Nº 5 Pavel Arestov & Alexander Zhukov

Draw

Section B.2.

Pavel Arestov & Alexander Zhukov (Russia)

1.Rg6+ Ka5!
1…Qf6!? 2.Rxf6+ Ka5 3.Rf5+ Ka4 4.Rf4 Ka3 5.Rb3+! Kxa2 6.Rb7! a1Q+7.Kg5(Kg6) Qd1 (7…g1Q?? no check 8.Ra4#) 8.Rxa7+ Kb2 9.Rb7 Kc3 10.Rc7+ Kb3 11.Rc7+ =.

2.Rg5+ Ka4 3.Rxg4+ Ka5!
3…Ka3 4.Rg3+ Kxa2 5.Rxg2+ Ka3 (no 5…Ka1??) 6.Rg3+ =

4.Rg5+ Ka6 5.Rg6+ Qf6! 6.Rxf6+ Ka5 7.Rf5+ Ka4 8.Rf4+ Ka3 9.Rb3+!
9.Rf3+? Kxa2 10.Rf2+ Ka1!, black win, no bQa1! .

9…Kxa2 10.Rh3!
10.Rb7? h1Q+ 11.Kg5 g1Q+ check, no bp.g4, black win.

10…h1Q!
10…g1Q 11.Rfh4 =

11.Ra4+ Kb2 12.Rb4+ Kc2 13.Rc4+ Kd2 14.Rd4+ Ke2 15.Re4+ Kf2 16.Rf4+ Kg1 17.Rhh4!
17.Rfh4? Qxh3! 18.Rxh3 Kf2 -+

17…Qxh4+!
17…Qh2 18.Rxh2 Kxh2 19.Rh4+ Kg3 20.Rg4+ =
17…a5 18.Kg5(Kg6) a4 19.Rxa4 =

18.Rxh4!
18.Kxh4? Kh1(Kh2) 19.Rg4(no 19.Rh4+??) 19…g1Q -+.

19….Kf2 20.Rf4+!
20.Rg4? g1Q -+.

20…Ke3 21.Rg4= draw.