Nº11 Pavel Arestov & Daniel Keith

Win

Pavel Arestov & Daniel Keith (Russia-France)

wKa1,Nf8,Pb6,f5/bKd2,Nd1,Bb4

1.b7!
1.Nd7? Kc2! 2.b7 Bc3+ 3.Ka2 Bb2! 4.b8Q Nc3#.

1…Bd6 2.Nd7
2.Ne6? Be5+ 3.Kb1 Nc3+ =.

2…Ne3 3.f6 Nc2+! 4.Kb1!
4.Ka2? Nb4+ 5.Kb3 Nc6 6.Kc4 Na5+ =;
4.Kb2? Nd4(Nb4) 5.f7 Nc6 6.Kb3 Na5+ =.

4…Nd4 5.f7, with 2 lines:

A) 5…Ne6 6.Nc5!!
Try: 6.Kb2? Ke3! 7.Kc3 Kf4! 8.Kc4 Kf5 9.Nc5!? (9.Kd5 Bh2! 10.f8Q+ Nxf8 11.Nxf8 Kf6 12.Nd7+ Kf5! 13.Nc5 Kf6! – positional draw №1) 9…Nf8! 10.Kd5 Bb8! 11.Na6 Ba7! 12.Nb4 Bb8! – positional draw №2.

6…Nf8 7.Ne4+, fork, 7…Kd3 8.Nxd6, win.

B) 5…Nc6 6.Ne5!! Nb8 7.Nc4+. fork, 7…Kd3 8.Nxd6, win.