Nº 8 Vasily Lebedev (Russia)

Draw
Section B.2.
Vasily Lebedev (Russia)

wKf8,Nh8,Rf3,Pg2,h4,h5/bKh6,Ng4,Bg1,Pe2

1.Nf7+!
Try : 1.Rf5? Kh7 (not1…e1Q?! 2.Nf7+ Kh7 3.Ng5+=) 2.Nf7 Be3! (not 2…e1Q?! 3.Ng5+ Kh6 4.Nf7+=) 3.Rg5! (3.Ng5+ Bxg5 4.Rxg5 e1Q 5.Rg7+ Kh6 6.Rxg4 Kxh5–+) 3…Bd4! (Not 3…Bxg5?! 4.hxg5 Ne5 5.g6+ Nxg6+ 6.hxg6+ Kxg6 7.Ne5+ Kf5 8.Nf3 Kf4=) 4.Rxg4 Bc5+! 5.Nd6! Bxd6+ 6.Kf7 e1Q 7.Rg7+ Kh6 8.Rg6+ Kxh5 9.Rxd6 Kxh4–+

1…Kxh5
1…Kh7 2.Ng5+ Kh6 (2…Kh8 3.Nf7+=) 3.Rf5 e1Q 4.Nf7+=

2.Ne5!
2.Rf5+? Kg6 3.Re5 Be3 4.Rxe3 Nxe3 5.Ne5+ Kf5 6.Nf3 Kg4!–+

2…Bc5+
2…e1Q! 3.Rf5+ Kxh4 4.Nf3+=

3.Kg8!
3.Kg7? Nxe5 4.Rf5+ Kxh4 5.Rxe5 Bd4–+

3…Nh6+
3…e1Q 4.Rf5+ Kxh4 5.Nf3=

4.Kh7! e1Q 5.Rf5+! Nxf5
5…Kxh4 6.Nf3+=

6.g4+ Kxh4 7.Nf3+ Kxg4 8.Nxe1 Kg5 9.Nd3!
9.Nf3+? Kf6!–+

9…Bd4 10.Kg8!= positional draw
10.Nb4? Ne7! 11.Nc2 Bc5! 12.Nd4 Kf6!–+ Domination