Nº 22 Richard Becker (USA)

Win
Section B
Richard Becker (USA)
wKb5,Qe2,Pf5/bKa3,Bd6,Ra2,Pb4,e7

1.Qe3+!
Tries: 1.Qd3+? b3 =; 1.Qf3+? b3 2.f6 Rd2 (Rc2) =; 1.Qd1? Rf2! 2.Qc1+ Ka2 =; 1.Qe1? Rc2! 2.Qa1+ (2.f6 exf6 3.Qa1+ Kb3 4.Qb1+ Kc3 =) 2…Kb3 3.Qd1 Kb2 4.f6 b3! =; 1.Qf1? Be5! 2.Qc1+ Bb2 3.Qe1 Bc3 4.Qxe7 Rg2! 5.f6 (5.Qa7+ Kb2 6.Qb7 Rg7! =) 5…Rg5+ 6.Kc4 Rg4+ 7.Kd3 Rg3+ 8.Kc2 Rg2+ 9.Kd3 Rg3+ 10.Ke2 (Ke4) 10…Bxf6! =

1…b3 2.f6
2.Qc1+? Rb2 3.Qa1+ Ra2 4.Qc1+ Rb2 5.f6 Ka2! =

2…exf6 3.Qc1+ Rb2 4.Qa1+ Ra2 5.Qxf6 Bb4
5…Bg3 6.Qe7+ Kb2 7.Kb4 Ka1 8.Kxb3 Rb2+ 9.Kc3 +-
5…Rd2 6.Qa1+ Ra2 7.Qc1+ Rb2 8.Qh6! (8.Qc6? Rd2 9.Qc1+ Rb2 loss of time) 8…Rf2 9.Qxd6+ Ka2 10.Kb4 b2 11.Qd5+ Ka1 12.Qa8+ Kb1 13.Kb3 +-

6.Qe5!
Tries: 6.Qf4? Be7! 7.Qe5 Bh4 (Rg2) =; 6.Qd4? Bf8! 7.Qf6 Rh2! 8.Qxf8+ Ka2 =; 6.Qg7? Bd2! 7.Qd4 Rc2 8.Qa1+ Ra2 9.Qf6 Rc2 =

6…Bf8
6…Rc2 7.Qa1+ Ra2 8.Qc1+ Rb2 9.Qf4! +- (9.Qc4? Rh2! 10.Qxb4+ Ka2 =)

7.Qb8! Bb4 8.Qa7+ Kb2 9.Qf2+ Ka3 10.Qf6! Bc5
10…Re2 11.Qa1+ Ra2 12.Qc1+ Rb2 13.Qf4 +-

11.Kxc5 Rc2+ 12.Kb5 b2 13.Qa6+ Kb3 14.Qa4+ Kc3 15.Qb4+ Kd3 16.Qb3+ Kd2 17.Kb4! 17.Ka4? Kc1 18.Qe3+ Rd2 19.Qc3+ Kd1 =

17…Kc1 18.Qe3+ Rd2 19.Kc3 b1N+ 20.Kb3 wins