Nº6 Valery Kalashnikov

Win

Valery Kalashnikov (Russia)

wKb4,Bd2,Rh2/bKb2,Rb1,Pb5,f7

1.Bc3+ Kc1+ 2.Ka3 b4+ 3.Ka2! bxc3 4.Rh1+ Kd2 5.Kxb1
Thematic try 5.Rxb1? c2 6.Rf1 c1Q 7.Rxc1 Kxc1 8.Kb3 Kd2 9.Kc4 Ke3–+

5…f5! 6.Rh2+!
Try 6.Rc1? f4 7.Rc2+ Kd3 pawn on f4 8.Kc1 f3 9.Kd1 Kd4 10.Ke1 Kd3=

6…Ke3 7.Rc2!
Thematic try 7.Kc2? f4 8.Rh8 f3 9.Re8+ Kd4 10.Rf8 Ke3 11.Re8+ Kd4 12.Kd1 Kd3=

7…f4!
7…Kd3 pawn on f5 8.Rf2 Ke4 9.Kc2 f4 10.Kxc3 Ke3 11.Rf1 f3 12.Re1++-

8.Rxc3+ Ke2 9.Rc2+ [or 9.Kc1 f3 10.Rc2+ Ke3+-] 9…Ke3 10.Kc1 f3 11.Kd1 f2 12.Rc3+ Kd4
or 12…Kf4 13.Ke2+- win

13.Rf3+- win