Nº2 Michal Hlinka & Luboš Kekely

Draw

Section A

Michal Hlinka & Luboš Kekely (Slovakia)

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1.f7
1.g6? Ra8+ 2.Kh7 e1Q 3.f7 Qe4–+]

a) 1…Rxf7 2.Rxf7 e1Q 3.g6 h3
3…Qxe5+ 4.g7 h3 5.Kh7 Qe4+ 6.Kh8 Qd4 7.Rf3! h2 8.Rf1+ Kd2 9.Rh1 Qe5 10.Rxh2+ Qxh2 11.g8Q Qe5+ 12.Kh7!=

4.g7 h2 5.Rc7+!
5.g8Q? Qxe5+ 6.Rg7 h1Q 7.Qc4+ Kb1 8.Qb3+ Qb2–+

5…Kb2! 6.Rb7+ Ka3!
6…Kc3 7.g8Q Qxe5+ 8.Kh7 Qe4+ 9.Kh8 Qxb7 10.Qg3+=

7.Ra7+!
7.g8Q? Qxe5+ 8.Kh7 Qe4+ 9.Kh8 Qxb7 10.Qf8+ Ka2 11.Qf7+ Qb3 12.Qa7+ Kb1 13.Qh7+ Qc2–+

7…Kb4 8.Rb7+!
8.g8Q? Qxe5+ 9.Kh7 h1Q 10.Qf8+ Kb5–+

8…Ka3
8…Ka5 9.g8Q Qxe5+ 10.Kh7 Qe4+ 11.Kh8 Qxb7 12.Qa2+=

9.Ra7+ positional draw, or 9…Kb4 10.Rb7+ Kc5 11.g8Q Qxe5+ 12.Kh7 Qe4+ 13.Kh8 Qxb7 14.Qf8+! draw,

b) 1…Ra8+ 2.f8Q Rxf8+ 3.Rxf8 e1Q 4.g6 h3!
4…Qxe5+ 5.g7 h3 6.Kh7 Qe4+ 7.Kh8 Qd4 8.Rf3! as in a) after 3…Qxe5+

5.g7 h2 6.Rc8+! Kd2
6…Kb2 7.Rb8+ Ka3 8.g8Q Qxe5+ 9.Kh7=

7.Rd8+!
7.g8Q? Qxe5+ 8.Kh7 h1Q 9.Qa2+ Ke3 10.Qa7+ Kf4 11.Rf8+ Kg3 12.Rg8+ Kh4–+

7…Kc3 8.Rc8+!
8.g8Q? Qxe5+ 9.Kh7 h1Q 10.Rc8+ Kd2 11.Qa2+ Ke3 as after 7.g8Q?

8…Kd4
8…Kb4 9.g8Q Qxe5+ 10.Kh7=

9.Rd8+!
9.g8Q? Qxe5+ 10.Kh7 h1Q 11.Qd8+ Qhd5 12.Qb6+ Ke4 13.Qb4+ Kf3 14.Rc3+ Ke2 15.Rc2+ Ke3 16.Rc3+ Qxc3!

9…Kc3
9…Kc5 10.Rd5+! Kxd5 11.g8Q+ Kd4 12.Qd8+ Ke4 13.Qa8+ Kf4 14.Qf8+!=

10.Rc8+ Kb2 11.Rb8+!
11.g8Q? Qxe5+ 12.Kh7 Qe4+ 13.Kh8 Qd4+ 14.Kh7 Qa7+ 15.Kh6 Qb6+ 16.Kg5 Qg1+–+

11…Kc1 12.Rc8+!
12.g8Q? Qxe5+ 13.Kh7 Qe4+ 14.Kh6 Qe3+ 15.Kh7 Qd3+ 16.Kh6 h1Q 17.Qg5+ Kd1–+]

12…Kd2 13.Rd8+ Kc3 3-fold repetition.