Nº16 Pavel Arestov & Petr Kiryakov

Win

Pavel Arestov & Petr Kiryakov (Russia)

wKb3,Pb5,e4,e6,g4,h5/bKb7,Ra5,Pd7,f5

1.e7!
1.exf5? dxe6 2.h6 exf53.h7 Ra8 4.g5 f4! 5.g6 f3 6.g7 f2 7.g8Q Rxg8! =;
1.exd7? Kc7 2.Kb4 Ra8 =.

1…Rxb5+
1…Ra8 2.exf5 +-.

2.Kc3!!
Try: 2.Kc4? Re5 3.exf5 Rxe7 pos. X with wKc4 4.g5 Rh7! (but not 4…Rf7? 5.f6 Kc6 6.Kd3! see solution) 5.h6 [ or 5.g6 Rxh5 6. g7 Rg5! ( 6…Rxf5? 7.g8Q Rf6 8.Qd8!+-)
7.f6 Kc7! 8.Kd4 Rf5! ( 8…Rg6 9.Ke5+-) 9. g8Q Rf6=] 5…Kc6 6.g6 Rxh6 7.g7 Rh4+ 8.Kd3 Rg4 9.f6 Kc7!! 10.Ke3 Rg6! 11.Ke4 Rxf6 =.

2…Re5 3.exf5 Rxe7 pos. X1 with wKc3 4.g5!
4.f6? Rh7(Re8) =.

4…Rf7!
4…Rh7 5.h6! Kc7 6.g6 Rxh6 7.g7 Rf6 8.g8Q +-;
4…Re5 5.h6! Rxf5 6.h7 Rxg5 7.h8Q Rg6 8.Qd8! +-.

5.f6 Kc6 6.Kd3!!
Try: 6.Kd4? Kd6! 7.g6 Rxf6 8.g7 Rf4+ 9.Ke3 Rg4 10.h6 Kc7!! 11.h7 Rxg7 12.h8Q Rg6(Re7)+ – theoretical draw

6…Kd6!
6…Kd5 7.g6 Rxf6 8.g7 Rf3+ 9.Ke2 Rg3 10.h6 +-.

7.g6 Rxf6
7… Ke6 8.g7! (8.gxf7? Kxf7=) Rxg7 9.fg Kf7 10.h6+-

8.g7 Rf3+ 9.Ke4 Rg3 10.h6 Kc7! Play for theoretical draw.
10…Ke6 11.h7 Rxg7 12.h8Q +-.

11.Kf5! win.
11.h7? Rxg7 12.h8Q Re7+(Rg6) =.