Nº 27 Pavel Arestov & Richard Becker

Win

Section B.1

Pavel Arestov & Richard Becker (Russia-USA)

wKa6,Bc8,Pa3,a5,c6/bKa8,Rf1,Ph4,h7

1.c7!
1.Bb7+? Kb8 2.Kb6 Rb1+ =
1.Bh3? Rc1(Rf6) =.

1…Rf6+
1…Rc1(Rf8) 2.Bb7#.

2.Kb5 Rf8
2…Rf7 3.Bd7! +-

3.Bh3!
3.Ba6? h3! 4.Kb6 Rf6+ 5.Kc5 Rf8 =;
3.Be6(Bd7)? Kb7 4.c8Q+ Rxc8 5.Bxc8+ Kxc8 -+.

3…Kb7 4.c8Q+ Rxc8 5.a6+!
5.Bxc8+? Kxc8 -+.

5…Kc7
5…Kb8 6.a7+ Kb7 7.Bxc8 +-.

6.a7! Ra8!
6…Rg8 7.Bg2! Rg5+ 8.Kc4 Rg4+ 9.Kc5 Rg5+ 10.Kd4 Rg4+ 11.Ke5 Rg5+ 12.Kf4 Ra5 13.a8Q Rxa8 14.Bxa8 +-

7.Ka6 Rg8! 8.Bf5!
Try: 8.Bg2? Rg3!! (wK on a6) 9.a4 Rg6+ 10.Kb5 Rg5+ 11.Kc4 Rg4+ 12.Kb3 Rg3+ =.

8…Re8 9.a4! h6
9…h3 10.Bxh3 Rg8 11.Bf5!Re8 12.a5 h6 13.Bh3 Rg8 14.Bg2 – main line.

10.a5!
10.Bh3? Rg8 11.Bg2 Rg6+ 12.Kb5 Rg5+ 13.Kc4 Rg4+ 14.Kb3 Rg3+ =.

10…h5 11.Bh3! Rg8 12.Bg2! Rg6+ 13.Kb5 Rg5+ 14.Kb4 Rg4+ 15.Kc3 Rg3+16.Kd4 Rg4+ 17.Ke3 Rg3+ 18.Kf4 Rg4+ 19.Kf5 Rg8 20.Bd5!
20.a8Q? Rxa8 21.Bxa8 h3(Kb8) 22.Kf4 h2 23.Kg3 Kb8 24.Be4 Ka7 =
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20…h3!
20…Re8 21.Kf4 h3 22.Kg3 +-.

21.Ke4!
21.Bxg8? Kb7 =
21.Kf4? h2! =
21.Ke5? Rd8! 22.a8Q Rxa8 23.Bxa8 Kb8 =.

21…h2
21…Rd8 22.Kf3! +-
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22.Kd4! Rd8 23.a8Q Rxa8 24.Bxa8,win.