Nº 1 Pavel Arestov

Win

Section A

Pavel Arestov (Russia)

wKg4,Nh7,Pg3,h4/bKg1,Re5

1.Kf4
1.Nf6(h5)? Kg2 2.h5(Nf6) Re3! =.

1…Re6!
1…Rh5 2.Nf6 Rh6 3.Kg5 Rh8 4.h5 Kg2 5.g4 +-;
1…Re7 2.Nf6 Kg2 3.g4 Kh3 4.h5 Kh4 5.h6 +-.

2.g4!
2.h5? Rh6 =;
2.Ng5? Re8(Rf6+) =.

2…Rh6
2…Kg2 3.h5!Rh6 4.Ng5 – main line.

3.Ng5! Kg2!
3…Rxh4 4.Nf3+, fork, +-;
3…Ra6(Rb6) 4.h5 Kg2 5.Ne4 – main line.

4.h5 Ra6 5.Ne4!
5.Nh7? Rh6 6.Ng5 Ra6 – loss of time.

5…Kh3 6.g5
6.Kg5? Ra5+ 7.Kf4 Ra6 – loss of time.

6…Kh4 7.h6!
7.g6?Kxh5 8.g7 Rg6 =.

7…Kh5 8.h7 Ra8 9.Kf5 Ra5+
9…Rf8+(Rh8) 10.Nf6+ +-.

10.Kf6!
10.Ke6? Ra8 11.Kf6 Ra6+ – loss of time.

10…Ra6+
10…Rf8+ 11.Kg7 +-.

11.Nd6!
11.Kg7? Ra7+ 12.Kg8 Ra8+ =;
11.Ke5(Kf5)? Ra5+ 12.Kf5 Ra6+ – loss of time.

11…Rxd6+ 12.Ke7! +- win.