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Replayable studies of the Problemist Ukraine Tournament 2015-2016.
[Event "1st Prize Problemist of Ukraine (v)"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Mario Garcia & Peter Krug"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "2015-2016"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7K/1p4N1/B4nN1/4p2p/8/6pb/R1Pp1k2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2017"] 1. c3 $3 ({Logical try:} 1. c4 $2 Ke3 2. Rxd2 Kxd2 3. Bxb7 e4 4. Bxe4 Nxe4 5. Nxh5 g2 6. Nh4 g1=Q 7. Nf3+ Ke3 8. Nxg1 Bg4 $1 9. Ne2 $1 Bxh5 10. Nc1 Kd4 $1 $19 (10... Bf7 $2 11. Na2 $1 Bxc4 12. Nb4 $11)) 1... Ke3 2. Rxd2 $1 Kxd2 3. Bxb7 e4 4. Bxe4 $1 Nxe4 5. Nxh5 (5. Nh4 $2 Nf6 $19) 5... g2 6. Nh4 g1=Q 7. Nf3+ Ke3 $1 8. Nxg1 Bg4 $1 9. Ne2 $3 ({Try:} 9. Ng7 $2 Nf6 $1 10. c4 Kf2 $19) 9... Bxh5 (9... Bxe2 10. Ng7 $11) (9... Kxe2 10. Nf4+ $1 $11) 10. Nd4 $1 {draw} (10. Nc1 $2 Bf7 $1 $11) 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2nd Prize Problemist Ukraine"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Martin Minski"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "2015-2016"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "B7/1P4n1/7b/5Pp1/3K4/p4R2/6P1/1r5k w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2015"] 1. Rf1+ (1. g4 $2 Kh2 2. Rxa3 Ne8 3. Kd5 Bf8 $11) (1. Rxa3 $2 Nxf5+ $11) 1... Rxf1 2. g4 $1 (2. b8=Q $2 g4 (2... Nxf5+ $11)) 2... Nxf5+ $1 (2... Kg2 3. b8=Q+ Kh3 4. Qb7 $18) 3. gxf5 Bg7+ 4. f6 $1 ({Try} 4. Kc4 $2 Rf4+ 5. Kb5 Rxf5+ 6. Ka6 Rf6+ 7. Kb5 Rf5+ 8. Ka6 Rf6+ $11) (4. Ke3 $2 Rf3+ $1 5. Kxf3 Be5 $11) 4... Bxf6+ 5. Kc4 $1 Rf4+ (5... Rc1+ 6. Kd3 $18) (5... a2 6. b8=Q+ Kg1 7. Qg3#) 6. Kb5 {A)} a2 ({B)} 6... Rf5+ 7. Ka6 $1 a2 8. b8=Q+ Kg1 9. Qg3+ $18) 7. b8=Q+ Kh2 (7... Kg1 8. Qb7 Rf2 (8... Kf1 9. Qg2+ Ke1 10. Qxa2 $18) 9. Qh1#) 8. Qb7 Rf5+ 9. Kc4 Rf4+ 10. Kd3 (10. Kb3 $2 a1=N+ $1 $11) 10... Rf2 11. Qh1+ Kg3 12. Qg1+ Kh3 13. Qxf2 a1=Q 14. Bg2+ Kg4 15. Qf3+ Kh4 16. Qh3# 1-0
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[Event "sp.Prize Problemist Ukraine"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Alekxandr Stavrietskij"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "2015-2016"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1r6/1p2P3/1p2P2P/7r/Q1K5/2R5/n3PPPk/8 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "10"] [EventDate "2016"] {A)} 1... b5+ ({B)} 1... Rh4+ 2. g4 $1 ({Try:} 2. Kb3 $2 Rxa4 3. Rh3+ Kxg2 4. Rg3+ Kxf2 5. Rf3+ Kxe2 6. Rf8 Raa8 $1 $19) 2... Rxg4+ 3. f4 $1 Rxf4+ 4. e4 $1 Rxe4+ 5. Kb3 Rxa4 6. Rc2+ Kg3 7. Kxa4 {win}) 2. Qxb5 Rxb5 3. Rh3+ $1 Kxg2 4. Rg3+ $1 Kxf2 5. Rf3+ $1 Kxe2 6. Rf8 {win} 1-0
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[Event "1 hm. Problemist Ukraine"] [Site "City"] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Martin Minski & Oleg Pervakov"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "2015-2016"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/6k1/b2P4/7p/6p1/3P3r/4K1R1/3N4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2016"] 1. Nf2 Rf3 2. Nxg4 $1 Rxd3 $1 (2... hxg4 3. Rxg4+ Kf6 4. Kxf3 $18) 3. Nf2+ $1 ( 3. Ne5+ $2 Rg3+ 4. Kf2 Rxg2+ $11) 3... Rg3+ $1 4. Ke1 $1 (4. Kd1 $2 Rxg2 5. d7 Rxf2 $11) 4... Rxg2 5. d7 Rg1+ 6. Kd2 Rg2 7. Ke3 Rg3+ 8. Kf4 ({Try} 8. Kd4 $2 Rf3 $1 9. d8=Q Rxf2 10. Qg5+ Kh7 {(f7)} 11. Qxh5+ Kg7 12. Qg4+ Kf7 $1 13. Qd7+ Kg6 $11) 8... Rg2 9. d8=Q $1 (9. Ne4 $2 Bb7 $1 10. Nd6 Rf2+ 11. Kg5 Rf8 12. Ne8+ Kf7 13. d8=Q Rg8+ $1 14. Kf5 Be4+ $1 15. Kxe4 Rxe8+ $11) 9... Rxf2+ 10. Kg5 Rg2+ (10... Rf7 11. Qd4+ Kh7 12. Qe4+ Kg7 13. Qg6+ $18) 11. Kxh5 Rh2+ 12. Kg4 {(g5)} Rg2+ 13. Kh4 $1 Rh2+ 14. Kg3 Rh6 15. Qe7+ Kg6 16. Qf8 $1 Kg5 17. Qg7+ $1 Rg6 18. Qe5+ $1 Kh6+ 19. Kh4 Kh7 20. Qe7+ Kh6 21. Qe3+ $1 Kg7 22. Kh5 $1 {win} 1-0
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[Event "2 hm. Problemist Ukraine"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Richard Becker"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "2015-2016"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/1p6/bP5Q/Pp3k2/1P1K3p/1P5r/7b w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2016"] 1. Qh4+ $1 ({Try:} 1. Qh6+ $2 Kg4 $1 2. Qg6+ Kh4 3. Qf6+ Kg4 4. Qe6+ Kh4 5. Qe1+ Kg4 6. Qg1+ Rg2 7. Qxh1 Kf4 8. Qc1+ Kg3 $11) 1... Kf3 (1... Kf5 2. Ke3 $1 $18) 2. Qe4+ Kf2 3. Qe2+ Kg1 4. Qe1+ Kg2 5. Kc4 $3 ({Try:} 5. Kd4 $2 Kf3 6. Qe3+ Kg4 7. Qe6+ Kh4 8. Qe1+ Kg4 9. Qg1+ Rg2 10. Qxh1 Rxb2 $1 (10... Kg3 $2 11. Ke3 $1 {zz, =}) 11. Qd1+ Kh4 $11) (5. Ke3 $2 {- stalemate}) 5... Kf3 6. Qd1+ Ke3 7. Qd3+ Kf2 8. Qd2+ Kg3 9. Qd6+ Kg2 10. Qe5 Kg1 11. Qe1+ Kg2 12. Kd3 $1 Kf3 13. Qh4 $1 (13. Qf1+ $2 Kg4 $1 14. Ke3 Rg2 15. Qd1+ Kh4 $1 16. Qe1+ Kg4 17. Qxh1 Kg3 $1 {zz, =}) 13... Bg2 14. Qe4+ Kg3 15. Qe5+ {win} 1-0
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[Event "3 hm. Problemist Ukraine"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Michal Hlinka & Lubos Kekely"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "2015-2016"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/5N1p/6P1/4pN2/6K1/rP1n4/3BPrb1/7k w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "16"] [EventDate "2015"] 1. gxh7 (1. Ng3+ $2 Kh2 2. gxh7 Bh3+ $1 3. Kh4 Nf4 $19) 1... Bh3+ 2. Kxh3 Rh2+ 3. Kg3 $1 ({Try} 3. Kg4 $2 Nf2+ 4. Kf3 Rxb3+ 5. Be3 Rxh7 6. Ng5 Rh8 $1 7. Ng3+ Kg1 8. Nh3+ Kh2 $1 $19 (8... Rxh3 $2 {stalemate}) 9. Nxf2 Rf8+ 10. Ke4 Kxg3 $19 ) 3... Rxh7 4. Ng5 Rh2 5. Kf3 Rxb3 (5... Rf2+ 6. Kg4 Nb2 7. Nf3 Rxb3 8. Be1 Rfxf3 9. exf3 Nd3 10. Bh4 Rb4+ 11. Kg3 Rf4 12. Ne3 Ne1 13. Nd5 Rxf3+ 14. Kg4 Rf1 15. Bxe1 $11 {EGTB}) 6. Ng3+ Kg1 7. Be3+ (7. exd3 $2 Rxd2 8. Nh3+ Kh2 9. Nf1+ Kxh3 10. Nxd2 Rxd3+ $19) 7... Nf2 8. Nh3+ Rxh3 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "sp. hm. Problemist Ukraine"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Vladimir Samilo"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "2015-2016"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2RK3R/1pP5/8/8/8/6k1/2b5/5q2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2016"] 1. Rg8+ Kh4 2. Rh8+ $1 (2. Ra8 $2 Qf6+ 3. Kc8 b5 4. Ra7 Be4 $1 5. Re8 Bd5 $1 6. Ra3 b4 $19) 2... Kg5 3. Rg8+ Kh6 4. Rh8+ Kg7 $1 (4... Bh7 5. Ra8 {(b8)} Qf6+ 6. Kd7 Qg7+ 7. Kd6 $1 Qf6+ 8. Kd7 $11) 5. Rg8+ $1 Kf7 $1 6. Rf8+ $1 Kxf8 7. Kd7+ Kg7 $1 (7... Kf7 8. Rf8+ $1 Kxf8 9. c8=Q+ $11) 8. Rg8+ $1 Kh6 $1 9. Rh8+ $1 (9. c8=Q $2 Bf5+ $19) 9... Kg5 10. Rg8+ Kh4 11. Rh8+ Kg3 12. Rg8+ Kh2 13. Rh8+ Qh3+ $1 (13... Kg1 14. Rg8+ $11) 14. Rxh3+ Kxh3 {study A. & V.Saruchev, 1928} 15. Kc8 $3 b5 (15... Be4 16. Kb8 $1 $11) 16. Kd7 $1 Bf5+ 17. Kd6 b4 18. Ke5 Kg4 19. Kd4 {draw} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "com. Problemist Ukraine"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Pavel Arestov"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "2015-2016"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/7B/8/3P4/2p5/pPK5/2pR4/rb5k w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2015"] 1. Be4+ ({Try} 1. Bxc2 $2 Bxc2 2. Rxc2 cxb3 3. Kxb3 Rd1 $1 4. Kc4 Kg1 $1 {zz wtm} 5. Ra2 Rc1+ 6. Kd4 Rd1+ 7. Ke5 Re1+ 8. Kf4 Rd1 9. Ke4 Re1+ 10. Kd3 Rd1+ 11. Kc4 Rc1+ {positional draw}) 1... Kg1 2. Bxc2 Bxc2 3. Rxc2 cxb3 4. Kxb3 Rb1+ 5. Kc3 $1 ({Try} 5. Kc4 $2 Rd1 $1 {zz, wtm} 6. Ra2 Rc1+ 7. Kd4 Rd1+ 8. Kc4 Rc1+ {positional draw}) 5... Rd1 6. Kc4 $1 {zz, btm} Kf1 (6... Kh1 7. Ra2 Kg1 8. Rxa3 $18) 7. Ra2 Rc1+ 8. Kd3 {(d4)} Rd1+ 9. Ke4 Re1+ 10. Kf3 Rd1 11. Rxa3 Rxd5 12. Ra1+ Rd1 13. Rxd1# 1-0
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[Event "com. Problemist Ukraine"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Darko Hlebec"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "2015-2016"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1Q6/5r1P/6B1/8/4Nn1p/6p1/p6r/3NK1k1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2015"] 1. Qb6+ Kh1 2. Nxg3+ hxg3 3. Be4+ Ng2+ 4. Bxg2+ Kxg2 5. Qb2+ (5. h8=Q $2 Re7+ 6. Ne3+ Rxe3+ 7. Qxe3 Rxh8 $11) 5... Kh1 6. Qxh2+ $3 (6. h8=Q $2 Re7+ 7. Kf1 Rf7+ 8. Nf2+ Rfxf2+ 9. Qxf2 a1=Q+ 10. Qxa1 Rxf2+ $11) 6... gxh2 7. h8=Q Rf1+ $1 8. Kxf1 (8. Kd2 $2 Rxd1+ $1 9. Kxd1 Kg2 $11) 8... a1=Q 9. Qa8+ $1 (9. Qxa1 $2 { stalemate}) 9... Qxa8 10. Nf2# 1-0
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[Event "com. Problemist Ukraine"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Michail Zinar"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "2015-2016"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "k7/P3p1p1/1P4p1/7p/7P/P7/K3P3/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2016"] 1. Kb3 g5 2. Kc4 gxh4 3. Kd5 $1 {by Reti} (3. Kd4 $2 h3 $1 $19) (3. Kc5 $2 Kb7 $1 $19) 3... Kb7 (3... h3 4. Kc6 h2 5. b7+ Kxa7 6. Kc7 h1=Q 7. b8=Q+ Ka6 8. Qb6#) 4. Ke4 h3 5. Kf3 h4 6. Kf2 g5 7. Kg1 g4 8. Kh2 Ka8 9. a4 $1 Kb7 10. a5 Ka8 11. a6 e6 $1 12. e3 $1 (12. e4 $2 e5 {zz, =}) 12... e5 13. e4 {zz} g3+ 14. Kxh3 {win} 1-0
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[Event "sp. com. Problemist Ukraine"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "Pavel Arestov"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "2015-2016"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K5N1/8/8/8/8/3p3k/1P6/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2015"] 1. Nf6 d2 2. Ne4 $1 d1=N $1 (2... d1=Q 3. Nf2+ $18) 3. b4 Nb2 4. b5 Nc4 (4... Na4 5. Kb7 $1 Kg4 6. Kc6 $18) 5. Nd2 $3 (5. Kb7 $2 Na3 $11) 5... Nxd2 6. b6 Nc4 7. b7 Nb6+ 8. Kb8 $1 Nd7+ 9. Kc8 $1 {win} 1-0
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