Nº15 János Mikitovics

Win

Section B.1.

János Mikitovics (Hungary)

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1.Bxg3!
1.Ng2? Qh1!= (1…Qh2? 2.Ne3+! Kf6 3.Rg8!+-
1…Qg4? 2.Ne3++- fork)
1.Rxf7+? Kxg5! (1…Kg4? 2.Nfh3! gxf2 3.Rf4+ Kg3 4.Nxe4+ Kg2 5.Rxh4 f1Q 6.Nf4+ Kg1 (6…Kf3 7.Nd2++- fork) 7.Rh1+!! Kxh1 8.Ng3++- fork) 2.Ne6+ Kg6=

1…Qxg3
1…Qh1 2.Rxf7+! Kxg5 3.Rxc7 Qa1+ 4.Kb5!+-

2.Nge6!!
2.Rxf7+?? Kxg5–+

2…Qxg7!
2…Qf2 3.Rxf7+!+-

3.Nxg7+ Kxf4 4.Ne8! With two lines :

A) 4…e3 5.Nxc7 Thematic 5…e2
5…dxc5 6.Nd5+!+- (6.dxc5? e2=)

6.Nd5+! Kg3
6…Ke4 7.Nc3+! Kd3! 8.Nxe2+- (8.c7? e1Q 9.c8Q dxc5! 10.d5 Kxc3!! (10…Qxc3? 11.Qh3++-) 11.Qxc5+ Kd3 12.d6 Qe4+ 13.Qb4 Qa8+ 14.Qa5 Qe4+ 15.Ka3 h4!! 16.Qb5+ Kc2!! (16…Ke3? 17.d7 Qa8+ 18.Kb4 Qd8! 19.Qf5!! Ke2 20.Qc2+!! Kf3 21.Qc8+-) 17.d7 Qe3+ 18.Ka4 (18.Kb4 Qc3+=) 18…Qd4+ 19.Ka5 h3! 20.Qa4+ Qxa4+ 21.Kxa4 h2 22.d8Q h1Q=)

7.c7! [7.cxd6? e1Q 8.d7 Qd1+ 9.Kb5 Qd3+ 10.Kc5 Qa3+ 11.Kb6 Qd6 12.Kb7 Qxd5= (12…h4? 13.Nb6+-) ]

7…e1Q 8.c8Q Qd1+ [8…Qa1+ 9.Kb5 Qxd4 10.cxd6 main] 9.Kb5!
9.Ka5? Qxd4= (9…Qa1+? 10.Kb5 Qxd4 11.cxd6 main)

9…Qxd4 [9…Qd3+ 10.Kc6+- (10.Kb6? Qxd4= pin) ] 10.cxd6!! [10.Qg8+? Kh2= (10…Kh4? 11.Qd8+ f6 12.Qxd6+-) ] 10…Qxd5+ 11.Qc5 Qd2! 12.Qc7!!
12.Kc6? h4! 13.Qe5+ (13.Qg1+ Kf4! 14.d7 h3=) 13…Kg2 14.Qe4+ Kg3 15.d7 h3 16.Qe5+ Kg2 17.Qg7+ Kh1!= (17…Kh2? 18.Qf6+-)
12.Qa3+? Kg2! (12…Kh2? 13.Qb4 Qd5+ 14.Qc5+-) 13.Qb4 Qd5+ 14.Qc5 Qd3+! 15.Kb6 f5!= (15…h4? 16.Qc6+ Kg1 17.d7 h3 18.Qc1+!!+-)

12…Qd3+ 13.Ka4!! [13.Kb6? Qb3+ 14.Ka7 Qa4+ 15.Kb7 Qb5+ 16.Kc8 Qe8+ 17.Kb7 Qb5+=] 13…Qd1+ 14.Ka5! [14.Kb5? Qb3+!= (14…Qd3+? 15.Ka4 main) ]

14…Qd2+ [14…h4 15.d7+- battery] 15.Ka6! [15.Kb5? Qd3+ 16.Ka4 loss of time] 15…Qd3+ 16.Ka7! [16.Kb7? Qb5+=; 16.Ka5? Qa3+=] 16…h4 17.d7+- wins
[17.Kb8? Qb5+=]

B) 4…Bd8 5.cxd6! (5.c7? Bxc7 6.Nxc7 dxc5=) 5…e3 6.c7! (6.d7? e2 7.c7 Be7!! 8.d8Q e1Q 9.Qb8! Qa1+!!=) 6…Bxc7 7.Nxc7!! Thematic (7.dxc7? e2 8.c8Q e1Q 9.Qc7+ Kg4 10.Qd7+ Qe6=)

7…e2 8.d7! Kg4 9.d8Q e1Q 10.Qd7+!
10.Qg8+? Kh3 11.d5 h4 12.Qxf7 (12.Qg5 Qa1+ 13.Kb5 Qb2+ 14.Kc6 Qc3+ 15.Kd7 Qg3 16.Qe7 Qg4+ 17.Kd8 Kg3) 12…Qd1+=

10…f5 (10…Kg3 11.Qd6+ Kg2 12.Qd5+ Kg1 13.Qg5++-) 11.Ne6! (11.Qg7+? Kf3) 11…h4 12.Qg7+ Kf3 13.Qh6! (13.Qg6? Qa1+ /d1+ =.) 13…Qe3 14.Qh5+ Ke4 (14…Kg3 15.Qg6+ Kf3 16.Qxf5++-)

15.Qxh4+ Kd5 16.Qd8+! (16.Nc7+? Kc4 17.d5+ f4=) 16…Kxe6 17.Qe8+-wins
or 4…Bb8 5.cxd6+- (5.c7? Bxc7 6.Nxc7 dxc5=)