Nº12 Mario Garcia & Iuri Akobia (Argentina- Georgia)

Draw
Mario Garcia & Iuri-Akobia (Argentina- Georgia)
1.P.Problemist of Ukraine 10 JT,

wKc6,Na1,g3,Bh4,Pb4/bKb2,Nb6,g8,Bd4,Pf2

1.Nb3!! logical chose for night saccrifice. It is necessary to force the black king to b3. Another square gave to Black easy win- 1.Nc2? Kxc2 2.Ne4 f1Q–+; Thematic try 1.Bd8? Nc4 (not 1…Nc8? 2.Kd5 Nh6 3.Nf1 Nf5 4.Ke6 Ncd6 5.Bf6 Bxf6 6.Kxf6=) 2.Kd5 Ne3+! 3.Ke4 (3.Kxd4 Nf5+–+) 3…Nh6! 4.Kf3 Nef5 5.Nf1 Nf7 6.Bc7 N7d6! (not 6…Kxa1? 7.b5 N7d6 8.b6=) 7.Ke2 Kxa1–+

1…Kxb3 2.Ne4! Now it is clear why it was necessary to force bK on b3 2…f1N!
2…f1Q 3.Nd2+ Kxb4 4.Nxf1 classical draw

3.b5 Nc8!
3…Kb4 4.Bd8! Nc4 5.b6 Nfe3 6.b7 Ba7 7.Bg5=
3…Nc4 4.Nc5+ Kc3 5.Ne4+ Kb4 6.Be1+ Kb3 7.Kd5 Bb6 8.Nc5+ Bxc5 9.Kxc5=

4.Kc7
4.Kd7? Na7 5.Nd6 Ne3=

4…Nce7 5.Kd7 Nd5
5…Ng6 6.Bd8 Kc4 (6…Nf8+ 7.Kc6=) 7.b6 Kd5 8.b7 Ne5+ 9.Kc8 Nc6 10.Ng5! Nge7+ (10…Ba7 11.Bc7 Nd2 12.b8Q Bxb8 13.Bxb8=) 11.Kd7 Ng6 12.Bc7 Nge5+ 13.Kc8=

6.Bg5! Be3!
or also 6…Kc4 7.Nd6+ Kc5 8.Ne4+ Kxb5 9.Ke6 Kc6 10.Kf7 domination

7.Bxe3 Nfxe3 8.Kc6 Nb4+
8…Nge7+ 9.Kc5=

9.Kd6!
9.Kc5? Ka4! 10.b6 Na6+ 11.Kd4 (11.Kc6 Ne7+! 12.Kd6 Nc8 13.Kc6 Ka5 14.Nd6 Ne7+–

9…Nc4+
9…Ned5 10.Kc5 Ka4 11.b6 Nge7 12.b7 Nec6 13.Nf2! draws: 13…Nf4 14.Ne4 Ka5 15.Kd6=

10.Ke6!
10.Kc5? Ne7 11.b6 Na6+ 12.Kb5 Nb8 13.b7 Nec6 14.Nc5+ Kc3–+

10…Nh6 11.Nd6! Nb6
11…Ne3 12.b6! (12.Nf7 Nhf5 13.b6 Nd4–+) 12…Na6 e.g. 13.b7 Nhg4 14.Ne4 Kc4 15.Nf6=

12.Nf7! Ng4 13.Ne5! Ne3
or 13…Nf2 14.Nd7=

14.Nd7! Nbc4 15.Ne5! Na5 16.Nc6!=