $11) 5... Qxf6 6. Rh8+ Kf7 7. d8=N# 1-0
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[Event "Ceskoslovensky Sach 2019"] [Site ""] [Date "2019"] [Round ""] [White "Jasik, Andrzej"] [Black "cs.sach 1/2019,original"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator ",A"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6K1/3k4/8/1NPPP1p1/8/8/1Bp5/1q6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2018.10.23"] 1. c6+ $1 (1. e6+ $2 Ke7 $17) 1... Kc8 (1... Kd8 2. d6 Qxb2 3. c7+ Kd7 4. e6+ Kxe6 5. c8=Q+ $11) 2. e6 $1 (2. d6 $2 Qa2+ $1 (2... Qxb2 3. Na7+ Kb8 4. c7+ Kxa7 5. c8=Q c1=Q 6. d7 $11) 3. Kf8 Qxb2 $1 4. Na7+ Kb8 5. c7+ Kxa7 6. c8=Q c1=Q 7. d7 Qf1+ $1 $17) 2... c1=Q $1 3. Bxc1 Qxb5 4. d6 (4. e7 $2 Qxd5+ $17) 4... Qc5 (4... Qf5 5. d7+ Kd8 6. Kg7 g4 7. Bb2 $1 Qg5+ 8. Kf7 Qe7+ 9. Kg6 Qxe6+ 10. Bf6+ {draw}) 5. d7+ Kd8 (5... Kc7 6. Kf7 $1 $11) 6. Bd2 $1 {ZZ} Qf5 (6... Ke7 $2 7. Bb4 $1 Qxb4 8. c7 $16) 7. Kg7 Qe5+ 8. Kf7 Qf5+ 9. Kg7 g4 10. Bc3 $1 Qg5+ 11. Kf7 Qe7+ 12. Kg6 Qxe6+ 13. Bf6+ {draw} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Ceskoslovensky sach 2019"] [Site ""] [Date "2019"] [Round ""] [White "Arestov=Zukov, Pavel=Alexander"] [Black "cs.sach 1/2019,original"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Michal"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6b1/1k6/6K1/1p6/p3N3/8/1P6/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2019"] {[#]} 1. Kg5 $1 (1. Kf5 $2 Bh7+ 2. Kf4 Bxe4 3. Kxe4 Kc6 4. Kd4 Kd6 5. Kd3 Kd5 $1 6. Kc3 Kc5 7. Kd3 Kb4 8. Kc2 a3 $19 (8... Kc4)) (1. Nd2 $2 b4 2. Kf5 a3 3. bxa3 bxa3 $19) 1... Bh7 (1... Kc6 2. Kf4 Kd5 3. Ke3 Bh7 4. Nd2 {main line}) ( 1... b4 2. Nc5+ Kc6 3. Nxa4 $11) 2. Nd2 $1 (2. Nc3 $2 Kb6 3. Kf4 Kc5 4. Ke3 Kc4 5. Kd2 Kb4 6. Kc1 a3 7. bxa3+ Kxc3 $19) 2... Kc6 (2... b4 3. Kf4 a3 4. Nc4 $1 a2 5. Na5+ Kb6 6. Nb3 Bg8 7. Na1 $11) 3. Kf4 Kd5 4. Ke3 b4 (4... Bc2 5. Nf1 $1 Kc4 6. Nd2+ {pos.draw} Kd5) 5. Nb3 $3 (5. Ke2 $2 a3 6. bxa3 bxa3 7. Nb3 Kc4 $19 ) 5... Kc4 $1 (5... a3 6. bxa3 bxa3 7. Kd2 Kc4 8. Na5+ Kb4 9. Nc6+ Kb3 10. Na5+ $11) (5... Bc2 6. Na1 $1 Be4 7. Kd2 $11) 6. Nd2+ $1 (6. Na5+ $2 Kb5 7. Nb3 a3 $1 8. bxa3 bxa3 9. Nc1 Kb4 10. Kd2 Bb1 $1 11. Kd1 Kc3 $19) 6... Kc5 (6... Kb5 7. Kd4 $1 a3 8. bxa3 bxa3 9. Kc3 $11) 7. Nb3+ $1 (7. Ke2 $2 a3 $1 8. bxa3 bxa3 9. Nb3+ Kb4 $19) 7... Kc4 8. Nd2+ {positional draw} *
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[Event "1.Prize UAPA 7thCaputto-95 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "David Gurgenidze & Martin, Minski"] [Black "cs.sach 1/2019,original"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Michal"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4nb2/p7/1PR3B1/7K/1r1n1P2/2R4P/4k1Pr/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "18"] [EventDate "2018"] 1. bxa7 (1. Bd3+ $2 Kf2 2. bxa7 Ra4 3. Ra6 Rxa6 4. Bxa6 Rxg2 5. a8=Q Nf6+ 6. Kh4 Nf5#) 1... Ng7+ (1... Ra4 2. Rb6 $1 $11) 2. Kh4 $1 (2. Kg5 $2 Ra4 $1 3. Rb6 Ba3 $1 4. g3 Rxa7 5. Rxa3 Rxa3 6. Rb2+ Ke3 7. Rxh2 Nf3+ 8. Kf6 Ne8+ {/Nh5+} 9. Bxe8 Nxh2 $19) 2... Rxg2 (2... Ra4 3. Rb6 $1 Ndf5+ (3... Ba3 4. Kg3) 4. Bxf5 Nxf5+ 5. Kg5 Nd6 6. Rb2+ Kd1 7. Rc7 $11) 3. Rc2+ $1 Kf3 $1 (3... Nxc2 4. Rxc2+ Ke3 5. Rxg2 $11) 4. a8=Q (4. Rf6 $2 Ra4 $1 5. Rxg2 Be7 $1 $19) 4... Ndf5+ (4... Kxf4 5. Qxf8+ $11) 5. Bxf5 Be7+ 6. Rf6+ Kxf4 7. Rc4+ $1 Rxc4 8. Qf3+ $3 (8. Qb8+ $2 Ke3+ $1 9. Bg4 Bxf6#) 8... Kxf3+ 9. Be4+ Ke3 {model double pin stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Ceskoslovensky sach 2019"] [Site ""] [Date "2019"] [Round ""] [White "Michal Hlinka & Luboš Kekely, Slovakia"] [Black "cs.sach 1/2019,original"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Michal"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5b2/5r2/7R/3N1r2/3BR3/p3p1Q1/2p5/K2k1q2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "24"] [EventDate "2018"] 1. Bxe3 {now the longest diagonal is free} (1. Nxe3+ $2 Kd2+ 2. Nxf1+ Rxf1+ 3. Ka2 c1=N+ 4. Ka1 Ne2+ 5. Ka2 Nxg3 $19) 1... Bg7+ (1... Rxd5 2. Qg4+ Rf3 3. Rh2 Bc5 4. Ka2 Bxe3 5. Rxe3 c1=N+ 6. Ka1 Rd3 7. Rxd3+ Qxd3 8. Qa4+ Nb3+ 9. Qxb3+ $1 Qxb3 10. Rd2+ Ke1 11. Re2+ Kf1 12. Rf2+ Kg1 13. Rg2+ Kh1 14. Rh2+ {positional draw or...} Kxh2 {stalemate}) 2. Ka2 c1=N+ $1 {opening of the second rank} ( 2... c1=Q 3. Qg4+ Qe2+ 4. Qxe2+ Kxe2 5. Bxc1+ Kd3 6. Rhh4 Rxd5 7. Bxa3 $11) 3. Bxc1 Rf2+ (3... Qf2+ 4. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 5. Kxa3 Kxc1 6. Rh1+ $11) 4. Kxa3 Bf8+ { switchback} (4... R7f3+ 5. Ne3+ {from battery} Kxc1 6. Rc6+ Kb1 7. Qxg7 Qd3+ 8. Qc3 Ra2+ 9. Kb3 Rb2+ (9... Rxe3 10. Qxd3+ $1 Rxd3+ 11. Rc3 $11) 10. Ka3 Ra2+ 11. Kb3 $11) (4... Ra7+ 5. Kb4 $1 Bf8+ 6. Rd6 $1 Bxd6+ 7. Qxd6 Rb7+ 8. Nb6+ { from battery} Kxc1 9. Qc6+ Rc2 10. Qxb7 Rb2+ 11. Kc5 Qb5+ 12. Kd6 Qxb6+ 13. Qxb6 $11) (4... Kxc1 5. Qe3+ Kb1 6. Qe1+ Qxe1 7. Rxe1+ Kc2 8. Rh3 $11) 5. Rd6 $1 (5. Rb4 $2 R7f3+ 6. Ne3+ Rxe3+ 7. Qxe3 Rf3 8. Ka4 Rxe3 9. Bxe3 Bxb4 10. Kxb4 Qe1+ $19) 5... R7f3+ (5... Bxd6+ 6. Qxd6 Qd3+ 7. Nc3+ Kc2 8. Qxd3+ Kxd3 9. Bb2 $11) (5... Qa6+ 6. Kb3 Qa2+ 7. Kb4 Bxd6+ 8. Qxd6 Qb1+ 9. Kc5 Qxc1+ 10. Kb6 Qd2 11. Kc6 Qd3 12. Rd4 Rc2+ 13. Nc3+ Rxc3+ 14. Kb6 $1 Rb3+ 15. Kc6 $1 $11) 6. Qxf3+ Rxf3+ 7. Ne3+ {from battery} Kxc1 (7... Ke2 8. Kb2 $1 Bxd6 9. Nxf1+ Kxf1 10. Re3 $11) 8. Rc4+ $1 Kb1 (8... Qxc4 {ideal double pin stalemate}) 9. Rb4+ Kc1 10. Rc4+ Kb1 11. Rb4+ {positional draw or...} Ka1 12. Rd1+ $1 Qxd1 { ideal double pin stalemate. Positional draws. Minor promotion. Switchback. Battery. Synthesis of ideal double pin stalemates. All pieces came to both ideal stalemates in play.} 1/2-1/2
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