Nº10 Valery Kalashnikov

Draw

Valery Kalashnikov (Russia)

wKa1,Ng8,Ra6,e1,Pb2,d2,h7/bKh5,Qd8,Nh8,Rc6,Pb3,d3,e7

1.Re5+!
1.Rxc6? Qa5+ 2.Kb1 Qa2+ 3.Kc1 Qa1#

1…Kg6!
1…Kh4 2.Ra4+ Kh3 3.Re3+ Kh2 4.Rh4+ Kg2 5.Rg4+ Kf2 6.Rf4+ positional draw

2.Nxe7+!
2.Rxc6+? Kxh7 3.Rxe7+ Kxg8 4.Ra7 Nf7 5.Ra3 Qd5 6.Rc1 Nd6–+

2…Kg7! 3.Nxc6 Qh4 4.Re7+ Nf7 5.Rxf7+! Kxf7 6.Ne5+! Kg7 7.Ra7+
Try 7.h8Q+?! Qxh8 8.Rg6+ Kf8! 9.Rf6+! Qxf6 10.Nd7+ Kf7 11.Nxf6 Kxf6 12.Kb1 Kf5 13.Kc1 Kf4 14.Kd1 Kf3 15.Ke1 Kg2!–+

7…Kf6 8.Nd7+ Kg5
8…Ke6 9.Nc5+ Kd5 10.Nxb3=

9.Ra5+ Kg6 10.Nf8+ Kf6 11.Ra6+ Kf5 12.Ra5+ Kf6 13.Ra6+ Kf7 14.Ra7+ Ke8! 15.Ra8+ Kf7 16.Ra7+ Kxf8
16…Ke8! 17.Ra8+= positional draw

17.h8Q+ Qxh8 18.Ra8+ Kg7 19.Rxh8 Kxh8 20.Kb1 Kh7 21.Kc1 Kh6 22.Kd1 Kh5 23.Ke1 Kg4 24.Kf2 Kf4 25.Kg2 Kg4 26.Kf2= positional draw