Nº27 Jarl H. Ulrichsen

Draw

Jarl H. Ulrichsen (Norway)

wKf1,Pa2,a3,b6/bKh1,Ra5

1.Ke1!
1.Ke2? Rxa3 2.Kd2 Rxa2+ 3.Kc3 Ra6 4.Kc4 Rxb6; After 1.b7? Black wins e.g. by cutting off Whiteâ []s king: 1…Rb5 2.Ke2 Rxb7 3.Kd2 Ra7 4.Kc2 Rxa3 5.Kb2 Re3–+

1…Rb5 2.Kd2 Rxb6 3.Kc3
After 3.a4? ? Black wins e.g. by cutting off Whiteâ []s king 3…Ra6 (3â RKg2? 4.Kc3) 4.Kc3 Rxa4 5.Kb3 Re4–+

3…Kg2 4.a4!
4.Kc4? Ra6 5.Kb4 Kf3 6.a4 Ke4 7.Kb5 Ra8 8.a5 Kd5 9.a6 Rb8+ 10.Ka5 Kc6 11.a7 Rh8–+

4…Kf3 5.Kc4 Ke4 6.a5!
6.Kc5? Ra6 7.Kb5 Ra8 8.a5 Kd5–+ etc.

6…Rb2 7.Kc5
7.a6? Rb6–+

7…Ke5 8.a6! Rxa2 9.Kb6 Kd6 10.Kb7
10.a7? Rb2+ 11.Ka6 Kc7 12.a8N+ Kc6 13.Ka7 Rb1–+

10…Rb2+ 11.Kc8=

[11.Ka8 ? 11…Kc6 12.a7 Rh2 13.Kb8 Rh8#]