Ural Problemist Study Tourney
Judge: Andrey Selivanov (Russia)

Theme
In the main line, both White and Black sacrifice the same type of piece.

5 studies were received by 7 authors from 4 countries.

Nikolay Kralin
1-2 Pr Ural Problemist Ty
Halkidiki 2004
Yochanan Afek
Ofer Comay, Gady Costeff
 1-2 Pr Ural Problemist Ty
Halkidiki 2004
David Gurgenidze
1-2 HM Ural Problemist Ty
Halkidiki 2004
+
(5+4)
=
(4+5)
+
Black to move
(6+3)

1st-2nd Prize: Nikolay Kralin (Russia)
1.g8=D e6+! 2.Dxe6 Lg4+! 3.Kxg4 Dxc4 4.Dh6+! Kxe4 5.Df4+ Kd3 (5...Kd5 6.Lb3 Dxb3 7.Df7+) 6.Lb5 Dxb5 7.Df1+ +-

1st-2nd Prize: Yochanan Afek, Ofer Comay & Gady Costeff (Israel)
1.Tc7+ Kxd6 2.Txd7+! Kxd7 3.0-0-0+! Td5! 4.Txd5+ Kc6 5.Ta5! bxa5 6.Kb2 =

1st-2nd Honourable Mention: David Gurgenidze (Georgia)
1...Tf8+ 2.Tf7! Txf7! 3.Ke6 Tc7! 4.bxc7 Txe1+ 5.Kf7 Tf1+ 6.Kg8 Tg1+ 7.Kh8 Te1 8.c8=T! +- (8.c8=D? Te8+)

Nikolay Kralin
1-2 HM Ural Problemist Ty
Halkidiki 2004		 Günter Sobeck & Rainer Staudte
Comm Ural Problemist Ty
Halkidiki 2004
  =  
(5+5)
     +  
(5+6)
  

1st-2nd Honourable Mention: Nikolay Kralin (Russia)
1.h6! Txh6 2.Txh6 Sb5+! (2...c1=D 3.b7+ Sxb7 4.Tc6+ Dxc6 5.Se7+ =) 3.Ka6! c1=D 4.b7+ Sxb7 5.Tc6+ Dxc6+ 6.Sb6+ Kd8 =

Commendation: Günter Sobeck & Rainer Staudte (Germany)
1.Se8! Sxb5! (1...Sxe8 2.a5! Sc7 3.axb6! S~ 4.b7 +-) 2.axb5 a5 3.Sd6! a4 4.Sc4 Kh1! 5.Sa3 Kh2 6.Sc2 Kh1 7.Kg3 Kg1 8.Kxh3 Kf2 9.Kg4 Ke2 10.Kg5 Kd3 11.Sa1! Kc3 12.Kf6 a3 13.Kxe6 Kb2 14.K~ Kxa1 15.e6 a2 16.e7 +-