Nº4 Daniele Gatti & Pavel Arestov

Draw

Section B.2.

Daniele Gatti & Pavel Arestov (Italy-Russia)

wKa4,Pb5,f6,h6/bKg5,Rg8

1.f7!
1.h7? Ra8+ 2.Kb4 Kxf6 -+.

1…Rf8
1…Rb8 2.b6! Kf6 3.Kb5 Ke6 4.Kc5! – main line;
1…Ra8+ 2.Kb4 Kxh6 3.Kc5 =.

2.b6!
2.h7? Kg6 3.Ka5 Kxf7! -+.

2…Kf6 3.Kb5!
3.b7? Ke5 4.Kb5 Kd5 5.Kb6 Kd6 6.Ka7 Kc7 -+.

3…Ke6!
3…Kxf7 4.b7(Kc6) Ke7 5.Kc6=;
3…Ke7 4.Kc6(Kc5) =; 3…Ke5 4.Kc6! =.

4.Kc5!
4.Kc6? Rc8+ 5.Kb7 Kd7 -+

4…Kd7
4…Rc8+ 5.Kd4! Rd8+ 6.Kc5! Rd8+ 7.Kc4 – positional draw.

5.h7!
5.b7? Kc7 -+; 5.Kd5? Rxf7 -+.

5…Ke6 6.b7!
6.Kc6? Rc8+ -+.

6…Kd7 7.Kd4!!
7.Kd5? Rd8! 8.Kd4 (or 8.Kc5 Kc7! -+; 8.Ke5? Ke7! -+) 8…Kd6! 9.Kd3 Kd5!
10.Kd2 Ke6+ -+;
7.Kb6? Kd6 8.Kb5 Rd8 9.Kb6 Rb8 -+.

7…Kd6
7…Ke6 8.Kc5! Kd7 9.Kd4! – positional draw.

8.Ke4!
8.Kc4? Rh8(Rb8) 9.Kd4 Rd8! 10.Kd3 Kd5! -+.

8…Ke6 9.Kd4! Rb8 10.Kc5 Kd7 11.Kd4 Kd6 12.Ke4! – positional draw.