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Studies selected by Yochanan Afek and published in
Informant nr 129
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[Event "1st Pr. "e4-e5" "] [Site ""] [Date "2014"] [Round ""] [White "P. Krug"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",Yochanan"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/7K/5B2/b2P4/3R4/3P2R1/r5b1/k3q3 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "25"] 1. Rb4+ (1. Re4+ $2 Kb1 $11) 1... Rb2 2. Rxb2 Be4+ 3. dxe4 Qxe4+ 4. Kh8 $3 (4. Kg7 $2 Bc3 $1 5. Rxc3 Qg4+ 6. Kf8 Qc8+ $1 7. Ke7 Qc7+ $1 8. Ke6 Qc8+ 9. Kd6 Qf8+ 10. Ke5 Kxb2 $11) 4... Bc3 5. Rxc3 Qe8+ 6. Kg7 Qd7+ 7. Kh6 Qh3+ $1 8. Kg5 Qg3+ $1 9. Kf5 Qh3+ 10. Kf4 Qh6+ 11. Ke5 Kxb2 (11... Qh5+ 12. Kd6 Kxb2 13. Rh3+ $18) 12. Ke6 Ka2 13. d6 $18 {Themes: Stalemate & stalemate; Battery play;} 1-0
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[Event "2nd Pr. "e4-e5""] [Site ""] [Date "2014"] [Round ""] [White "M. Minski & R. Staudte"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",Yochanan"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/6pk/2N5/5RpP/8/1p4P1/1r5P/5K2 w - - 0 0"] [PlyCount "21"] 1. Rb5 $1 (1. Nd4 $2 Rb1+ 2. Kg2 b2 3. Rb5 Rd1 4. Rxb2 Rxd4 $11) (1. Na5 $2 Rb1+ 2. Kg2 b2 3. Rb5 Ra1 4. Rxb2 Rxa5 $11) 1... Rb1+ 2. Kg2 $1 (2. Kf2 $2 b2 3. Ne5 Rh1 $1 4. Rxb2 Rxh2+ $11) 2... b2 3. Nb8 $3 (3. Ne5 $2 Re1 $11) 3... g4 4. Rb6 Kg8 5. Rb7 Kh7 (5... Kh8 6. Nd7 Rd1 7. Rb8+ Kh7 8. Nf8+ $18) 6. Nd7 $1 ( 6. Rb5 $2 Kh6 $11 {zz}) (6. h4 $2 gxh3+ 7. Kh2 Kh6 8. Rb5 Kh7 9. Rb6 Kg8 10. Rb7 Kh7 $11) 6... Rd1 7. Nf6+ $1 Kh6 8. Nxg4+ Kxh5 9. Rb5+ g5 10. h4 $1 b1=Q 11. Rxg5# {Themes: Reciprocal zugzwang; Mate} 1-0
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[Event "1st Pr. Schach"] [Site ""] [Date "2015"] [Round ""] [White "E. Fomichev "] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",Yochanan"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5N2/p5n1/1P1B1r2/k2P4/P7/8/8/K6b w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2015.02.15"] 1. b7 $1 Rf1+ 2. Kb2 $1 (2. Ka2 $4 Bxd5+ $19) 2... Rf2+ $1 3. Kc3 $1 (3. Kb3 $4 Bxd5+ $19) (3. Kc1 $2 Rf1+ 4. Kc2 Be4+ $11) (3. Kb1 $2 Be4+) 3... Rf3+ 4. Kc4 $1 Rb3 $3 5. Kxb3 Bxd5+ 6. Ka3 $1 Bxb7 7. Bc7+ Ka6 8. Nd7 $1 Bf3 (8... Ne6 9. Nb8#) 9. Nc5# {Themes: Model mate; selfblock.} 1-0
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[Event "2nd Pr. Schach"] [Site ""] [Date "2015"] [Round ""] [White "R. Becker & M. Garcia"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator ",Yochanan"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5r2/2R4P/4P1kP/8/6p1/3K1p2/5p2/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "18"] [EventDate "2015"] 1. Rc1 Rc8 $1 2. Ra1 $1 (2. Rb1 $2 Kxh7 3. Ke3 Kxh6 $1 4. Kxf2 Rc2+ 5. Kg3 Rg2+ 6. Kf4 Kg7 $1 (6... Kg6 $2 7. Re1 $1 $11) 7. Kf5 f2 8. e7 Kf7 9. e8=Q+ Kxe8 10. Ke6 Kd8 11. Kd6 Kc8 $1 $19) 2... Kxh7 3. Ke3 Kxh6 4. Kxf2 Rc2+ 5. Kg3 Rg2+ 6. Kf4 Kg6 (6... Kg7 7. Kf5 f2 8. e7 Kf7 9. e8=Q+ Kxe8 10. Ke6 Kf8 11. Kf6 Kg8 12. Kg6 Kf8 13. Kf6 Ke8 14. Ke6 Kd8 15. Kd6 Kc8 16. Kc6 Kb8 17. Rb1+ Ka7 18. Ra1+ Kb8 19. Rb1+ $11) 7. Re1 $1 f2 8. e7 $1 fxe1=Q 9. e8=Q+ $1 Qxe8 $11 {Themes: Positional draw; ideal stalemate; logical try} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "1st Pr. Olympic ty"] [Site ""] [Date "2016"] [Round ""] [White "S. Slumstrup Nielsen"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator ",Yochanan"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7k/q1P1B2P/5K1p/5P2/2r5/1p5n/8/3Q4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2016"] 1. Kg6 Rc6+ (1... Nf4+ 2. Kxh6 Rc6+ 3. Qd6 {+-}) 2. Bd6 (2. f6 $2 Qxc7) (2. Bf6+ $2 Rxf6+ 3. Kxf6 Qb6+) 2... Nf4+ 3. Kxh6 Ne6 $1 (3... Ne2 4. c8=Q+ Rxc8 5. Be5+ Qg7+ 6. Bxg7#) (3... Nd3 4. Qxd3 Qa1 {eg} 5. Kh5 {=}) 4. Qxb3 (4. fxe6 {?} Qe3+ 5. Kh5 Qxe6) 4... Qxc7 $1 5. Bxc7 Nd4+ 6. Qe6 $1 (6. f6 $2 Nxb3 7. Be5 Nc5 $1 $19) 6... Nxe6 7. Be5+ Ng7+ 8. f6 Ne6 {!} (8... Nf5+ 9. Kg5) (8... Ne8 9. Kg5) (8... Ra6 9. Kg6 $1) 9. f7+ Ng7+ 10. Kg5 Kxh7 11. f8=N+ $1 {Themes: Battery play; sacrificial play; underpromotion; pinning& unpinning.} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "3rd Pr. Baku Olympic ty"] [Site ""] [Date "2016"] [Round ""] [White "L. M. Gonzalez "] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",Yochanan"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7k/3B4/q5Pp/7N/3K4/8/2R5/r7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2016"] 1. g7+ (1. Rc8+ $2 Qxc8 2. g7+ Kh7 3. Bxc8 Rf1 $1 4. Bb7 Rf7 5. Be4+ Kg8 6. Bd5 Kh7 7. Bxf7 $11) 1... Kh7 2. Bf5+ Kg8 3. Rc8+ Qxc8 4. Bxc8 Rd1+ 5. Ke5 (5. Ke4 $2 Re1+ 6. Kd5 Kf7) 5... Re1+ 6. Kf6 $1 (6. Kd6 $2 Kf7 7. Bb7 Re6+ 8. Kc5 Re8 9. Bc6 Rd8 10. Bd5+ Kg6 11. Nf4+ Kh7 12. Be4+ Kg8 13. Nh5 Kf7 14. Bd5+ Kg6 $11) 6... Rf1+ 7. Bf5 $1 (7. Kg6 $2 Rg1+ 8. Kxh6 Rg6+ 9. Kxg6) 7... Rf2 8. Ke5 Re2+ 9. Be4 $1 (9. Kd6 $2 Kf7 $1 $11) 9... Kf7 10. Kd4 $1 Rd2+ 11. Bd3 $1 (11. Kc5 $2 Rd8 $11) 11... Rd1 12. Kc3 $1 Rc1+ 13. Bc2 $1 Rg1 14. Bb3+ {Themes: Stalemate & anti-stalemate;positional draw; systematic maneuver; pinning & unpinning.} 1-0
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[Event "2nd Pr. Afek-64 JT "] [Site ""] [Date "2016"] [Round ""] [White "O. Pervakov"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",Yochanan"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1R6/8/6N1/8/3b1K2/3P1p1k/8/3b4 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2016"] 1. Rb1 Be2 (1... Bc2 2. Rf1 f2 (2... Kh2 3. Rxf3 Bd1 4. Nh4 $1) 3. Kf3 Kh2 4. Ne5 $1 $18) 2. Nh4 $3 (2. Ke4 $2 Kg3 3. Nf4 Bc3 4. Rg1+ Kh2 5. Rg4 Bd1 6. d4 Be1 7. Ke3 f2 8. Rg2+ Kh1 9. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Bb3 $10) 2... Be5+ $1 (2... Bxd3 3. Rh1#) 3. Kxe5 Bxd3 (3... f2 4. Rh1+ Kg4 5. Nf5 Bxd3 6. Ne3+ Kf3 7. Kd4 $18) 4. Rd1 $1 (4. Rh1+ $2 Kg3 5. Kd4 Bc2 6. Ke3 f2 7. Nf3 Be4 $3 (7... Bd3 8. Nd2 Kg2 9. Rh5 $18) 8. Kxe4 Kg2 9. Rh2+ Kg3 10. Rh1 Kg2 $11) (4. Rb3 $2 Bc2 5. Rc3 Kxh4 6. Rxc2 Kg3 $10) 4... Be2 (4... Bc2 5. Rc1 Kxh4 6. Kf4 $1 $18) 5. Rh1+ Kg4 6. Nf5 f2 7. Ne3+ Kf3 (7... Kg3 8. Ra1 Kf3 9. Kd4 Bb5 10. Rb1 Ba6 11. Rb6 Be2 12. Rf6+ $18) 8. Rh3# {Themes: mate& Ideal mate; selfblock; sacrificial play; positional draw;} 1-0
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[Event "5th Pr. Afek-64 JT "] [Site ""] [Date "2016"] [Round ""] [White "P. Arestov"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator ",Yochanan"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/7K/1pp5/6P1/2n4k/8/2P5/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2016"] 1. g6 Nd6 $1 2. g7 Ne8 3. g8=N $1 (3. g8=Q $2 Nf6+) 3... Kg5 4. Ne7 c5 5. Kg8 $1 (5. Nd5 $2 Nf6+ $1 $19) 5... Nd6 6. Nd5 b5 7. Kf8 Kf5 8. Ke7 Ke5 9. Nc7 $1 ( 9. Nb6 $2 Nc4 $19) 9... c4 $1 (9... b4 10. Kd7 c4 11. Na6 b3 12. cxb3 cxb3 13. Nc5 b2 14. Nd3+ $18) 10. Kd7 c3 11. Kd8 $3 (11. Kc6 $2 b4 12. Nd5 b3 13. cxb3 c2 14. Nb4 $5 c1=Q+ $1 $19) 11... Kd4 12. Kd7 $1 (12. Ke7 $2 Nc8+) 12... Ke5 ( 12... b4 13. Kxd6 b3 14. Nb5+ $11) 13. Kd8 $1 b4 (13... Ke4 14. Kd7 Ke5 15. Kd8 $11) 14. Na6 $1 Nb7+ $1 15. Ke7 $1 (15. Kc7 $2 b3 16. cxb3 c2 17. Nb4 c1=Q+ $1) (15. Kd7 $2 b3 16. cxb3 c2 17. Nb4 Nc5+ $1 $19) 15... b3 16. cxb3 c2 17. Nb4 $1 c1=Q 18. Nd3+ {Themes:Fork; underpromotion; positional draw} 1/2-1/2
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[Event "2nd HM Afek-64 JT "] [Site ""] [Date "2016"] [Round ""] [White "J. Polasek & E. Vlasak"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ",Yochanan"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5k2/8/4P3/8/8/1B4R1/b2r4/5K2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2016"] 1. Rg8+ $1 Ke7 (1... Kxg8 2. e7+ Bxb3 3. e8=Q+ $18) 2. Rg7+ Kd8 $1 (2... Kf6 3. e7 Bxb3 4. e8=Q Bc4+ 5. Kg1 Rd1+ 6. Kh2 Kxg7 7. Qe5+ $18) (2... Kf8 3. Rf7+ $18 ) (2... Ke8 3. Ba4+ Kd8 4. e7+ $18) 3. e7+ Ke8 4. Ba4+ Rd7 5. Rg6 $3 (5. Rg4 $2 Be6 6. Rd4 Kxe7 $11) (5. Kf2 $6 Bb3 $1 6. Bc6 (6. Bxd7+ Kxd7 7. Ke3 Ke8 $1 8. Kf4 Bf7 $11) 6... Ba4 7. Bxd7+ (7. Bxa4) 7... Bxd7 $1 8. Ke3 Be6 9. Ke4 Bf7 $11 ) 5... Bb3 6. Bc6 $1 (6. Bxd7+ $2 Kxd7 7. Rg7 Ke8 8. Rg3 Be6 $11) 6... Bd5 ( 6... Bf7 7. Rd6 $18) 7. Bxd7+ Kxd7 8. Rd6+ $1 {Themes: Struggle to secure promotion; stalemate & anti-stalemate;pinning & unpinning.} 1-0
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