Nº11 János Mikitovics

Draw

Section B.2.

János Mikitovics (Hungary)

wKg1,Rd8,Pd6/bKb7,Nb6,e5,Bg3,Ph5

1.Rg8!
1.Kg2? Bh4!! (1…h4? 2.Rg8 Be1 3.Re8 main1…Bf4? 2.Rh8=) 2.Rh8 Nd5! 3.Rxh5 Nf4+ fork; 1.Rh8? h4–+ theme of 10th WCCT/D A1

1…Bf4! 2.Rh8!
2.Rg7+? Kc8!! (2…Kc6? 3.Rc7+ Kxd6 4.Rh7 h4 5.Kg2! Bg5 6.Kh3! Nd5 7.Rxh4 Nf4+ 8.Kg3 Ne2+ 9.Kh3 Nf4+ 10.Kg3 positional draw; 2…Nbd7? 3.Rh7 h4 4.Kg2 Bg5 5.Kh3=) 3.Rh7 h4!! 4.Kg2! (4.Rxh4 Nf3–+ fork) 4…Bg3 5.Kh3 (5.Rg7 Be1 6.Kf1 Bd2–+) 5…Ng6 6.Rh6 Nd5! 7.Rxg6 Nf4–+ fork

2…h4!! theme of 10th WCCT/D B1 3.Kg2!!
3.Rxh4? Nf3–+ fork

3…Bg3 4.Rg8!
4.Kh3? Ng6! 5.Rh6 Nd5! (5…Nf4+? 6.Kg4=) 6.Rxg6 Nf4–+ fork

4…Be1 5.Re8!
5.Kf1? Bd2 6.d7 Nbxd7–+

5…Nd3
5…Nbd7 6.Kh3 Kb6 7.Rg8 Nd3 (7…Nf3 8.Kg2 Nd4 (8…Nde5 9.d7!=) 9.Re8 Bg3 10.Rg8 Ne2 (10…Be1 11.Re8 poz. draw) 11.Kf3 Ng1+ 12.Kg2 Ne2 13.Kf3 positional draw) 8.Rg1! (8.Rh8? Nf4+–+) 8…Nf4+ (8…Bf2 9.Rg4=) 9.Kg4 Bf2 (9…Bg3 10.Rxg3=) 10.Rb1+!= (10.Rf1? Bg3–+)

6.Kh3!
6.Kf1? Bg3–+

6…Bg3
6…Nf4+ 7.Kg4=

7.Re7+!!
7.Re3? Nf2+ (7…Nf4+? 8.Kg4=) 8.Kg2 Bxd6 theme of 10th WCCT/D A2 9.Kxf2 Bc5–+ pin; 7.Rg8? Nf4–+ (7…Nf2+? 8.Kg2=)

7…Kc6 8.Re3! Nf2+!
8…Nf4+ 9.Kg4 Nbd5 10.Rxg3=

9.Kg2 Bxd6 theme of 10th WCCT/D B2 [9…Nd5 10.Rxg3=]

10.Re6!! pin
10.Kxf2? Bc5–+ pin

10…Nd3
10…Kd5 /d7 11.Rh6=

11.Rxd6+ Kxd6 12.Kh3=

Keywords: mutual pins by wR & bB, theme of 10th WCCT/D, forks, sacrifices, positional draws.