Nº 14 Anatoly Skripnik & Pavel Arestov (Russia)

BTM Draw

Sección A.1.

Anatoly Skripnik & Pavel Arestov (Russia)

wKa8,Qg7,Bf4,Pa7,b7/bKa6,Nb8,Ra1,h8,Pb2,c2
1…c1Q
1…b1Q 2.Bxb8! (2.Qf6+? Nc6+ 3.b8N+ Rxb8+ 4.axb8Q Qxb8+ 5.Bxb8 c1Q–+) 2…Rxb8+ 3.Kxb8 c1Q 4.a8Q+=
1…Nd7+ 2.Qxh8=

2.Bxc1
Thematic Try : 2.Bxb8? Rxb8+ 3.Kxb8 (3.axb8N+ Kb6+–+) 3…Qf4+ 4.Qc7 Qf8+ (4…Qxc7+? 5.Kxc7 Rc1+ 6.Kb8 b1Q 7.a8Q+ Kb5 8.Qa1 Qxa1 stalemate) 5.Qc8 Qd6+ 6.Qc7 Qd5! 7.a8Q+ Kb5 8.Qc3 (8.Qxa1 bxa1Q 9.Qc5+ Kxc5–+ (but not 9…Qxc5? stalemate) ) 8…Qd8+ 9.Qc8 Qd6+ 10.Qc7 Qd4 11.Qd7+ Qxd7 12.Qa5+ Kxa5–+ (but not 12…Rxa5? stalemate)

2…b1Q 3.Qb2
3.Qxh8? Qxb7#

3…Nd7+ 4.b8N+ Nxb8 5.axb8N+
5.axb8Q? Qe4+ 6.Q2b7+ Qxb7#

5…Rxb8+
5…Ka5 6.Bd2+ Ka4 7.Qxh8 Kb5+ 8.Kb7 Qe4+ 9.Kc8=

6.Kxb8 Qxb2+
6…Qxc1 7.Qb6+ Kxb6= stalemate

7.Bxb2 Rb1 8.Ka8 Re1 9.Kb8 Rb1 10.Ka8 Rxb2= stalemate
[10…Re1 11.Kb8= positional draw]