Nº 6 Michal Hlinka (Slovakia)

BTM Win

Section B.1.

Michal Hlinka (Slovakia)

wKg3,Ne2,Be6,Ra2,b2/bKh1,Qa6,Rd6

1…Rd3+
1…Qd3+ 2.Kf4! Rd4+ 3.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 4.Kf5 Qd3+ 5.Kf6 Qc3+ 6.Kf7 Qc7+ 7.Ke8 Qc6+ 8.Bd7 Qe4+ 9.Kd8 Qh4+ 10.Kc8 Qc4+ 11.Kb7+-

2.Kh4!
2.Kf4? Qd6+=

2…Qd6 3.Ra1+!!
them.try 3.Rb1+?! Rd1 4.Rxd1+ Qxd1 zz 5.Bg4 Qd3! zz 6.Bf5 Qd8+! 7.Kh3 Qh8+ 8.Kg4 Qg8+ 9.Kh3 Qh8+ 10.Kg3 Qb8+! 11.Kf2 Qb6+! 12.Kf1 Qg1+! 13.Nxg1 stalemate

3…Rd1 4.Rxd1+
4.Ng3+? Kg1 5.Ne2+ Kf1! 6.Rxd1+ Qxd1=

4…Qxd1 5.Ra2! zz, compare with them. try after 4…Qxd1
5.Bg4? Qd8+=; 5.Kh3? Qf1+=; 5.Nf4? Qd4!=

5…Qd3
5…Qd8+ 6.Kg4! Qd1 7.Kf3 Qf1+ 8.Ke3 Kg2 9.Bd5+ Kh3 10.Ra4!+-

6.Bg4! zz compare withthem. try after 5…Qd3
6.Ra1+? Kh2!; 6.Bf5? Qd8+= as in them. Try

6…Qb3
6…Qh7+ 7.Kg3! Qh3+! 8.Kf4! (8.Kxh3 or; 8.Bxh3 stalemate) 8…Qh4 9.Kf3 Qf6+ 10.Kg3 Qe5+ 11.Nf4 Qe1+ 12.Rf2! Qg1+ 13.Kf3! Qd1+ 14.Re2 Qb3+ 15.Kf2 Qb6+ 16.Kg3 Qg1+ 17.Kh4 Qd4 18.Bf3+ Kg1 19.Be4+-

7.Rd2 Qa3
7…Qe3 8.Ng3+ Kg1 9.Rd1+ Kg2 10.Bh3+ Kf3 11.Rf1+-

8.Bf5! Qe7+ 9.Kg4!
9.Kh3? Qh7+! 10.Kg4 (10.Bxh7 stalemate) 10…Qh3+ 11.Kxh3 stalemate

9…Qg7+ 10.Kf3 Qg2+ 11.Kf4!
11.Ke3? Qg5+=

11…Kh2
11…Qf2+ 12.Kg4!+-; 11…Qf1+ 12.Ke3!+-

12.Bd7!
12.Rc2? Qf1+!=
12.Ke3? Qa8! 13.Nf4+ or(13.Nd4+ Kg3!; 13.Nc3+ Kg1!=)

12…Qf2+
12…Qf1+ 13.Ke3!+-

13.Kg4!
13.Ke4? Qe1! 14.Ke3 Kg2! 15.Bc6+ Kf1!=

13…Qb6 14.Nf4+!+- and wins.
14.Nd4+? Kg1! 15.Nf3+ Kf1=
Meredith. Thematic try. Reciprocal zugzwangs. Stalemates.