Nº20 Luboš Kekely & Michal Hlinka

Draw

Section A.2.

Luboš Kekely & Michal Hlinka (Slovakia)

wKd3,Rh3/bKe8,Na1,Rc8,Pc7

1.Rh1!
1.Kc3? Kd7 2.Rh7+ Kc6! (2…Kd6? 3.Rh6+!=) 3.Kb2 Ra8–+

1…Nb3 2.Kc4 Na5+ 3.Kb5 Nb7 4.Rh8+!
4.Kc6? Nd8–+

4…Kd7 5.Rh7+ Ke6 6.Rh6+ Kf5 main A
6…Kd5 7.Rh5+ Ke4 8.Kc6=
6…Ke7 main B 7.Rh7+ Kf6 8.Kc6 Na5+ 9.Kb5 (9.Kd7? Ra8! 10.Rh5 Ra7! (10…c6? 11.Kc7!!=) 11.Rc5 c6+! 12.Kd6 Nb7–+) 9…Kg6 10.Re7! Kf6 11.Rh7! positional draw or 11…Nb7 12.Kc6 Nd8+ 13.Kd7 Rb8 (13…Ra8 14.Rh6+!= Kg5 15.Rh1 or Rh2/3 15…c6 16.Rf1! Kg4 17.Rf2! c5 18.Rc2=) 14.Rh6+!= (14.Kxc7? Rb7–+)

7.Kc6!
7.Rh5+? Kg4–+

7…Nd6 8.Rh5+ Ke4
8…Kf6 9.Kd7=

9.Rh4+
9.Rh7? Ne8–+
9.Kd7? c5–+

9…Ke3
9…Kf3 10.Rh3+ Kg4 11.Rd3=

10.Rh3+ Ke2 11.Rh2+ Ke1 12.Rh1+ Ke2 13.Rh2+ Ke3 14.Rh3+ Ke4 15.Rh4+ Kf5 16.Rh5+ Kg4 17.Rd5 Ne8 18.Kb7
18.Kd7? Nf6–+

18…Nd6+ 19.Kc6 positional draw.