Nº17 Richard Becker

Draw

Richard Becker (USA)

wKc8,Ne3,Pb6,e7/bKa3,Qg6,Nh1,Ph6

1.Nd5!
1.Nc4+? Kb4–+
1.b7? Qe8+–+
1.Kd7? Qd3+–+
1.Kc7? Qg3+! 2.Kd7 Qh3+ 3.Kd8 Qxe3 4.e8Q Qxb6+–+

1…Qe6+ 2.Kc7 Qe5+ 3.Kc8 Qxd5 4.e8Q Qa8+ 5.Kd7 Qb7+ 6.Ke6 Qxb6+ 7.Kf5
7.Kf7? Ng3–+

7…Nf2
7…Ng3+ 8.Kg4=

8.Qe7+!
8.Qe5? Qb1+–+

8…Kb3 9.Qe5 Kc4 10.Qf4+ Kc3 11.Qe5+ Kb3 12.Qg3+
12.Qd5+? Kc2–+

12…Kc2 13.Qh2! zz 13…Kc1 14.Qf4+ Kd1 15.Qd6+! Qxd6 mirror model stalemate