Iuri Akobia
3. HM, Olympic Tourney Dresden 2008

Draw

1.Ne7! [1.Nf6!? Bg2 2.g5 h3 3.Ng4 Be4 4.Kxb2 Kf3 5.Nh2+ Kg2 6.Ng4 Kg3 7.Nce3 Nb4 8.Kc3 .Nd5+-+ ; 1.Nh6!? Bg2! 2.g5 h3 3.Ng4 Be4-+ ; 1.Kxb2!? Bg2 2.Nd4+ Ke1 3.Nf6 h3 4.Nf5 h2-+ ; 1.Nd4+!? Kd3-+ ; 1.Kxa2!? Bxg4-+ ] 1...Bxg4 Main D [1...Bf1 Main A 2.Ng6! (2.Nf5!? Nc3+! 3.Kxb2 h3 4.Ng3+ Kf2 5.Nh1+ Kg1 6.Kxc3 Bg2! 7.Ng3 Kf2-+ Kd2 3.Nxh4 Kc3 4.Nf3 Bd3! 5.Kxa2 Bxc2 6.Nd2 Bg6 7.Nb1+ Kc2 8.Na3+ Kc1 9.Kb3= ] 2.Ng6 Kd2 [2...h3 3.Nf4+ Kd2 4.Nxh3= ] 3.Nxh4 Kc3 4.Nd4! [4.Na3!? Kb3 5.Nb5 Nc3+ 6.Nxc3 Kxc3-+ ; 4.Ne3!? Kb3 5.Nxg4 Nc3# ] 4...Kxd4 5.Kc2!! zz BTM [Thematic try 5.Kxb2!? Nb4 zz WTM 6.Kb3 Nd5 7.Ng2 Bd1+ 8.Kb2 Kd3 9.Ne1+ Kd2-+ ; 5.Kxa2!? Kc3-+ ] 5...Nb4+ [5...b1Q+ 6.Kxb1 Nb4 7.Kb2 Nd3+ 8.Kc2 main line] 6.Kxb2 zz BTM 6...Nd3+ [6...Nd5 Main B 7.Ng2 Kd3 (or 7...Bf3 8.Ne1 Be4 9.Nc2+= ) 8.Ne1+ Kd2 9.Nc2!=; 7.Kc2! Nf4 8.Kd2 Ke4 9.Ke1 Ke3 10.Kf1 Bh3+ 11.Kg1 Ke2 [11...Ne2+ Main C 12.Kh2 Bc8 13.Kg2 Bb7+ 14.Kh3 Bc8+ 15.Kg2 positional draw] 12.Kh2 Bc8 13.Kg3 Nh5+ 14.Kg2 Nf4+ 15.Kg3 [15.Kh2!? Kf2-+ ] 15...Nh5+ 16.Kg2 positional draw.