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 [Event "Bronze"] [Site "Iceland"] [Date "2007.02.18"] [Round "1"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/5k2/1Q6/4K3/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1-0 [Event "Bronze"] [Site "Iceland"] [Date "2007.02.18"] [Round "2"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "5k2/1R6/4K3/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. Ra7 Kg8 2. Kf6 Kh8 3. Kg6 Kg8 4. Ra8# 1-0 [Event "Bronze"] [Site "Iceland"] [Date "2007.02.18"] [Round "3"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [FEN "8/3k4/3P4/3K4/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1... Kd8 2. Kc6 Kc8 3. d7+ Kd8 4. Kd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Bronze"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.18"] [Round "4"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/3k4/8/4K3/3P4/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. Kd5 Ke7 2. Kc6 Kd8 3. Kd6 Ke8 4. Kc7 Ke7 5. d5 Ke8 6. d6 1-0 [Event "Bronze"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.18"] [Round "5"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/8/3k4/8/3K4/8/2P5/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. Kc4 Kc6 2. c3 Kd6 3. Kb5 1-0 [Event "Bronze"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.18"] [Round "6"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/1p3k2/p7/5K2/P4P2/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. a5 $1 1... Ke7 2. Kg6 b5 3. axb6 Kd7 4. b7 Kc7 5. b8=Q+ Kxb8 6. f5 a5 7. f6 a4 8. f7 a3 9. f8=Q+ Kb7 10. Qxa3 1-0 [Event "Bronze"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.19"] [Round "1"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/1k6/2pK4/2P5/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. Kd7 Kb8 2. Kxc6 Kc8 3. Kd6 Kd8 4. c6 Kc8 5. c7 Kb7 6. Kd7 Kb6 7. c8=Q 1-0 [Event "Bronze"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.19"] [Round "2"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/2k5/1pP5/1P6/2K5/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. Kd5 Kc8 2. Kd6 Kd8 3. c7+ Kc8 4. Ke6 Kxc7 5. Ke7 Kc8 6. Kd6 Kb7 7. Kd7 Kb8 8. Kc6 Ka7 9. Kc7 Ka8 10. Kxb6 Kb8 11. Kc6 Kc8 12. b6 Kb8 13. b7 1-0 [Event "Bronze"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.19"] [Round "3"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/p5kp/8/1P6/8/1K6/P7/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. a4 h5 2. a5 h4 3. b6 axb6 4. a6 $1 4... h3 5. a7 h2 6. a8=Q 1-0 [Event "Bronze"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.19"] [Round "4"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [FEN "7k/8/p7/P3K3/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1... Kg7 2. Kd6 Kf7 3. Kc6 Ke7 4. Kb6 Kd7 5. Kxa6 Kc7 (5... Kc6 6. Ka7 Kc7 7. Ka8 Kc8) 6. Kb5 Kb7 7. a6+ Ka7 8. Ka5 Ka8 9. Kb6 Kb8 10. a7+ Ka8 11. Ka6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Bronze"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.19"] [Round "5"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/8/8/1Pk1P3/8/6p1/7p/7K w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. e6 Kd6 2. b6 Kxe6 3. b7 Kd7 4. b8=Q 1-0 [Event "Bronze"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.19"] [Round "6"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [FEN "8/1k6/1P1p3p/P4K2/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. Kf6 Kc6 2. Kf5 d5 3. Ke5 h5 4. b7 Kxb7 5. Kxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Silver"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.19"] [Round "1"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/8/8/7B/5k1B/8/8/K7 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. Kb2 Ke3 2. Bd1 Kd2 3. Bc2 Ke3 4. Kc3 Kf3 5. Kd4 Kg4 6. Be1 Kf3 7. Bd3 Kf4 8. Be4 Kg5 9. Ke5 Kg4 10. Bf2 Kg5 11. Bf5 Kh6 12. Kf6 Kh5 13. Be6 Kh6 14. Bg4 Kh7 15. Kf7 Kh6 16. Be3+ Kh7 17. Bf5+ Kh8 18. Bd4# 1-0 [Event "Silver"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.19"] [Round "2"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/8/Pk6/1P2p2p/8/6K1/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. Kh4 e4 2. Kg3 Ka7 3. Kf4 h4 4. Kxe4 h3 5. Kf3 h2 6. Kg2 h1=Q+ 7. Kxh1 1-0 [Event "Silver"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.19"] [Round "3"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "K7/2k5/R7/8/5p2/6p1/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. Rg6 Kd7 2. Rg4 g2 3. Rxg2 Ke6 4. Rg5 Kf6 5. Rc5 Kg6 (5... f3 6. Rc3 f2 7. Rf3+) 6. Kb7 Kf6 7. Kb6 Kg6 8. Kb5 Kf6 9. Kc4 1-0 [Event "Silver"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.19"] [Round "4"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [FEN "8/5K2/6R1/p7/1k6/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. Rb6+ Kc3 (1... Kc5 2. Ra6 Kb5 3. Ra8) (1... Ka3 2. Ke6 a4 3. Kd5 Ka2 4. Kc4 a3 5. Rb3) 2. Ra6 Kb4 3. Ke6 a4 4. Kd5 a3 5. Kd4 Kb3 6. Kd3 Kb2 7. Kd2 a2 8. Rb6+ Ka1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Silver"] [Site "Philidor"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "5"] [White "N, N."] [Black "N, N."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4k3/R7/7r/3K4/4P3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Silver"] [Site "Lucena"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "6"] [White "N, N."] [Black "N, N."] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3K4/3P2k1/8/8/8/8/2r5/5R2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "0"] 1-0 [Event "Silver"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "7"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "6k1/2p5/2P5/3P4/8/8/7K/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1-0 [Event "Silver"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "8"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/8/8/4k1p1/8/4KPP1/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. g4 1-0 [Event "Silver"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "9"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/2k5/p1P5/P1K5/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. Kd5 Kc8 2. Kc4 Kb8 3. Kd4 Kc8 4. Kd5 Kc7 5. Kc5 1-0 [Event "Silver"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "10"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "4k3/8/8/7P/8/4K2B/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. Be6 Ke7 2. h6 Kf6 3. Bf5 Kf7 4. Bh7 Kf6 5. Kf4 Kf7 6. Kf5 Ke7 7. Kg6 Kf8 8. Kf6 Ke8 9. Kg7 1-0 [Event "Silver"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "11"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [FEN "K7/2P3k1/1q6/8/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Silver"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "12"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "0-1"] [FEN "7k/1PK5/8/8/8/8/8/5q2 b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1... Qc4+ 2. Kb6 Qb4+ 3. Kc7 Qc5+ 4. Kd8 Qb6+ 5. Kc8 Qc6+ 6. Kb8 Kg7 7. Ka7 Qc7 8. Ka8 Qa5+ 9. Kb8 Kf6 10. Kc8 Qc5+ 11. Kd8 Qb6+ 12. Kc8 Qc6+ 13. Kb8 Ke7 14. Ka7 Qc7 15. Ka8 Qa5+ 16. Kb8 Kd6 17. Kc8 Qc7# 0-1 [Event "Gold"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "1"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "K7/8/1k6/1p6/8/2P5/1P6/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. b3 Ka5 (1... Ka6 2. b4 Kb6 3. Kb8 Kc6 4. Ka7) 2. Kb8 (2. Ka7 b4 3. c4 $2 $10 ) 2... b4 3. c4 Kb6 4. Kc8 Kc6 5. Kd8 Kd6 6. Ke8 Ke6 7. Kf8 Kf6 8. Kg8 Kg6 9. Kh8 Kf6 (9... Kh6 10. c5) 10. Kh7 Kf7 11. Kh6 Kf6 12. Kh5 Kf5 13. Kh4 Kf4 14. Kh3 Kf5 (14... Kf3 15. c5) 15. Kg3 Kg5 16. Kf3 Kf5 17. Ke3 Ke5 18. Kd3 1-0 [Event "Gold"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "2"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/KP1n4/N2k4/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. Nb4 Ke5 (1... Kc7 2. Nd5+ Kc6) (1... Ke7 2. Nd5+ Ke6 3. Nb6 Ne5 4. Ka8 Nc6 5. Nc4 Kd5 6. Na5) (1... Kc5 2. Nd3+ Kb5 3. Ne5 Nxe5 4. b8=Q+) 2. Nd3+ Kd5 ( 2... Ke4 3. Nc5+) (2... Kf5 3. Nc5 Ne5 4. Kb6 Nc4+ 5. Ka6) 3. Nf4+ Kc6 4. Ne6 Kd5 5. Nf8 Ne5 6. Ka8 Nc6 7. Nd7 Kd6 (7... Ke6 8. Nb6 Kd6 9. Nc4+ Kc7 10. Na5) 8. Nb6 Kc7 (8... Kc5 9. Nc8) 9. Nd5+ Kd7 10. Nb4 1-0 [Event "Gold"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "3"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "0-1"] [FEN "8/8/8/1p5b/2p1k3/3p4/8/2K1B3 b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1... Ke3 2. Bd2+ Ke2 3. Ba5 d2+ 4. Bxd2 Kd3 5. Ba5 c3 6. Bb4 Kc4 7. Ba5 b4 0-1 [Event "Gold"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "4"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/8/4N1B1/8/8/8/1K1k4/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. Bc2 Ke3 2. Kc1 Ke2 3. Bg6 Ke3 4. Kd1 Kf2 5. Kd2 Kf3 6. Kd3 Kg4 7. Ke3 Kh4 8. Kf4 Kh3 9. Bh5 Kg2 10. Ke3 Kg3 11. Be2 Kh4 12. Kf4 Kh3 13. Ng5+ Kg2 14. Ne4 Kh3 15. Kg5 Kg2 16. Kg4 Kh2 17. Bf1 Kg1 18. Bh3 Kh2 19. Nc3 Kg1 20. Kg3 Kh1 21. Bg2+ Kg1 22. Ne2# 1-0 [Event "Gold"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "5"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "K3N3/8/1k2P1r1/8/6B1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. Nf6 Kc7 (1... Rxf6 2. e7 Kc7 3. e8=N+) 2. e7 Rg5 3. Ne8+ Kc6 4. Ng7 Kc7 5. Ne6+ Kd7 6. Nxg5+ Kxe7 1-0 [Event "Gold"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "6"] [White "N, N."] [Black "N, N."] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2k3r1/8/7R/1KP5/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] 1. Kb6 Kb8 (1... Rg1 2. Rh8+ $2 (2. Kc6 $2 2... Kd8 (2... Kb8 3. Rh8+ Ka7 4. Rd8 (4. Kd7 Rg5 5. c6 Rg7+) 4... Rc1 5. Kd6 Kb7 6. Rd7+ Kb8 7. c6 Rd1+ 8. Ke7 Rc1) 3. Rh8+ Ke7 4. Kc7) 2... Kd7 3. c6+ Kd6 4. Rd8+ Ke7 5. c7) (1... Kd7 2. c6+ Kc8 3. Rh7) 2. c6 Rf8 (2... Ka8 3. Rh7 Rg1 4. Rb7 Rb1+ 5. Kc7) 3. Rh7 Re8 4. Rb7+ Kc8 5. Ra7 Kb8 6. c7+ Kc8 7. Ra8+ Kd7 8. Rxe8 1-0 [Event "Gold"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "7"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "1k6/7R/1K6/1P6/8/8/8/1r6 b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1... Kc8 (1... Rc1 2. Rh8+ Rc8 3. Rxc8+ Kxc8 4. Ka7) 2. Rh8+ Kd7 3. Rb8 Rb2 4. Ka7 Kc7 5. b6+ Kc6 6. Rc8+ Kb5 7. b7 Ra2+ 8. Kb8 Kb6 9. Rc1 Rh2 10. Rb1+ Kc6 11. Ra1 Rb2 12. Ka8 Rxb7 (12... Kc7 13. Rc1+) 13. Rc1+ Kb6 14. Rb1+ 1-0 [Event "Gold"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "8"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [FEN "4K3/4P1k1/8/8/8/r7/8/5R2 b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1... Ra8+ 2. Kd7 Ra7+ 3. Kd6 Ra6+ 4. Kd5 Ra5+ 5. Kc6 Ra6+ 6. Kb7 Re6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Gold"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "9"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "4K1k1/4P3/8/8/8/r7/8/5R2 b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1... Ra8+ 2. Kd7 Ra7+ 3. Kd6 (3. Ke6 Ra6+ 4. Ke5 Ra5+ 5. Kf6 Ra6+ 6. Kg5 Ra5+ 7. Kg6 Ra6+ 8. Rf6 Ra8 9. Rd6 (9. Re6)) 3... Ra6+ 4. Kc5 Ra8 (4... Re6 5. Rf8+) 5. Kc6 Kg7 6. Ra1 Rb8 7. Kc7 1-0 [Event "Gold"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "10"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "R7/8/P4pp1/5k1p/7P/r4PP1/4K3/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. a7 Ra2+ 2. Kd3 Ra1 3. Kd4 Ra5 4. Kc4 Ra3 5. Kc5 Ra1 6. Kd6 Ra3 7. Ke7 Ra6 8. Kf7 Ra3 9. Kg7 Ra1 10. Kh6 Ra6 11. Rb8 Rxa7 12. Rb5+ Ke6 13. Kxg6 Ra8 14. Kxh5 Rg8 15. g4 Rh8+ 16. Kg6 Rxh4 17. Rb6+ 1-0 [Event "Gold"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "11"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [FEN "8/5k2/2R5/p4p2/r6P/5KP1/2P5/8 b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1... Re4 (1... Ra1 2. Ra6 a4 3. Kf4 Rf1+ 4. Ke5 Rf3 5. Rxa4 Rxg3 6. Rf4) 2. Rc5 Kf6 3. Rxa5 Rc4 4. Ra2 Rc3+ 5. Kg2 Ke5 6. Rb2 Kf6 7. Kh3 Rc6 (7... f4 8. Rb3 Rxc2 9. Rf3) 8. Rb8 Rxc2 9. Rb6+ Kg7 10. h5 Rc4 11. h6+ Kh7 12. Rf6 Ra4 ( 12... Rc5 13. Kh4) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Gold"] [Site "Palm Handheld"] [Date "2007.02.20"] [Round "12"] [White "N, N"] [Black "N, N"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/1R5p/r3ppk1/1p6/3PP3/4KP2/6PP/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. d5 (1. Rxb5 Ra2) 1... Ra3+ (1... exd5 2. exd5 Rd6 3. Kd4) 2. Kd4 exd5 3. exd5 Ra2 4. g4 Rxh2 5. d6 h5 6. gxh5+ Rxh5 7. d7 Rh1 8. Kd5 Rd1+ 9. Ke6 Re1+ 10. Kd6 Rd1+ 11. Kc7 Rc1+ 12. Kb8 1-0