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Studies awarded for the Zhigulovskie Zori 2021 Tournament.
[Event "1.p Zhigulovskie Zori"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Minski=M Stavrietsky=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/7p/7B/1N2kr2/1R3p1P/1n6/p5K1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] 1. Bg7+ $1 (1. Ra4 $2 a1=Q 2. Bg7+ Ke6 3. Bxa1 Rxb5) 1... Rf6 (1... Ke6 2. Rxb3 ) 2. Ra4 f3+ 3. Kf1 $1 (3. Kf2 $2 a1=Q 4. Rxa1 Nxa1 5. Nd4 $1 Kxd4 6. Bxf6+ Ke4 7. Bxa1 Kf4 8. Bd4 Kg4) 3... a1=Q+ 4. Rxa1 Nxa1 5. Nd4 $1 f2 (5... Kxd4 6. Bxf6+ Ke4 7. Bxa1 Kf4 8. Bd4 Kg4 9. Bf2) 6. Bh8 $1 h6 7. Bg7 h5 8. Bh8 Kxd4 9. Bxf6+ Ke3 10. Bxa1 1-0
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[Event "2.p Zhigulovskie Zori"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Arestov=P Krug=P"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6n1/8/8/3PkP2/8/P5K1/6P1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "45"] 1. d6 Nf6 (1... Kxd6 2. a4 Ne7 3. Kf4) 2. d7 $1 Nxd7 3. Kg4 Kf6 (3... Nf6+ 4. Kg5 Nh7+ 5. Kg6 Nf8+ 6. Kf7) 4. Kf4 Nb6 (4... Nc5 5. g4 Nd3+ 6. Ke4 Nf2+ 7. Kf3 Nd3 8. a4) 5. g4 Nd5+ 6. Kg3 $1 (6. Ke4 $2 Nc3+ 7. Kd3 Nd1 $1 8. Kd4 Nf2) 6... Nc3 7. Kh4 Na4 8. Kh5 Nb6 9. Kh6 Nd7 (9... Na4 10. g5+) 10. a4 Ne5 11. Kh5 $1 ( 11. g5+ $2 Kxf5 12. a5 Nf7+ 13. Kh5 Nxg5 14. a6 Ne6 15. a7 Nc7) 11... Nc4 12. Kh4 Na5 13. Kg3 ({or} 13. Kh3 Ke5 14. Kg3 Nc6 15. Kh4) 13... Ke5 14. Kh3 Nc6 15. Kh4 Kf6 16. Kh5 Na5 17. Kh6 Nc6 18. Kh7 Na5 19. Kh8 $1 (19. Kg8 Nc6 20. Kh8 (20. Kf8 Na5 21. Ke8 Nb7 22. Kd7 $2 Nc5+) 20... Na5 21. Kh7 Nc6 22. Kg8) 19... Nc6 20. Kg8 Na5 21. Kf8 Nb7 22. Ke8 Nc5 23. a5 1-0
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[Event "3.p Zhigulovskie Zori"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Gasparyan=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2k5/2qp1N1K/P7/p1P1Pn2/8/5N2/7B/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] 1. e6 Qxc5 2. a7 $1 Qxa7 3. e7 $1 Nxe7 (3... Qe3 4. Be5 Nxe7 5. Nd6+ Kc7 6. Nc4+) 4. Nd6+ Kd8 5. Nf7+ Ke8 6. Nd6+ Kf8 7. Bf4 $1 (7. Be5 $2 Nf5 8. Bg7+ Nxg7 9. Nh4 Qg1 10. Ng6+ Qxg6+ 11. Kxg6 Ke7 12. Nc4 a4 13. Kxg7 Ke6 14. Kg6 d5) 7... Ng8 8. Bh6+ $1 Nxh6 9. Nh4 $1 (9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Nc8+ Ke6 11. Nxa7 Kxe5) 9... Qg1 10. Ng6+ Qxg6+ 11. Kxg6 Ke7 (11... a4 12. Nb5 $1 Nf7 13. Kf6 d5 14. Ke6) (11... Nf7 12. Nxf7 a4 13. Ne5 a3 14. Nxd7+ Ke7 15. Nc5 a2 16. Nb3) (11... Ng4 12. Kf5 ) 12. Nc4 a4 13. Kxh6 d5 14. Nb6 1/2-1/2
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[Event ".hm Zhigulovskie Zori"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Arestov=P Kiryakov=P"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/7p/8/4kP2/8/8/8/3K1nnN w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] 1. f6 (1. Ke1 $2 Nh2 2. Kf2 Ngf3 3. Kg2 Kf4 $1 4. f6 Ng4 5. f7 Nh4+ 6. Kh3 Ng6) 1... Kxf6 2. Ke1 Nh2 3. Kf2 Ngf3 ({main} 3... Nhf3 4. Ng3 $1 (4. Kg2 $2 h5 5. Ng3 h4) 4... Kg6 5. Kg2 h6 (5... Kg5 6. Ne4+) 6. Kf2 Kg5 7. Kg2 Kg4 8. Ne4 Kf4 (8... Ne2 9. Nf6+ Kf4 10. Nd5+ Ke5 11. Ne3 Kf4 12. Nd5+ Ke4 13. Nf6+) 9. Nf6 Kf5 10. Nh5 Kg4 11. Nf6+ Kf4 12. Nh5+ Kg5 13. Ng3 Kg4 14. Ne4) 4. Kg2 $1 Kg5 5. Ng3 $1 Kf4 6. Nh5+ Kg5 7. Ng3 h6 8. Ne2 $1 (8. Ne4+ $2 Kf4 9. Ng3 Ng4) 8... h5 9. Nc3 $1 (9. Ng3 $2 h4) 9... h4 10. Nd5 Kg4 11. Nf6+ ({or} 11. Ne3+) 11... Kf4 12. Nd5+ Ke5 13. Ne7 $1 Kf6 14. Nd5+ Ke5 15. Ne7 1/2-1/2
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[Event "sp.hm Zhigulovskie Zori"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Stavrietsky=A Tarasiuk=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2rP1n2/P1P2P2/6Pp/1p5k/P7/2K2PR1/r7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] 1. Kb2 (1. g6 $2 Rxc6+ 2. Kb2 Rcc1 $1) 1... Rd1 2. g6 Rxc6 3. Rh2+ $1 (3. gxf7 $2 bxa3+ 4. Ka2 Rd2+ 5. Kxa3 Rxa6+ 6. Kb3 (6. Kb4 Rxf6 7. Rh2+ Kg5 $1 8. f4+ Rxf4+) 6... Rxf6 7. Rh2+ Kg4 $1 8. f3+ Rxf3+) 3... Kg4 ({main} 3... Kg5 4. gxf7 bxa3+ 5. Ka2 Rd2+ 6. Kxa3 Rxa6+ 7. Kb3 $1 Rxf6 8. f4+ Rxf4 9. Rxd2) 4. gxf7 (4. f3+ $2 Kg3 5. gxf7 bxa3+ 6. Ka2 Kxh2 7. f8=Q Rd2+ 8. Kxa3 Rxa6+ 9. Kb4 Rxd7 10. Qb8+ Kh1 $1 11. Qb5 Raa7) 4... bxa3+ 5. Ka2 Rd2+ 6. Kxa3 Rxa6+ 7. Kb4 $1 Rxf6 8. f3+ Rxf3 9. Rxd2 1-0
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[Event ".c Zhigulovskie Zori"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Arestov=P"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3K4/1R6/4PP1p/2P3nN/8/8/2p1P3/3k2b1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] 1. Rd7+ $1 (1. e7 $2 Ne6+ 2. Kc8 c1=Q 3. Rb5 Qa3 4. e8=Q Qa6+ (4... Qa8+ 5. Kd7 Qd5+ 6. Ke7 Bxc5+ 7. Rxc5 Nxc5) 5. Rb7 Qa8+ 6. Rb8 Qa6+ 7. Kd7 Nxc5+) 1... Ke1 (1... Kxe2 2. e7 Ne6+ 3. Ke8 c1=Q 4. Kf7) 2. Nf4 Nxe6+ 3. Nxe6 c1=Q 4. e3 $1 ( 4. f7 $2 Bxc5) 4... Bxe3 5. f7 Bxc5 6. Nxc5 Qxc5 7. Re7+ Kd2 8. f8=Q 1-0
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[Event ".c Zhigulovskie Zori"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Egorov=E"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5r2/n1P5/3P4/7k/pK5p/8/7P/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "39"] 1. d7 a3 2. Kb3 Rf3+ 3. Kc2 Rf2+ 4. Kb1 Rf1+ 5. Ka2 Rf2+ 6. Kxa3 Nb5+ 7. Kb3 $1 Nxc7 8. d8=Q Rf7 9. Qg8 Rd7 10. h3 Kh6 11. Qc4 Rg7 12. Qxh4+ Kg6 13. Qg3+ Kf6 14. Qc3+ Kg6 15. h4 Ne6 16. h5+ Kf7 17. h6 Rh7 18. Qf3+ Kg8 19. Qg4+ Kf7 20. Qf5+ 1-0
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[Event ".c Zhigulovskie Zori"] [Site ""] [Date "2021"] [Round ""] [White "Sprenger=J"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1n6/4r3/1B3b2/K1P2P2/8/1B3k2/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "23"] 1. Bd5+ Kg4 2. c6 Re5 3. c7 (3. Ka4 $2 Nd7 $1 4. Bf3+ Kxf3 5. cxd7 Rd5) 3... Rxd5+ 4. Ka4 Nd7 5. Be3 $1 (5. Ba7 $2 Nc5+ 6. Ka3 Rd3+ 7. Ka2 Rd2+) 5... Nc5+ 6. Ka3 Rd3+ 7. Ka2 Rd1 8. Bxc5 Ra1+ 9. Kb3 Ra8 10. Kb4 Be5 11. f6 $1 Bxc7 12. f7 1/2-1/2
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