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The initial construction of N. Zaitsev's problem looks like this:

P.Shkludov (2-d USSR trade union championship -1989 )
Yunis Idris-Ogly Abdullaev, No.1-3 , 1989.
Akulich Alexey Borisovitch,No.No.4-6 Andreev Gennady Mihailovitch , No.No.7-9
Balaniuk Anatoly Grigorievitch , No. No. 10-22

Belousov V. V , No. No. 13-16

Ben Mihail Yuri evitch : No. No. 16-18
Vergeitchik Nikolai Grigorievitch, No. No. 19-21 No.20
Vladimir Volkov(Novokuznetsk) , No. No. 22-24
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Nickolay Daki, No. No. 25-27 Vladimir Derevetsky, No. No. 28-30
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Anatoly Erastov, No. No. 31,32
No. No. 33-35





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1.ed4 ( c:c1? 2.ab6 x)
1...c:a3 ! 2.dc5 d:b4 3 a:a1 cb6 4.dc3 ba5 5.cd4 ed6 6.e:c7 d:b6 7.de5 ab2! ( author wrote 8...fe7 ? )8.a:c3 fe7 9.f:d8 h:b2 =

Sapegin Alexander Ivanovitch ( Belarus ,Mogilev region ) ( 3+3,5=6, 5 points)
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1.hg3 cb2 2.a:c3 cb6 3.a:e5 f:f2 4.de3 5.cb2 6.h:d8 7.de7 8.h:a3 hg3 9.ac5 gh2 10.cg1 x
Navrotsky Ivan Stanislavovitch, Minsk No. 54 (3+3=6 points)

bc5:, de5, h:e3 ba3, gh4, e:a7, hg5, cd4, a:f8 x
Andrey Maltchenko (Azov) , born in 1908 (4+4=8 points)
https://fmjd.org/dias2/save/17433222544.png Loiko Sergey Ivanovitch (Volyn region, Ivanichi village)
coincides : A. Saraev: 11th All-Russian contest , 1968-1969 (0 points)

Kamchitsky Dmitry Antonivitch (Mogilev ) (2+2=4 points)
Nikolay Vergeichik (Gomel) [3+3=6 points]
Perepelkin Sergey Anatolyevitch (Moscow) [ No. 98 -6, 5 points, No. 99 -6 points ]

Yacheykin Valery Dmitrievitch (Kyiv) [ 3+2, 5 = 5,5 points ]

hg7, cb2, gf4, h:b4, gf8 cb2,gf6, h:c1:h6 dc3, hc1 x
Nikolay Daki (Odessa region, Utkonosovka village)[3,5 + 3 = 6,5 points]
Sosunov Alexander Vasilievitch (Odessa) [3+3=6 points ]
Ny'ch Anatoly Grigorievitch [3, 5 +2, 5 = 6 points]
Ben Mikhail Yuryevitch (Kyiv) [3+3.5=6.5 points]
Pokhvalitov Sergey Aleksandrovitch (Simferopol) [No. 64: 2, 5 +3 = 5.5 points; No. 65 3+3 = 6 points]
Tsvetov Mikhail Ioganovitch[2, 5+ 3, 5 =6 points]
Ustyanov Stanislav Yuryevitch, Kharkov [2, 5+ 2,5 = 5 points] Chernyaev Yury Ivanovitch (Moscow)[3, 5 + 4 ]=7, 5 points
Yu. Chernyaev [4 + 4 , 5 ]=8, 5 points
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fe3, c5, :h6, e7, e7, hc1, c:g5 cb6, a:c7 d:a5, hd2, gf2,hf2 x The total score for two works is 16, first place .

12_th Moscow Championship -1985 in drafts composition, section « Problemi» at 64-cell board.:
Chief Judge A. Fedoruk, judge A. Fomin Chief Judge A. Fedoruk changed the judge's score for "problema" No. 49, increasing it to 5 points. The chief judge did not inform the judge of the " problemi" section and the author of No. 49 about the change in score.The judge learned about this change in the score only 40 years after the Moscow Championship was held - in 2025.

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Gorin Aleksander Petrovitch total drama with me on the(Moscow), No.No.1-5
..https://fmjd.org/dias2/save/17449764735.png V.Belousov (Sverdlovsk region),No.No.6-11
V.Belousov + A. Fedoruk (12-th Moscow championship., 1985) , No. 11-A
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"An unusually stupid presentation of the finale . It would have been better to present the theme in miniature",-A.Fedoruk :
1.fe5 dc3 2.cd2 3.gh4 4.fe7 5.g:a7 etc. x
Cherniaev Yury Ivanovitch (Moscow),No.No.12-16

"The game is interesting, but the initial arrangement of the checkers is bad. A result of the 18th All Soviet Union contest (score 6,5 points) has been saved.
, - A. Fedoruk.

Zhuchkov Sergey Sergeevich, Polushkino village, Ruzsky district, Moscow region (pensioner, profession janitor), No. No. 17-22
Pereverzev Andrey Viacheslavovitch (Taganrog)
Konstantinov Vitaly Sergeevitch (Belorechensk)

Afonin Anatoly Afanasyevitch, No. No. 35-40 Gusev Evgeny Pavlovich (born in 1938, Mytishchi, Moscow region), No. No. 41-46


[Shkludov Petr Aleksandrovitch ( Novopolotsk ) , No. No. 47-52
Ruchkin Boris Vasilievitch (Kirovsk, Murmansk region), No. No. 53-58
Zubov Evgraf Vladimirovitch (Moscow) , No. No. 59-60

Improvement
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A. Fomin
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д.№1 (1281) : 1.fg5 gh6 2.h:f4 de7 3. f:d8 h:d4 4.c:e5 a:a1 5.df6 ab2
6.fg5 h:d6 7.f:a1 de5 *)  8.a:f6 x
There was known before : forum "Planet" , Dec., of 27 , 2014 (reported by Alexander Hasminsky)
д. №2 : https://fmjd.org/dias2/save/17452400097.png
P. Shkludov

д. №2 :1.hg5 f:h4 2.ed6 c:e7 3.f:f8 h:f6 4.d:g5 cb2
5.dc3 b:d2 6.e:e5 ba1 7.df6 ab2 8.fg5 h:d6 9.f:a1 x
A. Fomin , diagram created on July, of 19.2025 ( published for the purpose of protection against plagiarism)
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fg5, de5, dc3, bc7, g1 etc. x
A. Fomin , diagram created on July, of 19.2025 ( published for the purpose of protection against plagiarism)

1.ed2 2.f:d4 3.fe3 4.dc3 5.c:g1 etc. x
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S. V. Vasiliev ,Moscow ( mag. by P.N..Bodiansky "Shaski" ,No.43 ,January,1901),correction : e3 >d2
Solution : fe7 ,fg5,hg7,hg3,g:a7 x
The following compositions were created later :
№537 :S.V. Vasiliev (1901), processing by A. Fomin, 2014

1.ef6 d:b2 2.fe7 f:d6 3.hg7 h:h4 4.fe5 d:f4 5.de3 f:d2 6.hg3 h:f2 7.g:a7 +
6.hg3 h:f2 7.g:a7 ab4 8.ab8 ba3 9.b:e5 +
The initial arrangement of the checkers is completely free of sloppy In this variation.
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The Arranged by P.Kovalev: Banner of Yunost(Youth) , Minsk, Dec., of 08.1970

1.fe 7 - The diagram has appeared an image of N. Irzhavsky's work from the IV All-Soviet Union Contest , 1968.
2.hg7 h:h4 3.ed2 c:g3 4.f:h2 d:d2:5.hg3 h:f2 6.g:a7 ab4 7.ab8 ba3 8.b:e5 x

A. Fomin ,Jul., of 26 , 14-37 (according to Moscow time)
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1.bc3 (fe1) 2.ed6 (e:g5) 3.h:d2 -Ya. Gordin :"The kurs of endings in drafts parties on a 64-cell board. ",с84 [209],1932 (ab2) A 4.dc3 (b:d4) 5.hg3(h:f2)6.g:c5 x A(hg3), 4.h:f4 (ab2) 5.dc3 (b:d4) 6.fe5 (d:f6) 7.gf2 x
№452 A Fomin, Jul., of 26 , 23-55(according to Moscow time)
https://fmjd.org/dias2/save/17535633657.png 1.fg3 h:d4 2.fe5 d:f4 3.b:e3 d:f2 4.e:g3 h:f4 5.de3 f:d2 6.bc3 d:b4 7.a:a7 fe5 8.ab8 ed4 9.bf4 dc3 10.fc1 x

In 2014, a somewhat untidy-looking work from the “ problemy ” genre with an exact solution was published on the “Myth” forum.
A. Fomin, No. 405
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1.ab8 f4 2.ba7 3.de7 4.h:d2 5.a:h6 ce3 6.h6:c1 x

P.Shkludov, 12-th Moscow championship on drafts composition, 1985

The chief judge of the Moscow championship A. Fedoruk gave the following description: "The solution to the main variant is smooth, but lacking in ideas. Variants A and B are positional garbage. A weak miniature."

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D. No. 1 Brazilian checkers 1.f6 (g7) A 2.h:f6 3.h:f6 x A (g5), 2.h:c3 ! I 3.h:a1 x I 1.h6:g1? bc5! =
D. No. 2: Russian checkers :1.1.f6 (g7) A 2.h:f6 3.h:f6 x A (g5), 2.h:c3 3.h:a1 x
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Mif : July, of 18 , 2025
Theme :"Evening bell from D. K. "
..A. Fomin..

cd4 (c3), g7(a1), h8(f6), h2 (cd6), c7 (b6), c7(d6), f2 etc. x

Chief Judge A. Fedoruk, judge V. Gorodetsky, consultant L. Vitoshkin.
Results of the 9th Moscow Championship, 1982 in the section "Etudes-64"

First place - V. N. Demidov -11,5 points
Second place - A. V. Fomin -11 points
Third place - E. M. Elizarov - 7 points

Yu. Gavriuchenkov, No. 1 (score=0 points )
Yu. Gavriuchenkov, No. 2(score=5 points )
E.Zubov , No. 2-a(score=0 points)
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Oleg Rogozhin (Moscow), No. No. (3-5), score=0 points)
No. 3: https://fmjd.org/dias2/save/17568432211.png
No. 4: https://fmjd.org/dias2/save/17568433066.png
copy of the etude by A. Katyukha: "Draughts"--12-1976
No. 5: https://fmjd.org/dias2/save/17568434002.png
Repeats famous etude by V. Novikov, created in the 1930s(comment by A. Fedoruk)
A.Nagumanov , No.6 , score=3,5 points
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1.ba5 x A Fomin, No. No. 7,8( No. 7 score=4,5 points ;No.8 score=4 points)
Elizarov Evgeny Mikhailovich, No.9, "Shashki" - magazine -8-1982 (score 5 points)

V.Demidov , No. 13 , 0 points
Marriage: Less successful option #15 due to the rough
ntroduction move( superstructure).

V.Demidov , No. 14 , 4 points
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V.Demidov , No. 15 , 7,5 points
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V.Demidov , No. 16 , (0 points) :
This etude is marriage : In this position you can be won in another way 6. fg7 g:d4 7.ad6 x Serebrov Evdokim Ivanovich, Moscow, Krasnogvardeisky proezd.
No. 17 (score=3, 5 points)
No. 18 (score=0 points) A. Fedoruk wrote:"particular second solution : 2.g3 3.a1 x".
A.Fomin , No. No. 19-20

S. Kovalev (No.21) , 6,5 points
S. Kovalev (No.22) , 5,5 points
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P Shkludov :No.No.23-26
Kupka Gennady Victorovitch , N.o. No. 27,28 (score =0 points)
A. Fedoruk wrote : No. 27 is .Marriage .. The endgame demonstrated by the author is the standard ending of the game
No. 28 is defective etude.
"The combination of techniques in variants "B" and "C" are well known, the other variants are not etude".
No. 29 is a copy of Maller's etude from the hundred- cell board from Dambrete's magazine 4-1982
No. 30 is marriage. Side solution in etude 1.ed6 was indicated by V. Demidov.
No.31 A. Terekhov, score=4 points

Comments of the chief judge of the championship A. Fedoruk.
Results of the 9th Moscow Championship on draughts composition in the section "Etudes-100" (by A. Fedoruk). Results by Judge L. Vitoshkin Yu.Cherniaev wrote a protest towards the scores of the judge Leonid Vitoshkin Yu. Cherniaev, No. No. 1-5

Yu.Cherniaev , No. 1,score=0 points No.2 Yu. Cherniaev , score=3 points Yu.Cherniaev , No. 3 Yu.Cherniaev , No. 4,score=4 points ]Yu.Cherniaev , No. 5 score=0 points A.Fedoruk wrote:

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A.Fedoruk wrote:

A.Fomin ,No.6 , score=4 points
A. Fedoruk wrote : J. Viergevier's etude is a weak ideological predecessor, since it has only three standard variants 25(13) A, 9(10) B, 20(37) B, 9,14,24 B (26), 24(10), 8x B (14), 29/38, 29-34x
J. Viergevier (Netherlands) :"Dam eldorado ", No. 1 -1972 .
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E.M.Elizarov , No.7 , score=0 points
E.M.Elizarov , No.8 , score=5 points E.M.Elizarov , No.9, score=1,5 points
V. N. Demidov, No. No. 11-14 , total points 13, 2nd place
E. V. Zubov, No. No. 15-18 E. V. Zubov, No. 16 E. V. Zubov, No. 17 E. V. Zubov, No. 18 E. V. Zubov, No. 19 S.Kovalev ,No.No.20-22 V. A. Frantsuzov, No. No. 23-24 V. A. Frantsuzov, No. No. 24
This is a copy of the Yu. Cherniaev etude from "Dambrete"-mag. , No. 8 , 1977
Supplement to etude No. 17 by E. Zubov : improvement by V. Demidov :