Nº12 Jan Timman

Draw

Section B.2.

Jan Timman (Netherlands)

wKh4,Ne2,Ba4,g3,Re1,Pc6,g2/bKh6,Nd4,Ba5,f5,Pe5,f4,h7

1.c7!
1.Bxf4+? exf4 2.g4 Bxe1+ 3.Kh3 Nxe2 4.gxf5 Ba5 5.Kg4 Bc7–+

1…Nf3+!
1…Bxc7 2.Bxf4+ exf4 3.Nxf4=
1…Bb4 2.Bxf4+ exf4 3.g4! Bxe1+ 4.Kh3=

2.gxf3 Bb4 3.c8N! Starting to play for stalemate
3.c8Q? Be7#

3…Bxc8 4.Bd7!
4.Bxf4+? exf4 5.Bd7 Bxe1+ 6.Kg4 Bxd7+–+

4…Bxd7 5.Bxf4+ exf4 6.Nc3!
6.Ng3? Ba5 7.Re7 Bd8 8.Nf5+ Kg6–+

6…Ba5!
6…Bxc3 7.Re6+ Bxe6= stalemate (7…Kg7 8.Re7+=)
6…Bc5 7.Re2 Bb6 8.Nd5=

7.Re7! Bd8 8.Nd5 Bc8
8…Be6 9.Nf6 Bxe7= stalemate
or 8…Bc6 9.Kg4=

9.Nf6 Kg6
9…Bxe7= stalemate

10.Nd5 Bb7
10…h5 11.Nxf4+ Kf5 12.Nd5=

11.Kg4 Bxd5
11…Bxe7 12.Nxe7+ Kf6 13.Ng8+ Ke5 14.Ne7!= positional draw

12.Ra7! h5+
12…Bg5 13.Ra6+=

13.Kxf4 h4
13…Bg5+ 14.Kg3=

14.Ra6+!
Try:14.Ra3? Bg5+! (14…Be7? 15.Ra6+ Kh5 16.Ke3 Bc5+ 17.Kf4 Bb4 18.Ke3 h3 19.Kf2 Be1+ 20.Kg1=) 15.Ke5 (15.Kg4 Be6#) 15…Bc4! (15…Bb7? 16.Rb3 Bc8 (16…Ba8 17.Ra3 Bc6 18.Ra6 Bf6+ 19.Kf4=) 17.f4 Bd8 18.Ke4 Bd7 19.Kf3 Kf5 20.Rc3 Bb6 21.Rc2 /c1 21…Be6 22.Rd2=) 16.Ke4 (16.f4 Be7 17.f5+ Kg5–+) 16…Bb5! (16…Bf1? 17.f4 Bg2+ 18.Ke3 Bf6 19.Kf2=; 16…Kh5? 17.f4 Bf6 18.Ra4 Be2 19.Ke3 Bd1 20.Ra5+ Kg4 21.Ra6 Be7 22.Rg6+ Kf5 23.Rg7 Bc5+ 24.Kd2=) 17.f4 (17.Rc3 Bd7 18.f4 Bf6 19.Rc1 Bg4 20.Ke3 h3 21.Kf2 Bh4+ 22.Kg1 Bg3–+) 17…Bc6+ 18.Ke3 Bf6 19.Ra6 Bb7 20.Ra7 Bh1 21.Ra5 Bd8 22.Ra1 (22.Re5 Bb7 23.Rb5 Bc6 24.Re5 Bf6 25.Re6 Ba8 26.Kf2 Kf5–+) 22…Bb7 23.Rb1 (23.Rd1 Bb6+ 24.Ke2 Kf5 25.Rb1 Ba6+–+) 23…Bc6 24.Rc1 Bb6+ 25.Ke2 Be4 26.Rc4 Bd5–+
or 14.Kg4 Be6+–+

14…Kh5 15.Ke3!= positional draw