Nº20 Richard Becker

Win

Richard Becker (USA)

wKa4,Nc8,Rg8,h4/bKa8,Ne4,Bc4,Rc7

1.Rgh8!
1.Rf8? (or Re8?) 1…Nc5+ 2.Ka5 Ba6! 3.Nd6+ Ka7=

1…Bd3
1…Nc5+ 2.Ka5 Ba6 (2…Be6 3.Nd6+ Ka7 4.Nb5++-) 3.Nd6+ Ka7 4.R8h7 (or R4h7) 4…Nb7+ 5.Nxb7 Rxb7 6.Rxb7++-

2.Nd6+ Ka7 3.Nxe4 Rc4+ 4.Ka5 Bxe4
4…Rxe4 5.R4h7+ Re7 6.Rxe7#

5.Kb5!
Thematic try 5.Re8? Rc5+ 6.Kb4 Bc6! 7.Rh7+ Ka6! 8.Kxc5 Bxe8 9.Rh8 Bd7 10.Rb8 Ka7 11.Rb6 Ba4 (or Be8)=

5…Rd4 6.Kc5 Ra4
6…Rd5+ 7.Kc4 Re5 8.Kd4+-

7.Re8 Ra5+ 8.Kb4 Ra4+ 9.Kxa4 Bc6+ 10.Ka5 Bxe8 11.Rh7+ Kb8 12.Rh8+-