Nº 15 Mario Micaloni

Win

Section B.1.

Mario Micaloni (Italy)

wKg4,Nh6,Ba7,Pa2,b6,d5/bKd6,Nc4,Rc5,Pe6

1.b7!
1.dxe6? Kxe6 2.b7 Ne5+!=
1.Nf7+? Ke7 (but also 1…Kxd5 2.b7 Rb5 3.b8Q Rxb8 4.Bxb8 e5=) 2.dxe6 Rb5 3.a4 Rb4 4.Kf5 Nxb6=

1…Rb5
1…Ne5+ 2.Kh5 Rb5 3.b8Q+ Rxb8 4.Bxb8+ Kxd5 5.Bxe5 Kxe5 6.Ng4+ Kd4 7.Kg5 e5 8.Kf5 e4 9.Kf4 Kd3 10.Ne3 Kd4 11.a4 Kc5 12.a5 Kb5 13.Nc4+-
1…Ne3+ 2.Kf3 Rb5 3.b8Q+ Rxb8 4.Bxb8+-

2.b8Q+
2.Nf7+? Ke7 (but also 2…Kxd5 3.b8Q Rxb8 4.Bxb8 Kc5=) 3.dxe6 Rxb7 4.Bc5+ Kxe6 5.Nd8+ Kd5 6.Nxb7 Kc6!=

2…Rxb8 3.Bxb8+ Kxd5 4.Kf3!
4.Ba7? Ne5+ 5.Kf4 Nd3+ 6.Ke3 Nb4=

4…Kd4
4…Kc5 5.Ke4 Kb4 6.Kd3! Nb2+ 7.Kc2 Ka3 8.Kb1+-

5.Bg3!
5.Bh2? e5 6.Bg3 (6.Nf5+ Kc3=; 6.Bg1+ Kd3=) 6…Kd3 (6…e4+? 7.Ke2 Kc5 8.Kd1! Kb4 9.Kc1 Ne3 10.Kb1 Kc4 11.Bf2 Nd5 12.Ng4+-) 7.a4 e4+ 8.Kf4 Kd4! 9.Be1 Kc5!= (but not 9…Nb2? 10.a5 Nd3+ 11.Kg3!! Kc5 12.Bc3! Kb5 13.Nf5+-)
5.Ng4? Kc3!=

5…Kd3! 6.a4!
6.Be1? Na3 (6…Nb6=) 7.Bb4 Nc2 8.Be7 e5 9.Nf5 e4+ 10.Kf4 e3 11.Ng3 Nd4=

6…Kd4!
6…Nd2+ 7.Kf4! Kc4 8.Be1 Nb3 9.Ng4 Nc5 10.Ne5+ Kb3 11.a5+-
6…e5 7.Nf5 Nd2+ 8.Kg4 Kc4 9.Be1 Nb3 10.Ne3+ Kd4 11.Nc2+ Kc4 12.Na3+ Kd5 13.a5+-

7.Bf2+ Kd5 8.Ke2!
8.Nf7? Ne5+!=
8.Kg2? Kc6=
8.Be1? Kc5=

8…Kc6
8…e5 9.Nf7! Nd6 10.Nd8 Kc4 11.Be1! Ne4 12.a5 Kb5 13.Nf7!! Nc5 14.Nd6+! Kc6 15.Nc4 Kb5 16.Na3+! Ka4 17.Nb1! Kb5 18.Kd1!! Ne6 19.Bc3 e4 20.Na3+ Ka6 21.Nc4 Kb5 22.Nd6+-

9.Nf7!
9.Ng4? e5 10.Be1 Kb7! 11.Nf6 Nb2! 12.a5 Ka6!=

9…Kb7 10.Bd4!! Nb6 11.Nd6+ Kc6 12.a5! Nd5
12…Na8 13.Nc4 Kb5 14.Kd3 Nc7 15.Bb6 Nd5 16.Kd4 Nb4 17.Kc3 Nc6 18.Kb3 e5 19.Nd6+ Ka6 20.Ka4! Ne7 21.Ne4 Kb7 22.Kb5+-

13.Be5 Nb4 14.Kd2!!
14.Kd1? Kd5 15.Bg3 Kc5! 16.Kd2 Nc6= and the white cannot support the knight in c4

14…Kd5
14…Kc5 15.Kc3+-

15.Bg3 Kc5 16.Kc3 Nc6 17.Nc4 Kb5 18.Bc7 e5 19.Bb6!
only a waste of time with 19.Kb3? Nd4+ 20.Kc3 Nc6 21.Bb6+-

19…e4 20.Kb3! Nxa5+
20…e3 21.Nd6+ Ka6 22.Ka4! e2 23.Ne4!! e1Q (23…Kb7 24.Bf2 Ne5 25.Nc5+-) 24.Nc5#

21.Bxa5+-