Section B2 – Min Draw
1.Nc4 !
( 1.Nd3 ? Kb5 -+ )
( 1.Na4 ? Kb5 -+ )
1…Kc5
( 1…Nb4 2.Ke3 Kc5
( 2…c2 3.Kd2 = )
3.Na5
( 3.Na3 ? Nd5+
( 3…Kd5 -+ )
4.Kd3 Kb4 -+ )
3…Kb5
( 3…c2 4.Kd2 = )
4.Nb3 Ka4
( 4…Kc4 5.Na5+ = )
5.Nd4 !
( 5.Nc5+ ? Ka3 -+ )
( 5.Nc1 ? Ka3 -+ )
5…Ka3 6.Ke4 ! Nc6 ! 7.Nb5+ ! Kb2 8.Nxc3 Kxc3 9.Kd5 !
( 9.Kf5 ? Kd4 10.Kf6 Kd5 11.Kg7 Ke6 12.Kxh7 Kf7 -+ )
9…Ne7+
( 9…Nd4 10.Ke5 Kd3 11.Kf6 Nf3
( 11…Ke4 12.Kg7 Kf5 13.Kxh7 = )
12.Kg7 Ng5 13.Kf6 = )
10.Ke6 Ng8 11.Kf7 Nxh6+ 12.Kg7 = )
2.Kd3 c2
( 2…Kb4 3.Nd6 !
( 3.Ne5 ? Kb3 -+ )
3…Kb3
( 3…Nf4+ 4.Kc2 = )
4.Nb5 Nb4+
( 4…c2 5.Nd4+ Kb2 6.Nxc2 = )
( 4…Kb2 5.Nxc3 Nxc3 6.Kd4 Kc2 7.Ke5 Kd3 8.Kf6 Ne4+ 9.Kg7 Ng5 10.
Kf6 = )
( 4…Nf4+ 5.Ke3 Nd5+ 6.Kd3 = )
5.Ke4 Nc6 6.Nxc3 Kxc3 7.Kd5 Ne7+
( 7…Nd4 8.Ke5 Kd3 9.Kf6 Nf3 10.Kg7 Ng5 11.Kf6 = )
8.Ke6 Ng8 9.Kf7 Nxh6+ 10.Kg7 = )
3.Na5 !
( 3.Nd2 ? Nb4+ -+ {The d2 square must remain available for the white
king.} )
3…c1=N+
( 3…Nb4+ 4.Kd2 = )
( 3…Kb4 4.Nc6+ Kb3
( 4…Kc5 5.Na5 = )
5.Nd4+ Kb2 6.Nxc2 = )
4.Ke4 !
( 4.Kd2 ? Na2 -+
( 4…Kb5 -+ )
)
4…Nf6+
( 4…Kd6 5.Nb7+ = {perpetual check} )
5.Kf5
( 5.Ke5 ? Ng4+ 6.Kf5 Nxh6+ -+ )
5…Ng8 6.Ke5 !
( 6.Nb7+ ? Kd5 -+ )
( 6.Kg5 ? Kd5 -+ )
( 6.Ke6 ? Nxh6 7.Nb7+ Kd4 ! 8.Nd6 Ng8 ! 9.Kf7
( 9.Nf5+ Ke4 -+ )
9…Ke5 ! 10.Kxg8 h5 ! -+ )
6…Nxh6
( 6…Nd3+ 7.Ke6 Nxh6 8.Nb3+ Kc4 9.Nd2+ Kd4 10.Nf3+ Ke3 11.Ng5 = )
7.Nb7+ Kc6 8.Na5+ !
( 8.Nd8+ ? Kd7 9.Ne6 Ke7 10.Ng5 Nf7+ 11.Nxf7
( 11.Kf5 Nxg5 12.Kxg5 Kf7 -+
( 12…Kf8 -+ )
)
11…Kxf7 = )
8…Kd7
( 8…Kb5 9.Nb7 = )
9.Kf6 Ng8+
( 9…Ng4+ 10.Kg5 = )
10.Kg7
( 10.Kf7 ? Ne7 ! 11.Nc4 Ne2 ! 12.Ne5+
( 12.Kf6 Nd5+ 13.Kg7 h5 -+ )
12…Kd6 13.Nd3
( 13.Kg7 h5 -+ )
13…Nf5 -+ )
10…h5 11.Kg6 h4
( 11…Nf6 12.Kxf6 h4 13.Nc4 h3 14.Ne5+ = )
12.Nc4
{A nice return to this square!}
12…h3
( 12…Nd3 13.Nd2 h3 14.Nf3 Ne1 15.Nh2 = )
13.Ne5+ Ke7
( 13…Ke6 14.Nf3 Nf6 15.Kg5 = {as in the main line, but here White
has the additional option for}
( 15.Ng5+ Ke7 16.Nxh3 = )
)
14.Nf3 Nf6 15.Kg5 Nd3
( 15…Ne2 16.Kh4 Ng1
( 16…Nf4 17.Kg3 = )
17.Kg3 ! Ne4+ 18.Kh2 = )
16.Kh4 Nf2
( 16…Nf4 17.Kg3 = )
17.Kg3 N6g4
( 17…N6e4+ 18.Kh2 = {as nothing can prevent the white knight to
capture the pawn via g1.} )
18.Nh2 ! =
{The knight has made a remarkable journey from b2 to h2, including a
nice return from b7 to c4!}
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