Section B2 – Min Draw
1.Ra4! Be7!
( Additional variation: 1…Nf3+ 2.Kg3 Bb2
( No 2…Bb4?? 3.Rxb4 )
3.e6 Kxe6 4.Ra6+ Kf5 5.Rh6 Be5+ 6.Kf2 Bh2 7.Rxh2
( Or 7.Rh5+ Kg4 8.Rxh2 )
7…Nxh2 8.Kg1 =, quiet King’s fork! )
2.Ra7 Nf3+ 3.Kg3 Bb4! 4.e6!
( 4.Ra1? Ne1! 5.Kf2 Nd3+ 6.Ke3 Be4 7.Rd1 Kc4 -+ )
4…Kxe6
( 4…Bd6+ 5.Kf2! Bc5+
( 5…Ne5 6.e7 Ng4+ 7.Kg1 =, quiet )
6.Kg3 Nd4 7.e7 Nf5+ 8.Kh2 Nxe7 9.Rxe7 =, quiet )
5.Ra1 Be1+
( 5…Ne1 6.Kf2 Nd3+ 7.Ke3 Ne1 8.Kf2 =, quiet Positional draw. )
6.Kf4 Bg2 7.Ra2!
( 7.Ra3? Ne5! 8.Re3 Double attack with pinning of the knight. 8…Bd2! -+ Pinning of the pinning piece! )
7…Nd2 8.Ra1! Bf2 9.Ra2 Be1
( 9…Ne4 10.Rxf2
( Or 10.Re2 Kd5 11.Rxf2 )
10…Nxf2 11.Kg3 =, quiet King’s fork! )
10.Ra1 Nf3 11.Ra2 Bd2+ 12.Kg3 Bh1 13.Ra1 Be1+ 14.Kf4 Kf6
(Otherwise, it’s a positional draw.)
15.Ke3 Bg2 16.Rxe1 Nxe1 17.Kf2 =, quiet
King’s fork!
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