Iuri Akobia (with J.Loustau)
5th priza, Mat Plus, 2008
Draw


1.e6+ [1.Bxd1? Bxd1 2.Kd6 Bb3 3.Kc6 Kc8 4.d4 Ra6+ 5.Kc5 Kd7 6.Kb4 Be6 7.Kb5 Rc6 8.Bd2 Bc4+ 9.Kb4 Ke6-+ ; 1.Kb6? Rda1! 2.Bg4 Ra6+ 3.Kc5 Kb7 4.Bf3+ Kc7 5.d4 R1a5+ 6.Kb4 Be6-+ ] 1...Kc8 [1...Ka7 2.Bxd1 Bxd1 3.Bd6 Ba4+ (3...Ra6+ 4.Kd5 Bb3+ 5.Ke5 Kb7 6.e7 Ra8 7.d4 Kc6 8.Bc5 Kd7 9.g4 Ra1 10.Kf6 Rf1+ 11.Ke5 Rf2 12.Ba3 Bd1 13.d5 Bxg4 14.d6= ) 4.Kc7 Ka6 (4...Ka8 5.d4 Ra7+ 6.Kb6 Rb7+ 7.Kc5 Rb5+ 8.Kc4 Rxb2 9.d5 Bb3+ 10.Kc3 Rb1 11.e7 Ba4 12.Bf4 Kb7 13.d6= ) 5.d4 Kb5 6.Bc5 Ra8 7.e7 Kc4 (7...Rg8 8.b4 Kc4 9.Kd6 Rxg3 10.Kc7= ) 8.b4 Kd5 (8...Rg8 9.Kd6 Rxg3 10.Kc7= ) 9.Kb6 Rb8+ 10.Kc7 Rg8 11.Kb6= Black cannot destroy connection between the white Bishop and pawns. Also, they should have under the control å8. Thus, black have no opportunity to create a mate network.; 1...Ka8 2.Kb6+ Bd5 3.Bxd1+- ] 2.Bg4! Preparation of the second battery. There is a threat of a move e7+ [Thematic try 2.e7!? Ra6+ 3.Kb5! Re6 4.Bg4 Kd7 5.Kb4 Rxd3 6.Bf5 Rf3 7.Bg4 Bd5 8.Kc5 Rd3 9.Bf5 Rd1 positional draw, but black must play - 9...Rb3! 10.e8Q+ Kxe8 11.Bxe6 Bxe6-+; 2.Bxd1!? Bxd1 3.e7 Ba4+ 4.Kd6 Ra6+ 5.Kc5 Kd7 6.d4 Kxe7 7.Be5 Rc6+ 8.Kb4 Bd1-+ ; 2.Kb6!? Rda1 3.Bb7+ Kd8 4.d4 Bxe6-+ ; 2.d4!? Ba4+ 3.Kd6 (3.Kb6 Rb5+-+ ) 3...Rxd4+-+ ] 2...Ra6+ 3.Kb5! [Thematic try 3.Kc5!? Re1! (3...Rxe6!? and play leads to main line - 4.Kb4 Rxd3 5.Bf5 Rf3 6.Bg4 etc with the positional draw) 4.e7+ Kb7 5.Bf3+ Ka7 6.Be4 Bf7 7.Kd4 Re6 8.Bd2 R1xe4+ 9.dxe4 Rxe7 10.Bc3 Kb6 and White has no chance for draw] 3...Rxe6 4.Kb4 Rxd3 5.Bf5 Rf3 6.Bg4 Bd5 7.Kc5 Rd3 8.Bf5 Rd1 9.Bg4 Bb3 10.Kb4 Rd3 [10...Kd8 11.Kxb3 Rb6+ 12.Kc2 Rd5 13.Be2 Rc5+14.Kb1 Rc3 15.Bd2 Ra3 16.Bc4= White can keep the pawns without problems and it does not give chance black on a win.] 11.Bf5 Rf3 12.Bg4 and so on the positional draw by repetition of a position.

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