Nº2 Oleg Pervakov

BTM Draw

Oleg Pervakov (Russia)

wKa8,Nd8,Rf8,Pb2,g5,h6/bKc7,Nc6,Ba2,a7,Pc4,f7

1…c3!
1…Nxd8 2.Kxa7 c3 3.bxc3 Nc6+ 4.Ka8!=

2.h7
2.bxc3? Bc5! 3.Nxc6 Bxf8 4.Nb4 Bc4–+
2.Nxc6? cxb2 3.h7 b1Q 4.Rc8+ Kxc8 5.h8Q+ Kc7 6.Qd8+ Kxc6–+

2…Bd4
2…cxb2 3.h8Q b1Q 4.Qh2+!=]

3.bxc3
3.Nxc6? Bd5! 4.Rxf7+ Kxc6! 5.bxc3 Kb6+ 6.Kb8 Be5+ 7.Kc8 Bxf7–+

3…Bd5! 4.Ne6+!!
Prematurely 4.Rxf7+? Ne7+! 5.Nc6 Bxc6#
Logical try 4.cxd4? Nxd8+ 5.Ka7 Nc6+ 6.Ka8 Nxd4+ 7.Ka7 Nc6+ 8.Ka8 Ne5+! 9.Ka7 Bb7 10.Rxf7+ Nxf7 11.h8Q Nxh8 12.g6 Bd5! 13.g7 Ng6–+

4…fxe6
4…Kb6 5.Nf4! Be4 6.cxd4 Nxd4+ 7.Kb8 Nc6+ 8.Ka8=

5.cxd4 Nxd4+ 6.Ka7 Nc6+ 7.Ka8
7.Ka6?? Bc4#

7…Ne5+! 8.Ka7 Bb7! 9.Rf7+!
9.h8Q?? Nc6#

9…Nxf7 10.h8Q! Nxh8 11.g6 Nxg6 Stalemate