Nº10 Richard Becker

Win

Richard Becker (USA)

wKc5,Be2,Pa5,a6,b6/bKa8,Ng8,Pa7

1.Kd6 Nf6
1…Nh6 2.Ke6 Kb8 3.Bf3 Ng8 4.Bg4 Nh6 5.Bh3 Ng8 6.Kf7 Nh6+ 7.Kg7+-

2.Ke6!
Thematic try 2.Ke5? Ne8! (2…Nd7+? 3.Ke6 Nc5+ 4.Kd6 Ne4+ (Na4) 5.Kc7+-; 2…Nh7? 3.Bd3! Ng5 4.Kf6 transposes to main line) 3.Ke6 (3.Bh5 (Ba5) 3…Nc7! 4.bxc7 stalemate) 3…Kb8! 4.Ke7 Nc7 5.Kd6 Ne8+ 6.Ke7 Nc7 7.Bc4 Na8 8.bxa7+ Kxa7 9.Kd7 Kb8 10.Kc6 Ka7 11.Bd3 Kb8 12.Kd7 Nc7 13.a7+ Kb7 14.Bc4 Na8=

2…Nh7 3.Bd3!
Thematic try 3.Kf5? Nf8! (3…Kb8? 4.Bg4! Nf8 5.Kf6 Nh7+ 6.Kg6 Nf8+ 7.Kg7+-) 4.Bb5 Kb8! (4…Nh7? 5.Kg6! Nf8+ 6.Kf7 Nh7 7.Bd3 Ng5+ 8.Kf6 transposes to main line) 5.Kf6 Nh7+! 6.Kg6 Nf8+ 7.Kf6 Nh7+ 8.Kf5 Nf8 9.Bc6 Nh7 10.Bd7 Nf8=

3…Ng5+ 4.Kf6 Nh3 5.Bf5!
5.Kf5? Kb8! 6.Bc2 Ng1! 7.Bd1 Nh3=

5…Nf4
5…Nf2 6.Ke5 Kb8 7.Kd4 transposes to main line

6.Ke5 Ne2 7.Bd3 Ng1 8.Be4+! Kb8 9.Bg2! zz 9…Ne2 10.Bf1 Nc3
10…Ng3 11.Bd3!zz Nh1 (11…Nh5 12.Bb5 Ng3 13.Kf4 Nh5+ 14.Kg5 Ng3 15.Bd3+-) 12.Kf4 Nf2 13.Bc2 Nh3+ 14.Kg4 Nf2+ 15.Kg3+-

11.Kd4 Nd1
11…Nb1 12.Kd3 Na3 13.Kc3 Nb1+ 14.Kc2 Na3+ 15.Kb2+-
11…Na2 12.Kc4 Nc1 13.Kc3 Na2+ 14.Kb3 Nc1+ 15.Kb2+-

12.Bd3 (Bh3) 12…Nf2 13.Bf5! Nh1
13…Nd1 14.Bd7 Nf2 15.Ke3 Nd1+ 16.Kd2 Nf2 17.Bf5+-

14.Ke3 Ng3 15.Bg6 Nf1+ 16.Ke2 Ng3+ 17.Kf2+-

Echo play in the variations and in the thematic tries.