Nº15 Richard Becker

Draw

Richard Becker (USA)

wKe5,Re4,Pd5/bKb6,Nf1,Ra7,Pd7

1.Re2!
1.Kd6? Ng3 2.Re1 Nf5+ 3.Ke5 Ne7 4.Rb1+ Kc5 5.Rc1+ Kb5 6.Kd6 Nf5+ 7.Ke5 Ne3 8.Kd4 Ra3 9.Rc7 d6–+

1…Kc7
1…Ng3 2.Rg2=

2.d6+ Kb6 3.Rb2+
3.Kf6? Ng3 4.Re3 Nh5+ 5.Ke7 Nf4–+

3…Kc6 4.Rc2+ Kb7 5.Rb2+
5.Kf6? Kb6! 6.Rc3 (6.Ke7 Ne3–+; 6.Re2 Ng3 etc.) 6…Nd2 7.Ke7 Ne4–+

5…Kc8 6.Rc2+
6.Kf6? Ne3–+

6…Kb8 7.Kf6
7.Rb2+? Rb7–+

7…Ng3
7…Ne3 8.Rc5! Rb7 9.Ke7=

8.Ke7!
8.Rg2? Ne4+ 9.Ke7 Nc5–+
8.Rc1? Rb7! 9.Rc4 Nf1 10.Ke7 Nd2 11.Rc3 Nb3 12.Kd8 Nd4 13.Rc8+ Ka7 14.Rc1 (14.Rc7 Ne6+ 15.Kxd7 Nxc7 16.dxc7 Kb6–+) 14…Kb6! 15.Rb1+ Nb5–+

8…Nf5+ 9.Kd8 Nxd6 10.Rb2+ Ka8 11.Rb1! zz
11.Rb4? Nf5 12.Rb5 Nd4 13.Rd5 Nc6–+

11…Nc4 (Ne4) 12.Kc8 Nd6+ 13.Kd8 Nf5 14.Rd1
14.Kc8? Ne7–+

14…d6 15.Rxd6! Nxd6 model stalemate