Andrzej Jasik - 2015/1
MSV-2015

1.Ke3

[1.Rf1+? Kg2 2.Ke3 Nf6 3.Rf2+ Kg3]

1...Nf6

[1...Nh6 2.Rf1+

(2.Rg3+)

2...Kg2 3.Rf2+ Kg3 4.Ne4+ Kh3 5.Bf1+]

2.Rg3+ Kh2

[2...Kh1 3.Bb7+ Kh2 4.Rg2+ Kh1 5.Rf2+ Kg1 6.Nf3+ Kh1 7.Rf1+ Kg2 8.Rg1+ Kh3 9.Bc8+]

3.Kf2 Ng4+ 4.Rxg4 Qxg4 5.Nf3+ Kh1 6.Bf1 g5 7.f5 zz Qxf5 8.Bg2#

1-0

Andrzej Jasik - 2015/3
MSV-2015

1.Ra1

[1.Ra3 f2 2.Rf3 Nd3+ 3.Kc3 Nxe5]

1...Be1

[1...f2 2.Rh1 Ne7 3.Rxh4]

[1...Bg3 2.Rg1]

2.Ra3

[2.Rxe1? Nd3+]

2...Bxa5

[2...Bg3 3.Rxf3 Bxe5+ 4.Ka3 Ne7 5.Kb4 Ne4 6.Nxe6+ Kxh7 7.Rf7+ Kg6 8.Rxe7]

[2...f2 3.Rg3+ Kh8 4.Rg8#]

3.Rxf3 Kh8 4.Kb1!

[4.Kc2? Ne7 5.Rf7 Bd8 zz. 6.Kd2 Ne4+ 7.Ke3 Ng5]

4...Ne7 5.Rf7 Bd8 zz 6.Kc2! zz Ne4 7.Nxe6 wins.

1-0

Andrzej Jasik - 2015/3
MSV-2015

1.Bd4

[1.Ng6+? Kg8 2.f7+ Qxf7+ 3.Nxf7 Kxf7 4.Nf4 Nhf2]

1...Qb5+

[1...Qc7 2.Ng6+ Kg8 3.f7+ Qxf7+ 4.Nxf7 Kxf7]

2.Kg1 Qd3 3.Ng6+ Qxg6

[3...Kg8 4.f7+ Kg7 5.f8=Q+]

4.f7 Qg7

[4...Qxg5 5.f8=Q+ Kh7 6.e6! Ndf2 7.Qh8+ Kg6 8.Qg7+ Kf5 9.Qxg5+ Kxg5 10.e7]

5.b3!!

[5.b4? b5 zz. draw.]

5...b5 6.b4! zz Nhf2 7.e6 Qxd4

[7...Nh3+ 8.Kf1 Ne3+ 9.Ke2 Qxd4 10.f8=Q#]

8.f8=Q#

1-0

Peter Krug & Mario Garcia - 2015/8
MSV-2015

Themes: a) Final that culminating in matte. b) Coronation of minor piece to avoid stalemate
1.Ke2!

[Try : 1.Ra1 Qa8! 2.Rxa8 Bxh4 3.Ra2 d6!!

(not 3...d5? 4.Rb2! d4 5.Rd2! zz)

4.exd6 f5 5.d7 f4!]

1...Ba3 2.Rd5 Qxe5+ 3.Rxe5 Bd6 4.f4 Bxe5 5.fxe5 d5 /d6 6.exd6 f5

[6...f6 7.d7]

7.d7 f4 8.d8=N!

[Try : 8.d8=Q fxg3 9.Qd5 stalemate]

[8.Rf3? Kxg2]

8...f3+

[8...fxg3 9.Ne6 Kxg2 10.Nf4+ Kg1 11.Ke1 g2 12.Ne2#]

9.gxf3#

1-0

Аrpad Rusz - 2015/12
MSV-2015

1.Rd3+

[1.Qf5+? Kc7 2.Qf7+

(2.Qxf4+ Qxf4 3.Rxf4 Rc8! 4.Rc4+ Kd7 5.Rxc8 Kxc8 6.Kb6 Kb8)

2...Kd8! 3.Qf8+

(3.Qxf4 Qxf4 4.Rxf4 Rc8 5.Kxb7 Rc7+ 6.Kb8 Rc8+ 7.Kb7 Rc7+ perpetual check(R))

3...Kd7

(3...Kc7? 4.Qxb8+)

4.Qf5+ Kc7 5.Qh7+ Kc8

(5...Kd8? 6.Rd3+)

6.Qg8+ Kd7 7.Qf7+ Kd8 8.Qf6+ Kc8!

(8...Kc7? 9.Qe7+ Kc6 (9...Kc8 10.Qe8+ Kc7 11.Qxb8+) 10.Qe4+ Kc5 11.Qf5+! (11.Rxf4? Qxa5+ 12.Kxb8 Qd8+ 13.Kxb7 Qd7+ 14.Ka6 Qb5+ 15.Ka7 Qb6+ 16.Ka8 Qd8+ 17.Kb7 Qd7+ perpetual check(Q)) 11...Kc6 12.Rxf4 Qe3+ 13.Kxb8 Qe8+ 14.Qc8+)

9.Qe6+ Kd8 10.Qg8+ Kd7!

(10...Ke7? 11.Qh7+ Kf6 12.Qc7! Qe3+ 13.Qb6+ Qxb6+ 14.axb6 Kg5 15.Rxf4!)

11.Qh7+ Kc8 12.Qh3+ Qd7!

(12...Kc7? 13.Rc3+ Kd8 14.Rd3+)

13.Rc3+

(13.Qh8+ Qd8 14.Qc3+ Qc7 (14...Bc7? 15.Rf7 b5 16.Qh3+))

13...Bc7 14.Qh8+ Qd8 15.Qh3+ Qd7 positional draw]

1...Kc8! 2.Rxd2 Be3+! 3.Rd4!! R sacrifice

[3.Qb6? Bxb6+ 4.axb6 Ra8+! R sacrifice
5.Kxa8 stalemate]

3...Bxd4+ 4.Qb6 Bxb6+ 5.axb6! mutual zugzwang - virtual stalemate
5...Kd7

[5...Ra8+ 6.Kxa8]

6.Kxb8 Kc6 7.Ka7 mutual zugzwang

1-0

Marco Campioli - 2015/10
MSV-2015

1.Ra8+

[1.Rb7+ Kxb7 2.Rxb2+ Ka7]

[1.Re7 b1=Q 2.Rd2 Qa1+ 3.Kb5 Bxe7 4.fxe7 Qe5+ 5.Ka6 Qe6+ 6.Nd6 Qxe7]

1...Kxa8 2.Kb6+ Kb8 3.Rxb2 g1=Q+ 4.Kc6+ Ka7 5.Ra2+ Kb8 6.Rb2+ Kc8 7.Nd6+ Bxd6 8.Nxg1 hxg1=Q 9.Kxd6 Qd4+ 10.Ke6

[10.Ke7? Qe5+ 11.Kf8 Qxb2 12.Kg7 Qg2+ 13.Kh6 Qh3+ 14.Kg7 Qg4+ 15.Kh6 Qh4+ 16.Kg7 Qg5+ 17.Kh7 Qxf6]

10...Qd7+ 11.Ke5 Qxf7 12.Kxf5 Qd5+ 13.Kg6 Kd7 14.f7 Qe6+ 15.Kg7 Qe5+ 16.Kg8 Qg5+ 17.Kf8 draw.

1/2-1/2

Alain Pallier - 2015/12
MSV-2015

1.c7 Nc6 2.c8=Q Rh8+ 3.Ng8 Rxg8+! 4.Kxg8 Ne7+ 5.Kxg7 Nxc8 6.a4 Ke2 7.Ba3 Kd3 8.Bb4 Kc4 9.Kf7!

[9.Kf8? Nb6 10.a5 Nd5 EGTB]

9...Nb6 10.a5 Na4 11.a6 Kb5 12.a7 Nb6 13.Ke6!

[13.Ke8? Ka6 14.Bc5 Na8 15.Kd7 Kb7]

[13.Be7? Ka6 14.Bc5 Na8]

13...Ka6 14.Bc5 Na8 15.Be7 Nc7+ 16.Kd7

[16.Kd6? Nb5+]

16...Kb7 17.a8=Q+

[17.c4? Na6 18.Bd6 Ka8! 19.Kc6 Kxa7 zz]

17...Nxa8 18.Bd8

1-0

Jozsef Csengeri - 2015/12
MSV-2015

1.Nd8+

[1.Ne5+? Kxc5 2.Nd3+ Kd4 3.Nf5+ Kc3 4.Nc5 a2 5.Nb3 Kxc2 6.Nfd4+ Kb2 7.Nxa5 a1=Q]

1...Kxc5 2.Nb7+ Kb6 3.Nxa5 Kxa5 4.Nf5 a2 5.Nd4 Kb4 6.Nb3 Kc3 7.Na1 Kb2 8.c4 Kxa1 9.c5 Kb2 10.c6 dontetlen.

1/2-1/2

Emil Melnichenko - 2015/11
MSV-2015

1.Nc7

[1.Kf1? c3 2.Nb3 cxd2 3.Nxd2 dxe2+ 4.Kxe2 Bxa8]

[1.exd3? cxd3 2.Nc7 Bf3]

1...Bb6 2.Ne6!

[2.Nxc4? Bxc7 3.Nb2 dxe2]

2...Kg3!

[2...Bxa5 3.Ng5+ Kg3 4.Nxe4+ Kf4 5.exd3]

3.Nxc4

[3.Ng5? Bd5!]

3...Bf2+ 4.Kd1

[4.Kf1? Bg2#]

4...Bd5 5.Ng5 dxe2+ 6.Kxe2 Bxc4+ 7.d3 Bd5 8.Ne4+

1/2-1/2

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1.Ke3
	[1.Rf1+? Kg2 2.Ke3 Nf6 3.Rf2+ Kg3]
1...Nf6
	[1...Nh6 2.Rf1+
		(2.Rg3+)
	2...Kg2 3.Rf2+ Kg3 4.Ne4+ Kh3 5.Bf1+]
2.Rg3+ Kh2
	[2...Kh1 3.Bb7+ Kh2 4.Rg2+ Kh1 5.Rf2+ Kg1 6.Nf3+ Kh1 7.Rf1+ Kg2 8.Rg1+ Kh3 9.Bc8+]
3.Kf2 Ng4+ 4.Rxg4 Qxg4 5.Nf3+ Kh1 6.Bf1 g5 7.f5 zz Qxf5 8.Bg2# 1-0

1.Ra1
	[1.Ra3 f2 2.Rf3 Nd3+ 3.Kc3 Nxe5]
1...Be1
	[1...f2 2.Rh1 Ne7 3.Rxh4]

	[1...Bg3 2.Rg1]
2.Ra3
	[2.Rxe1? Nd3+]
2...Bxa5
	[2...Bg3 3.Rxf3 Bxe5+ 4.Ka3 Ne7 5.Kb4 Ne4 6.Nxe6+ Kxh7 7.Rf7+ Kg6 8.Rxe7]

	[2...f2 3.Rg3+ Kh8 4.Rg8#]
3.Rxf3 Kh8 4.Kb1!
	[4.Kc2? Ne7 5.Rf7 Bd8 zz. 6.Kd2 Ne4+ 7.Ke3 Ng5]
4...Ne7 5.Rf7 Bd8 zz 6.Kc2! zz Ne4 7.Nxe6 wins. 1-0

1.Bd4
	[1.Ng6+? Kg8 2.f7+ Qxf7+ 3.Nxf7 Kxf7 4.Nf4 Nhf2]
1...Qb5+
	[1...Qc7 2.Ng6+ Kg8 3.f7+ Qxf7+ 4.Nxf7 Kxf7]
2.Kg1 Qd3 3.Ng6+ Qxg6
	[3...Kg8 4.f7+ Kg7 5.f8=Q+]
4.f7 Qg7
	[4...Qxg5 5.f8=Q+ Kh7 6.e6! Ndf2 7.Qh8+ Kg6 8.Qg7+ Kf5 9.Qxg5+ Kxg5 10.e7]
5.b3!!
	[5.b4? b5 zz. draw.]
5...b5 6.b4! zz Nhf2 7.e6 Qxd4
	[7...Nh3+ 8.Kf1 Ne3+ 9.Ke2 Qxd4 10.f8=Q#]
8.f8=Q# 1-0

Themes: a) Final that culminating in matte. b) Coronation of minor piece to avoid stalemate 1.Ke2!
	[Try : 1.Ra1 Qa8! 2.Rxa8 Bxh4 3.Ra2 d6!!
		(not 3...d5? 4.Rb2! d4 5.Rd2! zz)
	4.exd6 f5 5.d7 f4!]
1...Ba3 2.Rd5 Qxe5+ 3.Rxe5 Bd6 4.f4 Bxe5 5.fxe5 d5 /d6 6.exd6 f5
	[6...f6 7.d7]
7.d7 f4 8.d8=N!
	[Try : 8.d8=Q fxg3 9.Qd5 stalemate]

	[8.Rf3? Kxg2]
8...f3+
	[8...fxg3 9.Ne6 Kxg2 10.Nf4+ Kg1 11.Ke1 g2 12.Ne2#]
9.gxf3# 1-0

1.Rd3+
	[1.Qf5+? Kc7 2.Qf7+
		(2.Qxf4+ Qxf4 3.Rxf4 Rc8! 4.Rc4+ Kd7 5.Rxc8 Kxc8 6.Kb6 Kb8)
	2...Kd8! 3.Qf8+
		(3.Qxf4 Qxf4 4.Rxf4 Rc8 5.Kxb7 Rc7+ 6.Kb8 Rc8+ 7.Kb7 Rc7+ perpetual check(R))
	3...Kd7
		(3...Kc7? 4.Qxb8+)
	4.Qf5+ Kc7 5.Qh7+ Kc8
		(5...Kd8? 6.Rd3+)
	6.Qg8+ Kd7 7.Qf7+ Kd8 8.Qf6+ Kc8!
		(8...Kc7? 9.Qe7+ Kc6 (9...Kc8 10.Qe8+ Kc7 11.Qxb8+) 10.Qe4+ Kc5 11.Qf5+! (11.Rxf4? Qxa5+ 12.Kxb8 Qd8+ 13.Kxb7 Qd7+ 14.Ka6 Qb5+ 15.Ka7 Qb6+ 16.Ka8 Qd8+ 17.Kb7 Qd7+ perpetual check(Q)) 11...Kc6 12.Rxf4 Qe3+ 13.Kxb8 Qe8+ 14.Qc8+)
	9.Qe6+ Kd8 10.Qg8+ Kd7!
		(10...Ke7? 11.Qh7+ Kf6 12.Qc7! Qe3+ 13.Qb6+ Qxb6+ 14.axb6 Kg5 15.Rxf4!)
	11.Qh7+ Kc8 12.Qh3+ Qd7!
		(12...Kc7? 13.Rc3+ Kd8 14.Rd3+)
	13.Rc3+
		(13.Qh8+ Qd8 14.Qc3+ Qc7 (14...Bc7? 15.Rf7 b5 16.Qh3+))
	13...Bc7 14.Qh8+ Qd8 15.Qh3+ Qd7 positional draw]
1...Kc8! 2.Rxd2 Be3+! 3.Rd4!! R sacrifice
	[3.Qb6? Bxb6+ 4.axb6 Ra8+! R sacrifice 5.Kxa8 stalemate]
3...Bxd4+ 4.Qb6 Bxb6+ 5.axb6! mutual zugzwang - virtual stalemate 5...Kd7
	[5...Ra8+ 6.Kxa8]
6.Kxb8 Kc6 7.Ka7 mutual zugzwang 1-0

1.Ra8+
	[1.Rb7+ Kxb7 2.Rxb2+ Ka7]

	[1.Re7 b1=Q 2.Rd2 Qa1+ 3.Kb5 Bxe7 4.fxe7 Qe5+ 5.Ka6 Qe6+ 6.Nd6 Qxe7]
1...Kxa8 2.Kb6+ Kb8 3.Rxb2 g1=Q+ 4.Kc6+ Ka7 5.Ra2+ Kb8 6.Rb2+ Kc8 7.Nd6+ Bxd6 8.Nxg1 hxg1=Q 9.Kxd6 Qd4+ 10.Ke6
	[10.Ke7? Qe5+ 11.Kf8 Qxb2 12.Kg7 Qg2+ 13.Kh6 Qh3+ 14.Kg7 Qg4+ 15.Kh6 Qh4+ 16.Kg7 Qg5+ 17.Kh7 Qxf6]
10...Qd7+ 11.Ke5 Qxf7 12.Kxf5 Qd5+ 13.Kg6 Kd7 14.f7 Qe6+ 15.Kg7 Qe5+ 16.Kg8 Qg5+ 17.Kf8 draw. 1/2-1/2

1.c7 Nc6 2.c8=Q Rh8+ 3.Ng8 Rxg8+! 4.Kxg8 Ne7+ 5.Kxg7 Nxc8 6.a4 Ke2 7.Ba3 Kd3 8.Bb4 Kc4 9.Kf7!
	[9.Kf8? Nb6 10.a5 Nd5 EGTB]
9...Nb6 10.a5 Na4 11.a6 Kb5 12.a7 Nb6 13.Ke6!
	[13.Ke8? Ka6 14.Bc5 Na8 15.Kd7 Kb7]

	[13.Be7? Ka6 14.Bc5 Na8]
13...Ka6 14.Bc5 Na8 15.Be7 Nc7+ 16.Kd7
	[16.Kd6? Nb5+]
16...Kb7 17.a8=Q+
	[17.c4? Na6 18.Bd6 Ka8! 19.Kc6 Kxa7 zz]
17...Nxa8 18.Bd8 1-0

1.Nd8+
	[1.Ne5+? Kxc5 2.Nd3+ Kd4 3.Nf5+ Kc3 4.Nc5 a2 5.Nb3 Kxc2 6.Nfd4+ Kb2 7.Nxa5 a1=Q]
1...Kxc5 2.Nb7+ Kb6 3.Nxa5 Kxa5 4.Nf5 a2 5.Nd4 Kb4 6.Nb3 Kc3 7.Na1 Kb2 8.c4 Kxa1 9.c5 Kb2 10.c6 dontetlen. 1/2-1/2

1.Nc7
	[1.Kf1? c3 2.Nb3 cxd2 3.Nxd2 dxe2+ 4.Kxe2 Bxa8]

	[1.exd3? cxd3 2.Nc7 Bf3]
1...Bb6 2.Ne6!
	[2.Nxc4? Bxc7 3.Nb2 dxe2]
2...Kg3!
	[2...Bxa5 3.Ng5+ Kg3 4.Nxe4+ Kf4 5.exd3]
3.Nxc4
	[3.Ng5? Bd5!]
3...Bf2+ 4.Kd1
	[4.Kf1? Bg2#]
4...Bd5 5.Ng5 dxe2+ 6.Kxe2 Bxc4+ 7.d3 Bd5 8.Ne4+ 1/2-1/2