Nº2 Pavel Arestov & Michal Hlinka

Draw

Pavel Arestov & Michal Hlinka (Russia-Slovakia)

wKg8,Bc7,Pa2,c6/bKd1,Nc2,Rh3

1.Be5!
1.Bd6? Rc3 2.c7 Ne3!–+
1.Ba5? Nd4 /Ne3 2.c7 Nc6 3.Kf7 Na7 4.Ke8 Re3+!–+ (4…Rd3? 5.Bb6!=) 5.Kd7 Rd3+–+ 6.Ke6 Nc8–+

1…Nb4 2.c7 Nc6!
2…Nd5 3.Kf8! Nb6 4.Bd4! Nc8 5.Ke8= further than in the main solution

3.Bd4!!
3.Kf8? Nxe5! 4.c8Q Rh8+

3…Ne7+
3…Rh5 4.Kg7! Ne7 5.Kf8/Kf7.Rh7 6.Ke8 Nc8 7.Kd8=

4.Kf8/Kf7.Nc8 5.Ke8 Rd3 6.Bg1!
6.Kd7? Na7–+
6.Bc5? Kc2 /Kd2 7.a4 Kb3 8.a5 Kc4! 9.Bg1 Kb5–+
6.Bf2? Ke2 7.Bc5 Kd2 8.a4 Kc3 9.a5 Kc4!–+

6…Ke2! 7.a4! Rd1 8.Bc5 Rd5 9.Bg1 Kf1
9…Kd3 10.a5 Kc4 (10…Rxa5 11.Kd7=) 11.a6=

10.Be3 Rd3 11.Bc5 Rd5 12.Be3 Ke2 13.Bg1= pos. draw