Nº 23 Pavel Arestov (Russia)

Draw

Section B.2.

Pavel Arestov (Russia)

wKa7,Ng7,Pb2,d5/bKc5,Nc4,Ph4

1.d6! with:
1.Ne6+? Kxd5 2.Ng5 Nxb2 -+; 1.Nf5? h3 2.d6 Nxd6 -+.

A) 1…Nxd6
1…Kxd6 2.Nf5+, fork, =.

2.Ne6+ Kd5 3.Ng5!
3.Nf4+? Ke4! 4.Nh3 Kf3 5.b4 Kg3 6.Ng1 Kg2 -+.

3…Nf7! 4.Nh3!
4.Nxf7? h3 -+.

4…Ne5! 5.Ng5!
5.b4? Nc6+, fork, -+, 5.Ka6(Kb7)? Nd3! 6.b3 Nc5+, fork, -+ ;
5.Kb8? Nd3! 6.b3 Nc5 7.b6 Na6+, fork, -+;
5.b3? Ke4! 6.Kb6(Ka6) Kf3 7.b4 Kg3 -+.

5…Kd4!
5…Kc4 6.Kb7 Kb3 7.Kc7 =.

6.Ka8!! Only in a corner!
6.Nh3? Ke3! 7.b3 Kf3 -+.

6…Kd3 7.Nh3!
7.b4? Kc4 -+.

7…Kd4
7…Ke3 8.b4! Kd4 (8…Kf3 9.b7=) 9.Kb7! Kc4 10.Kc7 Kxb4 11.Kd6 =.

8.Ng5!
8.Ng1? Kd5! 9.Ka7 (9.Kb7 Nd3! 10,b3 Nc5+ -+) 9…Nd3 10.b3 Ke4! 11.Kb6 Ke3 -+ .

8…Kd5! 9.Ka7!
9.Kb7? Nd3! 10.b3 Nc5+, fork, -+.

9…Nd3
9…Kd4 10.Ka8! – positional draw.

10.b3! Kd4(Ke5) (no 10…Ke4??)
10…Kc5 11.Kb7 =; 10…Nc5 11.b4 =.

11.Nf3+! fork, draw.

B) 1…Kc6! 2.Nf5 h3 3.b4!
3.Nf3? Nxb2 -+.

3…h2 4.b5+!
4.Ng3? K(N)xd6 -+.

4…Kd7!
4…Kxb5 5.d7 =.

5.Ng3 Kxd6 6.b6 Nxb6 7.Kxb6 Ke5 8.Kc5(Nh1) Kf4 9.Nh1(Kc5) Kf3 10.Kd4 Kg2 11.Ke3! Kxh1 12.Kf2 – stalemate.