Nº22 Sergey Osintsev

Draw

Section B.2.

Sergey Osintsev (Russia)

wKc6,Nf5,Bb2/bKf8,Ne2,h1,Ph2

1.Bg7+!
1.Be5? Nhg3-+
thematic try 1.Ba3+? Ke8! 2.Nd6+ Ke7! 3.Ne4+ Ke6 4.Ng5+, but 4…Kf6! (4…Kf5? 5.Nf3 Nd4+ 6.Nxd4+ Kg4! 7.Ne2! Nf2 8.Ng3! Ne4 9.Nh1=) 5.Nf3 Nd4+! 6.Kd5 Nxf3 7.Bd6 Ng3!–+; after 4.Bd6 Nhg3 5.Nf2 Kf5 no move 6.Kd5? Nc3(f4)+!–+; it’s already late 6.Be5?! Nf4! 7.Bc7 Ne4–`+

1…Ke8!
1…Kf7 2.Nh6+ Kxg7 3.Ng4=

2.Nd6+ Ke7
2…Kd8?? 3.Bf6#

3.Ne4
3.Nf5+? Ke6!–+
3.Be5? Nhg3 4.Nf5+ Ke6–+

3…Nhg3
After 3…Ke6 4.Ng5+ no move 4…Kf6! – Bishop prevents! 4…Kf5 5.Nf3=

4.Nf2

A) 4…Ke6 5.Be5!! Kf5
5…Kxe5 6.Ng4+ Kf4 7.Nxh2=

6.Kd5 Compared to the false try, white has won a tempo, the white King is already on d5! 6…Nf4+ 7.Kd4 Ne4
7…Nge2+ 8.Ke3=

8.Nh1 Ne2+ 9.Kd5! the white King is in no hurry to go to the corner!
9.Ke3? Kxe5 10.Kf3 (10.Kxe2 Kf4 11.Kf1 Kf3–+) 10…Nf4! 11.Kg4 Nd2! 12.Kg3 Nf1+ 13.Kf2 Ke4 14.Kxf1 Kf3–+

9…Nf4+
9…N4c3+ 10.Bxc3 Nxc3+ 11.Kd4 Nd1 12.Kd3 Kf4 13.Ke2=

10.Kd4 Ne6+ 11.Kd5 Nf4+
11…Nf6+ 12.Bxf6 Nf4+ 13.Kd4=

12.Kd4 Ne2+ 13.Kd5 positional draw, 13…N2g3 14.Bxg3 Nxg3 15.Nxg3+ Kf4 16.Nh1 Kf3 17.Kd4 Kg2 18.Ke3 Kxh1 19.Kf2=

B) 4…Nf4 5.Be5! Nge2 6.Kc5 Ke6 7.Bxf4 Nxf4 8.Kd4 Nh3 9.Nh1 Kf5 10.Ke3 Kg4 11.Ke4! The road to the corner is free, but even in this line the white king is in no hurry to do it! 11.Ke2? Kf4! 12.Kf1 Kf3–+

11…Ng5+ 12.Ke3 Kh3 13.Kf2 Ne4+ 14.Kf3 Nd2+ 15.Kf2 Ne4+ 16.Kf3 Ng5+ 17.Kf2= positional draw.