Nº7 Pavel Arestov & Alexander Zhukov

Win

Section B.1.

Pavel Arestov & Alexander Zhukov (Russia)

wKe8,Rd7,Pd3/bKa4,Pb6,e5,h3,h5

1.Rh7
1.Ra7+? Kb3 2.Ke7 h2 3.Ra1 Kc3 4.Ke6 Kxd3 =

1…b5
1…Kb3 2.Rxh5 Kc3 3.Rxe5 h2 4.Re1! – main line.

2.Rxh5 Kb4!
2…Kb3 3.Rxe5! b4 4.Rh5! Kc3 5.Rxh3 b3 6.d4+! Kxd4 7.Rxb3 +-
2…b4 3.Rxh3 b3 4.Rh7(Rh6) b2 5.Rb6 +-.

3.Rxe5!
Try: 3.Rxh3? Kc3 4.Kd7 b4 5.Kc6 b3 6.Kc5 b2 7.d4+ Kd2(Ke2) 8.Rh2+ Kc3 9.Rxb2! exd4! 10.Ra2 d3 11.Ra3+ Kc2 12.Kc4 d2 13.Ra2+ Kc114.Kc3 d1N+! =

3…h2!
3…Kc3 4.Rxb5 h2 5.Rh5 +-.

4.Re1!
4.Rh5? Kc3 5.Rxh2 Kxd3 =.

4…Kc3 5.Kd7!
5.d4? Kxd4! 6.Kd7 Kc5! 7.Rc1+ Kd5! =.

5…b4
5…Kxd3 6.Kc6 b4 7.Kb5 b3 8.Kb4 Kc2 9.Ka3 b2 10.Ka2 +-.

6.d4!
6.Kc6? b3 7.Kc5 b2 8.Rh1 Kxd3 =.

6…Kxd4
6…b3 7.d5 b2 8.Rh1! +-.

7.Kc6 Kc4 8.Kb6!
8.Rc1+? Kd3 9.Kb5 b3 10.Kb4 b2 =.

8…b3 9.Ka5 Kc3 10.Ka4 b2
10…Kb2 11.Kb4 Ka2 12.Kc3 b2 13.Kc2 +-.

11.Ka3 Kd2
11…Kc2 12.Ka2 +-.

12.Rh1!+- win.
12.Rb1? Ke3! 13.Kxb2 Kf3 =.