Nº5 Mario García & Vasily Murashov

Draw

Section A.

Mario Garcia & Vasily Murashov (Argentina-Russia)

wKh7,Re8,Pb2,b7,f7,g5/bKd6,Nh5,Bb8,Rf1,Pa6,c5,g3

1.f8Q+!
1.g6? Kc7–+ similar to try in solution

1…Rxf8 2.Rxf8 Kc7 3.Rf7+!
Prematurely 3.g6? Kxb7 (ab) 4.Rf5 g2 (ba) 5.g7 g1Q 6.g8Q Qxg8+ 7.Kxg8 Nf4 8.Rxc5 Kb6 9.Rc3 Bd6 10.Rb3+ (10.Kf7 a5 11.Rc4 Kb5–+) 10…Kc5 11.Ra3 Kb5 12.Rb3+ Bb4 13.Rf3 Ne6!–+
Logical try: 3.Rf1? Kxb7! (3…c4? 4.g6! (4.Kh6? Ba7 5.Rc1 g2 6.Rxc4+ Kxb7 7.Rg4 g1Q 8.Rxg1 Bxg1–+) 4…Ba7 5.g7 Nxg7 6.Rf7+ Kb8 7.Rxg7! (7.Rf8+? Kxb7 8.Rf7+ Kb6 9.Rxg7 Bb8 10.Rg6+ Kb5 11.Rg8 Bc7 12.Kg6 a5 13.Kf5 a4 14.Ke4 c3 15.Kd3 cxb2 16.Kc2 a3–+) 7…Bf2 8.Kg8 a5 9.Kf7 Kxb7 10.Ke6+ Kc6 11.Rg4 Kc5 12.Ke5 a4 13.Ke4=) 4.Re1 c4 5.g6 Bf4 6.Re2 a5–+

3…Kc6 4.Re7!
4.Rf1? Kxb7 5.Kh6 (5.Re1 c4–+ similar to logical try; 5.g6 Be5–+) 5…Nf4 6.g6 Be5 7.Rg1 (7.g7 Bxg7+ 8.Kxg7 Ne2 /h3–+) 7…Ne2 8.Rg2 Nd4–+

4…g2 5.Re1 Kxb7
5…Bh2 6.Rg1!=

6.Rg1 Nf4 7.g6 Be5 8.g7 Nh5 9.g8Q /R
9.g8N? Nf4! 10.Ne7 Bd4–+

9…Nf6+ 10.Kg7 Nxg8+ 11.Kxg8 Bxb2 12.Rxg2! positional draw
12.Kf7? c4 13.Rxg2 c3 14.Ke6 Kc6! 15.Ke5 c2+–+