[Event "1/3 prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R. Becker"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4Bk2/2p5/2P1KPR1/r1r5/2P5/8/1P2b3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Kd7 (1. f7 $5 Bxc4+ 2. Kd7 Bxf7 3. Bxf7 Kxf7 {-+}) (1. b4 $5 Re5+ 2. Kd7 Ra8
3. f7 Re7#) 1... Bxc4 (1... Rg5 2. b4 $1 (2. Rg7 $5 Bxc4 3. Bg6 Ra7 4. Kc8 Be6+
5. Kb8 Ra2 {-+}) (2. Rxg5 $5 Rxg5 3. b3 Rg3 {-+}) 2... Rae5 3. Rxg5 Rxg5 4. b5
Bxc4 (4... Rc5 5. f7 Bxc4 6. Kxc7 Rxb5 7. Kc8 {=}) 5. Kxc7 Bxb5 6. f7 Be2 7.
Kb8 {(Kb7) =}) 2. b4 (2. f7 $5 Bxf7 3. Bxf7 Kxf7 $19) 2... Rd5+ 3. Kxc7 Ra7+ 4.
Kb8 $1 (4. Kb6 $5 Ra8 5. f7 Rb5+ 6. Kc7 Bxf7 7. Bxf7 Kxf7 8. Rg4 Ke6 9. Rg6+
Kf5 {-+}) 4... Ra4 (4... Ra6 5. Kb7 {=}) 5. f7 Rb5+ (5... Rxb4+ 6. Kc7 Rf5 7.
Rg4 {(Rg8+) =}) (5... Rf5 6. Rg8+ Ke7 7. Kc7 Bxf7 8. Bxf7 Kxf7 9. Rg4 {=}) 6.
Kc8 $1 (6. Kc7 $5 Bxf7 7. Bxf7 Kxf7 $19) 6... Bxf7 {Main B)} (6... Ke7 {Main A)
} 7. Rf6 Bxf7 (7... Ra8+ 8. Kc7 Ra7+ 9. Kc8 Ra8+ 10. Kc7 Bxf7 11. Rxf7+ Kxe8
12. Re7+ {(Rf4) =}) 8. Rxf7+ Kxe8 9. Rb7 Rbxb4 (9... Raxb4 10. c7 Rxb7 {
stalemate}) 10. Kb8 $1 {zz} (10. c7 $5 Rxb7 11. Kxb7 Rb4+ {-+}) (10. Kc7 $5 Ke7
$19) 10... Rxb7+ 11. cxb7 Kd7 {model stalemate 1}) 7. Bxf7 Kxf7 8. Rg4 $1 (8.
Rd6 $5 Ke7 9. Rd7+ Ke6 10. Rb7 Rh5 11. Rb6 Ra8+ {-+}) 8... Ke7 9. Rg7+ Kd6 10.
Rg6+ Ke7 11. Rg7+ Ke6 12. Rg6+ Kf7 13. Rg4 Raxb4 14. Rxb4 Rxb4 15. c7 Ke7 {
model stalemate 2.   Two equivalent variants with sharp play. Original pair of
echo model stalemates! The very complicated ideaforrealization!} *

[Event "1/3 prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.Gurgenidze"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1K6/1P3Rp1/kp6/Pp6/1P2P3/6p1/P6q/1r1N4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Ka8 g2 2. e5 $3 ({Thematic try} 2. b8=Q $5 Qxb8+ 3. Kxb8 bxa5 4. Rxg7 axb4
5. Rg6+ Ka5 6. Kb7 b3 7. a3 b4 8. Rg5+ Ka4 9. Nb2+ Rxb2 10. Ka6 bxa3 {
impossible Rg4#}) 2... Qxe5 3. b8=Q Qxb8+ 4. Kxb8 bxa5 5. Rxg7 axb4 6. Rg6+ Ka5
7. Kb7 b3 8. a3 b4 9. Rg5+ Ka4 10. Nb2+ $3 (10. Ka6 $5 b2 $1 $19) 10... Rxb2
11. Ka6 (11. Kb6 $4 g1=Q+ $19) 11... Kxa3 ({Main} 11... bxa3 12. Rg4# {
result of move 2.e5!!}) 12. Ra5# {.   Realized the excellent "look ahead" try
and synthesis of two beautiful mates.  All is in spirit of the author here.}
1-0

[Event "1/3 prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A.Sochnev"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1n2N3/8/2P3k1/1P4p1/1pK5/5p2/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. c7 (1. Kxb4 $5 Nxc6+ 2. bxc6 f2 $11) 1... Nd7 (1... f2 2. cxb8=Q f1=Q+ 3.
Kxb4 Qb1+ 4. Ka5 Qa2+ 5. Kb6 Qf2+ 6. Kb7 Qf3+ 7. Kc8 Qh3+ 8. Kd8 $18) 2. Kd4 $3
{white is looking ahead} ({Thematic try} 2. Kxb4 $5 Nb6 3. Kc5 Nc8 4. b6 (4.
Nd6 f2 5. Nxc8 f1=Q 6. Ne7+ Kf7 7. c8=Q Qf2+ $11) 4... Nxb6 (4... f2 5. b7 Ne7
6. c8=Q Nxc8 7. bxc8=Q f1=Q {same play, but loss of time}) 5. Kxb6 f2 6. c8=Q
f1=Q 7. Qe6+ Kh7 8. Qe7+ Kg6 {(Kh6)} 9. Qg7+ Kh5 10. Nf6+ Kh4 11. Qh6+ Kg3 12.
Ne4+ Kg2 13. Qxg5+ Kh2 14. Qg3+ Kh1 15. Nf2+ Qxf2+ 16. Qxf2 {
stalemate (Idea of Lazar, 1962)}) 2... Nb6 (2... f2 3. c8=Q f1=Q 4. Qc6+ Kh5 5.
Qxd7 Qf4+ (5... Qd1+ 6. Kc4 Qxd7 7. Nf6+) 6. Kc5 b3 7. Qh3+ Kg6 8. Qe6+ Kh5 9.
Nf6+ Kh4 10. Qe1+ Kh3 11. Qh1+ Qh2 12. Qf3+ Qg3 13. Qxg3+ Kxg3 14. b6 b2 15.
Ne4+ $18) 3. Kc5 Nc8 (3... f2 4. Kxb6 f1=Q 5. c8=Q Qg1+ 6. Kb7 Qg2+ 7. Ka7 Qa2+
8. Kb8 Qh2+ 9. Nc7 $18) (3... Nd7+ 4. Kc6 f2 5. c8=Q f1=Q 6. Qxd7 Qf3+ 7. Kc7
Qc3+ 8. Kd8 $18) 4. b6 $1 (4. Nd6 $5 Ne7 5. b6 f2 6. b7 f1=Q 7. b8=Q Qf2+ 8.
Kb5 Qf1+ 9. Nc4 Qf5+ 10. Ka4 Qd7+ $11) 4... Nxb6 (4... f2 5. b7 f1=Q (5... Ne7
6. c8=Q $18) 6. bxc8=Q $18) 5. Kxb6 f2 6. c8=Q f1=Q 7. Qe6+ Kh7 (7... Kh5 8.
Ng7+ Kh4 9. Nf5+ $18) 8. Qe7+ {(Qd7)} Kg6 9. Qg7+ Kh5 10. Nf6+ Kh4 11. Qh6+ Kg3
12. Ne4+ Kg2 13. Qxg5+ Kh2 14. Qg3+ (14. Qh6+ $5 Kg1 15. Qe3+ Kg2 16. Qg3+ Kh1
17. Nf2+ {loss of time}) 14... Kh1 15. Nf2+ Qxf2+ 16. Qxf2 $18 {is no stalemate
.  A familiar final, but very cleverly constructed try! One more beautiful
work of the author!} 1-0

[Event "4/6 prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "M.Hlinka"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b5k1/8/8/1K6/3P2N1/1P4R1/1p1r4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Ne5+ $1 ({Thematic try} 1. Ne3+ $2 Kh7 2. Rh3+ Kg6 3. Rg3+ Kh5 4. Rg1 (4.
Rh3+ Kg5 5. Rg3+ Kf4 6. Rg1 Kxe3 $19) 4... Be4 5. Nc4 Rg2 6. Rh1+ Kg6 $1 7.
Nxb2 Rg5+ $19 {see the move 11.Nxb2(Na3)}) (1. Rg1 $2 Rg2 2. Rb1 Kg7 3. Ne3 Be4
4. Rd1 Rg3) 1... Kh7 2. Rh3+ Kg7 3. Rg3+ Kh6 (3... Kf6 4. Rg1 Be4 5. Nc4 Rg2 6.
Rf1+ Kg5 7. Nxb2 $11) 4. Rh3+ ({Thematic try} 4. Ng4+ $2 Kh5 5. Nf6+ Kh4 6.
Rg4+ Kh3 7. Rg1 Bf3 $1 8. Rb1 Be2+ 9. Kc6 Bd3 10. Rxb2 Rxb2 11. d5 Rf2 $1 (
11... Rc2+ $2 12. Kb6 $1 Rf2 13. Nd7 Rd2 14. d6 Bf5 15. Kc6 $11) 12. Nd7 Be4
$19) 4... Kg5 5. Rg3+ Kh5 6. Rh3+ $1 (6. Rg1 $2 Be4 $1 7. Nc4 Rg2 8. Rh1+ Kg6
$1 9. Nxb2 Rg5+ $19) 6... Kg5 7. Rg3+ Kh4 (7... Kf4 8. Rg1 Be4 9. Nc4 Rg2 10.
Rf1+ $11) 8. Rg1 (8. Rg4+ $5 Kh5 9. Rg1 Be4 10. Nc4 Rg2 $19) 8... Be4 (8... Rg2
9. Rh1+ Kg5 10. Nc4 Rg3 11. Rb1 $11) 9. Nc4 Rg2 10. Rh1+ Kg5 11. Nxb2 {
(Na3)= (impossible 11...Rg5+).  The light, economical position. Correctness of
a choice of the first move it is visible only in the end of the solution!
Thematic tries are organic with the main line.} *

[Event "4/6 prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "M.Minski"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3P1P2/r6r/8/8/4k3/8/R3K2R w KQ - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Ra3+ $1 ({Thematic try} 1. Rh3+ $5 Rxh3 2. O-O-O Ra1+ $1 (2... Rc6+ $5 3.
Kb2 Rh2+ 4. Ka3 Ra6+ 5. Kb4 $18) 3. Kb2 Rxd1 4. f8=Q Rd2+ {(Rh2)+=}) (1. O-O-O
$5 Rhc6+ $11) (1. Kd1 $2 Rhd6+ $11) (1. O-O $4 Rag6#) 1... Rxa3 2. O-O $1 Rg6+
3. Kh2 (3. Kh1 $5 Rh6+ 4. Kg2 Ra2+ 5. Kg3 Rg6+ 6. Kh3 Rh6+ 7. Kg4 $18 {
loss of time (see main line after 5.Kg4)}) 3... Ra2+ 4. Kh3 Rh6+ 5. Kg4 Rh8 6.
Re1+ (6. f8=Q $4 Rg2+) 6... Kf2 (6... Kd3 7. Re8 $18) (6... Kd2 7. Re8 $18) 7.
Re8 $18 {.   In spite of the short play, this rook study makes deep impression!
} 1-0

[Event "4/6 prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "M.Roxlau"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1N6/1n6/6B1/8/p1PP4/8/1k1K4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Na5 $1 (1. Nc5 $5 Na4 $1 (1... a2 $2 2. Nb3 {see solution}) 2. Nb3 Kb2 3.
Na1 Nxc3+ 4. Kd2 Nb1+ 5. Ke1 Kxa1 6. Bf6+ Ka2 $11) (1. c4 $5 a2 2. Bf6 Na4 $11)
1... a2 2. Nb3 Kb2 3. Na1 $1 {first white piece is cornered} Kxa1 4. Kc1 $1 (4.
Kc2 $5 Nd5 $1 5. c4 Nb4+ 6. Kc1 Nxd3+ 7. Kc2 Nb4+ $11) 4... Nc4 5. Bf6 (5. dxc4
$5 {stalemate}) 5... Ne5 6. Kc2 Nc4 7. Bh8 $1 {secound white piece is cornered}
({Thematic try} 7. Bg7 $5 Ne3+ 8. Kc1 Nf5 9. Bh8 Nd4 $1 10. Bf6 (10. Bxd4 {
stalemate}) 10... Nb3+ {(Ne2)} 11. Kc2 Nd4+ 12. cxd4 {stalemate}) 7... Ne5 (
7... Ne3+ 8. Kc1 $18) 8. Bg7 $1 (8. Bf6 $5 Nc4 {(Ng4)=}) 8... Nc4 9. Bf6 $1 Ne5
10. Bh8 $1 {once again the white Bishop have to go to the corner} Nc4 11. d4
Na3+ 12. Kc1 Nb5 13. c4 $1 {wins} (13. d5 $5 Nd4 14. d6 Nb3+ $1 15. Kd1 $11 {
.  The Interesting play in minor pieces setting. Stalemate avoidance, two
white cornered pieces. Non-standard maneuvers of white bishop.}) 1-0

[Event "1/4 HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "M.Campioli"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2B4Q/4bn1K/5N1R/6q1/r4p2/8/8/5k2 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rh1+ (1. Qg7 $5 Qxh6+ $19) (1. Rh5 $5 Bxf6 $19) (1. Rg6 $5 Qh4+ $19) 1...
Kg2 (1... Ke2 2. Qe8 Ra7 3. Qxf7 Bc5 4. Bd7 $18) (1... Kf2 2. Ng4+ $18) 2. Bb7+
f3 3. Bxf3+ Kxf3 4. Qg7 (4. Qg8 $5 Rh4+ 5. Rxh4 Qxh4+ 6. Nh5 Qxh5+ $19) 4...
Rh4+ 5. Rxh4 Qxh4+ 6. Kg6 Nh8+ (6... Ne5+ 7. Kf5 Bxf6 8. Qxf6 Qh5+ 9. Qg5 $11)
7. Kf5 Qf4+ 8. Ke6 Qd6+ 9. Kf5 Qc5+ 10. Ke6 Qd6+ (10... Qe3+ 11. Kd7 $11) 11.
Kf5 Bxf6 12. Qxf6 (12. Qg4+ $5 {(Qb7)} Ke3 (12... Kf2 $2 13. Qf3+ Kxf3 {
stalemate}) 13. Qf3+ Kd2 $19 (13... Kxf3 {stalemate}) (13... Kd4 14. Qd1+ $11))
12... Qd5+ 13. Qe5 Qf7+ (13... Qd3+ 14. Ke6 $11) 14. Qf6 (14. Kg5 $5 Qg6+ $19)
14... Qd5+ 15. Qe5 Qd7+ 16. Qe6 {positional draw.  Some rather forced tactical
play ends with a fine positional draw.} *

[Event "1/4 HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "L.Gonzalez"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/b1pKp3/6B1/4qP2/1N3N2/2n2k2/3B1P2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Bh5+ Ke4 2. f3+ Kxf5 3. Bg6+ $1 (3. Bg4+ $5 Kf6 4. Bxc3 Bd4 5. Nbd5+ Kf7 6.
Bh5+ Kg8 $1 7. Nxe7+ Kh7 {(Kg7)} 8. Bg6+ Kh6 9. Nf5+ Kg5 10. Bxd4 Qb5+ $11)
3... Kf6 (3... Kg5 4. Nfd3+ Qe3 5. Bxe3+ Bxe3 6. Bf7 $18) 4. Bxc3 Bd4 (4...
Qxc3 5. Nbd5+ Ke5 6. Nxc3 Kxf4 7. Be4 $18) 5. Bxd4 (5. Nbd5+ $5 Kg5 6. Bxd4
Qd6+ 7. Ke8 e5 $11) 5... Qxd4+ 6. Nbd5+ Ke5 (6... Qxd5+ 7. Nxd5+ Kxg6 8. Nxc7
Kf5 9. Ne6 $18) 7. Nd3+ $1 Kxd5 8. Bf7+ e6 9. Bxe6# {.   Original model mate.
This is the play with a forced character that is peculiar to such finals.} 1-0

[Event "1/4 HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.03.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "S.Kasparyan"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2k5/5Pb1/8/2N5/7R/p3K3/r7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Ra3 Bh5+ (1... Rh1 2. Ra7+ Kb8 3. Rxa2 Rh2+ 4. Ke3 {(Ke1)} Rxa2 5. Ne5 Bh5
6. f7 Re2+ 7. Kd4 {(Kd3)} Rf2 8. f8=Q+ {(Nd7+)} Rxf8 9. Nd7+ $11) 2. Kf2 $1 Rh1
3. Ra7+ $1 (3. Rxa2 $5 Rh2+ 4. Kg3 Rxa2 $19) 3... Kd8 4. Ra8+ Kc7 5. Ra7+ Kb8
6. Rxa2 Rh2+ 7. Kg3 Rxa2 8. Ne5 Kc7 9. f7 Ra8 10. Kh4 $1 (10. Kf4 $5 Bxf7 11.
Nxf7 Rf8 $19) 10... Rh8 (10... Kd6 11. Nc4+ Kc5 12. Kxh5 {(Ne5)} Kxc4 13. Kg6 {
(Kh6)=}) 11. Kg5 (11. f8=Q $5 Rxf8 12. Kxh5 Rf5+ $19) 11... Kd6 12. Kf6 $11 {
.   The first move of White is obvious. Maneuvers of wR (3. Ra7! etc) forces
bK on the necessary square b8. Also are remarkable the maneuvers of wK.} *

[Event "1/4 HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.Mikitovics"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2B1K3/4P3/5p2/p2pn1k1/8/1p6/6N1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Bd7 $1 (1. Kd8 $2 Nc6+ $19) (1. Kf8 $2 Ng6+ $19) 1... b2 2. Kd8 b1=Q (2...
Nxd7 3. e8=Q $1 $11 (3. Kxd7 $2 b1=Q 4. e8=Q Qb5+ $1 $19)) 3. e8=Q Qb8+ (3...
Qh7 4. Be6 d4 5. Qb5 Qh8+ 6. Ke7 Qg7+ 7. Kd6 Qf8+ 8. Kd5 Qa8+ 9. Kxd4 Qxg2 10.
Qxa5 $11) 4. Ke7 Qc7 (4... Qb3 5. Qg8+ Ng6+ 6. Kd6 Qg3+ 7. Kc5 Qc3+ 8. Kd6 Qa3+
9. Kc6 $11) 5. Qg8+ Ng6+ 6. Ke8 {A)} Qb8+ ({B)} 6... d4 7. Qe6 $1 (7. Qd5+ $2
Qe5+ 8. Qxe5+ fxe5 9. Bc6 Nf4 10. Ne1 Kf5 $19) 7... Qe5 8. Ne1 $1 Qxe6+ 9. Bxe6
Ne5 10. Bb3 $1 (10. Nc2 $5 d3 11. Ne3 a4 12. Ke7 d2 $19) 10... d3 11. Ng2 f5
12. Ke7 $1 (12. Ne3 $5 Kf4 13. Nd1 Ng4 14. Kd7 Ne3 15. Nc3 Ke5 $1 16. Kc6 f4
17. Kb5 Kd4 18. Nb1 f3 $19) 12... f4 13. Ke6 $3 ({Thematic try} 13. Kd6 $5 a4
$1 14. Bxa4 Nc4+ 15. Kc5 f3 16. Ne1 f2 17. Nf3+ Kf4 18. Nh2 Nb2 $1 $19 (18...
Kg3 $2 19. Nf1+ Kg2 20. Bb5 $1 $11)) 13... f3 14. Ne3 Kf4 15. Nd1 $1 (15. Nf1
$5 Ke4 $1 16. Ng3+ Kd4 $1 $19) 15... Ng4 16. Kd6 $1 d2 17. Kc5 $1 $11) 7. Kf7
Qxg8+ 8. Kxg8 Ne5 9. Bb5 $1 (9. Ba4 $5 d4 10. Kf8 f5 11. Ke7 f4 12. Ne1 d3 $1
$19) 9... d4 10. Kf8 $1 (10. Ne1 f5 $19) 10... f5 11. Ke7 $1 f4 12. Ke6 $1 ({
Thematic try} 12. Kd6 $5 f3 $1 13. Ne1 (13. Nh4 Nf7+ $1 $19) 13... f2 14. Nc2
Kf4 $1 15. Nxd4 Nd3 $1 16. Ne2+ (16. Bxd3 Ke3 $19) 16... Kg4 $1 $19 (16... Ke3
17. Ng3 $11)) (12. Ne1 $2 d3 $1 $19) 12... f3 13. Nh4 $11 {.   Two equivalent
variants. In both of them are fine thematic tries. Some attenuation in the
ending...} *

[Event "4/7 HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "M.Croitor"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2q5/1P4Q1/8/3P1PPp/2p2r1P/2P1p1k1/2P1P3/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Qe5 (1. Kg1 $2 Rf1+ 2. Kxf1 Qxf5+ $19) 1... Qb8 $1 (1... Qxb7 2. Qxe3+ Kg4
3. Kh2 $1 $18) 2. Qxb8 Kh3 3. Kg1 (3. Qxf4 $5 {stalemate}) 3... Rg4+ 4. Kf1
Rf4+ 5. Ke1 Rg4 6. Qf4 $1 (6. Qg3+ $5 Rxg3 7. Kf1 Kh2 8. b8=Q Kh1 9. Qxg3 {
stalemate}) 6... Rxf4 7. b8=Q Rg4 8. Kf1 Rf4+ 9. Kg1 Rg4+ 10. Kh1 Rg2 ({Main} 
10... Rf4 11. Qb1 $18 {possible because wP is not on b7}) 11. f6 Rxe2 12. Qc8+
Kg3 13. Qc7+ Kh3 14. Qd7+ Kg3 15. Qd6+ Kh3 16. Qe6+ Kg3 17. Qe5+ Kh3 18. Qf5+
Kg3 19. Kg1 {(Qf1)+-. The good play with logical elements, but there are many
technical pawns... In spite of this, the young author made some success.} 1-0

[Event "4/7 HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "G.Hoerning"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1R2p3/8/5PpK/N4P2/4pkP1/3p4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

{(Dedicated to my father)} 1. Rd7 (1. Rxe7 $5 d1=Q 2. fxg5 Qh1+ $15) (1. Nc3 $5
e2 2. Nxe2 d1=Q $11) 1... e2 (1... gxf4 2. g4 e2 3. Rd3+ Kf2 (3... Ke4 4. Nc5+
$18) 4. Rxd2 $18) 2. Rd3+ $1 (2. Rxd2 $5 e1=Q $11) 2... Ke4 3. Nc5+ Kxf5 4. g4+
Kf6 5. fxg5+ Kg7 (5... Kf7 6. g6+ Kg8 7. Rd8+ Kg7 8. Ne6+ Kf6 9. g7 {(Rf8)}
d1=Q 10. Rf8+ Ke5 11. g8=Q {(Nf4)} e1=Q 12. Nf4 Qd7 13. Rd8 {(Qh8)} Qxd8 14.
Ng6+ $18) 6. Ne6+ Kf7 7. g6+ Kxe6 8. g7 Kf7 9. Kh6 d1=Q 10. Rf3+ Ke6 11. g8=Q+
Kd7 12. Re3 Qd6+ 13. Qg6 Qf4+ 14. Qg5 $18 {. The Interesting battle of both
sides makes pleasant impression. (The author has dedicated this work to the
father)} 1-0

[Event "4/7 HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "G.Josten"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6p1/8/p2p4/3P3k/2KP4/8/2N5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Ne2 g5 (1... Kg4 2. Kd2 a4 (2... g5 3. Nc3 Kf3 4. Nxd5 $18) 3. Nc3 a3 4. Kc2
$18) 2. Kb3 g4 (2... Kg4 3. Nc3 Kf3 4. Nxd5 g4 5. Ne7 Kf4 6. d5 Ke5 7. Kc4 a4
8. Ng6+ $18) 3. Ka4 Kh3 (3... Kg5 4. Kxa5 $18) 4. Nf4+ (4. Nc3 $5 Kg2 5. Nxd5
g3 6. Nf4+ Kf3 $11) 4... Kg3 5. Nxd5 Kf3 (5... Kf2 6. Nf4 $18) 6. Ne7 Kf4 (6...
g3 7. Nf5 g2 8. Nh4+ $18) 7. Ng6+ Kg5 (7... Kf5 8. Ne5 g3 9. Nf3 $18) 8. Ne5 g3
(8... Kf4 9. Nxg4 $18) 9. Nf3+ Kf4 (9... Kg4 10. Ne1 $18) 10. Nh4 Kg4 11. d5
Kxh4 12. d6 g2 13. d7 g1=Q 14. d8=Q+ Qg5 15. Qxg5+ Kxg5 16. Kxa5 $18 {
. This work reminds the ending of practical game. It would be desirable to see
the sharp moments in play. "Not enough salt".} 1-0

[Event "4/7 HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A.Palier"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6K1/1p6/2p5/2P2NPk/2P5/8/8/4r3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Kf7 (1. Kg7 $5 Kxg5 $19) (1. Nd6 $5 Re7 2. Kf8 Rh7 3. Ne4 Kg6 $19) 1... Kxg5
2. Nd6 Re5 3. Nxb7 Kf5 4. Nd6+ (4. Nd8 $5 Rxc5 5. Nb7 Re5 $1 6. Nd8 c5 $19)
4... Kf4 5. Kf6 (5. Nb7 $5 Ke4 $19) 5... Rxc5 6. Ke6 (6. Ke7 $5 Rh5 7. Kd7 c5
$19) 6... Re5+ ({main A} 6... Ke3 7. Kd7 Kd4 8. Kc7 $11 (8. Nb7 $5 Rxc4 9. Kd6
c5 $19)) ({main B} 6... Rh5 7. Nb7 $1 (7. Kd7 $5 c5 $1 8. Kc6 Ke3 $19) 7...
Rh6+ 8. Kd7 Ke5 9. Na5 c5 10. Nb3 $11) 7. Kd7 c5 8. Nb7 Ke4 9. Na5 Rh5 10. Kc6
Kd4 11. Kb5 Rh3 ({main} 11... Rh6 12. Nb3+) 12. Nc6+ $11 {, The light position,
but is not present any unexpected moments. Also is problem of "salt".} *

[Event "Comm."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "S.Hornecker "]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4q2k/b2n4/2p5/8/6N1/8/2R5/3R3K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rh2+ $1 Kg8 2. Rg2 $1 Kh8 (2... Qh5+ 3. Nh2+ $1 (3. Rh2 $2 Qb5 $19) 3... Kf8
4. Rxd7 $11) (2... Qe4 $2 3. Nf6+ $18) (2... Qe6 3. Rf1 $11) (2... Kf7 3. Nh6+
Ke7 4. Re2+ Kd8 5. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11) 3. Rh2+ $1 Kg7 $1 4. Rxd7+ $1 Qxd7 5. Rh7+
$1 Kxh7 6. Nf6+ Kg6 7. Nxd7 Kf5 $1 8. Kg2 (8. Nf8 $2 c5 9. Kg2 c4 10. Kf3 c3
11. Ke2 Ke4 $1 12. Nd7 Bd4 $1 $19) (8. Kh2 $2 Ke6 $1 9. Nf8+ Kf7 $1 10. Nh7 (
10. Nd7 Ke7 11. Ne5 Bb8 $19) 10... Be3 11. Kg3 Kg7 12. Kf3 Bc1 $19) 8... Ke6 (
8... Ke4 9. Kf1 $11) (8... c5 9. Nxc5 $11) 9. Nf8+ $11 *

[Event "Comm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "S.Hornecker "]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4n3/3P2p1/pp2pkP1/2p2pqP/2K1P2p/1p3P1P/2b5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. d8=Q+ Ke5 2. Qxg5 Nd6+ (2... b5+ 3. Kc3 b4+ 4. Kd2 $1 Nd6 5. f4+ Kxe4 6.
Qg2+ Kxf4 7. Qh2+ Kg5 8. Qxd6 Be4 9. Kc1 Kxh5 10. Qxe6 $18) (2... b2 3. f4+
Kxe4 4. Qg2+ Kxf4 5. Qxc2 Nd6+ 6. Kb3 $18) 3. Kc3 Nb5+ (3... b5 4. f4+ Kxe4 5.
Qg2+ Kxf4 6. h6 $18) 4. Kd2 (4. Kb2 $5 c4 $19) 4... c4 (4... Nd4 5. Qd8 $1 Kf4
6. Kc1 ({also} 6. h6 Kxf3 (6... b2 7. Qxb6 b1=Q 8. Qxb1 Bxb1 9. hxg7 Nxf3+ 10.
Kc3 Bxe4 11. g8=Q Bd5 12. g7 Ke4 13. Qd8 e5 14. Qd6 Nd4 15. Qxc5 $18) 7. h7 b2
8. Qxd4 $1 cxd4 (8... b1=Q 9. Qe3+ Kg2 10. Qe2+ $18) 9. Kxc2 d3+ 10. Kxb2 d2
11. h8=Q d1=Q 12. Qh5+ Kxe4 13. Qxd1 $18) 6... Kxf3 (6... e5 7. h6 $18 c4 8.
Kb2 b5 9. Qxh4+ $18) 7. h6 Ne2+ 8. Kd2 c4 9. Qxb6 c3+ 10. Ke1 Nf4 11. hxg7 Nd3+
12. Kf1 b2 13. g8=Q b1=Q+ 14. Qxb1 Bxb1 15. Qd8 fxe4 16. g7 c2 17. Qf6+ Ke3 18.
Qg5+ Kd4 19. g8=Q c1=Q+ 20. Qxc1 Nxc1 21. Qg7+ $18) 5. h6 c3+ 6. Ke3 b2 7. Qf4+
$1 Kf6 8. Qxh4+ (8. h7 $5 b1=Q 9. Qxh4+ Ke5 $11) 8... Kxg6 (8... Ke5 9. Qg3+ ({
also} 9. hxg7 b1=Q 10. Qg3+ Kf6 11. g8=Q $18) 9... Kf6 10. e5+ Ke7 11. hxg7
b1=Q 12. g8=Q $18) 9. h7 b1=Q 10. h8=N# (10. Kf2 $2 Bd3 11. h8=N# {Loss of time
}) 1-0

[Event "1 s. prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A.Sochnev"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/2PP4/1K3n2/8/4r3/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. d7 Nd4+ 2. Kb6 $3 ({Thematic try} 2. Kc5 $5 Ne6+ 3. Kd6 (3. Kd5 Kg7 $3 (3...
Kf7 $5 4. d8=N+ $1 Nxd8 (4... Ke7 5. Nxe6 Rxe6 6. c7 Rd6+ 7. Kc5 Rd1 8. c8=N+
$1 $11) 5. c7 Rc3 6. cxd8=N+ $1 $11) 4. d8=Q Nxd8 5. c7 Rc3 6. cxd8=Q Rd3+ $19)
3... Kf7 $3 4. d8=N+ $1 Nxd8 $1 (4... Kf6 $5 5. Nxe6 Rd3+ 6. Nd4 $3 Rxd4+ 7.
Kc5 Rd1 8. c7 Ke7 9. c8=N+ $1 $11) 5. c7 Nb7+ 6. Kc6 Na5+ $19) 2... Rb3+ 3. Kc5
(3. Kc7 $5 Ne6+ 4. Kd6 Kf7 $19) 3... Ne6+ 4. Kd5 $1 ({Thematic try} 4. Kd6 $5
Kf7 $1 5. d8=N+ Nxd8 6. c7 Nb7+ 7. Kc6 Na5+ $19) 4... Kf7 5. d8=N+ $1 Nxd8 6.
c7 Rc3 7. cxd8=N+ $11 {.   "Beep" of knight's promotion in main line and
thematic tries! "King of knight's promotion" has discovered best setting of
this idea than before.} *

[Event "2 s. prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "G.Slepyan"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1b6/8/8/3b4/7k/1p4R1/1P3pRB/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rg4+ Kh3 2. Bg1 $1 ({Thematic try} 2. Rh4+ $5 Kxh4 3. Bg3+ Kh3 4. Bxf2 Bxg2+
{(Bh2)} 5. Kg1 Bh2#) 2... f1=B $1 (2... f1=Q 3. Rh4+ {(Rg3)} Kxh4 {stalemate})
(2... Bxg2+ 3. Rxg2 f1=Q 4. Rg3+ Kh4 5. Rg4+ Kxg4 {stalemate}) 3. Rh4+ $1 (3.
Be3 $5 Bdxg2+ 4. Kg1 Kxg4 $19) 3... Kxh4 4. Bf2+ Kh3 5. Kg1 Bdc4 (5... Bfc4 6.
Bg3 Bxg3 7. Rxg3+ Kxg3 {stalemate}) (5... Bdxg2 6. Bg3 Ba7+ 7. Bf2 Bxf2+ 8.
Kxf2 $11) 6. Be1 $1 (6. Rg3+ $5 Bxg3 7. Bxg3 Kxg3 8. Kh1 Bg2+ 9. Kg1 Bh1 10.
Kxh1 Kf2 $19) 6... Bxg2 (6... Ba7+ 7. Bf2 Bb8 8. Be1 $11) 7. Bg3 Ba7+ (7...
Kxg3 {(Bxg3) stalemate}) 8. Bf2 Bb8 (8... Bxf2+ 9. Kxf2 $11) 9. Bg3 {positional
draw.   New variation of known idea of the same author (EG 164,2006). More
economical position, though not full contents are saved here.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "3/4 s. prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Y.Afek"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/PP6/K7/1r5r/2P2P1N/6N1/k2p4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Ne4 $1 (1. b8=Q $5 d1=Q 2. Qxb5 Qd6+ 3. Qb6 Qa3+ 4. Kb7 Rh7+ 5. Kc6 Rh6+ $11
) 1... d1=Q $1 2. Nc3+ Kb3 3. Nxd1 Kxc4 $1 4. Nf5 $3 (4. Ne3+ $5 Kc5 $1 5. Nef5
Rb6+ 6. Ka5 Rb1 {(Rb2)} 7. Ka4 Rh8 {(Ra1)} 8. a8=Q Rxa8+ {(Ra1)} 9. bxa8=Q Ra1+
10. Kb3 Rxa8 $11) (4. f5 $4 Rh6+ 5. Ng6 Rh3 $1 $19) (4. a8=Q $2 Rh6+ 5. Ka7
Ra5+ 6. Kb8 Rh8+ 7. Kc7 Raxa8 {(Rxa8)} 8. bxa8=Q Rxa8 $11) 4... Rhxf5 5. Ne3+
Kc5 $1 6. Nxf5 Rb6+ 7. Ka5 Rb1 8. Ka4 Ra1+ 9. Kb3 Rxa7 10. b8=R $1 (10. b8=Q $2
Rb7+ $1 11. Qxb7 {stalemate}) 10... Rf7 11. Rb5+ $1 (11. Rc8+ $2 Kb6 $1 12.
Rb8+ Kc5 13. Rb5+ {waste of time}) (11. Ka4 $2 Ra7+ 12. Kb3 Rf7 13. Rb5+ {
waste of time}) 11... Kxb5 12. Nd6+ $18 {.  After obvious introductory play
arises original scheme of R promotion. The fine move 4.Nf5!!} 1-0

[Event "3/4 s. prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "I.Aliev"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/4p1R1/7K/6P1/1r4b1/1q3r2/7Q/4R3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rh7+ (1. Kg6+ $5 Bh3 2. Rh7+ Kg8 3. Rh8+ (3. Rg7+ Kf8 $19) 3... Kxh8 4. Qe5+
Rf6+ 5. gxf6 Qg8+ $18) (1. Qe5 $5 Rh3+ 2. Kg6 Bh5+ 3. Kf5 Rf3+ 4. Qf4 Qd5+ $19)
1... Kg8 2. Rh8+ $1 (2. Rg7+ $5 Kf8 $19) 2... Kxh8 3. Qe5+ Rf6+ 4. Qxf6+ exf6
5. Re8+ Qg8 6. g6 $3 Rb7 (6... Qxe8 7. g7+ Kg8 {stalemate}) 7. g7+ Rxg7 8.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 {stalemate. The rich contents: introduction with the theme 7WCCT,
sacrifices and stalemates, the remarkable quiet move g6!!. Unfortunately wK
and bB have remained without movements.} *

[Event "5/6 s. prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A.Rusz"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1Q3R2/1B6/7b/8/6pp/3r2Pk/5K2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Bg1+ $1 ({Thematical try:} 1. Rf3 $2 Rd1+ 2. Ke2 Kxg2 $1 3. Ke3 Rd3+ $1 4.
Kxd3 Bxf3 $11 {and there is no 5.Qb2+}) 1... Kh1 2. Rf3 Bxf3 (2... h2 3. Bxh2
Bxf3 4. gxf3 $1 Rf2+ 5. Ke1 $18) 3. Qxf3 h2 $1 ({main} 3... Rd1+ 4. Qxd1 (4.
Ke2 $2 Rxg1 5. gxh3+ g2 $11 {EGTB}) 4... hxg2+ 5. Ke1 $1 $18 (5. Ke2 $2 {
stalemate(T.Kok, 1936))})) (3... hxg2+ 4. Ke1 $18) 4. Be3 $1 (4. Bxh2 $2 Rf2+
5. Qxf2 gxh2 $3 6. Ke2 {stalemate}) (4. Ba7 $2 Rd1+ $1 5. Ke2 Rd2+ $1 6. Ke3
Rd3+ $1 7. Ke4 Rxf3 8. Kxf3 {stalemate}) 4... Re2 $1 5. Bf4 $1 (5. Qxg3 $2 Rxe3
6. Qxe3 {stalemate}) 5... Rf2+ 6. Qxf2 gxf2 7. Bxh2 $1 $18 {(E.Melnichenko, EG
1980).   Short play, but interesting synthesis of known ideas.} 1-0

[Event "5/6 s. prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.03.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.Vandiest"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/8/7p/4pK2/8/2Q5/q7/2B4n w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Ba3+ $1 (1. Bxh6+ $5 Kg8 2. Qc8+ Kh7 $11) (1. Qc8+ $5 Kg7 $11) 1... Kg8 2.
Qc8+ Kh7 (2... Kg7 3. Qf8+ Kh7 4. Qe7+ {etc main line}) 3. Qc7+ $1 (3. Qd7+ $5
Kh8 $11) 3... Kg8 ({Min A} 3... Kh8 4. Qxe5+ Kh7 5. Qe7+ Kh8 6. Qf6+ Kh7 7.
Qg6+ Kh8 8. Qxh6+ Kg8 9. Qf8+ {(Qg5)} Kh7 10. Qe7+ Kh8 11. Qd8+ {(Qe5)} Kh7 12.
Qc7+ Kh8 13. Qb8+ Kg7 14. Bb2+ Kf7 15. Qb7+ Ke8 16. Kf6 $1 Kd8 17. Bd4 $1 Qc4
18. Bb6+ Ke8 19. Qe7#) 4. Qd8+ $1 {
the h-file has to be opened, and therefore Ph6 to be eliminated.} Kh7 (4... Kg7
5. Bf8+ $18) 5. Qe7+ Kg8 6. Qe8+ Kh7 7. Qg6+ Kh8 8. Qxh6+ Kg8 9. Qf8+ {
would be loss of time:} (9. Qg6+ $5 Kh8 10. Qf6+ Kh7 11. Qe7+ {etc}) 9... Kh7
10. Qe7+ Kg8 (10... Kh6 11. Bc1+ $18) 11. Qd8+ Kh7 12. Qc7+ Kg8 13. Qb8+ Kh7
14. Qb7+ $1 Kg8 15. Qa8+ $1 Kh7 16. Qxh1+ Kg7 17. Qg1+ Kh8 18. Kf6 $1 Qg8 19.
Qh1+ Qh7 20. Qa8+ Qg8 21. Bf8 $1 {wins (21...e4 22.Bg7+ Kh7 23.Qxe4#; 21...Kh7
22.Qh1#; 21...Qh7 22.Bg7#). Some forced play (only three moves without check)
comes to an end with the original final position.} 1-0

[Event "7 s. prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "S.Hornecker"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "B1RK4/2P5/1k2q3/1p6/1p6/1P6/PP6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rb8+ Ka7 (1... Ka5 {main} 2. Rxb5+ $1 Kxb5 3. c8=Q Qg8+ 4. Kc7 $1 (4. Kd7 $6
Qf7+ 5. Kd6 Qf4+ 6. Kd5 Qd2+ 7. Ke4 Qe2+ 8. Kf4 Qd2+ 9. Kf5 Qd3+ 10. Kf6 Qd4+
11. Ke7 Qh4+ 12. Kd7 Qh7+ 13. Kd8 Qg8+ 14. Kc7 $18 {Loss of time.}) 4... Qg3+
5. Kb7 Qf3+ 6. Kb8 Qg3+ 7. Qc7 Qg8+ 8. Kb7 Qg2+ 9. Kc8 Qxa8+ 10. Qb8+ $18) 2.
Rb7+ ({Thematic try} 2. c8=Q $5 Qe7+ 3. Kxe7 {stalemate}) ({Thematic try} 2.
c8=R $2 Qd6+ 3. Ke8 Qe6+ {etc draw}) 2... Kxa8 (2... Ka6 {main} 3. c8=N $3 (3.
c8=Q $2 Qg8+ $1 4. Kc7 Qg3+ $11) (3. Ra7+ $2 Kxa7 4. c8=Q Qf6+ $11) 3... Qg8+
4. Kc7 Qg3+ 5. Nd6 Qg7+ 6. Kb8 Qf8+ 7. Nc8 Qf4+ 8. Rc7 $18) 3. Rb8+ ({
Thematic try} 3. c8=Q+ $5 Qxc8+ 4. Kxc8 {stalemate}) 3... Ka7 4. Ra8+ (4. c8=Q
$5 Qe7+ 5. Kxe7 {stalemate}) 4... Kb6 (4... Kxa8 {main} 5. c8=Q+ Qxc8+ 6. Kxc8
$18) 5. Ra6+ Kxa6 6. c8=B+ $3 ({Thematic try} 6. c8=Q+ $5 Ka5 7. Qxe6 {
stalemate}) 6... Ka5 7. Bxe6 $18 {.   The author obviously had technical
difficulties - many pawns which did not "work"... It would be desirable to see
model stalemates.} 1-0

[Event "1 s. HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A. Kovrizhenko & Y.Chervoniuk"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2K3b1/4N3/P4q1p/7k/B7/1R5p/5P2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rb5+ (1. Rxh3+ Kg5 2. Rg3+ Kf4) (1. Be8+) 1... Kh4 2. Ng6+ $1 Qxg6 3. Rb4+
Kg5 4. f4+ Kf6 5. Rb6+ Be6+ 6. Rxe6+ $1 Kxe6 7. f5+ Qxf5 ({Main} 7... Kd6 8.
fxg6 h2 9. Bc6 Kxc6 10. a7 h1=Q 11. a8=Q+ {(B)+-}) 8. Bd7+ Ke5 9. Bxf5 h2 10.
Be4 Kxe4 11. a7 h1=Q 12. a8=Q+ $18 {
.   Not bad development of a known theme of a winning of queen.} 1-0

[Event "2 s. HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.03.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E.Melnichenko"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3N2RK/3N2Pn/8/3k4/8/1P6/6Pr/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Nb6+ Kd4 2. Nc6+ Kc3 3. Na4+ Kc2 (3... Kxb3 4. Rb8+ $18) 4. Nd4+ Kb1 5. Nc3+
Kc1 (5... Kb2 6. Nd1+ ({also} 6. Nf3 Rh6 7. Nd1+ Kb1 8. Nd2+ $18) 6... Kb1 7.
Nf3 (7. Nf2 $5 Rh5 8. g4 Rh6 9. Nf5 Rh2 10. Ng3 Nf6+ 11. Nh5 Nxh5 12. Nh3 Rxh3
13. gxh5 Rxh5#) 7... Rh6 8. Nd2+ $18) 6. Nce2+ Kb2 7. Nf4 Rh6 (7... Ng5+ 8. Nh3
Nxh3 9. Nf3 $18) 8. Nf5 {(Nd3)+-.   Interesting movements of both wN, but what
to do with many immovable pieces?} 1-0

[Event "3/4 s. HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "G.Hoerning & G.Josten"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7B/5p2/5N1r/p3k1b1/6P1/6Kp/8/7B w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Nh7+ (1. Ne4+ $2 Rxh8 2. Nxg5 a4 3. Nxf7+ Kd4 $19) 1... f6 (1... Bf6 2.
Bxf6+ Rxf6 3. Nxf6 Kxf6 4. Kxh3 $11) 2. Nxg5 Rxh8 3. Nf7+ Kd4 4. Nxh8 a4 5. g5
$1 fxg5 (5... a3 6. Bd5 Kxd5 7. g6 a2 8. g7 a1=Q 9. g8=Q+ $11) 6. Nf7 a3 7.
Nxg5 a2 8. Kxh3 a1=Q 9. Kh2 Ke3 ({main} 9... Qf1 10. Ne4 $11) 10. Ne4 Qe1 {
(Qg7)} 11. Bg2 $11 {
.  Not so difficult play leads to a known theoretical draw position.} *

[Event "3/4 s. HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "M.Minski"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/N4K2/3k1P2/5pp1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Nc7+ $1 (1. Nb4+ $2 Ke4 $1 $19) 1... Ke4 2. Ne6 (2. Ke6 $2 f3 $19) 2... f3 (
2... g3 3. Ng5+) 3. Ng5+ Kf4 ({main} 3... Kd5 4. Nxf3 $1 gxf3 5. Kg7 $1 f2 6.
f6 f1=Q 7. f7 $11) 4. Nxf3 $1 gxf3 5. Kg6 $1 (5. Ke6 $2 f2 {(Kg5,g4)} 6. f6
f1=Q {(Kg5)} 7. f7 Kg5 $19) 5... f2 6. f6 f1=Q 7. f7 Ke5 {
(Troitzki Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1906)} 8. Kg7 Qf6+ 9. Kg8 Qg6+ 10. Kh8 Qxf7 {
stalemate.   Some new nuances in known idea.} *

[Event "3/4 s. HM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.Mikitovics "]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4R3/7B/Rp2pK2/5p1k/2p5/pp6/2p1P3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Bxf5 $1 (1. Rh8 $6 Kg4 2. Rg8+ Kf4 3. Rg1 b2 $1 4. Rf1+ Ke4 5. Rxf5 (5. Kxe6
c1=Q $19) 5... c1=Q 6. Rh5+ Kd4 7. Rxa3 Qf1+ 8. Ke7 e5 9. Rh4+ Kc5 10. Re3 b5
$19) 1... exf5 2. Kxf5 c1=Q (2... Kh4 3. Re4+ Kg3 4. Rxc4 $11) 3. Rh8+ Qh6 4.
Rxh6+ (4. Raa8 b2 $1 $19 (4... a2) (4... a2 $4 5. Rag8 $1 {#2})) 4... Kxh6 5.
Rxb6+ (5. e4 $2 b2 $19) 5... Kg7 6. Rb7+ Kf8 7. Kf6 Ke8 8. Ke6 Kd8 9. Kd6 Kc8
10. Kc6 $1 (10. Rc7+ $2 Kb8 11. Rxc4 a2 $19 (11... b2 $2 12. Rb4+ Ka7 13. Kc6
$11)) 10... a2 11. Ra7 Kb8 12. Ra5 $1 b2 13. Rb5+ $1 Kc8 14. Rh5 $1 (14. Rg5
Kd8 $19) 14... Kd8 15. Kd6 Ke8 16. Ke6 Kf8 17. Kf6 Kg8 18. Rg5+ Kf8 19. Rh5 $11
{(See - L.Katsnelson, L'Italia Scacchistica, 1966)} (19. Rc5 Ke8 $19) *

[Event "s. comm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R.Brieger"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k2K4/1p5P/1P4n1/pPP5/b7/8/4P3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. c6 Bc2 (1... bxc6 2. Kc7 $18) (1... Bxb5 2. c7 $18) (1... Bb3 2. e4 Be6 3.
Kc7 $18) 2. c7 (2. Kc7 $2 Be4 $19) (2. Kc8 $2 Be4 3. c7 Bf5+ {-+}) 2... Bf5 3.
e4 (3. c8=Q+ $2 Bxc8 4. Kxc8 a4 $19) 3... Be6 {(Bg4, Bh3)} 4. c8=Q+ (4. e5 a4
5. c8=Q+ {Transposes}) 4... Bxc8 5. Kxc8 a4 6. e5 a3 7. e6 a2 8. h8=Q Nxh8 9.
e7 a1=Q 10. e8=N $1 {Wins} (10. e8=Q $2 Qg7 $11 {
. (See - Zinar, 2.hm Magyar Sakkvilag, 1987)}) 1-0

[Event "s. comm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.Mikitovics"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3BR3/1P1K2pp/8/1r2p1p1/p4P2/4P1r1/4k3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Kc6 $1 Rxb7 (1... Rb3 2. Bb6 gxf4 3. b8=Q Rg6+ $1 $11) 2. Kxb7 exf4 (2... g4
3. fxe5 Rxe3 4. Bb6 Re4 5. Kc6 $1 a3 6. Re7 Ra4 7. Ra7 Rxa7 8. Bxa7 Kd3 9. Kd5
$11) 3. exf4+ Re3 4. Rxe3+ $1 Kxe3 5. fxg5 $1 a3 6. Bf6 $1 Kf4 (6... h6 7. g6
$1 $11) 7. Kc6 $1 (7. Bxg7 $2 Kxg5 $19) (7. g6 $2 hxg6 $19) 7... a2 (7... h5 8.
gxh6 $11) 8. Bxg7 Kxg5 9. Kd5 Kf4 10. Kc4 h5 11. Kd3 $1 Kf3 12. Kc2 h4 13. Kb2
$11 {(See - A.Ornstein, 2.p Springaren, 1999)} *

[Event "s. comm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.03.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J.Pospisil"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3K4/3P4/1N2k3/2q5/6b1/8/8/6NQ w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Nf3 (1. Ne2 $5 Kf7 $1 (1... Bxe2 $5 2. Qe4+ Kf7 3. Qe8+ $18) 2. Qh7+ Kf8 3.
Qh8+ Kf7 4. Qe8+ Kg7 $11) (1. Qh6+ $5 Kf7 2. Qf4+ Bf5 3. Nc4 Qe7+ 4. Kc7 Qxd7+
5. Kb6 Ke7 $11) (1. Qe4+ $5 Kf7 2. Qf4+ (2. Nd5 Qd6 $11) 2... Bf5 $11) 1...
Qxb6+ (1... Bxf3 2. Qxf3 ({Also} 2. Qh3+ Ke5 3. Nc4+ Kf4 4. Qh2+ $18) 2...
Qxb6+ 3. Ke8 Qb8+ 4. d8=N+ $1 (4. d8=Q $5 Qb5+ 5. Kf8 Qc5+ 6. Kg8 (6. Kg7 Qc7+
7. Qxc7 {stalemate}) 6... Qg1+ 7. Kh7 Qh2+ 8. Kg6 Qg3+ 9. Qxg3 {stalemate})
4... Ke5 5. Qg3+ $18) (1... Qf8+ 2. Kc7 Qf4+ 3. Ne5 ({also} 3. Kc8 Kd6 4. Qd1+
Kc5 5. Qg1+ Kb5 6. Nd4+ Ka6 7. Nc6 $18) 3... Qxe5+ 4. Kb7 Qg5 5. Kc6 Qf6 6. Nd5
Bf3 7. Qe1+ Kf7+ 8. Kc7 Bxd5 9. Qe8+ $18) (1... Kf7 2. Qh7+ Kf8 3. Qh8+ ({also
} 3. Nc4 Bf5 4. Qh8+ Kf7 5. Nce5+ $18) 3... Kf7 4. Ne5+ Ke6 5. Nxg4 $18 ({also
} 5. Nc6 $18) (5. Nbc4 $18)) 2. Ke8 Qb8+ 3. d8=N+ $1 (3. d8=Q $5 Bh5+ $1 4.
Qxh5 Qb5+ 5. Qxb5 {stalemate}) 3... Kf5 4. Qh7+ Kf4 5. Qh2+ $18 {
.   Some variation of own study (Magyar Sakkvilag, 2006).} 1-0

[Event "s. comm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P.Rossi"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7r/4Nk2/8/8/5K2/8/q7/6RQ w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rg7+ $1 Kxg7 2. Nf5+ Kf8 3. Qxh8+ Qg8 4. Qf6+ Qf7 5. Qd8+ Qe8 6. Qd6+ Kg8 7.
Qf6 Qb8+ 8. Kg4 $1 Qb4+ 9. Kh5 $1 (9. Kg5 $5 Qd2+ $11) 9... Qf8 10. Nh6+ Kh7
11. Nf7 $1 Qc5+ 12. Ng5+ $18 {.   After the four move on the board position of
study - I.Saren, Stella Polaris, 1967} 1-0

