Nº16 Michal Hlinka & Ľuboš Kekely (Slovaquia)

Draw
Michal Hlinka & Ľuboš Kekely (Slovaquia)
ChessStar, Sept. 2014

wKh1,Nc2,Bd1,Pb5/bKa4,Be8,Rb7,Pe6

1.Nd4+ from battery 1…Kb4
1…Ka5 2.Nxe6 Re7 3.Bb3!=
1…Ka3 2.Bf3! Rh7+ 3.Kg2 e5 4.Nc6 Bxc6 5.Bxc6 Kb4 6.Kf3!=

2.Nxe6
2.Bg4? e5–+
2.Bf3? Rb6!–+

2…Re7
2…Bxb5 or Kxb5 or Rxb5 3.Kg2=

3.Bg4
3.Ng5 Re1+ 4.Kg2 Rxd1–+

3…Bd7
3…Bxb5 4.Kh2=

4.Nf4!
4.Nc7? Re1+ 5.Kg2 Bxg4–+
4.Nd4? Rh7+! 5.Kg2 Bxg4–+

4…Rh7+
4…Re1+ 5.Kg2 Bxg4 6.Nd3+ Kxb5 7.Nxe1=
4…Bxg4 5.Nd5+ Kxb5 6.Nxe7=

5.Bh5
a) 5…Bg4 6.Nd5+ Kxb5 7.Nf6 Bf3+ 8.Kg1 Rg7+ 9.Kf2! [9.Kf1? Bxh5 10.Nxh5 Rg5 11.Nf4 Rf5–+] 9…Bxh5 10.Nxh5 draw,

b) 5…Be8 switchback 6.Nd5+ Kxb5 7.Nf6! [7.Nc7+? Kc6! 8.Nxe8 Rxh5+ 9.Kg2 Rf5!–+] 7…Bc6+ 8.Kg1! [8.Kh2? Rh6–+] 8…Rh6 9.Be2+ draw.

Meredith. Position like from a game. Battery. Switchback. Precise white defence.
Correction of study – M. Hlinka, Shach. Obozr. 64, 1990, comm