Nº26 János Mikitovics

Draw

0-position – A) bQf5>d3 (6+4) B) -g7N (5+4)

Section B.2.

János Mikitovics (Hungary)

Twin: A- bQf5>d3 (6+4)

wKh7,Ng7,Bb3,h6,Ra3,Pg6/bKf2,Qd3,Pc2,e2

1.Ra5! Qxb3
1…e1Q 2.Rf5+ Kg3 3.Rg5+ Kh2 4.Rh5+ Kg1 5.Rg5+ Kf2 6.Rf5+ perpetual check

2.Rf5+ Ke1! 3.Rf7!! [3.Nh5? Kd1–+]

3…Qh3 [3…c1Q 4.Bxc1 Kd1 5.Re7=]

4.Nf5!! c1Q! 5.g7 Qc8!
5…Qc2 6.g8Q! Qcxf5+ 7.Rxf5 Qxf5+ 8.Kh8 Qf6+ (8…Kf2 9.Qa2=) 9.Kh7 Qf5+ 10.Kh8 Qe5+ 11.Kh7 Qe4+ 12.Kh8 Qd4+ 13.Kh7 Qd3+ 14.Kh8 Qc3+ 15.Kh7 Qd3+ 16.Kh8 positional draw

6.g8Q! Qxg8+
6…Qhxf5+ 7.Rxf5 Qxf5+ 8.Kh8! Kf2 9.Qa2!= (9.Bd2? Qf6+ 10.Qg7 Qd8+–+) ; 6…Qxh6+ 7.Nxh6=

7.Kxg8 Kd1! 8.Rd7+! [8.Ne3+? Kd2!!–+ (8…Kc1? 9.Nf5+ Kd1 10.Rd7+ main)

8…Kc2! 9.Nd4+! [9.Rd2+? Kb1!!–+] 9…Kd3!
9…Kb1 10.Rb7+ Ka2 11.Ra7+ Kb1 12.Rb7+!! perpetual check(12.Nxe2? Qxh6 13.Ng3 Qe6+! 14.Kh7 Qh3+–+)
9…Kc3 10.Nxe2+=

10.Ne6+!! Kc4! 11.Rc7+! [11.Rd4+? Kb5! (11…Kb3 12.Nc5+ Kc3 13.Bg7!! Kc2 14.Rc4+ Kd1 15.Rd4+ Kc2 16.Rc4+ Kb1 17.Rb4+=)

11…Kb5! [11…Kd5 12.Nf4+=] 12.Rb7+! [12.Nd4+? Kb6!–+ (12…Ka6? 13.Nxe2=) ]

12…Kc6
12…Kc4 13.Rc7+ Kd5 14.Nf4+=; 12…Ka5 13.Bd2+=; 12…Ka4 13.Ra7+ Kb5 14.Rb7+ main]

13.Nd8+! Kc5
13…Kd5 14.Bd2! Qc8 15.Ba5! e1Q (15…Kc4 16.Re7! (16.Rb4+? Kd3) 16…Qc5 17.Rxe2 Qg5+ (17…Qg1+ 18.Kh7!!=) 18.Kf8!=) 16.Bxe1 Qxd8+ 17.Kf7! Qc8 18.Re7= (18.Rb5+? Kc6 19.Re5 Qg4 20.Kf6 Kd6 21.Rf5 Qd4+ 22.Kg5 Qe3+ /g1+ –+)

14.Bd2! Qc8 [14…Qg2+ 15.Kf7! (15.Kf8? Qd5 16.Bb4+ Kc4 17.Rb8 e1Q 18.Bxe1 Qd6+–+) 15…Qd5+ 16.Ne6+ Kc6 17.Rc7+=

15.Rc7+!! Qxc7 16.Ne6+=

Twin: B -g7N (5+4)

wKh7,Bb3,h6,Ra3,Pg6/bKf2,Qf5,Pc2,e2

1.Bxc2!
Thematic try 1.Be3+? Kg2! a) 1…Kf3? 2.Bxc2 Qxc2 3.Bd4+!! Ke4 4.Bc3! Qc1 5.Ra2! Kd3 6.Rd2+!! Ke3! (6…Kxc3 7.Rxe2=) 7.Rxe2+!! Kxe2 8.g7 Qc2+ 9.Kh6! (9.Kg8? Qxc3–+) 9…Qb3 10.Kh7 Qc2+ 11.Kh6 positional draw.; b) 1…Kg3? 2.Bxc2 Qxc2 3.Bd4+ Kg4 4.Re3= (4.Bc3? Qd3! 5.Ra4+ Kf5 6.Ra5+ Ke6 7.Be1! (7.Re5+ Kd6–+) 7…Qb1!! 8.Ra6+ Kf5! 9.Ra5+ Ke4 10.Bg3 (10.Ra4+ Kf3! 11.Ba5 Qh1+!–+) 10…Qh1+! 11.Kg7! Qc1!! 12.Kh7 Kf3! 13.g7 Qb1+! 14.Kh6 (14.Kh8 Qh1+ 15.Kg8 Kxg3–+) 14…Qb6+ 15.Kh7 Qxa5–+) ; c) 1…Kf1? 2.Ra1+ e1Q 3.Bc4+=; d) 1…Kxe3? 2.Bxc2+=; 2.Bxc2 Qxc2–+

1…Qxc2 [1…Qd7+ 2.g7= eg. 2…e1Q 3.Ra2 Kf1 4.Bg6 Qee7 5.Rd2 Qxg7+ 6.Bxg7 Qxd2 7.Bf6!=]

2.Bf4! Qe4
2…Qf5 3.Bg3+ Kg2! 4.Re3! Qh5+ 5.Kg7 Qg4 (5…Qc5 6.Rxe2+ Kxg3 7.Re6! Qc8 8.Kf7!=) 6.Kh7! (6.Kh6? Qh3+! 7.Kg7 Qd7+ 8.Kh6 Qd2–+) 6…Qh3+ 7.Kg8!! (7.Kg7? Qd7+ 8.Kh6 Qd2–+) 7…Qc8+ 8.Kh7 Qh3+ 9.Kg8 positional draw
2…Qb2 3.Bg3+! (3.Re3? Qb1!–+) 3…Kg2 4.Re3=

3.Bg3+ Kg2 4.Rc3! ZZ
4.Be1? Qb1!–+ (4…Kf1? 5.Ra1!=)

4…Qd4 5.Be1! Kf1 6.Rc1 Qd1 7.Bd2 Qxc1 8.Bxc1 e1Q 9.g7 Qxc1 10.g8Q=