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Topko-70 JT 2009
[Event "1-3 Prize, L.Topko-70 JT (tw)"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Razumenko=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/6p1/8/1pb1PP1P/7k/8/7B/K7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2009.07.25"] [SourceDate "2009.07.25"] 1. f6 $1 (1. e6 $2 Kxh5 2. Be5 Kg5 $11) (1. h6 $2 gxh6 2. f6 Kg5 $11) 1... gxf6 2. h6 Bd4+ 3. Kb1 $1 (3. Ka2 $2 fxe5 4. Bg1 Bc3 5. Kb3 Ba1 6. Kb4 e4 7. Kc5 Kh5 8. h7 Kg6 $11) 3... fxe5 4. Bg1 Bc3 5. Kc2 b4 6. Bd4 $3 Bxd4 (6... exd4 7. Kd3) 7. Kd3 Bc3 8. Ke4 $18 1-0
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[Event "1-3 Prize, L.Topko-70 JT (tw)"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Razumenko=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/6p1/8/2b1PP1P/6pk/8/7B/K7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2009"] 1. f6 $1 (1. Bf4 $2 g3 2. Bxg3+ Kxg3 $11) 1... gxf6 2. h6 Bd4+ 3. Ka2 $1 (3. Kb1 $2 fxe5 4. Bg1 Bc3 5. Kc2 Ba1 6. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 7. Kd3 g3 $1 8. h7 g2 9. h8=Q+ Kg3 $11) 3... fxe5 4. Bg1 Bc3 5. Kb3 Ba1 6. Kc4 $1 (6. h7 $2 e4 7. Kc4 Bh8 8. Bd4 Kh5 9. Bxh8 Kh6 $11) 6... e4 7. Bd4 Kg5 8. h7 Bxd4 9. Kxd4 1-0
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[Event "1-3 Prize, L.Topko-70 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Vlasenko=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/3R4/8/6b1/4k3/8/4PK1p/7b w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2009"] 1. Rh7 (1. Kg3 $2 Bf4+ 2. Kf2 Kf5 3. Rf7+ Kg4 4. Rg7+ Kh5 5. Rg2 Kh4 { and Kh3 -+}) (1. Rg7 $2 Bh4+ 2. Kf1 Kf4 3. Rg2 Bg3 $19) 1... Be3+ 2. Kf1 $1 (2. Kg3 $2 Bf4+ 3. Kh3 Bf3 $1 4. exf3+ Kxf3 $19) 2... Bf4 3. Rg7 Kd4 4. Rg2 Ke3 5. Rg3+ $1 Kd2 (5... Bxg3 {stalemate}) 6. Rg2 Kc3 (6... Bxg2+ 7. Kxg2 { teoretical draw}) 7. Kf2 $1 Kd2 8. Kf1 Ke3 9. Rg3+ $1 {positional draw.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1-3 Prize, L.Topko-70 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Eilazjan=E"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/p7/1p6/4pn2/K7/8/8/2NkN3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2009"] 1. Ncd3 $1 (1. Ned3 $2 e4 2. Nf2+ Kxc1 3. Nxe4 Kc2 $1 4. Kb5 a5 $1 5. Ka4 Ne3 6. Nf6 (6. Nd6 Nd1 7. Nc4 Nb2+ 8. Nxb2 Kxb2 $19) 6... Nd1 $1 7. Nd5 Nc3+ 8. Nxc3 Kxc3 $19) 1... e4 2. Nf2+ Kxe1 3. Nxe4 Ke2 4. Kb5 (4. Nc3+ $2 Kd3 5. Nb5 a5 6. Na7 Nd6 7. Nc6 Kc3 8. Nxa5 b5+ $1 9. Ka3 Nc4+ $19) 4... Kd3 5. Nf2+ Kd4 6. Ka6 $1 (6. Nd1 $2 Nd6+ 7. Ka6 b5 8. Kxa7 Kd3 $1 9. Kb6 Kd2 10. Nb2 Kc2 $1 $19) 6... Ne3 7. Nh1 $1 Nd5 8. Ng3 Nc7+ 9. Kxa7 b5 10. Nf5+ $1 Kd3 11. Nd6 $1 b4 12. Nb7 b3 13. Nc5+ Kc2 14. Nxb3 $11 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Special Prize (baby), L.Topko-70 JT"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Aliev=Ilham"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/6k1/5p2/3K3P/8/8/6n1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2007"] 1. Ke3 (1. Ke5 $2 Nf3+ $19) 1... Nh3 (1... Kf6 2. Kf2 Nh3+ 3. Kg3 Ng1 4. Kf2 Nh3+ 5. Kg3 Ng1 6. Kf2 {positional draw}) (1... Kh5 2. Kf4 Kg6 3. Ke3 $11) 2. Kf3 Kh5 (2... f4 3. Kg4 $11) 3. Kg3 Ng1 4. Kf4 $1 (4. Kf2 $2 Kxh4 $1 5. Kxg1 Kg3 $19) 4... Kg6 5. Ke3 $1 (5. h5+ $2 Kf6 6. h6 Nh3+ 7. Kg3 Ng5 $19) 5... Kh5 (5... Kf6 6. Kf2 Nh3+ 7. Kg3 $11) 6. Kf4 (6. Kf2 $2 Kxh4 7. Kxg1 Kg3 $19) 6... Kg6 7. Ke3 {positional draw} 7... Nh3 8. Kf3 Kh5 9. Kg3 Ng1 10. Kf4 Kg6 11. Ke3 Kf6 12. Kf2 {Krug zamknulsa} 12... Nh3+ 13. Kg3 Ng1 14. Kf2 {positional draw.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1-3 HM, L.Topko-70 JT "] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Zinar=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3k4/1p2p2p/1P2p1P1/1P2P1pP/2p3P1/1p6/2p5/K7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "9"] [EventDate "2009"] 1. Kb2 c3+ 2. Kc1 hxg6 (2... h6 {main} 3. g7 Kd7 $1 4. g8=B (4. g8=Q $2 b2+ 5. Kxc2 b1=Q+ 6. Kxb1 c2+ 7. Kxc2 {stalemate})) 3. h6 Ke8 4. h7 Kf7 $1 (4... Kd7 $1 {main} 5. h8=B (5. h8=Q $2 b2+ 6. Kxc2 b1=Q+ 7. Kxb1 c2+ 8. Kxc2 {stalemate} )) 5. h8=R $1 (5. h8=Q $2 b2+ 6. Kxc2 b1=Q+ 7. Kxb1 c2+ 8. Kxc2 {stalemate}) 1-0
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[Event "1-3 HM, L.Topko-70 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Kasparjan=S"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/2p5/3kP1P1/7b/3K1P2/N2n4/8/8 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2009"] 1... Nxf4 (1... Bxg6 2. Nb5+ Kc6 3. f5 Bxf5 4. e7 Kd7 5. Nxc7 $11) 2. Nb5+ (2. g7 $2 Nxe6+) (2. Nc4+ $2 Kxe6 $19) 2... Kc6 3. Nxc7 $1 Kxc7 4. Ke5 Nxg6+ 5. Kf6 Nf8 6. Ke7 Ng6+ 7. Kf6 Nf8 8. Ke7 Nh7 {stalemate. Anticipation: 1) HHdbIII -56788, Reti=R - ts20#313 @3, 1927 1.f8N [1.f8Q? Bxe6] 1...Nxf8 [1...f5? 2. Nxg6 Nxg6 3.Bc5 f4 4.Kf7 Ne5+ 5.Kf6 Nd3 6.e7 Bh5 7.Bb6 f3 8.Kg7 Nf4 9.Kf8 Ne6+] 2.Bxf8 [2.Kxf8? Ng6+] 2...Bh5+ 3.Ke7 Ng6+ [3...Ng4! cook SB 4.Bg7 f5 5. Kf8 f4 6.e7 f3 7.Bd4 Nf6 8.Kg7 Ne8+] 4.Kf7! [4.Kxf6? Nxf8] 4...Nxf8+ 5.Kxf6 Kxc7 [5...Kb7 6.Ke7] 6.Ke7 Ng6+ 7.Kf6 Nf8 8.Ke7 Nh7 stalemate. 2) HHdbIII -56789, Reti=R - ts20#313 {c , Ng6+ Kf5 Nxf8 Kf6 Kxc7 Ke7 Nh7 stalemate. (Ilham Aliev)} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1-3 HM, L.Topko-70 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Ostapenko=O"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2rq1rk1/1R1b2pp/2P1np2/8/5NPQ/5RPK/1p5P/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "14"] [EventDate "2009"] 1. cxd7 Ng5+ 2. Qxg5 fxg5 3. dxc8=Q Qxc8 4. Ng6 $1 hxg6 5. Rxf8+ Qxf8 (5... Kxf8 6. Rxb2) 6. Rxb2 Qf1+ 7. Rg2 Kf7 {stalemate.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Special HM, L.Topko-70 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Bezgodkov=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1Q4K1/4p3/6pp/6k1/4b1p1/2p3P1/5b1q/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2009"] 1. Qf4+ Kh5 2. Kh7 $1 ({Thematic try} 2. Kg7 $2 Bd4+ 3. Kh7 Bg7 $1 $19) 2... Be3 3. Qxe3 Qd2 4. Qxe4 Qd6 5. Qe3 $1 Qd2 (5... g5 6. Qe4 $1 Qxg3 7. Qg6+ Kh4 8. Qxh6#) 6. Qxe7 Qg5 7. Qe4 $1 Qf6 8. Qd5+ Qf5 9. Qh1+ Kg5 10. Qh4# 1-0
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[Event "1-3 comm, L.Topko-70 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Campioli=M, Rossi=P"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k7/2p1N1n1/2pP4/1pK5/2p5/P7/r4N2/3B4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2009"] 1. Bg4 $1 cxd6+ 2. Kb6 $1 Ne6 3. Bxe6 Re2 $1 4. Ne4 $1 Rxe4 5. Nd5 $1 Kb8 (5... cxd5 6. Bxd5+ Kb8 7. Bxe4) 6. Nc7 c3 7. Na6+ Ka8 8. Bd7 Re7 (8... Rc4 9. Bc8) 9. Bxc6+ Rb7+ 10. Bxb7# 1-0
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[Event "1-3 comm, L.Topko-70 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Skrynnik=O"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1k6/8/p1K4p/8/R6p/8/1p4p1/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2009"] 1. Rb4+ Kc8 (1... Ka8 {main} 2. Kc7 $1 a5 3. Rb8+ Ka7 4. Rb7+ Ka6 5. Rb6+ { perpetual chek, positional draw}) 2. Rg4 $1 Kd8 3. Kd6 Ke8 4. Ke6 Kf8 5. Rf4+ Kg7 6. Rg4+ Kh8 7. Kf7 $1 h5 8. Rg8+ Kh7 9. Rg7+ Kh6 10. Rg6+ { perpetual chek, positional draw} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1-3 comm, L.Topko-70 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Samilo=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k7/8/Pnr3R1/1b5n/8/P5pR/1K6/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "16"] [EventDate "2009"] 1. Rg8+ $1 Ka7 $1 2. Rxh5 Na4+ 3. Kb3 $1 Bc4+ $1 4. Kxa4 Bxg8 5. Rg5 Be6 $1 6. Rxg3 Kxa6 7. Rd3 $1 Rb6 (7... Rc4+ 8. Kb3 Rd4+ 9. Kc3 $11) 8. Rd5 $1 Bxd5 { stalemate.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "Special comm, L.Topko-70 JT"] [Site ""] [Date "2009"] [Round ""] [White "Shamraj=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K7/6pp/8/8/3k4/8/8/2R5 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "13"] [EventDate "2009"] 1. Rg1 $1 g6 2. Re1 $1 h5 (2... g5 {main} 3. Kb7 g4 4. Kc6 h5 5. Kd6 g3 6. Ke6 h4 7. Kf5 h3 8. Kg4 $18) 3. Kb7 Kd5 4. Kc7 h4 5. Kd7 h3 6. Ke7 $1 h2 7. Kf6 $18 1-0
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