Nº2 Michal Hlinka & Mario García

Win

Section B.1.

Michal Hlinka & Mario García (Slovakia-Argentina)

wKe7,Ne4,Rd5,Pg5/bKg8,Nb7,Rf8

1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+!
2.Ne8+? Kg8 3.g6 Rf1 /f2=

2…Kg8 3.g6
3.Rb5? Rf7+=

3…Ra8
main: 3…Rc8 4.Kf6 Rc6+ (4…Rc7 5.Kg5 Rc5 6.Kh6 Rxd5 7.Nf6+ Kh8 8.g7#) 5.Kg5 Nd6 6.Nf6+ Kg7 (6…Kf8 7.Kh6 Nf7+ 8.Kh7 Rxf6 9.g7++-) 7.Rxd6 Rxd6 8.Ne8++-

4.Kf6! Ra6+
4…Rf8+ 5.Kg5+-

5.Kg5 Nd6 6.Nf6+ Kh8
6…Kf8 7.Kh6 Ke7 8.g7 Nf7+ 9.Kh7+-

7.Rc5!!
Try : 7.Re5?! Ra7! (7…Ra1? 8.Re7! Ra5+ (8…Rg1+ 9.Kh5+-) 9.Kg4!+-) 8.Kh6 (1) 8…Rh7+! 9.Kg5 Ra7! returns to the same square! (no 9…Rb7? 10.Ra5! Rb5+ 11.Rxb5 Nxb5 12.Kh6!+-) 10.Kh6!? again as in (1) (or by another line 10.Rd5!? Nf7+! (10…Ra6? 11.Rc5 Nf7+ (11…Ra4 12.Kh6 Rh4+ 13.Nh5 Kg8 14.Rc7+-) 12.gxf7 Kg7 13.Rc7 Rxf6 (13…Ra5+ 14.Kf4 Ra4+ 15.Ne4+-) 14.f8Q++-) 11.gxf7 Kg7!= (and no ! 11…Rxf7? 12.Rd8+! (12.Kg6? Rg7+ 13.Kh6 Rg6+! 14.Kxg6= stalemate) 12…Kg7 13.Rg8#) ) 10…Rh7+ 11.Nxh7 Nf7+ 12.gxf7= stalemate

7…Ra4
7…Ra1 8.Rc7 Rg1+ 9.Kh5 Rh1+ 10.Kg4 Rg1+ 11.Kh3+-
7…Ra7 8.Kh6+-

8.Kh6!
8.Ng4? e.g. 8…Ra7 9.Kh6 Kg8 10.Nf6+ Kf8 11.Nh7+ Kg8 12.Ra5 Rxa5 13.Nf6+ Kf8 14.g7+ Ke7 15.g8Q Nf7+=

8…Rh4+! 9.Nh5 Kg8
9…Rg4 10.g7+ Rxg7 (10…Kg8 11.Nf6+ Kf7 12.Nxg4+-) 11.Nxg7+-

10.Rc7 with two variants

A) 10…Ne8 11.Rc8 Kf8 12.g7+ Kf7 13.Rxe8 Kxe8 14.g8Q++–

B) 10…Nf7+!? 11.Rxf7!+-
11.gxf7+? Kf8 12.Kg5 Rg4+! 13.Kf5 Rg5+! 14.Kxg5= model stalemate