Nº 3 Alexander Zhukov (Russia)

Win

Section A

Alexander Zhukov (Russia)

wKa3,Qc1,Ng7,Pb4,b7,c5,h3/bKa6,Qb5,Ng3,Pa4,a5

1.b8=N+!
1.b8=Q? axb4+! 2.Ka2 Qxb8=
1.Qh6+? Kxb7 2.Qf4 axb4+ 3.Qxb4 Qxb4+ 4.Kxb4 Kc6=
1.Qd2? axb4+ 2.Qxb4 Qd3+! 3.Kxa4 Qd1+! 4.Qb3 Qd4+! 5.Ka3 Qxc5+=

1…Qxb8
1.Ka7(b7) Qf4+-

2.Qc4+
2.Qb2? Ne4 3.Qe2+ Qb5! 4.Qxe4 axb4+ 5.Qxb4 Qd3+! 6.Kb2 Qe2+ 7.Kc1 Qf1+! 8.Kc2 Qg2+ 9.Qd2 Qxg7 10.Qd3+ Kb7 11.Qb5+ Kc7 12.Qb6+ Kc8! 13.Qa6+ Kb8! 14.Qxa4 Qg2+=

2…Qb5!
2…Ka7(b7) 3.b5+-

3.Qe6+
3.Qxb5+? Kxb5 4.bxa5 Kxa5!=

3…Ka7 4.Qe7+
4.Qf7+? Ka6! 5.Qf6+ Ka7 6.Qe7+ is loss of time

4…Ka6!
4…Kb8 5.Qe8+-

5.Qd6+ Ka7!
5…Kb7 6.c6+ Qxc6 7.Qxg3+-

6.Qc7+!
6.Qxg3? axb4+7.Kb2 Qe2+=
6.c6? axb4+=

6…Ka6
6…Ka8? 7.Qxa5+-

7.Qxa5+! Qxa5 8.Ne6!! – Domination!
8.bxa5? Kxa5 9.Ne6 (9.c6 Kb6=) 9…Kb5! 10.h4 Nh5=

8…Nf5!
8…Qxc5 9.Nxc5!+-

9.bxa5 Kxa5 10.c6!
10.Nf4? Kb5=

10…Kb6 11.c7 Nd6!
11…Kb7 12.Kxa4!+-

12.h4!
12.Kxa4? Kc6! 13.h4 Kd7!=

12…Kc6 13.h5!
13.Kxa4? Kd7!=

13…Kd7 14.h6! Nf7
14…Kxe6 15.h7+-

15.h7+- – And the white king goes to one of his pawns