Nº 6 Richard Becker (USA)

Draw
Sección B.2.

Richard Becker (USA)

wKe8,Rf7/bKh8,Nc8,f8,Be1,Pg5

1.Rf1!
1.Rxf8+? Kg7 –+; 1.Kxf8? Bb4+ 2.Ke8 Nd6+ –+

1…Bb4
1…Bd2 2.Kxf8 Kh7 3.Kf7 Nd6+ 4.Kf6 Ne4+ 5.Kf7 Ng3 6.Rf2 =; 1…Bg3 2.Kxf8 Kh7 (2…Nd6 3.Rf3 =) 3.Rf3 Bh4 (3…Bf4 4.Kf7 Nd6+ 5.Kf6 Ne4+ 6.Kf5 =) 4.Rf6! Bg3 5.Rf3 Bh4 6.Rf6 g4 7.Rf4 =

2.Rb1
2.Kf7? Nh7 (Nd6+) –+; 2.Rg1? Nh7 (Kh7) –+

2…Bc5
2…Ba3 3.Kf7 Nd6+ (3…Nh7 4.Rb8 =) 4.Kf6 Nh7+ (4…g4 5.Kg5 g3 6.Kf4 =) 5.Kg6 Ne4 6.Rb8+ Bf8 (6…Nf8+ 7.Kf5 =) 7.Re8 =; 2…Bd6 3.Kf7 Nh7 (3…Bf4 4.Kxf8 Kh7 5.Kf7 Nd6+ 6.Kf6 Ne4+ 7.Kf5 =) 4.Rc1 Ne7 (4…Nb6 5.Rc6 =; 4…Na7 5.Rd1 (Rc3) =) 5.Rd1 Nc8 6.Rc1 Ne7 7.Rd1 =

3.Rc1
3.Kf7? Nd6+ (Ne7) –+

3…Ba3
3…Ne6 4.Kf7 (Kd7) =; 3…Bd6 4.Kf7 =(4.Rxc8? Kg7 –+) ; 3…Be3 4.Rxc8 Kg8 (4…Ng6 5.Kf7+ Kh7 6.Rd8 transposes to main line) 5.Rc6! Kg7 6.Rc7+ =

4.Rxc8
4.Ra1? Bb2 (Also 4…Bd6 5.Kf7 Bg3 6.Ra3 Bf4 –+) 5.Rg1 Nh7 –+

4…Ng6
4…Kg7 5.Rc7+ Kf6 6.Rc6+ Kf5 (6…Ke5 7.Kf7! =) 7.Ra6 Bb4 8.Rb6 Bc5 9.Rc6 Bb4 10.Rb6 =

5.Ra8! The Rook must stay on the a-file
5.Rc3? Bb4 6.Rb3 (Rg3) 6…Bd2 7.Kf7 Kh7 8.Kf6 Kh6 9.Kf5 Kh5 –+; 5.Kf7+? Kh7 6.Rd8 (6.Kf6 Kh6 –+; 6.Rc2 Nh4 7.Kf6 Kh6 –+; 6.Rc3 Bb2 7.Rg3 Kh6 8.Rb3 Bd4 –+) 6…Bb2 7.Rd5 Bc1 8.Rd8 Be3! zz 9.Ra8 (9.Kf6 Kh6 –+; 9.Rd6 Nh4 10.Kf6 Kh6 –+) 9…Bf4! zz 10.Ra1 Nh4 11.Ra8 (11.Kf6 Kh6 –+) 11…Be5 12.Ke6 Bg7 –+

5…Bb4 6.Ra4 Bc3 7.Ra3 Be1 8.Ra1 Bc3
8…Bh4 9.Kf7 =; 8…Bf2 9.Ra5 (Ra2) 9…Be3 10.Ra3 etc.

9.Ra3 Bb4 10.Ra4 Bc5 11.Ra5 Be3 12.Ra3 Bd2 13.Ra2 Bc1 14.Ra1 Bd2 15.Ra2 Be3 16.Ra3 Bf4 17.Kf7! Kh7
17…Nh4 18.Ra8+ Kh7 19.Kf6 g4 20.Ra4 =

18.Ra8! zz 18…Bg3 (Bh2)
18…Ch4 19.Rf6 g4 20.Ta4 =; 18…Ce5+ 19.Rf6 Cg4+ 20.Rf5 Ch6+ 21.Rf6 =

19.Ra5 Bf4 20.Ra8 Bc1 21.Rb8! zz 21…Bd2
21…Ne5+ 22.Ke6 =

22.Rc8! zz
22.Rd8? Be3 etc.

22…Be1
22…g4 23.Rc5 g3 (23…Kh6 24.Rc6 =) 24.Rh5+ Bh6 25.Rh3 g2 26.Rg3 Nh4 27.Rg4 =

23.Rc5
23.Rb8? Bg3 24.Ra8 (Rb3) 24…Bf4 –+

23…Bd2
23…Bh4 24.Ra5 (Rb5) 24…Nf4 25.Kf6 Kh6 26.Kf5 =

24.Rc8 Be3 25.Rd8! zz 25…Bf2 (Bc5) 26.Rd5 Be3 27.Rd8 Bf4 28.Ra8!= repeating. Positional draw. Marathon duel of Rook and Bishop.