Nº6 M. Hlinka & L. Kekely (Slovakia)

Win
Section: A.1.

Michal Hlinka & Ľuboš Kekely (Slovakia)

wKh7,Na1,d6,Ba8,Pa5,c7/bKe7,Na7,f5,Bb1

1.c8N+!
1.c8Q? Nxd6+ from battery 2.Qc2 Bxc2=
1.Nxf5+? Bxf5+ 2.Kg7 Kd6 3.Kf6 Bd7 4.Nb3 Kxc7=

1…Nxc8
1…Kd7 2.Nxa7 Nxd6+ 3.Kg7 Be4 4.Bxe4 Nxe4 5.Nb3+-

2.Nxc8+ Kd7 3.Nb6+
3.Na7? Kc7 4.Nb5+ Kb8 bishop has not safety square! 5.Nc3 Kxa8 6.Nxb1 Nd4=

3…Kd6
3…Kc7 4.Kh8! Nd4 5.Bd5 Nc6 6.Bxc6! Kxc6 7.Nb3 Ba2 8.Nd2 Be6 9.Kg7 Kb5 10.Ndc4+-

4.Kh8!! to the corner – now 3 white pieces are at the corner
4.Kg8? Nd4 5.Nc8+ Kc5 6.a6 Ba2+ 7.Kh7 Be6 8.Bg2 Nb5 9.Ne7 Kb6=
4.Na4? Nd4+ 5.Kg7 Bf5 6.Nb2 Be6 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.a6 Bc8 9.Bf1 Kc5 10.Kf6 Kb6 11.Na4+ Ka7=
4.Bb7? Kc7 5.Bd5 Ne3+ from battery 6.Kg7 Nxd5 7.Nxd5+ Kc6! 8.Nc3 Bd3! 9.Nb3 Bc4 10.Nd2 Bd3! 11.Kf6 Kc5=

4…Nd4 for stop of Na1 5.Bb7
5.Kg7? Kc5 6.Kf6 Kb5 7.Ke5 Nc2 8.Nb3 Ba2 9.Nc1 Kxa5=

5…Bd3
5…Kc7 6.Bg2 Bd3 7.Bd5! Bb5 (7…Nc6 8.Bxc6! Kxc6 9.Nb3+-) 8.Nc4! Bc6 9.Bf7 Bd7 10.Nd2 Be6 11.Nc2 Bxf7 12.Nxd4 Bd5 13.Kg7+-
5…Kc5 6.Nd7+ Kb4 7.a6 Nb5 8.Ne5 Kc3 9.Nc6 Be4 10.Na7 Nxa7 11.Bxe4+-

6.a6
try 6.Kg7? Bb5 7.a6 Bxa6 8.Bxa6 Kc5 9.Nc4 Ne6+! 10.Kf6 Nc7=

6…Bxa6 7.Bxa6 Kc5 8.Nc4 Kb4 king goes for Na1 9.Kg8! Domination
9.Kg7? Ne6+ 10.Kf6 Nc7=
9.Kh7? Kc3 10.Kh6 Ne6! 11.Bc8 Nd4! 12.Ba6 Ne6 positional draw

9…Kc3 10.Kf7 and wins.

Meredith. Black battery. Key with minor promotion. Highlight is move of white king to the corner. Domination. Positional draw. -10.Kg7? or Kf8? 10…Ne6+=