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.