János Mikitovics & Mario G.García

Win

János Mikitovics & Mario G.García

Honorable Mención Problemist of Ukraine -2019

1.Be4! Nb6+
1…Be6 2.g6 Nxg6 3.Bxg6 Bxc4 4.Bh5+-
1…Nc7 2.g6 Ne8 3.b4 f5 4.Bc6+-

2.Kb5!
2.Kb4? fxg5 3.c5 Nbd7=

2…Nxc4 3.Kxc4 Ba6+
3…Be6+ 4.Bd5 Bxf7 5.gxf6+-
3…fxg5 4.Nxg5 Ba6+ 5.Kd4+- similar to solution

4.Kd4!
4.Kd5? fxg5=

4…fxg5
4…Bxe2 5.g6! (5.gxf6? Nd7 6.b4 Nxf6=; 5.b4? fxg5=; 5.Ke3? Bh5 6.Nh6 fxg5=) 5…Bh5 6.Nh8+-
4…Ne6+ 5.Ke3 fxg5 6.Bd5 Nf4 7.Bf3+-

5.Nxg5 Bxe2 6.Ke3 Bg4!
main 1 : 6…Ba6 7.Kf2 Nd7 8.Nf3+ Kh3 (8…Kh1 9.Ne5++-) 9.Bf5# mate
or 6…Kg3 7.Kxe2! Kf4 8.Nh7!+-

7.Kf2!!
Try : 7.b4? Kg3! 8.Bc6 Kh4! (8…Nd7? 9.Ne4+ Kh4 10.Kd4 Nb8 11.b5+-; 8…Ng6? 9.b5 Ne7 10.Ne4+ Kh4 11.Bb7! Bd7 12.b6 Nc8 13.Bxc8+-) 9.Ne4 (9.Nf3+ Kh5! 10.Ne5 Bc8! 11.b5 Kg5 12.Nf7+ Kf6=) 9…Bh3! 10.b5 Nd7 11.Kd4 Nb6 12.Nc3 Bf1 13.Kc5 Nc4! 14.Ne4 (14.Bf3 Ne5 15.Be2 Bxe2 16.Nxe2 Kg5=) 14…Kg4 15.Nd6 Ne5 16.b6 Nxc6=

7…Ne6
main 2 : 7…Nd7 8.b4! (8.Nf3+? Kh3=) 8…Nf6 (8…Ne5 9.b5!+-) 9.Bg2!! (9.Bc6? Bd1! 10.Nf3+ Kh3 11.Nd4 Kh4! 12.b5 Ba4 13.b6 Bxc6 14.Nxc6 Nd7 15.b7 Kg5!= 9…Bd7 10.Nf3# mate

8.Nf3+!
8.Nxe6? Bxe6 9.b4 Bd7! 10.Ke3 Kg3 11.Kd4 Kf4!=

8…Kh3 9.Bd3! Bh5
9…Nf4 10.Bf1+ Ng2 11.Bxg2# mate

10.Bf5+ Bg4 11.Bxe6 Bxe6 12.Ng5+-