Nº14 Jan Timman

Draw

Jan Timman (Netherlands)

wKa7,Bc6,Ra1,Pf2,f3/bKc7,Re5,Pg4,h2,h3

1.Bb7!
1.fxg4? Kxc6 2.Rc1+ Rc5 3.Rh1 Ra5+ 4.Kb8 Rb5+ 5.Kc8 (5.Ka8 Rb2 6.Rxh2 Kc7–+) 5…Rg5 (or 5…Rb4–+ )

1…g3
Main- 1…Ra5+ 2.Rxa5 h1Q (2…g3 3.Rc5+ Kd6 4.Kb6 transposes to the other main lines) 3.Rc5+ Kd6 4.Rd5+ Ke6 5.Re5+! Kf6 (5…Kxe5 6.f4+=) 6.Rf5+! Kg6 7.Rg5+! Kh6 8.Rh5+!=

2.Rc1+!
2.fxg3? Ra5+ 3.Rxa5 h1Q–+

2…Rc5! 3.Rxc5+ Kd6 4.Kb6! g2
Main- 4…h1Q 5.Rc6+ Kd7 6.Rc7+ Ke6 7.Rc6+ Kf5 (7…Ke5? 8.f4+!+-) 8.Rc5+ Kf4 9.Rc4+=

5.Rd5+!
5.Rc6+? Ke5 6.Rc5+ Kd4–+

5…Ke6 6.Kc7! g1Q 7.Rd6+ Ke7 8.Rd7+ Kf6 9.Rd6+ Kg5 10.Rd5+ Kh4 11.Rd4+=

In the 3 main lines the White rook gives perpetual in 3 different ways: Horizontally on the 5th rank Vertcally on the c- and d-file.