Nº21 Jarl Henning Ulrichsen

Win

Jarl Henning Ulrichsen (Norway)

wKa8,Bc1,Rh8,Pa4,b3/bKb1,Rf5,Pa5,h5

1.Bd2!
1.Ba3? Ka2 2.b4 Kxa3 (not 2â Raxb4? 3.Bxb4 Kb3 4.a5) 3.b5 Kxa4 4.b6 Kb3 5.b7 Rb5 6.b8Q (6.Rxh5 Rxb7 7.Kxb7 a4 draws (EGTB).) 6…Rxb8+ 7.Rxb8+ Kc3 draws.
1.Be3? Ka2 2.Rb8 Rf3 3.b4 axb4 4.Rxb4 Rxe3 5.a5 Ra3 6.Rb5 h4 draws (EGTB).
1.Bh6? Ka2 2.Rb8 Rf6 3.Bg5 (3.Be3 Rf3 4.Bc5 Rxb3 5.Re8 Rc3 6.Bd6 Rc4 draws.) 3…Ra6+ 4.Kb7 Rg6 draws as White loses his pawns.
1.Rc8? h4 2.Rc4 h3 3.Bf4 Ka2 4.Ka7 Kxb3 5.Re4 h2 6.Bxh2 Rf2 7.Bd6 Ra2 8.Re3+ Kxa4 9.Ka6 Ra1 draws (EGTB).

1…Kc2 2.b4! axb4
2…Kxd2 3.b5 Rf4 4.b6 Rxa4 5.Rxh5 Rb4 6.b7 a4 7.Rc5! wins.

3.Bxb4 Kb3 4.a5! Kxb4 5.a6 Ka5 6.a7 Ka6
6…Rb5 7.Rb8! the only move 7…Rg5 8.Rc8 (8.Rd8 Rb5 9.Rb8 is a loss of time) 8…Rb5 9.Rc5 Rxc5 10.Kb7 (or 10.Kb8) wins. The white king hides on h7/h8.

7.Rh6+ with two lines 7…Ka5
or 7…Kb5 8.Rd6 !
8.Re6? Rf8+ draws.
8…Kc5 9.Rd8 ! win
9.Ra6 Kb5 10.Rd6 is a loss of time. 10.Re6? Rf8+.
9.Rh6 Kb5 10.Rd6 is a loss of time.
9.Rd1? Kb6 10.Rd8 Kc7 is a theoretical draw.

8.Rc6! !
8.Rd6? Rb5 9.Rc6 h4 draws.

8…Rb5 9.Rc5 Rxc5 10.Kb7+-
(or Kb8) and the white king hides on h7 (h8).