Nº1 Valery Kalashnikov

Draw

Valery Kalashnikov (Russia)

wKd8,Ra4,Pa6,d7/bKe6,Nf8,Bb3,Rc4

1.Ra1!
1.Ra5? Kd6 2.a7 Ne6+ 3.Ke8 Nc7+ 4.Kf8 Rf4+ 5.Kg7 Rf7+ 6.Kg6 Rf8–+
1.Rxc4? Bxc4 2.a7 Bd5 3.Kc8 Nxd7–+
1.Ra3? Kf7 2.Rxb3 Ne6#

1…Kd6 2.a7 Ne6+ 3.Ke8 Nc7+ 4.Kf8
4.Kd8? Ba4 5.Rxa4!? Ne6+! 6.Ke8 Rxa4–+

4…Rf4+
4…Kxd7 5.a8Q Rg4! 6.Rd1+! Bxd1 7.Qb7!=

5.Kg7 Rg4+
5…Rf7+ 6.Kh6 Rf6+ 7.Kg7 Rf7+ 8.Kh6 Rf8 9.Rb1 Be6 10.Rb8=

6.Kh7!
6.Kf6? Rg8 7.Rb1 Bd5 8.Rb8 Kxd7–+

6…Bc2+ 7.Kh8! Rh4+ 8.Kg8!
8.Kg7? Ne6+ 9.Kg8 Bh7+ 10.Kh8 Bd3+ 11.Kg8 Rg4+ 12.Kh8 Nd8 13.a8Q Nf7#

8…Bb3+ 9.Kg7! Rg4+ 10.Kh7! Bc2+ 11.Kh8! geometrical positional draw
(white Square and 2 black Pendulum)