Section B2 – Min Draw
1.Kb6!
( Thematic try: 1.Kb5? Kg4 2.Bd6
( 2.d4 Nh6! 3.d5 Nf7 -+ )
2…Nh6! 3.d4
( 3.Kc5 Nf5 4.Bh2 Ng3! 5.d4 Kh3 -+ )
3…Nf5 4.Be5 Kf3! 5.d5 Ke4 6.d6 Kxe5 7.d7 Nd4+ -+ With check! )
( 1.Be1? h3 2.Bg3 Kg4 3.Bh2 Ne7! 4.d4
( 4.Kb6 Nf5 -+ )
4…Nc6! 5.d5 Nb4+ 6.Kb5 Nxd5 -+ )
( 1.Bd6? Ke6! 2.Bh2 Kd5 -+ )
1…Nf6!
( 1…Nh6 2.Bd6 Kg4 3.d4! Nf5 4.Be5 Kf3 5.d5! Ke4 6.d6 =, quiet , and no check on d6 or d4 after 6…Kxe5? 7.d7 +- )
( 1…h3 2.Bd6 Ne7 3.Kc5 =, quiet )
2.Be1!
( 2.Bd6? Nd5+ 3.Kc6 Nf4 -+ )
2…h3 3.Bg3 Kg4 4.Bh2! Kf3 5.d4! Kg2
( Domination? 5…Ke4 6.Kc5 =, quiet )
6.Bd6 Ne4 7.Bb8!
( Thematic Try: 7.Bc7? Ng3 8.d5 h2 9.d6 h1=Q 10.d7 Qb1+! 11.Ka7 Qa2+! 12.Kb7 Qd5+! 13.Kc8 Qe6 -+ )
( 7.Be5? ; 7.Af4? )
7…Ng3 8.d5 h2 9.d6 h1=Q 10.d7 Qh6+! 11.Kc7!
( 11.Kb7? Ne4! 12.d8=Q Nc5+ -+ )
11…Qh7 12.Kc8 Qf5 13.Kc7 Qc5+ 14.Kb7 Qa5 15.Kc8 Qc5+ 16.Kb7
Positional Draw
*