Nº16 Janos Mikitovics

Win

Section B.1.

Janos Mikitovics (Hungary)

wKg8,Na6,g3,Be8,Rc4,g1,Pe5/bKe7,Qb1,Nb8,h3,Bd1,Pa4,a5

1.Rf1!!
1.Nf5+? Qxf5= (1…Kxe8? 2.Nc7+-)

1…Nxa6
1…Bb3 pin 2.Rxb1+-

2.Nf5+!
2.Rf7+? Ke6! (2…Kd8? 3.Ne4 Qxe4 4.Rxe4 Bb3 pin 5.Kf8+-) 3.Rf6+ Kxe5= (3…Kd5? 4.Bf7+ Kxe5 5.Re6+-)

2…Ke6 3.Nd4+!
Thematic try 3.Ng7+?! Kxe5! (3…Kd5? 4.Bf7+ Kxe5 5.Re1+ Kf6 6.Re6++-) 4.Re1+ Kf6!! (4…Kd6? 5.Rd4++-) 5.Re6+ Kg5 6.Rxa6 Bb3! pin (6…Nf4 7.Rxa5+ Kg4 8.Ne6 Qb8 9.Rxf4++-) 7.Ne6+ Kf6! battery (7…Kf5? 8.Nd4+ Kg4 battery 9.Nxb3++-) 8.Nc7+ (8.Nf4+ Ke5! 9.Re6+ Kf5 10.Bg6+ Kg4 11.Bxb1 Bxc4=) 8…Kg5! (8…Kf5? 9.Bd7+ Ke5 10.Re6++-) 9.Rxa5+ Kf6! (9…Qf5? 10.Ne6+! Kf6 11.Rxf5+ Kxf5 12.Nd4+ Ke5 13.Nxb3+-) 10.Nd5+ (10.Ra6+ Kg5 11.Ne6+ Kf6 battery 12.Nf4+ Ke5 13.Re6+ Kf5 14.Bg6+ Kg4 15.Bxb1 Bxc4=) 10…Kg5! battery (10…Ke6? 11.Bf7+ Kd6 12.Ra6+ Ke5 13.Re6+ Kxd5 battery 14.Re1+ Kd6 15.Rxb1+-) 11.Nc3+ Qf5! selfpin 12.Ne4+ Kf4!= battery(12…Kg4? 13.Nf6+ Kg5 14.Nh7+-)

3…Kxe5!
3…Kd5 4.Bf7+ Kxe5 5.Nc6+ Kd6 6.Rf6+-

4.Nc6+ Kd6! 5.Rf6+! Kc7!
5…Kd5 6.Bf7#

6.Nxa5+!
Thematic try 6.Nd4+? Kb8! 7.Rf8 Ka7! 8.Rf7+ (8.Nb5+ Qxb5=) 8…Qb7! (8…Kb6? 9.Rc6#) 9.Nb5+ Kb8! (9…Ka8? 10.Bc6+-) 10.Rxb7+ Kxb7 11.Bc6+ Kb6!= (11…Kb8? 12.Rd4!+-) or 6.Nb4+? Kd8 7.Nc6+ Kc7 8.Nxa5+ loss of time

6…Kb8! 7.Rf8!! battery
7.Nc6+? Ka8!!= (7…Kc8? 8.Na5+ Kb8 9.Rf8 main)
7.Bg6? Qb5!!= (7…Qb2? 8.Rf8+ Ka7 9.Rf7+ Kb6 10.Rb7+ Kxa5 11.Rxb2 Bb3 pin 12.Rxb3 axb3 13.Rc3! Nf4! 14.Bf7! b2 15.Ra3+! Kb5 16.Rb3+ Kc5 17.Rxb2+-; or 7…Qb3? pin 8.Nxb3+-)

7…Qa2 pin
7…Ka7 8.Rf7+! Kb6 9.Rb7+ Kxa5 10.Rxb1 Bb3 pin 11.Rxb3 axb3 12.Rc3!+-

8.Bxa4+! Ka7 9.Rf7+! selfunpin 9…Kb6
9…Kb8 10.Nc6+ Ka8 11.Ra7#
9…Nc7 10.Rcxc7+ selfpin 10…Ka6 11.Nc4!!+- selfunpin (11.Ra7+? Kb6 12.Bxd1 Qd5!!= pin)

10.Rb7+
10.Rf6+? Kxa5= (10…Ka7? 11.Rf7+ main)

10…Kxa5 11.Rb5#

Correction: study in magazine Probl. of Ukraine