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Studies awarded in the Birnov 19th Memorial tournament 2006
Birnov, Zinovy 1911-1967
[Event "=1/2 Prize"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "R.Becker"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4rn2/p7/P2K4/7R/4k3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "32"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rh4+ $1 (1. Kc7 $2 Re7+ 2. Kb8 Ne6 3. Rb5 Nd4 $1 {-+}) 1... Ke3 (1... Kd3 2. Rf4 Ne6 3. Rf7 Nd4 4. Rxa7 Nb5+ 5. Kd7 {=}) (1... Kf5 2. Rh1 $1 Re6+ 3. Kc7 Re7+ 4. Kd6 $1 Rf7 5. Rf1+ Kg6 6. Rg1+ Kf6 7. Rf1+ Kg7 8. Rg1+ Ng6 9. Kc6 Re7 10. Rf1 Ne5+ 11. Kd6 Ng6 (11... Re8 12. Kc7) 12. Kc6 {=}) 2. Kc7 (2. Rh6 $2 Re4 3. Rf6 Rf4 $1 4. Rxf4 Kxf4 5. Kc7 Ke5 6. Kb7 Kd6 7. Kxa7 Kc7 8. Ka8 Nd7 $1 {-+} ) 2... Re6 3. Kb7 Re7+ 4. Kb8 $1 (4. Ka8 $2 Ne6 5. Rb4 Nc5 6. Rc4 Nxa6 {-+}) 4... Ne6 5. Rb4 Nd8 6. Rc4 $1 Ne6 7. Rb4 Nc5 8. Rc4 Nd7+ 9. Kb7 Nc5+ 10. Kb8 $1 Nxa6+ 11. Ka8 {zz} 11... Rf7 (11... Ke2 12. Ra4 $1 Nc5 13. Ra5 $1 {=}) 12. Re4+ $1 Kd3 13. Rd4+ Kc3 14. Rc4+ $1 (14. Rd3+ $2 Kc4 15. Rc3+ Kb5 16. Rb3+ Nb4 {-+} ) 14... Kb3 15. Rc3+ Kb4 (15... Ka4 16. Ra3+ Kb5 17. Ra5+ Kb6 18. Rb5+ Kc6 19. Rb6+ {=}) 16. Rb3+ Kxb3 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "=1/2 Prize"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "L.Katsnelson & A.Sochnev"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bK6/P7/2p4P/4N1P1/4r3/5p1k/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. h7 Rh4 (1... Rb4+ 2. Kxa8 Rh4 3. Nxf3 Rxh7 4. Kb8 Rh8+ 5. Kb7 Kg4 6. g6 {+-} ) 2. g6 f2 3. g7 Rxh7 (3... f1=Q 4. h8=Q Qb5+ 5. Kxa8 Qxe5 6. Qc8+ {+-}) 4. g8=Q Rb7+ (4... f1=Q 5. Qxh7+ Kg2 6. Kxa8 {+-}) 5. Kxa8 Rxa7+ 6. Kb8 $1 (6. Kxa7 $2 f1=Q {zz} 7. Qg4+ Kh2 8. Nf3+ Kh1 {zz} 9. Qg3 Qa1+ 10. Kb7 Qb1+ $1 11. Kc7 (11. Kc8 Qf5+ {=}) 11... Qh7+ 12. Kb8 Qb1+ {=}) 6... f1=Q (6... Ra8+ 7. Kxa8 f1=Q 8. Qg4+ Kh2 9. Nf3+ Kh1 10. Ka7 {transposes}) 7. Qg4+ Kh2 8. Nf3+ Kh1 9. Kxa7 $1 {zz} 9... Qa1+ (9... c5 10. Kb6 $1 c4 11. Kc5 $1 c3 12. Qg3 {+-}) 10. Kb7 Qb1+ 11. Kc8 $1 Qf1 12. Kc7 c5 13. Qg3 {+-} 1-0
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[Event "1st s.p."] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Y.Afek"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4K1n1/8/3p3P/8/8/6kP/P7/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. h7 Nf6+ 2. Ke7 Nxh7 3. Kxd6 Ng5 $1 4. h4 $3 (4. a4 $2 Nf3 $1 5. Kd5 Nh4 $1 6. a5 Nf5 7. Kc6 Nd4+ 8. Kb6 Nf5 9. a6 Nd6 {=}) 4... Kxh4 (4... Nf3 5. h5 {-+}) 5. a4 Ne4+ (5... Nf7+ 6. Kc7 {+-}) (5... Nf3 6. Kd5 {+-}) 6. Kc6 Nf2 7. a5 (7. Kb5 Ne4 8. Kc6 Nf2 {loss of time}) 7... Nd3 8. Kb5 {+-} 1-0
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[Event "2nd s. p."] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "D.Gurgenidze &, R.Shtaude"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2k5/8/8/6p1/1R6/p5r1/K7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rb5 $1 (1. Rc3+ $2 Kd6 2. Rd3+ Ke5 3. Re3+ Kf4 4. Rf3+ Kg5 5. Rf5+ Kh4 6. Rh5+ Kg3 7. Rh1 Kf2 8. Rf1+ Ke2 9. Re1+ Kd2 10. Rd1+ Kc3 11. Rc1+ Rc2 12. Rg1 Kb3 $1 {-+}) 1... Rg1+ (1... Rg3 2. Kxa2 $1 Kd6 3. Kb2 $1 Ke6 4. Kc2 {(Kc1)} 4... Kf6 5. Kd2 {=}) 2. Kxa2 Kc6 3. Ra5 $1 (3. Rg5 $2 Kd6 4. Kb2 Ke6 5. Kc2 Kf6 $1 6. Rg8 Ke5 7. Kd3 Kf4 {-+}) 3... Kd6 4. Kb2 {(Kb3)} 4... Ke6 5. Kc2 {(Kc3)} 5... Kf6 6. Kd2 $1 (6. Kd3 $2 Re1 $1 {-+}) 6... Rf1 7. Ke2 {=} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "s.p. for domestic composer"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "S.Abramenko"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/7P/4p1P1/2B5/2P4r/1k5p/8/1K6 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Bg1 $1 (1. Bd6 $2 e5 $1 2. Bxe5 h2 3. Bxh2 Rxh2 4. Kc1 Kc3 5. Kd1 Kd3 6. Ke1 Ke3 7. Kf1 Kf3 8. Kg1 Rh6 9. g7 Rg6+ 10. Kf1 Ra6 $1 11. Ke1 Ke3 12. Kd1 Kd3 13. Kc1 Kc3 14. Kb1 Rb6+ {=}) 1... h2 2. Bxh2 Rxh2 3. Kc1 Kc3 4. Kd1 Kd3 5. Ke1 Ke3 6. Kf1 Kf3 7. Kg1 Rh6 (7... Rh5 8. g7 $1 (8. c5 $2 Rg5+ 9. Kf1 Rh5 {=}) 8... Rg5+ 9. Kf1 Ra5 10. Ke1 Ke3 11. Kd1 Kd3 12. Kc1 Kc3 13. Kb1 {+-}) 8. g7 Rg6+ 9. Kf1 {+-} 1-0
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[Event " HM"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "S.Didukh (Ukraine)"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7B/4P3/8/2N5/4r3/1KP2r2/p2Pp3/k7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Kc2 (1. Nxe4 $2 e1=Q 2. e8=Q Kb1 3. Qg6 Qd1+ 4. Kb4 a1=Q 5. Nc5+ Qc2 6. Qg1+ Kb2 7. c4+ Rc3 8. Qxa1+ Kxa1 9. Bxc3+ Ka2 {=}) 1... e1=N+ 2. Kc1 Nd3+ 3. Nxd3 Rxd3 4. c4+ Rdd4 5. e8=R $1 (5. e8=Q $2 Re5 $1 6. d3 Rxc4+ 7. Kd1 Rc1+ 8. Kd2 Rc2+ {=}) 5... Re5 6. Rxe5 Rxc4+ 7. Kd1 Rc1+ 8. Ke2 {+-} 1-0
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[Event "1st Comm"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "P..Rossi"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/P3B3/8/3b4/5k2/2P1R3/2r2p2/5K2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Bg5+ $1 Kg4 $1 (1... Kxg5 2. Re5+ {=}) 2. Re2 Bc4 3. Bd2 Rxd2 4. a8=Q Bxe2+ 5. Kxf2 Bf3+ 6. Ke3 $1 Re2+ 7. Kd3 {=} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2nd Comm"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "P.Rossi"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/8/b7/N5R1/Np4K1/kr4b1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Nc2+ $1 Bxc2 2. Ra3 Be4+ $1 3. Kh3 $3 (3. Kg3 $2 Bf2+ $1 (3... Bh2+ $2 4. Kh3 Bf5+ 5. Kh4 Bg3+ 6. Kg5 {+-}) 4. Kf4 Bg3+ 5. Kg4 Bf3+ 6. Kf5 Be4+ {=}) 3... Bf5+ 4. Kg3 Bh2+ $1 (4... Bf2+ 5. Kf4 Be3+ 6. Ke5 Bd4+ 7. Kd6 Be5+ 8. Kc6 $1 Rc1+ (8... Be4+ 9. Kb5 ({Also} 9. Kb6 Bd4+ 10. Ka5 Bb6+ 11. Kxb6 {+-}) 9... Bd3+ 10. Kc5 Rc1+ 11. Nc3#) 9. Nc3#) 5. Kh4 Bg3+ 6. Kg5 $1 Bh4+ 7. Kh5 Bg6+ 8. Kh6 Bg5+ 9. Kxg6 Be7 (9... Rg1 10. Nc3#) 10. Nb4# 1-0
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