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Zadachy i Etyudy 2020
[Event "1.p Zadachy i Etyudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2020"] [Round ""] [White "Tkachenko=SN Shevchenko=K"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1p6/1p2R3/1q2N3/3nR3/KPk5/8/2N1b3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] 1. Ne2+ $1 (1. Rxd4 $2 Qa5+ 2. Ra4 Qc5+ 3. b4 Qe3 4. Ncd3 Bg3 5. b5 Bxe5 6. Rxe5 Qxd3 7. Rb4 $11) 1... Nxe2 2. Rc4+ Kd2 (2... Qxc4 3. Nxc4 Nd4 4. Re3+ Kc2 5. Rxe1) 3. Nf3+ Kd1 4. Rd6+ Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ (5... Qa5+ 6. Kb2 Bg3 7. Nc6+) 6. Rxb4 (6. Kb2 $2 Qxc4 7. bxc4 Bxd6 $11) 6... Qa5+ 7. Kb2 (7. Ra4 $2 Qc5+ 8. Kb2 Qxd6 $11) 7... Qxb4 8. Rd5 $1 {Domination.} Qd2+ (8... Qf8 9. Ne6+) 9. Nc2 Qxd5 10. Ne3+ 1-0
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[Event "1.hm Zadachy i Etyudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2020"] [Round ""] [White "Tarasiuk=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/6n1/2NP4/8/kp6/p1p5/6B1/3K4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] 1. Bd5 $1 (1. Nxb4 $2 Kxb4 2. Bd5 a2 $1 3. Bxa2 Ka3 4. d7 Kb2 $11) 1... a2 2. Bxa2 b3 3. Bb1 c2+ 4. Bxc2 bxc2+ 5. Kd2 $1 (5. Kxc2 $2 Kb5 6. d7 Ne6 7. Nd4+ Nxd4+) (5. Kc1 $2 Ne6 6. d7 Kb3 7. Nd4+ Nxd4 8. d8=Q Ne2+) 5... Ne6 6. d7 {zz} Kb3 7. Nd4+ Ka3 $1 8. Nxc2+ Ka4 9. Kc3 Ka5 10. Kc4 Kb6 11. Kd5 Nd8 12. Kd6 Nb7+ 13. Ke7 $18 1-0
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[Event "2.hm Zadachy i Etyudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2020"] [Round ""] [White "Didukh=S"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "b1B1k2K/2q5/3p4/8/4P3/B7/5Q2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2020"] 1. Qf5 Qc3+ 2. Kh7 Bc6 $1 {Прикрыв поле d7, черные вынуждают белого слона забрать на d6, так как других полей отступления у него нет.} ( 2... Bxe4 3. Qxe4+ Kd8 4. Bf5 Qxa3 5. Qb7 Qa4 6. Qc8+ Ke7 7. Qe6+ Kd8 8. Qxd6+ Ke8 9. Bg6#) (2... Qxa3 3. Qe6+ Kf8 4. Bd7 $18) 3. Qe6+ $1 ({ Логический ЛС:} 3. Bxd6 $2 Bxe4 $1 4. Qxe4+ Kd8 {- взаимный цугцванг. Белые не могут подключить к атаке своего короля.} 5. Kg6 ({ паты мешают слону уйти с с8:} 5. Be6 Qh3+ $1 6. Kg7 Qxe6 7. Qxe6 {пат.}) (5. Bb7 Qh3+ 6. Kg6 Qe6+ 7. Qxe6 {пат.}) 5... Qc6 $1 6. Qxc6 {пат.}) 3... Kd8 4. Bxd6 Bxe4+ 5. Qxe4 {zz} Kxc8 (5... Qh3+ 6. Kg6 Qe6+ 7. Bxe6 $18 {пата нет.}) (5... Qc6 6. Be7+ $1 {- слон не связан.}) (5... Qxc8 6. Qe7#) 6. Kg6 $1 {Реакция удава на потерю слона - полное спокойствие!} Kd7 (6... Qc1 7. Kf7) 7. Qe7+ Kc8 8. Qe8+ Kb7 9. Qb5+ Kc8 10. Bf4 $1 {Белые обеспечили зеленый коридор своему королю.} Kd8 ({После} 10... Qc2+ 11. Kf6 {получается известная позиция по этюдам А.Маняхина (Schach 1985).} Kd8 12. Qb8+ Kd7 13. Qb7+ Kd8 14. Bg5 $1 $18) 11. Kf7 Qc6 12. Qb8+ $1 Qc8 13. Qb6+ { с матом.} 1-0
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[Event "3.hm Zadachy i Etyudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2020"] [Round ""] [White "Avni=A Minski=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3q2N1/1B6/2P3p1/3p1kP1/3P4/4P2p/R3P2P/2b1K3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2020"] 1. Nh6+ Ke4 (1... Ke6 2. Rc2 Qa5+ 3. Kf2 Qc7 4. Rxc1 Qxh2+ 5. Ke1 Qg3+ 6. Kd2 Qc7 7. Ng4 $18) 2. Ra8 Qe7 3. Re8 $1 Qxe8 4. c7 Bd2+ $1 5. Kxd2 Qa8 6. c8=Q Qxc8 7. Nf5 $1 Qc7 (7... Qxf5 8. Ba6) 8. Ng3+ Qxg3 9. hxg3 h2 10. g4 h1=Q 11. Ba6 Qb1 12. Bd3+ Qxd3+ 13. exd3+ Kf3 14. e4 $18 1-0
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[Event "sp.hm Zadachy i Etyudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2020"] [Round ""] [White "Garcia=M Krug=P"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/5Q1K/P7/8/Pp6/8/3kq2N w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2020"] 1. Nf2+ (1. Qa1+ $2 Ke2 2. Qb2+ Qd2+ 3. Qxd2+ Kxd2 $11) 1... Ke2 2. Qb2+ Qd2+ 3. Qxd2+ Kxd2 4. Ne4+ Kc2 5. a6 b2 6. a7 b1=Q 7. a8=Q Qb6+ (7... Qc1+ 8. Kg7 Kb3 9. Qa5 Qb2+ 10. Kf7 Qxa3 11. Nd2+ Ka2 12. Qd5+ Ka1 13. Qh1+ Kb2 14. Nc4+) 8. Kh5 $1 (8. Kg5 $2 Qe3+ 9. Kf5 Kb3 10. Ke5 Qe2 $1 11. a4 Qc2 12. a5 Kb4 13. a6 Ka5 14. Qb7 Qc3+ $1 15. Nxc3 {stalemate.}) 8... Qb5+ 9. Kh4 Kb3 (9... Qc4 10. Qb7 Kd3 11. Qb1+ Ke3 12. Qe1+ Kd3 13. Qf1+) 10. Nd2+ Ka2 11. Qf8 $1 (11. a4 $2 Qb4+ 12. Kh3 Ka3 $11) 11... Qa4+ 12. Qb4 Qxa3 13. Qb1# 1-0
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[Event ".c Zadachy i Etyudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2020"] [Round ""] [White "Gurgenidze=D"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1Qp5/1p2p1p1/2k1b3/P1q1P3/2p5/5N2/1K4B1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2020"] 1. Nd3+ Kd6 2. Bc5+ $1 bxc5 3. Qc6+ $1 Ke7 (3... Kxc6 4. Nxe5+) 4. Qd7+ Kf6 5. Qf7+ Kg5 6. Qxg6+ Kh4 7. Qg4+ Kxg4 8. Nxe5+ 1-0
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[Event ".c Zadachy i Etyudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2020"] [Round ""] [White "Popov=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1R4K1/4k3/1P2pb2/8/3Pr3/8/5N1p/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2020"] 1. b7 (1. Re8+ $2 Kxe8 2. b7 Be5) 1... Rg4+ (1... Rxd4 2. Re8+ Kxe8 3. b8=Q+ Rd8 4. Qc7 $18) 2. Nxg4 h1=Q 3. Re8+ Kxe8 4. b8=Q+ Bd8 5. d5 $1 (5. Qb5+ Ke7 6. Qb4+ Kd7 7. Ne5+ Kc8 8. Qc4+ Bc7 $11) 5... Qf1 (5... Qc1 6. Nf6+ Ke7 7. d6+ Kxf6 8. Qxd8+ Ke5 9. d7 $18) (5... exd5 6. Nf6+ Ke7 7. Qe5#) 6. Nf6+ $1 Qxf6 7. Qb5+ Ke7 8. Qc5+ Kd7 9. Qc6+ Ke7 10. d6# 1-0
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[Event ".c Zadachy i Etyudy"] [Site ""] [Date "2020"] [Round ""] [White "Kasparyan=S"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6N1/3p3k/1p3K2/6P1/1q3bP1/8/4Q3/7b w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2020"] 1. Qd3+ Kh8 2. Kf7 Be4 (2... Be3 3. Nf6 $1 Be4 4. Qxe4) 3. Qh3+ Bh7 4. Qxh7+ Kxh7 5. g6+ Kh8 6. g7+ Kh7 7. Nf6+ Kh6 8. g5+ Kxg5 (8... Bxg5 9. g8=N#) 9. g8=Q+ Kf5 10. Qg4+ Ke5 11. Qe2+ Kd4 (11... Kf5 12. Qd3+ Kg5 13. Qg6+ ({or} 13. Qh3)) 12. Qe4+ Kc5 13. Qd5# 1-0
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