Iuri Akobia (with R.Becker)
Rezvov 85 2nd HM, 2007
Draw
1.Rb3!
[Thematic try 1.Rb4!? Rc1
(1...Nc3+? 2.Kxa3=
; 1...b1Q+? 2.Kxb1
a2+ 3.Ka1=
) 2.Rh7+ Kxa6
3.Rxa4+ Kb6!
(3...Kb5 4.Kxa3
b1Q 5.Rb7+=
) 4.Rb4+ (4.Kxa3
b1Q-+ ) 4...Kc5
5.Kxa3 b1Q
6.Rh5+ (6.Rxb1
Rxb1-+ ) 6...Kd6!
(6...Kc6? 7.Rxb1
Rxb1 8.Re5=
) 7.Rxb1 Rxb1-+
; 1.Rh7+!? Kxa6
2.Rb4 Rc1
3.Rxa4+ Kb6
and same win...; 1.Kxa3!? Rc1
2.Rxb2 Nxb2
3.Kxb2 e2-+
]
1...Nc3+ 2.Kxa3
b1N+! 3.Rxb1
[Thematic try 3.Kb4!?
e2 4.Rh1
Nd5+ 5.Ka5
Ra2+ 6.Kb5
Nd2 7.Rh7+
Kb8 8.a7+
Ka8 9.Rg3
Rb2+ 10.Kc6
Nb4+ 11.Kb5
Nd3+-+ ] 3...Nxb1+
4.Kb3 Rc3+
[4...Re2 5.Kc4
Re1 6.Kd3
e2 7.Re3!
Nc3 8.Kxc3
Rc1+ 9.Kd2=
] 5.Kb2 Rd3
6.Kc2 Rd2+
7.Kb3 [7.Kxb1!?
e2-+ ] 7...Rd3+
8.Kc2 Rd2+
9.Kb3 positional draw,
or 9...e2 10.Rh7+
Kxa6 11.Re7
Kb6 Main B) [Main
A) 11...Kb5 12.Rxe2
Rxe2 stalemate] 12.Kc4
Kc6 13.Re6+
Kc7 14.Re7+
[Thematic try 14.Re5!?
Kd7! zz 15.Kb3
Kd6 16.Re4
Kd5 (Kc5) 17.Re8
Kd4-+ ; Thematic try 14.Re3!?
Ra2! (14...Kd7?
15.Re5 zz=) 15.Kd3
(15.Kd4 Kc6
16.Re5 Rd2+
17.Kc4 Kd7
zz -+; 15.Kb3 Ra3+-+
) 15...Nc3-+ ] 14...Kd8
15.Re6 zz 15...Kd7
16.Re5 zz 16...Kd6
17.Re8 zz positional draw,
or 17...Ra2 18.Kd3
Rd2+ 19.Kc4
Ra2 20.Kd3
Rd2+ 21.Kc4
positional draw, or
21...Na3+ 22.Kc3
Nb1+ 23.Kc4
positional draw.