Nº 11 Pavel Arestov & Alexander Zhukov

Draw

Pavel Arestov & Alexander Zhukov (Russia)

wKb8,Qh7,Na3,g6,Pe7/bKa5,Qf2,Nc5,f7,Pb5

1.Qh1!
1.e8Q? Na6+ 2.Ka8 Nc7+ 3.Kb7 Qb6+ 4.Kc8 Nxe8–+
1.Qh3? Na6+ 2.Ka8 Nc7+ 3.Kb7 Qb6+ 4.Kc8 Qc5!–+

1…Qg3+!
1…Na6+ 2.Ka8 Nc7+ 3.Kb8! Qb6+ 4.Qb7!=

2.Nf4!
2.Ka8? Qxa3! 3.Qc6 Kb4+ 4.Kb8 Qg3+ 5.Ka7 Nd6 6.e8Q Nxe8 7.Qxe8 Qc7+ 8.Ka8 Qb7#

2…Qxf4+ 3.Ka8 Kb6!
3…Na6 4.Qb7! Nc7+ 5.Ka7 Qe3+ 6.Kb8 Qxe7 7.Qxc7+ Qxc7+ 8.Kxc7=

4.Qc6+!!
4.e8Q? Qa4+ 5.Kb8 Qa7+ 6.Kc8 Qc7#

4…Kxc6 5.e8Q+ Nd7
5…Kd5 6.Nxb5=

6.Qc8+!
6.Nxb5? Nfe5! 7.Nc3 Qh2! 8.Qe6+ Kc5 9.Qd5+ Kb4 10.Na2+ Ka3 11.Qa5+ Kb2 12.Nb4 Qh8+! 13.Kb7 Qb8+ 14.Ka6 Qa8+ 15.Kb5 Qb7+ 16.Ka4 Nb6+ 17.Kb5 Nbc4–+
6.Qe6+? Nd6 -+.

6…Kd6!
6…Kb6 7.Qb7+ Kc5 8.Qxb5+=

7.Nxb5+ Ke7 8.Qe8+!!
8.Qc7? Qe4+! 9.Qb7 Qe5 10.Na7 Nd8 11.Qb4+ Ke8 12.Qb5 Qe4–+

8…Kxe8 9.Nc7+! Ke7 /f8
9…Qxc7 stalemate

10.Nd5/e6 fork, draw