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Studies awarded for the Zadachy i Etyudy 2018 tournament.
[Event"1 prize, Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Alexei Sochnev"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2B5/1KP5/1p6/q3kP2/P7/1P2b3/7N/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2018"] 1. Ng4+ $1 (1. Be6 $2 b5 2. c8=Q Qb6+) 1... Kd6 $1 2. Nxe3 $1 (2. Be6 $2 b5 3. c8=N+ Kc5 4. Nxe3 bxa4 5. bxa4 Qb4+ $1 6. Kc7 Qf4+ 7. Kd7 Qxe3 $11) 2... b5 3. Nd5 bxa4 4. Nb6 Kc5 5. Nxa4+ Kd6 6. Nb6 Kc5 7. Nd5 $1 Kd6 8. Kb8 Qxd5 9. Ba6 $1 (9. Bb7 $2 Qxb3 {zz} 10. c8=Q Ke5 11. Qc5+ (11. Qd7 Kf6) (11. Qf8 Qb6 $1 12. Kc8 Kf4 $1 13. f6 Kf5 $1 14. f7 Qe6+ 15. Kc7 Qc4+ 16. Kb6 Qb3+ 17. Ka7 Qa4+ $1 18. Kb6 Qb3+ 19. Kc7 Qc4+ 20. Kd7 Qe6+ 21. Kc7 Qc4+ 22. Bc6 Kf6 $11) 11... Kf6 {zz} 12. Qf8+ Kg5 13. f6 Kf5 $1 14. Qe7 Qg3+ 15. Ka8 Qg8+ $11) 9... Qxb3+ 10. Bb7 {zz} Ke5 11. c8=Q Kf6 12. Qc5 $1 {zz} Kg5 13. Qe5 Qb4 14. Kc7 Qc4+ 15. Bc6 Qf7+ 16. Bd7 {1-0} 1-0
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[Event"2 prize, Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "M.Hlinka and L.Kekely"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2n5/8/8/7k/8/2n3K1/P4B2/1B6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] 1. Bc2 Nxa2 2. Be1 Nd6 3. Kh3 $1 {zz} Nb5 4. Bd2 Nd4 5. Bd3 Nb3 6. Bf4 $1 Na5 7. Be4 Nb4 8. Bd2 Nbc6 (8... Nac6 9. Kg3 $18) 9. Bc3 $1 {zz} Kg5 10. Kg3 $1 {zz } Kh5 11. Kf4 $1 {zz} Kh4 12. Bf5 Kh5 13. Bd7 $1 Kg6 14. Be8+ Kh6 15. Kg4 Kh7 16. Kg5 Kg8 17. Kf6 $1 {wins.} 1-0
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[Event"3 prize, Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Leonard Katsnelson"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/7k/2P1P3/8/1r6/6p1/B7/3K4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] 1. Bd5 $1 Rd4+ 2. Ke2 Rxd5 3. c7 Re5+ 4. Kf3 Rf5+ 5. Kxg3 Rf8 6. e7 Rc8 7. Kf4 Kg7 8. Ke5 Kf7 9. e8=Q+ $1 Kxe8 10. Kd6 {zz} Ra8 11. Kc6 Rc8 12. Kd6 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event"Special prize, Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "V.Tarasiuk and I.Aliev"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2b5/3n3P/p5P1/8/7K/4k3/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] 1. h7 Nf7 2. g6 Ng5+ 3. Kg4 Nxh7 4. Kf5 $1 Nf6 $1 5. Kxf6 Bb6 6. Kf5 Bd4 7. Ke4 Bc3 8. Kd5 Kd3 9. Kc5 a4 10. g7 $1 Bxg7 11. Kb4 $11 1-0
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[Event"Special prize, Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Vladimir Neishtadt"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2R3r1/kppPP1q1/8/KPp5/2P1Q3/8/1n6/5R2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] 1. b6+ $1 cxb6+ 2. Kb5 Nd1 3. Qxb7+ $1 Kxb7 4. Rc7+ $1 Kxc7 5. e8=N+ $1 Rxe8 6. dxe8=N+ $1 Kb7 7. Rf7+ $1 (7. Nxg7 $2 Nc3#) 7... Qxf7 8. Nd6+ Kc7 9. Nxf7 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event"Special prize, Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Andrzej Jasik"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5b1q/2p3pp/2NPP2k/1p3p2/3B4/8/6P1/7K w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] 1. d7 $1 Be7 2. Nxe7 Qd8 $1 3. Bf6 $1 Kh5 $1 4. Bh4 $1 c5 5. Ng6 $1 Qc7 6. Ne5 $1 Kxh4 7. e7 Qxe5 8. e8=Q Qa1+ 9. Kh2 {1-0} 1-0
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[Event"1-3 hm. Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Mikhail Zinar"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/4p2p/4p2p/pP2p2p/p7/P6K/8/k7 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "40"] 1... e4 2. Kg3 e3 3. Kf3 h4 4. Kxe3 e5 5. Kf3 h3 6. Kg3 e4 7. Kxh3 h5 8. Kg3 e3 9. Kf3 h4 10. Kxe3 e5 11. Kf3 h3 12. Kg3 e4 13. Kxh3 h5 14. Kg3 h4+ 15. Kxh4 e3 16. Kg3 Kb2 $1 17. Kf3 Kc3 18. Kxe3 Kc4 19. b6 Kb5 20. b7 Ka6 21. b8=R {1-0} ({ or} 21. b8=N+) 1-0
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[Event"1-3 hm. Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "D.Gurievskoy"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/6p1/6K1/p7/8/k2Pp3/P3P3/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2018"] 1. d4 $1 Kb4 2. Kf5 Kc4 3. Ke4 $1 (3. Ke5 $2 g5 4. d5 g4 5. Kf4 Kxd5 $11) 3... g5 4. d5 Kc5 5. Ke5 g4 6. d6 Kc6 7. Kf4 $1 Kxd6 8. Kxg4 Kc5 9. Kf3 ({or} 9. Kf4 ) 9... Kb4 (9... Kd4 10. a4 Kc4 11. Kxe3 Kb4 12. Kd4 Kxa4 13. Kc4 Ka3 14. e4 a4 15. e5 Kb2 16. e6 a3 17. e7 a2 18. e8=Q a1=Q 19. Qe2+ $18) 10. Kxe3 Ka3 11. Kd2 Kxa2 12. e4 a4 13. e5 a3 14. e6 Kb3 15. e7 a2 16. e8=Q a1=Q 17. Qb5+ $18 1-0
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[Event"1-3 hm. Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "M.Hlinka and L.Kekely"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/7P/1P6/2Pr4/8/kp6/6P1/K1n5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "35"] 1. h8=Q Rd1 $1 2. Qb2+ Ka4 3. Qb1 $1 b2+ 4. Qxb2 Nd3+ 5. Ka2 Nc1+ $1 (5... Nxb2 6. b7 $18) 6. Qxc1 (6. Kb1 $2 Nb3+ 7. Kc2 Rd2+ 8. Kc3 Rxb2 9. Kxb2 Nxc5 $11) 6... Rxc1 7. b7 Rc2+ 8. Ka1 $1 Rc1+ 9. Kb2 Rxc5 10. b8=Q Rb5+ 11. Qxb5+ Kxb5 12. Kb3 $1 Kc5 13. Kc3 Kd5 14. Kd3 Ke5 15. Ke3 Kf5 16. Kf3 Kg5 17. Kg3 Kf5 18. Kh4 {1-0} 1-0
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[Event"4-6 hm. Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "P.Arestov and A.Zhukov"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/7N/K7/2k1P3/7r/1PP1P3/1Q3b1q w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] 1. Qa2+ Kd4 2. Ng4 $1 Rh5+ 3. Kb4 Rb5+ $1 4. Kxb5 Bxe2+ 5. Kb4 $1 Qxe4 6. Qc4+ $3 Bxc4 7. c3+ Kd3 8. Nf2+ Kc2 9. Nxe4 Bd5 10. Nf6 Be6 11. Ka3 $18 1-0
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[Event"4-6 hm. Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Vladimir Neishtadt"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1N6/1pP1N3/1kPp1q2/p2p4/P7/P7/2P5/n2KB3 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "16"] 1... Qd4+ 2. Kc1 Nb3+ $1 3. cxb3 Qc5+ (3... Qe3+ 4. Bd2) 4. Kb2 Kxc7 5. Na6+ $1 bxa6 6. Bxa5+ Qxa5 7. b4 Qxa4 8. Nxd5+ Kxc6 9. Nc3 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event"4-6 hm. Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Alexei Popov"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2B5/BK6/8/8/5P2/8/5P1p/5k2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] 1. Bh3+ Kg1 2. f3+ Kh1 3. Kb6 $1 Kg1 4. Kb5+ ({or} 4. Kc6+) 4... Kh1 5. Kc5 Kg1 6. Kc4+ Kh1 7. Kd4 Kg1 8. Kd3+ Kh1 9. Ke3 Kg1 10. Ke2+ Kh1 11. Bb8 $1 Kg1 12. Bf1 h1=Q 13. Ba7+ Kh2 14. Bf2 {1-0} 1-0
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[Event"Special hm. Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Valery Kalashnikov"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/3k2P1/3P2Np/5n1K/q6P/8/8/7B w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] 1. Bc6+ $1 Kxc6 2. Ne7+ Nxe7 3. dxe7 Qa8 4. Kg6 Kd7 5. Kh7 Qe4+ 6. Kh8 Qe5 $1 7. e8=Q+ Kxe8 8. Kh7 Qe7 9. Kh8 Qf6 10. Kh7 Qf7 11. Kh8 Ke7 12. g8=Q Qxg8+ 13. Kxg8 Kf6 14. Kh7 h5 15. Kh6 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event"Special hm. Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2020"] [Round ""] [White "V.Katsnelson and L.Katsnelson"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1n6/8/1npQPk2/1p3q2/1P6/7N/2P5/2K5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] 1. Qf8+ Kxe6 2. Nf4+ Ke5 3. Nd3+ Ke6 4. Nc5+ Ke5 5. Qxb8+ Kd4 6. Qxb6 Kc3 7. Ne4+ $1 Qxe4 8. Qc5+ Qc4 9. Qe3+ Kxb4 10. Kb2 $1 Ka5 (10... Qc5 11. c3+ Kc4 12. Qe4+) (10... Qg4 11. Qc3+ Ka4 12. Qa3#) 11. Qa7+ Kb4 12. Qa3# 1-0
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[Event"1-4 commendation, Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Pavel Arestov"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3K4/BB1P2b1/2pPp3/1n3rP1/4k3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] 1. Ke7 $1 Bf8+ 2. Kxe6 Re5+ 3. Kf6 Rf5+ 4. Kg6 Rxg5+ $1 5. Kxg5 Nxd6 6. Bxc6+ Ke5 7. Bd4+ $1 Ke6 8. d8=N+ $1 Ke7 9. Bf6# 1-0
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[Event"1-4 commendation, Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Sergei Kasparyan"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2N2b2/8/B7/3K2p1/2N5/2p5/2p5/B2k1b2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] 1. Ne3+ Ke1 2. Nxc2+ Kd2 3. Bxf1 Kxc2 4. Kc4 Bg7 5. Nd6 $1 Kd2 6. Ne4+ Ke1 7. Bd3 c2 8. Bxg7 c1=Q+ 9. Bc3+ Kd1 10. Nf2# 1-0
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[Event"1-4 commendation, Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "S.Nielsen and M.Minski"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1n6/3p4/3k1P2/7N/1K2PPq1/6b1/8/1Q6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] 1. Qd3+ Kc7 2. f7 $1 Bh4 $1 3. f8=Q Be7+ 4. Qxe7 Nc6+ 5. Kb5 Nxe7 6. Nf6 Qe6 7. Qd6+ $3 Kxd6 8. Ne8# 1-0
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[Event"1-4 commendation, Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "B.Buyannemekh and M.Garcia"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2p1P1p1/2r1P3/1p2k1BK/6p1/1b1P4/2n3P1/7n w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] 1. e8=Q Rxe6 2. Qxb5+ Bd5 3. Qb2+ Nd4 4. Be3 $1 Ng3+ 5. Kg5 Nge2 6. Qxd4+ $1 Nxd4 7. Bf4# 1-0
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[Event"Special commendation, Zadachy i Etyudy 2018"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [Round ""] [White "Alexei Popov"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7k/6p1/5P2/6K1/8/8/Pr6/R7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] 1. f7 Rg2+ 2. Kh5 Rf2 3. Rh1 $1 Rxf7 4. Kg6+ Kg8 5. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 6. Kxf7 g5 7. a4 g4 8. a5 g3 9. a6 g2 10. a7 g1=Q 11. a8=Q+ Kh7 12. Qe4+ Kh6 13. Qh4# 1-0
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