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[Event "ZiE, 1 prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Sergiy Didukh"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1q4k1/3Pn1r1/6Pn/3PP2p/2Q5/8/R5KP/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2013"] 1. d6+ $1 Kh8 2. dxe7 (2. Qc8+ $2 Nxc8 $1) 2... Qb7+ 3. Kf1 $1 ({Logical try} 3. Kf2 $2 Qxd7 4. Ra8+ Rg8 5. Rxg8+ Nxg8 6. e8=Q Qxe8 7. Qf7 Qe7 8. Kf1 h4 9. h3 Qf8 $1 10. Qxf8 {stalemate.}) 3... Qxd7 4. Ra8+ Rg8 5. Rf8 $1 (5. Qxg8+ $2 Nxg8 6. e8=Q Qd1+ {perpetual check}) (5. Rxg8+ $2 Nxg8 6. e8=Q Qxe8 7. Qf7 Qb5+ ({or} 7... Qe7 $11)) 5... Qxe7 (5... Qh3+ 6. Ke1 Qe3+ 7. Kd1 Qxe5 8. e8=Q) ( 5... Qd1+ 6. Kg2 Qd2+ 7. Kf3 Qd1+ 8. Ke4) 6. Qxg8+ $1 Nxg8 7. Rf7 h4 8. h3 {zz} Qxe5 (8... Qxf7+ 9. gxf7 Kg7 10. fxg8=Q+ {win.}) 9. Rh7# {Мастерское ие! Тот самый слу~~ай, когда кажется, ~~то этo^дист может все (за исклo^~~ением вкопанного ~~ерного коня). (судья)} 1-0
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[Event "ZiE, 2 prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Martin Minski"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4N2R/1R5K/6n1/8/8/6rp/8/7k w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2013"] 1. Rg8 h2 2. Nf6 Rh3+ 3. Nh5 $1 (3. Kxg6 $2 Rg3+ 4. Kh7 Rxg8 5. Kxg8 Kg2 6. Rg7+ Kf3 7. Rh7 Kg2 $11) 3... Rxh5+ 4. Kxg6 Rh6+ 5. Kg5 $1 (5. Kf5 $2 Rb6 6. Rc7 Rc6 $11) (5. Kg7 $2 Rh7+ 6. Kxh7) 5... Rh5+ 6. Kg4 Rh4+ 7. Kf3 $1 Rf4+ 8. Kg3 Rf3+ 9. Kg4 Rf4+ 10. Kg5 Rf5+ 11. Kg6 Rf6+ 12. Kg7 Rf1 13. Kh8 $1 { Остроумное усмирение бешенной ладьи, которая при слу~~ае готова отстать от короля, ~~тобы пристать к другой ладье. (судья)} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "ZiE, 3 prize"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Pavel Arestov"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/1r3p1R/5p1B/8/5R2/5P1K/2b2kr1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "16"] [EventDate "2013"] 1. Rg6 $1 Bg5 $1 (1... Rxg6 2. Bxg6 f4 3. Bd3+ Ke1 4. Kh3 $11) 2. Rxf5 Rg2+ 3. Kh1 $1 (3. Kh3 $2 Rb4) 3... Rb2 4. Rfxf6 $1 (4. Bf3 $2 Rg1+ 5. Kh2 Bf4+ 6. Rxf4 Rxg6) 4... Rbxf2 5. Be2+ $1 (5. Rxf2+ $2 Kxf2 6. Ra6 Rg1+ 7. Kh2 Bf4+ 8. Kh3 Rg3+ 9. Kh4 Bg5#) 5... Kxe2 6. Rxf2+ Kxf2 7. Rf6+ $1 (7. Rb6 $2 Rg1+ 8. Kh2 Rg4 9. Rb2+ Kf3 10. Rb3+ Be3 {win.}) 7... Kg3 8. Rf3+ Kxf3 {stalemate. Яркая, "вкусная" игра от на~~ала до конца! Самобытный этo^д, характерный для Павла. (судья)} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "ZiE, 1 hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Vladimir & Leonard Katsnelsons"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r4q2/2P3R1/8/5P2/Q1P4k/8/p2K4/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2013"] 1. c8=Q Qxc8 2. Ra7 Rxa7 3. Qxa7 Qxf5 ({main?} 3... Qxc4 4. Qg1 $1 Qc6 5. Qa1 $1 Kg5 6. Kd3 $1 Qa6+ 7. Kc2 $11) 4. Qd4+ Kg5 5. Qg7+ $1 Kh5 (5... Qg6 6. Qe5+ Qf5 7. Qg7+) 6. Qa1 $1 (6. Qh8+ $2 Kg4 7. Qa1 Qf2+ 8. Kc1 Kf5 9. c5 Ke4 10. c6 Kd3) 6... Kg6 7. Kc1 $1 Qf2 8. c5 Kf5 9. c6 Ke4 10. c7 Kd3 11. Qc3+ $1 Kxc3 12. c8=Q+ {draw. Жаль, ~~то варианты не равноценны (судья)} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "ZiE, 2 hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2015"] [Round ""] [White "Mikhail Zinar"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/pP3p2/kp3p2/1p3P2/1p1p3P/1P3K2/1P2pP2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2015"] 1. b8=N+ $1 ({Logical try} 1. Kxe2 $2 d3+ 2. Kd1 Kxb7 3. h5 Ka6 4. h6 Ka5 5. h7 a6 6. h8=N d2 7. Ng6 fxg6 8. fxg6 f5 9. g7 f4 10. g8=N f3 11. Ne7 {stalemate.}) 1... Kb7 2. Kxe2 d3+ 3. Kd2 $1 (3. Kxd3 $2 Kxb8 4. h5 Kb7 5. h6 Ka6 6. h7 Ka5 7. h8=N a6 8. Ng6 fxg6 9. fxg6 f5 10. g7 f4 11. g8=N f3 12. Ne7 $11) (3. Kd1 $2 Kxb8 4. h5 Kb7 5. h6 Ka6 6. h7 Ka5 7. h8=N (7. h8=Q $2 a6 8. Qxf6 d2 9. Qg5 f6 10. Kxd2 fxg5 11. f6 g4 12. f7 g3 $11) 7... a6 8. Ng6 d2 $11) 3... Kxb8 4. h5 Kb7 5. h6 Ka6 6. h7 Ka5 7. h8=N a6 (7... Ka6 8. Nxf7) 8. Ng6 fxg6 9. fxg6 f5 10. g7 f4 11. g8=N $1 f3 12. Ke3 d2 13. Ne7 d1=Q 14. Nc6# {Превращенные фигуры, как ове~~ка Долли, если и живут, то недолго. В них ли глубокий смысл? (судья)} 1-0
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[Event "ZiE, 3 hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Sergei Zakharov"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2P4n/6KP/1k3n2/1P6/2R5/p7/8 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "14"] [EventDate "2013"] 1... Ne7+ ({main} 1... a1=Q 2. Rc5+ $1 Kb6 (2... Kxb4 3. Rxf5 Qh8 4. c8=Q Qxc8 5. Rf4+ Kc5 6. Kxh7 $11) 3. Rc6+ $1 (3. c8=N+ $2 Kb7 4. Rxf5 Kxc8 5. Kxh7 Qb1 6. Kg6 Kd7 7. h7 Ke6 8. h8=Q Qxf5+ 9. Kh6 Qh3+ 10. Kg7 Qg4+ 11. Kh6 Qh4+ 12. Kg7 Qg5+ 13. Kh7 Kf7) 3... Ka7 4. c8=Q Ne7+ 5. Kxh7 Qb1+ 6. Kg7 $1 Nxc8 (6... Qg1+ 7. Kh7 Qb1+ 8. Kg7) 7. Rxc8 Qg1+ 8. Kh7 $11) 2. Kxh7 a1=Q 3. Rc5+ $1 (3. c8=Q $2 Qb1+ 4. Kh8 Nxc8 5. Rxc8 Qg6 6. Rc5+ Ka4 7. Ra5+ Kb3 $1) 3... Kb6 (3... Kxb4 4. c8=Q Qb1+ 5. Kh8 Nxc8 6. Rxc8 $11) 4. c8=N+ $1 Nxc8 5. Rxc8 Qb1+ 6. Kg7 $1 Qb2+ (6... Qg1+ 7. Kh7 Qb1+ 8. Kg7) 7. Kh7 Qf6 8. Rg8 $1 $11 { Сама матрица пресновата (судья)} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "ZiE, 1 com"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Yuri Akobia & Mario Garcia"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2Kp2k1/2b5/4R3/5p2/8/5Rp1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2013"] 1. Rg5+ $1 (1. Re1 $2 f3 2. Rg1 Kg6 3. Kd6 Kg5 4. Ke5 Kg4 5. Kd4 Kg3 6. Ke3 Be4 $1 $11) 1... Kf6 2. Rg8 $1 (2. Rgxg2 $2 Bxg2 3. Rxg2 Ke5 $11) 2... Ke5 3. Re8+ Kf5 4. Rf8+ Ke5 5. Re2+ Be4 6. Re1 d5 (6... f3 7. Kxd7 Kd4 8. Rf4 Kd3 9. Kd6 Kd2 10. Rfxe4) 7. Kb6 d4 8. Re8+ (8. Kc5 $2 d3 9. Re8+ Kf5 $11) 8... Kf5 9. R8xe4 f3 10. Re8 $1 (10. Re7 $2 Kf4 11. Rg1 Kg3 12. Kc5 Kh2 13. Rd1 f2 14. Rh7+ Kg3 15. Rd3+ Kg4 16. Rg7+ Kf4 17. Rf7+ Kg4 $11) 10... Kf4 11. Rg1 Kg3 12. Kc5 Kh2 13. Rd1 f2 14. Rh8+ Kg3 15. Rd3+ Kf4 16. Rf8+ (16. Rxd4+ { waste of time dual}) 16... Kg4 17. Rxd4+ Kg3 18. Rd3+ Kh4 19. Rh8+ Kg4 20. Rg8+ Kf4 21. Rf8+ Ke4 22. Rff3 f1=Q (22... f1=N 23. Rg3) 23. Rde3# { Сильнейший побеждает, ~~то закономерно и ску~~но (судья)} 1-0
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[Event "ZiE, 3 com"] [Site ""] [Date "2015"] [Round ""] [White "Vladimir Katsnelson"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1k6/8/1B5P/1R1P4/8/8/r6p/5K2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2015"] 1. Bg1+ $1 (1. Bf2+ $2 Ka8 $1 2. Kg2 Rxf2+ 3. Kh1 Rf6 4. Kxh2 Rxh6+ 5. Kg3 Rf6 $1 $11) 1... Kc7 2. Bxh2+ Rxh2 3. Rc5+ Kd6 4. Kg1 $1 Rh4 5. Rc2 Kxd5 6. Rh2 Rg4+ 7. Kf2 Rg8 8. h7 Rh8 9. Rh6 $1 Ke5 10. Kg3 Kf5 11. Kh4 Ke5 12. Kg5 { Хо~~ется, не мудрствуя лукаво, сыграть 1.Сg1+, а так, оказывается, и надо (судья)} 1-0
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[Event "ZiE, 3 com"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Mikhail Zinar"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/k5p1/p5p1/2p3P1/p1P3P1/P1p3PK/p1P4P/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2013"] 1. Kh4 a1=N $1 2. h3 Nb3 3. cxb3 c2 4. bxa4 c1=Q 5. a5 Qxc4 (5... Qf1 6. a4 Qxh3+ 7. Kxh3 $11) 6. a4 Qf4 $1 7. gxf4 c4 8. f5 c3 9. fxg6 (9. f6 $2 c2 10. f7 c1=Q 11. f8=Q Qe1+) 9... c2 10. Kh5 c1=Q 11. h4 $11 { Сдвиг "ниши" занятен. О~~евиден и минус - ни одного сильного хода. (судья)} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "ZiE, special hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Gady Costeff"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/K7/8/7p/6p1/pR6/P5Pp/1N5k w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2013"] 1. Rb5 $1 ({Logical try} 1. Nxa3 $2 Kxg2 2. Rb2+ Kh3 3. Rb3+ g3 4. Rb1 h4 {zz} 5. Ka6 g2 6. Rb3+ Kg4 7. Rb4+ Kf5 8. Rb5+ Ke6 9. Rb6+ Kd7 10. Rb7+ Kc8) 1... h4 2. Nxa3 Kxg2 3. Rb2+ Kh3 4. Rb3+ g3 5. Rb1 {zz} g2 6. Rb3+ Kg4 7. Rb4+ Kf5 8. Rb5+ Ke6 9. Rb6+ Kd7 10. Rb7+ Kc8 11. Rb8+ {perpetual check. Отли~~ный этo^д на взаимный цугцванг. Диалектика: пешка h4 в финале не нужна, однако без нее не полу~~илось бы и темати~~еского ложного следас ходом белых. (судья)} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "ZiE, special hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Vladimir Samilo"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7r/8/5r1p/8/6KR/B1b1k3/1p6/6R1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2013"] 1. Rg3+ Ke2 2. Bxb2 Rg8+ 3. Kh3 Rxg3+ 4. Kxg3 Be1+ 5. Kg4 Rg6+ $1 6. Kh5 Rg5+ 7. Kxh6 Bxh4 8. Bf6 Rg1 9. Bxh4 Rh1 10. Kh5 $1 (10. Kg5 $2 Kf3 {zz}) 10... Kf3 11. Kg5 {zz} Rh2 12. Be1 $11 {Противоборство, как писали в рыцарских романах, достойных друг друга противников. (судья)} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "ZiE, special hm"] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Leonard Katsnelson"] [Black "(after E.Pogosiants)"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "RB6/1Bp2b2/6P1/8/4p3/6r1/8/5k1K w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2013"] 1. Ra1+ $1 (1. Bxc7 Rh3+ 2. Bh2 Bxg6 $11) 1... Kf2 2. Ba7+ c5 3. Bxc5+ e3 4. Bxe3+ $1 Rxe3 5. Rf1+ Kxf1 6. Bg2+ Kf2 7. gxf7 Re1+ 8. Kh2 Re8 9. fxe8=N $1 { Задорно и размашисто, хорош и темати~~еский сброс пешки для достижения пата. Жаль, коне~~но, ~~то ~~ерный слон не пришел ... (судья)} (9. fxe8=Q $2 { stalemate}) 1-0
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