Nº2 Pavel Arestov & Michal Hlinka

Draw

Pavel Arestov & Michal Hlinka (Russia-Slovakia)

wKd8,Pb4,f4/bKg3,Nc4,Bf7

1.f5
1.Ke7? Bg6!–+ 2.Kf6 Be4 3.Kg5 Nd6–+

1…Ne3 2.Ke7!
try 2.f6? Nd5! 3.b5 Bh5! 4.Kc8 Kf4 5.Kb7 Ke5 6.b6 Kd6! 7.Ka7 Nb4! 8.b7 Nc6+ 9.Ka8 Kc7-+
2.b5? Nd5 3.f6 Bh5! (3…Bg6? 4.b6=) 4.b6 (4.Kc8!? Kf4 see try 2.f6?) 4…Nxb6 5.Ke7 Nd5+ 6.Ke6 Nf4+ 7.Ke7 Ng6+–+

2…Bc4!
main line 2…Bd5 3.f6 Nf5+ 4.Kd8!! try (4.Kd7? Kf4 5.b5 Ke5 6.b6 Nd6! zz 7.Ke7 Nc8+–+) 4…Kf4 5.b5 Ke5 6.b6 Nd6 7.Kd7! zz 7…Nb7 8.Ke7=

3.f6 Nd5+!
3…Nf5+ 4.Kd7 Nh6 (4…Kf4 5.Kc7! Nd4 6.Kd6! Nf5+ 7.Kc7 Ke5 8.b5 Kxf6 9.b6 Bd5 10.b7=) 5.Kc6! Ng4 6.b5 Nxf6 7.b6 Bd5+ 8.Kc7=

4.Kf7!
4.Kd6? Nxf6-+

4…Nf4+! 5.Kg7 Nh5+ 6.Kg6 Nf4+ 7.Kg7 Ne6+ 8.Kf7!
8.Kg6? Kf4 9.f7 Ke5!–+

8…Kf4 9.Ke7! Ng5 10.b5 Ke5 11.b6=