Nº11 Pavel Arestov & Alexander Zhukov

Win

Section B.1.

Pavel Arestov & Alexander Zhukov (Russia)

wKc3,Bf5,Pa4/bKh1,Ng8,h5

1.a5 Ne7 2.a6!
2.Be4+? Kh2 3.a6 Nc8 = .

2…Nf6
2…Nxf5 3.a7 +-
2…Nc6 3.Be4 +-

3.a7 Nfd5+!
3…Nef5+ 4.Kc4 Nc7 5.Kc5 Na8 6.Kc6 Ne8 7.Bd7 Nec7 8.Bc8 Ne8 9.Bb7 Nac7 10.Kd7 Kg1 11.Bc6 Kf2 12.Kd8 +-

4.Kb3!
4.Kc4? Nc6! 5.a8Q Nb6+ =
4.Kd4? Nc6+ =

4…Nb6
4… Nc7 5.Bd7! Kg2 6.Kb4 Kf3 7.Kc5! Ke4 8.Kb6 Na8+ 9.Kb7 +-

5.Bd7! with 2 lines:

A) 5…Kh2 6.Kb4 Kg3 7.Kb5!
7.Kc5? Nxd7+ 8.Kd6 Nc8+ =.

7… Na8 8.Kc5!
Try: 8.Ka6? Nd5 9.Bc6 Ndc7+! 10.Ka5 Kf4 11.Bxa8 Nax8 12.Ka6 Ke5 13.Kb7 Kd614.Kxa8 Kc7 – stalemate.

8…Kf4 9.Kd6 Ke4
9…Nf5+ 10.Kc6! Nd4+ 11.Kb7 +-

10.Kxe7 Kd5 11.Kd8 Kc5 12.Kc8 Kb6 13.Kb8, win.
13…Nc7 14.Bc8(b5) +-.

B) 5…Kg1 6.Kb4 Kf2 7.Kb5(a5) Na8 8.Ka6!
Try: 8.Kc5? Ke3! 9.Kd6 Kd4 10.Kxe7 Kc5 11.Kd8 Kb6 =.

8…Nd5 9.Bc6!
9.Kb7? Ndc7! 10.Bc6 Ke3 11.Kb8 Kd4 12.Bxa8 Nb5! =.

9…Ndc7+
9…Nac7+ 10.Kb7 Ke3 11.Bxd5 +-;
9…Ne7 10.Kb7 Nb6! 11.Bd7! Nxd7 12.a8Q +-;
9…Ndb6 10.Kb7! Ke3 11.Kb8 Kd4 12.Bxa8 +-.

10.Ka5!
10.Kb7? Ke3 11.Kb8 Kd4 12.Bxa8 Nb5 =.

10…Ke3 11.Bxa8! Nxa8 12.Ka6 Kd4 13.Kb7,+- win.