Nº12 Pavel Arestov

Win

Section A.1.

Pavel Arestov (Russia)

wKa5,Ne7,Pb2,f3/bKd2,Nb1,Pc7

1.f4 Kd3!
1…Ke3 2.f5 Nd2 3.f6 Nc4+ 4.Ka6 Ne5 5.b4 +-.

2.f5 Nd2 3.f6 Nc4+ 4.Ka6!
4.Kb5? Ne5! 5.Kc5 Nd7+ =.

4…Nd6!
4…Ne5 5.Kb7 c5 6.Kc7 c4 7.Kd6 +-.

5.Nc8!
5.Nf5? Nf7! 6.Kb7 Ke4 =.

5…Nf7!
5…Nxc8? 6.f7 +-.

6.Kb7 c5 7.Kc7!
7.Kc6? Kd4! 8.Nd6 Ne5+ =.

7…Kd4 8.Nd6 Nh8!
8…Ne5 9.b3! Kd5 10.Nc4!Nf7 11.Kd7 +-
8…Nh6 9.Nf5+! Nxf5 10.f7+-
8…Ng5 9.Kc6! c4 10.Kb5 c3 11.bxc3+ Kxc3 12.Kc5 Kd3 13.Kd5 Ke3 14.Ke5 +-.

9.Kc6! c4 10.Kc7!! switchback
10.Kd7? Kd5! zz 11.Kc7 Ng6! =.

10…Kc5!
10…Kd5 11.Kd7! zz 11…Ng6 12.Nc8(Nb5) Ke5 13.f7 Kf6 14.Ke8 +-.

11.Nf5!
11.Kd7? Kd5! zz 12.Kc7 Ng6 =.

11…Kd5
11…Nf7 12.Kd7 Kd5 13.Ke7(Ne3) +-.

12.Ne3+
12.Kd7? Ke5 =.

12…Kd4 13.Ng4 Ke4 14.Kd7!!
Try: 14.Kd6? Kf5! 15.Ne3+ Kxf6 16.Nxc4 Nf7+! check, wKd6 17.Kd7 Ng5! 18.b4 Ne6(Ne4) =.

14…Kf5
14…Kf4 15.Nh6 Kg5 16.Ng8 Kf5 17.Ke7 Ke5 18.Nh6! Ng6+ 19.Kf7 Nf4 20.Ng4+ Kf5 21.Ne3++-.

15.Ne3+ Kxf6 16.Nxc4 Ng6
16…Nf7 not check, wKd7 17.b4 +-.

17.b4 Nf8+ 18.Kd6 Ne6 19.b5 Nd4 20.b6, win.