Nº25 Yochanan Afek & János Mikitovics

Draw with 6 Twins

Section A.2.

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Yochanan Afek & János Mikitovics (Israel-Hungary)

Twin A- wKb8,Nc3,d2,Pe6,f5/bKf6,Qh7

1.Nb3!
1.Nce4+? Kxf5!–+ (1…Ke5? 2.f6! Qg8+ 3.Kc7! Kxe6 (3…Qxe6 4.Nf3+ Kxe4 (4…Kd5 5.Nfg5 Qc6+ 6.Kd8!=) 5.Ng5+=) 4.Nf3! Qh7+ 5.Kb6! Qxe4 6.Ng5+=) 1.Nd5+? Ke5! 2.Nc7! Qg8+! 3.Kb7 Qg4!!–+ 4.e7 Qb4+! 5.Kc6 Qd6+! (5…Qxe7? 6.Nc4+ Kd4 7.Nd6!=) 6.Kb5! Qd7+!!–+ (6…Qxe7? 7.Nc4+ Kd4 8.Ne6+! Kc3 9.Nb6!=)
1…Kxf5 2.Nd4+! Ke5 3.e7! [3.Ncb5? Kd5! (3…Qe7? 4.Nc6+=) 4.Kc8 Qe7 5.Nc7+ Kxd4–+ (5…Kc5? 6.Ndb5!=) ] 3…Qg6 [3…Qf7 4.Nc6+! (4.Ncb5? Qe8+! 5.Kc7 Qxe7+–+) 4…Kd6 5.Kb7 Qh5 6.Ne4+=] 4.Kc7 Qd6+ [4…Kxd4 5.Kd7 Qf7 6.Kd8 Qf6 7.Kd7=] 5.Kc8 Qc5+! 6.Kb8!! Qb6+ 7.Kc8! [7.Ka8? Qg6 8.Ka7 (8.Ncb5 Qe8+–+) 8…Qe8–+] 7…Qc5+ 8.Kb8 Qxe7 9.Nc6+=Fork

Twin: B – Nc3 to e7

1.Ne4+ [1.Nd5+? Ke5 2.Nc7 Qg8+ 3.Kb7 Qg4!! 4.Kc8 Kd6 5.f6 Qg8+ 6.Kb7 Qg2+–+] 1…Kxe7 [1…Ke5 2.Nc8 Kxe4 3.e7 Qg8 (3…Qh2+ 4.Kb7=) 4.Kc7=] 2.f6+ Kd8 [2…Kxe6 3.Ng5+=] 3.e7+ Kd7! [3…Ke8 4.Nd6+=] 4.Nc5+ [4.Nd6? Qb1+–+] 4…Ke8 5.Ne6! Qb1+ 6.Kc7! [6.Kc8? Qf5–+] 6…Qc2+ 7.Kd6 Qd3+ 8.Ke5=

Twin: C – b+ Kb8 to g1

1.Nd5+! Ke5! 2.Ne3! [2.e7? Qg8+ 3.Kf2 Kxd5=; 2.Nf3+? Kxd5 (2…Kd6? 3.Ne3=) ] 2…Kd4 3.Nef1! [3.Ndf1? Kd3! 4.Ng2 Qa7+! 5.Nfe3 Ke2 6.f6 Qa1+–+; 3.Ng2? Qxf5 4.Nf1 Qc5!! !!(4…Qxe6? 5.Kf2 Qa2+ 6.Kf3 Qf7+ 7.Ke2 Qc4+ 8.Kf2 Qc2+ 9.Kf3 Qd3+ 10.Kf2 Ke4 11.Ng3+ Ke5 12.Nf1 positional draw) ] 3…Qxf5 4.e7! [4.Kg2? Ke5!!–+ (4…Qxe6? 5.Nf3+! Kd3 6.Ng1! Qg4+ 7.Kf2 Qf4+ 8.Kg2 positional draw) ] 4…Qg5+ 5.Kf2 Qxe7 6.Nf3+=

Twin: D – c+ Kg1 & Qh7 exchange places

1.Ng8+! [1.Nd5+? Kxf5 2.e7 Qg6+–+] 1…Kxf5 2.e7 Qg6+ 3.Kh8 Ke6 4.Nf3! [4.Ne4? Kf7!–+] 4…Qh5+ 5.Kg7 Qg4+ 6.Kh7! [6.Kh8? Qh3+! 7.Kg7 Qg3+! 8.Kf8 Qxf3+–+] 6…Qh5+ 7.Kg7 Qf7+ 8.Kh8 Qg6 9.Ng5+ Qxg5 10.e8Q+!=

Twin: E – d+ Ne7 to e5

1.Ne4+ Kxf5 [1…Kxe5 2.e7 Qa7 3.f6 Qa8! 4.Kg7!=] 2.e7 Qa7 3.Nc6! [3.Nd6+? Ke6! (3…Kxe5? 4.Nf7+ Kf6 5.e8Q=) 4.Ng6 Kxd6–+] 3…Qd7 4.Ng3+! [4.Nd6+? Ke6 5.Nf7! Kf6! 6.Nfe5 Qc8!!–+ ZZ] 4…Kg5 [4…Ke6 5.Nh5 (5.Ne4) 5…Qxc6 6.e8Q+! Qxe8 7.Ng7+=] 5.Ne4+ Kf5 6.Ng3+ Ke6 7.Nh5 Qxc6 8.e8Q+! Qxe8 9.Ng7+=

Twin: F – e+ Pe6 to g6

1.Ndf3! [1.Nd7+? Kxf5 2.g7 Qh2+! 3.Kg8 Qxd2 4.Kh7 Qxd7 5.Kh8 Qd4–+; 1.Ne4+? Kxf5!–+ (1…Kxe5? 2.g7! Qh1+ 3.Kg6! Qxe4 4.g8Q=) ] 1…Qh1+ 2.Kg8 Qh5 3.Nd7+ [3.g7? Qxf5! 4.Kh8 Qh5+ 5.Kg8 Qh3 6.Kf8 Qc8#] 3…Kxf5 4.Nfe5! [4.Nde5? Kf6! 5.Nd7+ Kxg6–+ (5…Ke7? 6.Nfe5! Ke6 7.Kg7 main) ] 4…Ke6 5.Kg7! [5.g7? Qh1–+] 5…Qh4 [5…Ke7 6.Kg8 Ke6 7.Kg7 positional draw] 6.Kg8! Qh6! 7.Nf6!! double sacrifice 7…Kxe5 [7…Kxf6 8.Ng4+=] 8.Ng4+=