Nº3 Daniel Keith (France)

Draw

Daniel Keith (France)
The Problemist January, 2014

wKe1,Nf8,g3/bKc4,Bg7,Pb5,d4,h5

1.Ne6!
1.Ng6? b4 2.Ne4 Bh6! (2…d3? 3.Nf4! Bh6 4.Nd6+! Kd4 5.Nb5=) 3.Nf2 b3 4.Ne5+ (4.Nd1 Kd3! (4…Bg7? 5.Nf4! Be5 6.Nb2+! Kc3 7.Nfd3 h4 8.Ke2!=) 5.Ne5+ Kc2 6.Nf3 Bg7!–+) 4…Kc3 5.Ke2 h4 6.Nf3! Be3!! (6…h3? 7.Nd1+ Kc4 8.Nb2+ Kd5 9.Kf2=) 7.Ne4+ Kb4 8.Ne5 Kb5! 9.Nd3 Kc4 10.Nb2+ Kd5 11.Kf3 Bc1–+

1…h4
1…Be5 2.Nxh5=

2.Nf5 Be5! 3.Nexd4!!
3.Ng5? Kd3! 4.Nf3 (4.Kd1 Bf6! 5.Nh3 Ke4! 6.Nd6+ Kf3 7.Nxb5 Kg3–+) 4…h3 5.Nxe5+ Ke4 6.Kf2 Kxe5!–+ (6…Kxf5? 7.Nf3 Ke4 8.Ng5+ Kd3 9.Nxh3 b4 10.Ke1=)

3…Bxd4 4.Nd6+!
4.Nxh4? Kd3! 5.Kd1 Be3 6.Ng2 (6.Ng6 b4) 6…Bd2!–+

4…Kc5
main 4…Kb4 5.Ke2! h3 6.Kf3 Be3! 7.Nxb5= (7.Kg3? Bf4+!–+)

5.Nxb5 h3 6.Nc3! h2
6…Bxc3+ 7.Kf2=

7.Ne4+ Kd5 8.Ng3 switchback