Nº22 Pavel Arestov & Peter Krug

Win

Pavel Arestov & Peter Krug (Russia-Austria)

wKh4,Nf6,Ra2,Pb5/bKh1,Rb1,Pg3,h5

1.Kh3 !
1.Kxg3 ? 1…Rb3+ 2.Kh4 Rb4+ 3.Kxh5 Rxb5+ =

1…g2 !
1…h4 2.Ne4 g2 3.Nf2+ Kg1 4.Nd3 Rxb5 5.Ra1+-

2.Rxg2 Rb3+ 3.Rg3 Rxb5 4.Ra3 !!
try 4.Rd3 ? 4…Rb1 5.Ne4 h4 6.Nd2 Rd1 !! Zugzwang (6…Rg1 ? 7.Nf3 see solution) 7.Re3 Rg1 8.Nf3 Rg3+ 9.Kxh4 Rh3+ ! compare this try with the mainline 10.Kg4 Rg3+ 11.Kf4 Rg8 12.Re2 Rf8+ !=
4.Rc3 ? 4…Kg1 5.Ne4 Kf1 6.Rc1+ Ke2 7.Nc3+ Kd2 =

4…Rb1
4…Kg1 5.Ne4 Kf1 6.Ra1+ Ke2 7.Nc3+- fork

5.Ne4 h4
5…Kg1 6.Rg3+ Kf1 7.Nd2+- fork

6.Nd2 wiht tempo 6…Rg1 7.Nf3 Rg3+ 8.Kxh4 Rh3+ 9.Kg4 or also [9.Kg5] 9…Rg3+ 10.Kf4 Rg8 11.Ra2 Rf8+ 12.Ke3 Re8+ 13.Kf2 Ra8 ! 14.Re2 !
try 14.Rd2 ? 14…Ra2 ! =

14…Ra2 !
14…Re8 15.Ne5 ! 15…Rg8 (15…Rf8+ 16.Kg3) 16.Kf3 Rg2 17.Re4 Rg5 18.Ng4 +-

15.Nd2 Kh2 16.Nf1+ Kh1 17.Ng3+!Kh2 18.Rxa2 +-