Bristol 9

M.Gordian & N.Rezvov
Simkovich–100 JT
1995
Special Commendation

White wins

1.Kd1 b4 [1...Rc4 2.dxc4 Ra4 3.Bc3++-] 2.Bd2 f5 3.Ke1 f4 4.Kf1 h5 5.Kg1! h4 6.Rf1! h3 7.Be1 Kxa1 8.Bc3# pseudo-Bristol + Indian

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Bristol 8

A.Kazantsev
Shakhmaty v SSSR
1950
2nd Prize

White wins

1.Bh8!! Kb7 2.Kb2 Bxd3 3.Kc3 Bf5 4.Kd4 Kc6 5.Ke5 Kd7 6.Kf6 Ke8 7.Kg7! pseudo-Bristol 7... e5 8.h6 e4 9.h7 e3 10.Kh6 e2 11.Bc3 +-

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Bristol 7

F.Bondarenko
Erevan Ty
1947
1st Honourable Mention

White wins

1.a7! mutual zugzwang [1.Kd1? Kb8 2.a7+ Kb7! mutual zugzwang 3.Kc1 Ka8 4.Kb1 Kb7 5.Ka1 Ka8 mutual zugzwang] 1...Kb7 2.Kd1 Ka8 3.Kc1 Kb7 4.Kb1 Ka8 5.Ka1! mutual zugzwang 5...Kb7 6.Qb1+ +- pseudo-Bristol

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Bristol 6 + Turton 1

F.Simkovich
Shakhmaty v SSSR
1938

Draw

1.Bb7! Turton [1.Bc6? a1Q 2.Qd5 Qa7! 3.Qh1 Qg7+ 4.Bg2 Be5!–+] 1...a1Q 2.Qd5 Bh8! Bristol 3.Qh1 Qg7+ 4.Bg2 Qg8 stalemate [4...Qf7? 5.Bf3! Qg6+ 6.Bg4+-]

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Bristol 5

G.Costeff
Die Schwalbe
2001
1st Prize

Draw

1.Rac8+ Kb7 2.Rb8+ Kc6 3.b5+ Kc5 [3...Kc7 4.Rbc8+ Kb7 5.Rb8+ Kc7 6.Rbc8+ perpetual check] 4.Rbc8+ Nc7! 5.Rxc7+ Kd5 6.Bf7+ e6 7.Bxg8 Bxg8 8.Rec8! Ba1! 9.Rc1! Qb2 10.R8c2! Qh8 11.Rc8! Bg7 12.R1c7! positional draw

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Bristol 4

L.Kubbel
Shakhmaty v SSSR
1934
1st/2nd Prize

Draw

1.g7+ [1.Bxf7? Rg1 2.Bd5 Rxg6+–+] 1...Kg8 2.Bd5! [2.Bb3? Rc1 3.Bd5 h1Q–+] 2...h1Q 3.f3 Ra1! [3...Rg1 4.Be4 Rg6+ 5.Bxg6 fxg6 6.f7+! Kxf7 7.Kh7=] 4.Be4 Qb1 5.Bf5! mutual zugzwang 5...Qxf5 stalemate

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Bristol 3

L. Zalkind
Shakhmaty
1927
4th Prize

White wins

1.Kd7 Bh8! 2.Bb2! [2.Bh1? a1Q 3.a8Q Qg7–+] 2...Bxb2 3.Bh1! a1Q 4.a8Q Nxe3 5.fxe3 Bh8 6.Qg2#

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Bristol 2

G.Fuchs
Le Temps
1934
- correction by Rusz (2008) -

White wins

1.Ng3 h4 2.Nh1! Bxh1 3.Bb2 Ba8! 4.Bd5! [4.Ba3?? h1Q 5.Bf8 Qb7!–+] 4...Bxd5 5.Ba3 Bg8! [5...h1Q 6.Bf8+-] 6.Bd6! h1Q 7.Be5#

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Bristol 1

A.Troitzky
28 Rijen
1925

White wins

1.a6 c4 2.a7 c3 3.Bh1!! Ba4+ 4.Kf7! [4.Ke7? Bc6! 5.Bxc6 c2 6.a8Q c1Q=] 4...Bc6! [4...c2 5.a8Q c1Q 6.Qg2#] 5.Bxc6 c2 6.a8Q c1Q 7.Qa2+ Kg3 8.Qg2+ Kh4 9.Qf2+ Kg5 10.Qg3+ Kf5 11.Qg6+ Kf4 [11...Ke5 12.Qf6#] 12.Qh6+ +-

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