Nº22 János Mikitovics

Draw -B) Nb8

János Mikitovics (Hungary)

wKf5,Pd5,e4/bKe8,Nh8,Pd7

Twin A
1.e5! (A)
1.Kf6? (B) 1…Nf7! (1…Kf8? 2.e5 Nf7 3.e6=) 2.e5 Nh6! 3.Kg5 Ng8! 4.d6 Kf7 (4…Kf8? 5.Kg6! ZZ 5…Ke8 6.Kg7 Ne7 7.e6!! Nf5+ 8.Kf6=) 5.Kf5 Nh6+–+ (5…Ke8? 6.e6!=)

1…Ke7
1…Kf7 2.e6+=

2.e6!
2.Kg5? Nf7+ 3.Kf5 Nh6+ (3…Nd8? 4.Ke4! Nb7 5.Kd4! Na5 6.Kc3!! Kd8 7.Kb4=; 3…Nd6+? 4.exd6+ Kxd6 5.Ke4=) 4.Kg5 Ng8 5.Kg6 Ke8! (5…Kf8? 6.d6 Ke8 7.Kg7 Ne7 8.e6=) 6.Kg7 Ne7 7.e6 d6–+

2…d6 3.Kg5! Ke8! 4.Kf5!
4.Kf6? Kf8! Mutual Zugzwang 5.e7+ (5.Kg5 Kg7 6.Kf5 Ng6 7.e7 Nxe7+ 8.Ke6 Nc8 9.Kd7 Kf6 10.Kxc8 Ke5–+) 5…Ke8 6.Ke6 Nf7 ZZ 7.Kf6 Ne5! 8.Ke6 Nc4! ZZ 9.Kf6 Nb6 10.Ke6 Nc8–+ ZZ

4…Ke7 5.Kg5 positional draw 5…Kf8 6.Kf6! Mutual Zugzwang
6.Kh6? Kg8! 7.Kg5 Kg7 (7…Kf8? 8.Kf6 main) 8.e7 Kf7–+

6…Nf7 7.exf7= stalemate

Twin B : bN h8 to b8

1.Kf6! (B)
1.e5? (A) 1…Ke7 (1…Kf7? 2.e6+=) 2.d6+ Kf7–+

1…Na6
1…Kf8 2.e5! (2.Ke5? Ke7–+) 2…Na6 3.e6 (3.d6? Nc5–+) 3…d6 4.e7+ Ke8 5.Ke6=

2.e5! Nc7 3.e6 d6
3…Nxd5+ 4.Ke5 dxe6 5.Kxe6=

4.e7 Kd7
4…Nb5 5.Ke6= ZZ

5.Kf7 Ne8 6.Kf8 Nf6 7.Kf7 Ne8 8.Kf8 positional draw