Nº25 Vasily Murashov

Win

Vasily Murashov (Russia)

wKc3,Nb8,Rb7,Pb5/bKe3,Ng2,Rb1

1.b6!
Try: 1.Kc2? Ra1 2.b6 (2.Nc6 Ne1+! 3.Kb2 Ra4 4.Re7+ Re4 5.b6 Nd3+ 6.Kc3 Nc5 7.Rxe4+ Kxe4 8.Kc4 Nb7) 2…Ne1+ 3.Kb2 Ra5 4.Kb3 Nd3 5.Re7+ Re5 6.Rxe5+ Nxe5 7.b7 Kd4 8.Kb4 Kd5=

1…Nh4
1…Nf4 2.Re7+ (2.Kc2 Rb5 3.Re7+ Kd4 4.b7 Nd5 5.Rd7 Kc4 6.Nc6 Nb4+ 7.Nxb4 Rxb4) 2…Kf3 3.b7 Nd5+ 4.Kc2 Nxe7 5.Kxb1 Ke4 6.Kb2 Kf5 7.Kc3 Ke6 8.Kb4 Kd6 9.Na6 Nc6+ 10.Kb5 Nb8 11.Kb6 Nc6 12.Nc7 Nb8 13.Nb5+ Ke7 14.Ka7 Nd7 15.Nc3+-

2.Re7+!
2.Na6? Nf5 3.Nb4 Rd1! 4.Rh7 Nd6=

2…Kf4 3.Re6 Nf5
3…Kf5 4.Rd6 Ke5 5.Rh6 Nf5 6.Nc6+ Ke4 7.Nb4+-

4.Na6 Ne3 5.Nb4 Nd1+ 6.Kc4 Nb2+ 7.Kb3!
7.Kd5?? Rd1+ 8.Kc6 Nc4=

7…Nd3+
7…Nd1+ 8.Ka3 Ra1+ 9.Na2+- e.g. 9…Rb1 10.Rc6 Ke4 11.Nb4 Ra1+ 12.Kb3+-

8.Kc2 Rxb4 9.Kxd3 Kf5 10.Rh6 Ke5 11.Kc3 Rb1 12.Kc4+-