Zirik, Zinoviy
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All Zirik's positions look so "common" - it is because they actually happened or could have happened in the game. While other composers design complicated endings Mr. Zirik finds an incredible beauty in the commonplace positions. 1.ed4 ef4
[ 1...gf6 2.dc5 hg3 3.cb6 fg5 4.bc7 gf2 ( 4...ef4 5.cd8 gh4 6.de7 or other ways gf2 7.g:g5 h:d8 8.cd4 ) 5.g:e3 ef4 6.ed4 fg3 7.cd8 gh4 ( 7...gh2 8.d:h4 hg1 9.de5 gd4 10.hf6 d:a1 11.fh8 ) 8.db6 gf2 9.de5 fg1 10.ba7 ]
2.dc5 fe3 3.cd6 gf6
[ 3...hg3 4.dc7 gf2 ( 4...gf6 5.cb8 gf2 6.bc7+- ) 5.cd8 gh6 6.cd4 e:c5 7.g:e3 ]
4.dc7 fe5 5.cb8 ed4 6.c:e5 hg3
[ 6...ed2 7.gf2 and king is caught ]
7.ef6 gf2
[ 7...gh2 8.gf2 e:g1 9.ba7 ]
8.bf4 e:e7 9.g:e3 2-0

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