Nº12 Vasily Murashov

Draw
Section B.2.

Vasily Murashov (Russia)

wKc4,Rg8,Pc5,f6/bKf4,Nc6,Rd7,Pe6

1.Kb5!
Try: 1.Rg7? Rd8 (1…Rd5?= 2.Kb5 Nd4+ 3.Kb6 Rf5 4.f7=) 2.Kb5 Nd4+ 3.Kb6 Ke5 4.c6 Nxc6 5.Kxc6 Kxf6 6.Rg1 e5–+
or 1.Rc8? Ne5+–+

1…Nd4+ 2.Kb6
2.Kc4?? Ke5 3.Rf8 Rd5 4.f7 Kf6–+

2…Rf7 3.c6 e5! 4.c7!
4.Rg1? Ne6–+

4…Rxf6+ 5.Ka5!
Try: 5.Kb7? Nb5 6.c8N (6.Rg4+ Kf3–+) 6…Nd6+! 7.Nxd6 Rxd6–+

5…Nc6+ 6.Kb6 /a6
6.Ka4? e.g. 6…Na7 7.Ra8 Ra6+ 8.Kb3 Rc6 9.Rxa7 e4 10.Kb4 Ke5 11.Ka4 Kd4 12.Kb5 Kd5 13.Ra5 Rxc7 14.Kb6+ Kd6–+

6…Ne7+ 7.Kb7!
7.Ka7? Rc6 8.Rf8+ Kg5 9.Kb7 Re6 10.Kb8 Kg6–+

7…Re6
7…Kf5 8.Rg7! Re6 9.Kb8! (9.Ka8? Nd5 10.c8Q Nb6+–+) 9…Nc6+ 10.Kb7!=

8.Rg7!
8.Kb8? Rb6+ 9.Ka7 Rc6 10.Rf8+ Kg5 11.Kb7 Re6 12.Kb8 Kg6–+

8…Ke4
8…e4 9.Rf7+=

9.Kb8!
9.Rf7? Kd5 10.Ka8 Nc8!–+

9…Rb6+ 10.Ka8!
10.Ka7? Nc8+ 11.Ka8 Kd5–+

10…Nc8 11.Rd7!
11.Rg5? Rb5! (11…Kd5? 12.Rxe5+ Kxe5=stalemate; 11…Re6? 12.Rg8 Ne7 13.Rd8 Rc6 14.Kb7 Kf5 15.Rd7=) 12.Rg8 Nd6–+

11…Kf5 12.Rd8
12.Rf7+? Rf6 13.Rd7 Ke6 14.Rd8 Rf2 /f3 15.Re8+ Kd5 16.Rxc8 Kc6 17.Kb8 Rb2+ 18.Ka7 Rb4 19.Re8 Kxc7 20.Re7+ Kd6–+

12…Ke6 13.Re8+!
13.Rxc8? Kd7 14.Re8 Kxc7 15.Re7+ (15.Ka7 Rb2 16.Ka6 Kd6+-;15.Rxe5 Ra6#) 15..Kd6!–+

13…Kd6
13…Kd7 14.Rxe5 Kxc7 15.Rc5+=

14.Rxe5 Kxe5= Stalemate