Nº24 Yochanan Afek

Draw

Yochanan Afek (Israel)

wKa1,Na8,Pg5/bKa4,Bh2,Pb3,g7

A vegaterian (no capture) study 1.Nb6+ Kb5
1…Kb4 2.Kb1 Be5 3.Nd5+ Kc4 4.Ne7 Kd3 5.Ng6 Ke4 6.Nh8 Kf5 7.g6=

2.Nd7!
2.Nc8? Bf4 3.Kb2 Kb4 4.Ne7 Bxg5 5.Nc6+ Ka4!–+

2…Bf4
2…Kc6 3.Nf8 Be5+ 4.Kb1 Kd5 5.Ng6 Ke4 6.Nh8! Kf5 7.g6 Bc3 8.Kc1 Kf6 9.Kb1!= (9.Kd1? Bb2!!-+)

3.Kb2!
3.g6? loses to 3…Kc6 4.Nf8 Be5+ 5.Kb1 Bf6! 6.Ne6 Kd6 7.Nf4 Ke5–+

3…Kb4 4.g6 Be3 5.Kb1!
5.Nf8? Bc5!! 6.Ne6 (6.Nd7 Bd4+ 7.Kb1 Kc4 8.Nf8 Kd5 9.Nh7 Ke6–+) 6…Be7! 7.Kb1 Bf6–+

5…Bd4 6.Nf8! Bf6! 7.Nd7!
7.Nh7? Be7–+

7…Bc3 8.Nf8! Kc4 9.Nh7! Kd5 10.Ng5 Ke5 11.Nf7+ Kf6 12.Nh8! Completing the coast to coast journey. 12…Kg5 13.Kc1 Kf5 14.Kb1! Skipping the final pitfall: 14.Kd1? Bb2!! 15.Kd2 Ke6 16.Nf7 Kd5 17.Nd8 Kc5 18.Ne6+ Kb4–+

14…Bd4 15.Kc1= Positional draw! (Fortress)