[Event "1st Prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Iuri Akobia (GEO)"]
[Black "Pal Benko 80 JT 2009"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/1q6/8/p4r1k/2Q5/P7/R3K3 w Q - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.01"]

{Win (4+4)} 1. O-O-O $1 Qf2 2. Rh1+ Kg4 3. Qh3+ Kg5 4. Qh6+ Kf5 5. Rh5+ Ke4 6.
Qg6+ $1 Kd4 7. Qd6+ $1 Kc4 (7... Ke4 8. Qd5+ Ke3 9. Re5+ $18) 8. Qd5+ Kc3 9.
Rh3+ Kb4 10. a3# {"The long castling start not new. Generelly a shorter
solution follows it. The long solution ends with a surprisinge mate. The main
line heavy to emphasize from among the others" (Pal Benko)} *

[Event "2nd Prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Richard Becker (USA)"]
[Black "Pal Benko 80 JT 2009"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3Q4/8/7p/7p/8/n1pp4/3k1K2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.01"]

{Draw (2+6)} 1. Qa4 $1 Nc1 2. Kg2 Nd3 3. Qb3 Ke1 4. Qe6+ Kd1 5. Qb3 Nb2 6. Qf3+
$1 Kc1 7. Qe3 Nc4 8. Qf4 {zz} 8... h3+ 9. Kh2 {zz} 9... h4 10. Qxc4 d1=Q 11.
Qf1 $1 {zz} 11... Kd2 12. Qf4+ Kc3 13. Qc7+ Kb2 14. Qe5+ Kb1 15. Qb5+ Kc1 16.
Qf1 Qxf1 {stalemate. "Unusual position where is the White Queen operating
alone to escape with perpetual check, ZZ and eventually stalemate. It is a
noteworthy achievment." (Pal Benko)} *

[Event "3rd Prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Velimir Kalandadze (GEO)"]
[Black "Pal Benko 80 JT 2009"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1R6/6p1/6P1/6p1/6Pq/1K4p1/6P1/1k6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.01"]

{Draw (5+5)} 1. Kc3+ Ka2 2. Ra8+ Kb1 3. Rb8+ Kc1 4. Ra8 Kd1 5. Kd3 Ke1 6. Ke3
Kf1 7. Kf3 Kg1 8. Ra1+ Kh2 9. Re1 Qh6 10. Re6 Qh8 11. Re8 Qh6 12. Re6 Kg1 13.
Re1+ Kh2 14. Re6 {Positional draw. "Here White Rook doesn't let the Black
Queen to find way out, or stalemate occurs. It is original idea but the
indroctution is common." (Pal Benko)} *

[Event "1st Hon. Mention"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Guenter Amann (AUT)"]
[Black "Pal Benko 80 JT 2009"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "N2K4/8/2Pkp3/5n2/5P2/1PP3p1/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.01"]

{Draw (6+4)} 1. c7 Ne7 2. Nb6 Nc6+ 3. Kc8 g2 4. Nc4+ Kc5 5. Kb7 Ne7 6. Nd2 g1=Q
7. Ne4+ Kd5 8. Nf6+ Kd6 9. Ne4+ Kd7 10. Nf6+ Kd6 11. Ne4+ Kd5 12. Nf6+ Kc5 13.
Ne4+ Kb5 14. Nd6+ Ka5 15. Nc4+ Kb5 16. Nd6+ {draws. "In game like position
White forces to escape with prepetual check with a minor piece. It is simple
but clear conception." (Pal Benko)} *

[Event "2st Hon. Mention"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wieland Bruch & Martin Minski"]
[Black "Pal Benko 80 JT 2009"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4B3/1p2R3/8/5P2/1r1k4/5K2/8/5b2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.01"]

{win (4+4)} 1. f6 $1 Rb3+ $1 2. Kf4 Rh3 3. f7 $1 Rh4+ $1 4. Kf3 $3 Rh8 5. Ba4
$1 Rf8 6. Bb3 Bb5 7. Kf4 $1 b6 $1 8. Re5 $1 Ba4 (8... Bd7 9. Ba2 $1 Bc6 10. Kf5
Bd7+ 11. Kf6 {wins}) (8... Bc6 9. Kf5 $1 Kc3 10. Ba2 $1 Kd4 11. Kf6 {wins}) 9.
Re4+ $1 Kc3 10. Bd5 $1 Bb5 11. Kg5 $1 Bc6 12. Rc4+ {wins. "This is also a
gamelike study with abounding in tacticla turns, but that goes with too many
tiring sidelines." (Pal Benko)} *

[Event "3st Hon. Mention"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Iuri Akobia (GEO)"]
[Black "Pal Benko 80 JT 2009"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k3b3/3n2b1/8/8/6P1/4K3/4R3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.01"]

{Draw (3+4)} 1. Kf4 Nf6 2. Kf5 $1 Bb5 $1 3. Ra2+ $3 Kb7 4. Rb2 $1 Kb6 5. Kg6
Bh8 6. Rh2 Be8+ (6... Bd3+ 7. Kf7 Bc4+ 8. Kg6 Bd3+ 9. Kf7 $11) 7. Kf5 Bd7+ 8.
Kg6 Be8+ 9. Kf5 Bg7 10. Re2 Bc6 $1 11. Kg6 Bh8 12. Rh2 Be8+ 13. Kf5 {Positional
draw. "There is compicated piece distribution and play with many tries and
positional draws." (Pal Benko)} *

[Event "Commendation"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yuri Bazlov (RUS)"]
[Black "Pal Benko 80 JT 2009"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5n2/4B3/N7/5N2/1p2k3/6K1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.01"]

{Win (4+3) btm} 1... Nd8 $1 2. Nd5+ Kd4 $1 3. Bg8 b2 4. Nb3+ Kd3 5. Nb4+ Kc3 6.
Na2+ Kc2 7. Nd4+ Kd3 8. Nf3 b1=N 9. Bh7+ Kc4 10. Bxb1 Kb3 11. Nd2+ Kb2 12. Kf3
Nc6 13. Be4 Ne7 14. Nc1 Kxc1 15. Nc4 Ng8 16. Nb6 Ne7 17. Ke3 Kd1 18. Kd4 Ke2
19. Ke5 Kf2 20. Kf4 Ke2 21. Nc4 Nc8 22. Ke5 Na7 23. Nd6 {wins.} *

[Event "Commendation"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jozsef Csengeri (SRB)"]
[Black "Pal Benko 80 JT 2009"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k3N2/8/8/P2N1pp1/K7/7p/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.01"]

{Draw 4+4} 1. Nd7+ $1 Ka7 2. Ne5 $1 h2 3. Nc6+ Ka6 (3... Kb7 4. Kb5 h1=Q 5. a6+
Kc8 $1 6. Nce7+ $1 Kd7 7. a7 $1 Qb1+ 8. Ka6 Qa2+ 9. Kb7 Qb3+ 10. Ka6 $1 Qa4+
11. Kb7 Qb5+ 12. Nb6+ $1 Kxe7 13. a8=Q $11) 4. Ncb4+ $1 Kb7 5. a6+ $1 Kc8 $1 6.
Nb6+ $1 Kb8 7. Nc6+ $1 Kc7 8. a7 h1=Q 9. a8=Q Qa1+ 10. Kb5 $1 Qxa8 11. Nxa8+ {
draws.} *

[Event "Commendation"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gerd Wilhelm Hörning (GER)"]
[Black "Pal Benko 80 JT 2009"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1B4N1/p5np/8/4K3/k7/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.01"]

{Win (3+4)} 1. Kf6 Nh5+ 2. Kf7 a5 3. Be5 Kb3 4. Ke6 a4 5. Kf5 Kc2 $1 6. Kg4 $1
a3 7. Ne7 a2 8. Nd5 Kd3 9. Ba1 Kc2 10. Bh8 $1 Kb1 11. Nc3+ {wins.} *

[Event "Commendation"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gerhard Josten (GER)"]
[Black "Pal Benko 80 JT 2009"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/8/5P2/2KPN3/1Pp2qp1/4R3/8/5r2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.01"]

{Win (6+5)} 1. f7+ Kd8 2. Nc6+ Kc8 3. Re8+ Kb7 4. Re7+ $1 Kc8 5. d6 Qf5+ 6. Kb6
$1 Qf2+ 7. Kb5 Qf5+ 8. Ne5 Rd1 9. Rc7+ Kd8 10. Rd7+ Kc8 11. Ka6 Rxd6+ 12. Rxd6
c3 13. b5 c2 14. Rc6+ Kd8 15. Rxc2 Ke7 16. Rc5 $1 Kd6 17. b6 Kxc5 18. f8=Q+
Qxf8 19. Nd7+ Kc4 20. Nxf8 {wins.} *

[Event "Commendation"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alain Pallier (FRA)"]
[Black "Pal Benko 80 JT 2009"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2B3K1/8/4N3/p1b4k/5P2/5P2/4p2P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.01"]

{Draw (6+4)} 1. Kh7 Kh4 2. Ng7 e1=Q 3. Bg4 Qe7 4. Kg6 Qd6+ 5. Kf7 Qd5+ 6. Kg6
Qd6+ 7. Kf7 Qf8+ 8. Kg6 Qg8 9. Be6 Qf8 10. Bg4 Bd4 11. Nf5+ {draws.} *

[Event "1st-2nd Prize (miniatures)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yochanan Afek (ISR/NED)"]
[Black "Pal Benko 80 JT 2009"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/8/8/3pP3/3P4/8/3n3K/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.01"]

{Draw (3+3)} 1. e6 $1 Ne4 2. e7 Nd6 3. Kg3 Kb7 4. Kf4 Kc7 5. Ke5 Kc6 6. Kf6 $1
Ne8+ 7. Ke6 $1 Nc7+ 8. Ke5 $1 {zz} 8... Kd7 9. e8=Q+ $1 Kxe8 10. Kd6 Kd8 11.
Kc6 Kc8 12. Kd6 Kb7 13. Kc5 {positional draw.} *

[Event "1st-2nd Prize (miniatures)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David Gurgenidze (GEO)"]
[Black "Pal Benko 80 JT 2009"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7K/p7/8/2P5/8/8/8/kn6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.01"]

{Win (2+3)} 1. c6 a5 2. c7 a4 3. c8=Q a3 4. Qc2 a2 5. Kg7 Na3 6. Qc3+ Kb1 7.
Qb3+ Ka1 8. Kf6 Nc2 9. Ke5 Nd4 10. Qb6 Nb3 11. Kd5 Kb2 12. Kc4 a1=Q 13. Qxb3+
Kc1 14. Qe3+ Kb1 15. Qd3+ Kb2 16. Qd2+ Ka3 17. Qb4+ Ka2 18. Qb3# *

[Event "Hon. Mention (miniatures)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Giovanni Barbieri & M.Campioli"]
[Black "Pal Benko 80 JT 2009 (A)"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3K4/8/Br6/8/pk6/8/8/4B3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2010.01.02"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.01"]

{Draw (3+3) btm (A)} 1... Kb3 2. Bc8 $1 a3 3. Bg3 a2 4. Be5 Kc2 5. Bf5+ Kc1 6.
Bf4+ Kb2 7. Be5+ Ka3 8. Bd7 Rb2 9. Bd6+ Rb4 10. Be5 Rb8+ 11. Kc7 Rb2 12. Bd6+
Kb3 13. Be6+ {draws.} *

[Event "Hon. Mention (miniatures)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Giovanni Barbieri & M.Campioli"]
[Black "Pal Benko 80 JT 2009 (B)"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6K1/Br6/8/pk6/8/8/4B3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2013.07.01"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.01"]

{Win (3+3) btm (B)} 1... Kb3 2. Bd3 $1 a3 3. Bg3 Re6 4. Bb1 Kb2 5. Bf5 Re2 6.
Bh4 a2 7. Bf6+ Ka3 (7... Kc1 8. Ba1 Rb2 9. Be6 $11) 8. Ba1 Rb2 9. Be6 {draws.}
*

[Event "Hon. Mention (miniatures)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Giovanni Barbieri & M.Campioli"]
[Black "Pal Benko 80 JT 2009 (C)"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3K4/8/B5r1/8/pk6/8/8/4B3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2013.07.01"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.01"]

{Draws (3+3) btm (C)} 1... Kb3 2. Bb5 $1 a3 3. Be8 Rg8 4. Bh4 Rf8 5. Bg3 Rf5 6.
Bd7 Rd5 7. Bh4 Rd6 8. Bg3 Rd3 9. Be5 {draws.} *

[Event "Hon. Mention (miniatures)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marcin Banaszek (GER)"]
[Black "Pal Benko 80 JT 2009"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/8/2K2P2/5Nq1/8/8/3R4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

{B) Group Miniatures} 1. f7 $1 {
[Rook and Knight are left to capture, but the Queen prefers to chase the King]}
(1. Rb2+ $2 Ka8 2. Ra2+ Kb8 3. Nd6 Qxf6 $11) (1. Rd8+ $2 Ka7 2. Rd7+ Ka6 3. f7
Qxf5 $11) 1... Qf6+ 2. Nd6 Qc3+ 3. Kd7 $1 (3. Kb6 $2 Qb3+ 4. Nb5 Qe6+ 5. Rd6
Qe7 6. Ka6 Qb7+ 7. Ka5 Qa8+ 8. Kb4 Qe4+ $11) 3... Qh3+ (3... Qxd2 4. f8=Q+ Ka7
5. Qf7 $18) 4. Kd8 $1 (4. Ke7 $2 Qe3+ 5. Kd7 Qa7+ 6. Kd8 Qb6+ 7. Ke8 Qe3+ {
with perpetual check.}) 4... Qh8+ (4... Qh4+ 5. Ke8 $18 {
see 6.Ke8 in main line.}) 5. Ke7 $1 (5. Ne8 $2 Qh4+ $11) 5... Qh4+ 6. Ke8 $1
Qa4+ 7. Kf8 $1 {[The King is in cover]} (7. Ke7 $2 Qh4+ {a repeat move.}) 7...
Qa3 $1 8. Rd5 $1 ({Now the thematic try} 8. Rd4 $2 {(A) is defeated by} 8...
Qc5 {(X)} 9. Ke7 (9. Rd3 Qe5 10. Ne8 Qh8+ 11. Ke7 Qe5+ 12. Kd8 Qg5+ $11) 9...
Qe5+ 10. Kd7 Qxd4 $1 11. f8=Q+ Ka7 12. Qf7 Qc5 $1 13. Qa2+ Kb6 14. Qb3+ Ka6 $11
{White cannot win}) 8... Kc7 $1 (8... Qb4 $2 9. Rb5+ $18) 9. Rd4 $1 {
(A) [Now the winner move!]} (9. Ke7 $2 Qe3+ 10. Kf6 Qh6+ $11) (9. Kg8 $2 Qg3+
10. Kf8 Kc6 $1 $11) 9... Qc5 {(X) [The defender move from thematic try]} (9...
Kc6 10. Kg7 Qg3+ 11. Kf6 $18 {wins.}) 10. Rc4 $1 {and the Queen is caught in a
trap. A duel between white King and black Queen in a struggle to promote a
pawn. Five precise moves of white King provide cover for him against the chase
of black Queen. At the end the chasing Queen has been caught after the attempt
that was successful in try.} *

