Nº12 János Mikitovics

Draw

Section B.2.

János Mikitovics (Hungary)

wKc4,Qc8,Nh3,Pc6/bKg3,Qe5,Pc7,d3,e7,h4

1.Ng5!! Detour of the black queen with Sacrifice 1.
1.Qd7? d2!!–+ (1…Qd6? 2.Ng5!!=)

1…Qxg5
1…d2 2.Qh3+=
1…Kf4 2.Ne6+= (2.Nf7? Qe4+ 3.Kc3 Qxc6+–+; 2.Nh3+? Ke3 3.Qg8 Qd4+ 4.Kb3 Qb6+–+)

2.Qxc7+ e5! 3.Kxd3
3.Qb6? d2! (3…Qf4+? 4.Kxd3=) 4.Qg1+ Kf4 5.Qf2+ Ke4 6.Qe2+ Qe3 7.Qg4+ Qf4 8.Qe2+ Kf5–+

3…h3 4.Qh7! Qg4
4…h2 5.c7 Qg4 6.Kc3 main

5.c7! h2! 6.Kc3!!
6.Ke3? e4! 7.Kd4 Qd1–+

6…e4!
6…Qd4+ 7.Kc2=

7.Kb4!! White «helps» activate the black battery.
7.Kd4? Qd1–+
7.Kb2? Qe2–+ (7…e3? 8.Ka3 main)

7…e3+!
7…Qe6 8.Qg7+!= (8.Kc5? e3!–+)

8.Ka3!!
8.Kc3? Kg2!–+ (8…e2? 9.Kd2! Kg2 10.c8Q!!=)

8…e2 9.c8Q!! Detour of the black queen with Sacrifice 2.
9.Qd3+? Qf3 10.Qxf3+ Kxf3 11.c8Q e1Q 12.Qh3+ Qg3–+

9…Qxc8 10.Qd3+! Kh4
10…Kf4 11.Qd4+! (11.Qd2+? Kf5! 12.Qd3+ Kf6! 13.Qd4+ Kg6! 14.Qe4+ Qf5–+) 11…Kf5 12.Qf2+ Kg6 13.Qg3+ main

11.Qh7+! Kg4
11…Kg3 12.Qd3+ perpetual check or 12…Kf2 13.Qd4+=

12.Qe4+!
12.Qg6+? Kf4! (12…Kf3? 13.Qd3+=) 13.Qh6+ Ke4 14.Qh4+ Kd5 15.Qh5+ Kc6–+; 12.Qg7+? Kf3! (12…Kf4? 13.Qd4+=) 13.Qf6+ Ke4!! 14.Qh4+ Kd5 15.Qh5+ Kc6–+

12…Kg5 13.Qe3+!
13.Qe7+? Kf4 14.Qd6+ Ke4 15.Qe7+ Kd5 16.Qg5+ Kc6 17.Qf6+ Kb7–+

13…Kg6 14.Qg3+ Kf6 15.Qh4+! Kg6 16.Qg3+= perpetual check
[16.Qe4+? Qf5–+]