Draw
Section B.2.
Pavel Arestov &Michal Hlinka (Russia-Slovakia)
wKb6,Nb5,Bc2,Ph6/bKb8,Ra8,f8
1.Nd4!
two thematic variants
A) 1…Ra2! 2.Nc6+!
2.Bd3? /Be4? 2…Rb2+!–+
2…Ka8 3.Bd3!
try 3.Be4? Re2! 4.Bd5 Rb2+ 5.Kc7 Rb7+ 6.Kd6 Rh7!–+ 7.Ne7+ Kb8 8.Ng8 Kc8–+
3…Rd2
3…Rh2 4.h7 Rh6 5.Kc7! Rf7+ 6.Kd8 Rd6+ 7.Ke8=
3…Rb2+ 4.Kc5! Rh2 5.h7 Kb7 6.Ne5= Rh5 7.Kd5 /d6 7…Re8 8.Kd6! Rh6+ 9.Bg6=
4.Ne5 Rf6+ 5.Kc7 Rxh6 6.Be4+ Ka7 7.Nc6+ Ka6 8.Bd3+! Rxd3 9.Nb4+= fork=
B) 1…Rf6+ 2.Nc6+ Kc8 3.Bf5+ Rxf5 4.Ne7+ fork 4…Kd7 5.Nxf5= echo in black rook gain