Nº34 Jens B. Nielsen & Poul Rewitz

Draw

Jens B. Nielsen &Poul Rewitz (Denmark)

wKe8,Pg3,h5/bKa5,Ne3,Pa6,a7

1.Kf7
1.h6? Ng4 2.h7 Nf6+ 3.Kf7 Nxh7–+

1…Ng4 2.Kg6 Kb4
2…Kb5 (or Kb6) closer to d7 but does not protect the c3 square (compared to Kb4) 3.Kg5! (3.Kf5? Nh6+ 4.Kg6 a5 5.Kxh6 a4 6.g4 a3 7.g5 a2 8.g6 a1Q 9.g7 Qf6+ 10.Kh7 Qf7 11.Kh6 (or 11.h6 Kc6) 11…Qg8 (11…Kc6? 12.g8Q Qxg8 stalemate) 12.Kg6 Kc6 13.h6 Qe6+ 14.Kh7 Qf7 15.Kh8 Qg6 16.h7 Qf6 17.Kg8 Qe6+ 18.Kf8 (18.Kh8 Qe5 19.Kg8 Qe8#) 18…Kd7! (18…Kd6? – main) 19.h8Q (19.g8Q Qe7#) 19…Qe8#) 3…Ne5 4.Kf6 (or Kf5/4) 4…a5? (4…Ng4+ 5.Kg5=) 5.Kxe5 a4 6.Kd4 Kb4 7.Kd3 Kb3 8.h6 a3 9.h7 a2 10.h8Q/B+-

3.Kf5!
3.Kg5? Ne5 4.Kf4 a) 4.Kf6 a5 5.Kxe5 (5.h6 Ng4+ 6.Kg7 Nxh6–+) 5…a4 6.h6 a3 7.h7 a2 8.h8Q a1Q/B+–+; b) 4.Kf5 a5! (4…Nf7? 5.g4 a5 6.g5 a4 7.g6 Nh6+ 8.Kg5=) 5.h6 a4 (or 5…Nf7 6.h7 a4) 6.h7 Nf7 7.Kf6 Nh8 8.Kg7 a3 9.Kxh8 a2 10.Kg8 a1Q 11.h8Q Qxh8+ 12.Kxh8 a5 13.g4 a4 14.g5 a3 15.g6 a2 16.g7 a1Q–+; 4…a5! 5.g4 a4 6.g5 a3 7.g6 a2 8.g7 a1Q 9.g8Q Qd4+ 10.Kf5 Nd7!–+

3…Nh6+ 4.Kg6 a5 5.Kxh6 a4 6.g4 a3 7.g5 a2 8.g6 a1Q 9.g7 Qf6+ 10.Kh7 Qf7 11.h6
[or 11.Kh6 Qg8 12.Kg6 Kc5 13.h6 Qe6+ 14.Kh7 Qf7 – main]

11…Kc5 12.Kh8 Qg6 13.h7 Qf6 14.Kg8 Qe6+ 15.Kf8
5.Kh8? Qe5 16.Kg8 Qe8#

15…Kd6 16.h8Q=