Nº 8 Pavel Arestov (Russia)

Draw

Pavel Arestov (Russia)

wKg8,Na3,Pd6,h5/bKa4,Nf4,Rc3

1.Nb1!
Try: 1.d7? Ne6! 2.Kf7 Nd8+ 3.Ke7 Nc6+ 4.Kd6 Ka5! 5.Nb1 Rc1 6.Nd2(h6) Kb6! -+;
1.h6? Rc8+ 2.Kg7 Kxa3 3.h7 Ne6+ 4.Kf6 Nd4! 5.Kg7 Nf5+ -+.

1…Rc8+
1…Rd3 2.h6 Rxd6 3.h7 =;
1…Rh3 2.d7 Ne6 3.Kf7 Nd8+ 4.Ke8! Nb7 5.d8Q Nxd8 6.Kxd8 =.

2.Kf7!
2.Kg7? Nxh5+ -+.

2…Kb5!
2…Rh8 3.Nc3+ Kb4 4.Ne4 Rh7+ 5.Kf6 Nxh5+ 6.Kg6 =.

3.d7 Rc7
3…Rh8 4.Ke7 Rh7+ 5.Kd6 Rh6+ 6.Ke7 Nd5+ 7.Kf7 Rh7+ 8.Ke6 Nc7+ 9.Kd6 =.

4.Ke8 Nxh5!
4…Ne6 5.d8Q Nxd8 6.Kxd8 =.

5.Nc3+!!
5.d8Q? Ng7+ 6.Kf8 Ne6+! 7.Ke8 Nxd8! 8.Kxd8 Rc1 9.Nd2 Rd1 -+.

5…Kc6!
5…Rxc3 6.d8Q =.

6.d8N+!
6.d8Q? Ng7+ 7.Kf8 Ne6+ 8.Ke8 Nsd8 9.Kxd8 Rd7+ 10.Ke8 Rd3 11.Ne4 Re3 -+.

6…Kb6 7.Nd5+, fork, draw.
6…Kc5 7.Ne6+, fork, draw.
6…Kd6 7.Nb5+, fork, draw