Nº9 Richard Becker

Draw

Richard Becker (USA)

wKg1,Nd3,Rg5/bKe3,Nb6,e8,Bb7,Pc4,g2

1.Nb2
1.Rg3+? Kd2–+

1…Kf4
1…c3 2.Nd1+ Kf4 3.Rc5=

2.Rg8
2.Rc5? Nd6–+; 2.Rb5? Be4 3.Rxb6 c3 4.Rb3 c2 5.Rc3 Ke5! 6.Rxc2 Bxc2 7.Nc4+ (7.Kxg2 Kd4–+) 7…Kd4 8.Nd2 Ke3 9.Nc4+ Kf3 10.Ne5+ Kf4–+

2…c3 3.Nd3+
3.Rf8+? Kg3 4.Rg8+ Kf3 5.Rf8+ Ke2 6.Rxe8+ (6.Rf2+ Ke1 7.Nd3+ Kd1 8.Nb2+ Kc1 9.Nd3+ Kb1–+) 6…Kd2 7.Rd8+ Bd5! 8.Nc4+ Nxc4 9.Rxd5+ Ke2 10.Rc5 Kd3 11.Rd5+ Ke4 12.Rd1 Ne3–+

3…Ke3
3…Ke4 4.Nb4! Nd6 5.Na2 c2 6.Rxg2 Kd3 7.Nb4+=

4.Ne1! Nd6
4…Nc7 5.Rb8= (5.Rg3+? Kd4–+)

5.Rg3+ Kd2
5…Kd4 6.Rd3+=

6.Rd3+ Kxe1 7.Rxc3 Nd5
7…Nf5 8.Rc1+ (8.Rb3? Nd4 9.Rb1+ Ke2 10.Rxb6 Kf3!–+) 8…Kd2 9.Rb1 Nd4 10.Kf2 (10.Rb2+? Ke3 11.Rxg2 Nf3+–+) 10…Ne2 11.Rb2+ Kd3 12.Rd2+! Kxd2 stalemate

8.Rf3 Bc6 9.Kxg2! Ne3+ 10.Kg3 Ndf5+ 11.Kf4 Ng2+ 12.Kg4 Nfe3+ 13.Kg3 Nf1+ 14.Kh3! Bd7+
14…Bxf3 stalemate

15.Kxg2 Bc6 16.Kg1! Bxf3 stalemate

correction -p, Problem Online 2004-2006-(h2-f3)