Nº11 Itay Richardson

Win

Section B.1.

Itay Richardson (Israel)

wKh8,Nf2,Rg7,Pa4,a5,g6,h7/bKa3,Nf4,h4,Re2

1.Rf7!
1.Kg8? Nhxg6=

1…Ne6!
1…Nhxg6+ 2.Kg7 Rxf2 3.a6 Rg2 (3…Rc2 4.Rxf4 (4.a7? Rc8=) 4…Nxf4 5.h8Q+-) 4.a7+-
1…Rxf2 2.Kg7 Ne6+ (2…Nhxg6 3.a6+- wins as was seen before) 3.Kg8 Rc2 4.g7+- (4.h8Q? Rc8+ 5.Kh7 Ng5+=)

2.Rf6!
2.g7? Ng6+ 3.Kg8 Ng5 4.Rf8 (4.Rf5? Re8+ 5.Rf8 Ne7+ 6.Kh8 Nf7#; 4.h8Q? Re8+ 5.Rf8 Ne7#) 4…Ne7+ 5.Kh8 Ng6+ 6.Kg8 Ne7+= perpetual check

2…Nxg6+!
2…Ng5 3.g7+-

3.Rxg6 Nf8!
3…Rxf2 4.Rxe6+-
3…Kxa4 4.Kg8+-

4.Rg3+
4.Rg7 Nxh7 5.Kxh7 Rxf2=

4…Kxa4
4…Kb4 5.a6 Nxh7 6.a7 Re8+ 7.Kxh7 Ra8 8.Rg7 Kxa4 9.Rb7 Ka5 10.Ne4 Ka6 11.Nc5+-

5.a6
5.Rg8? Nxh7 6.a6 Re7=

5…Nxh7!
5…Kb5 6.a7 Ra2 7.Rg8 Nxh7 8.a8Q+-
5…Rxf2 6.a7+-

6.Ne4!
with two main lines:

A) 6…Rxe4 7.Rg4! Rxg4 8.a7 Nf6 9.a8Q+ Kb5
9…Kb4 10.Qf8+-
9…Kb3 10.Qf3+-

10.Qb7+ Kc5 11.Qe7+-

B) 6…Kb4! Correction, as now promotion won’t come with check, yet after 7.Kxh7 Rxe4 8.Rg4! Rxg4 9.a7 White wins, as the Black king in b4 is used for a cover for the White king from the Black rook’s checks: 9…Rh4+ 10.Kg7 /g8 10…Rg4+ 11.Kf7
11.Kf8 is a waste of time, due to 11…Rh4 and the White king must return to the g-file

11…Rf4+ 12.Ke7
12.Ke8?? Rh4–+

12…Re4+ 13.Kd7 Rd4+ 14.Kc7 Rc4+ 15.Kb7+-
or 6…Rc2 7.Nc3+ (7.a7? Rc8+=) 7…Kb4 8.a7+-
or 6…Rh2 7.Kg8+-