Iuri Akobia (with J.Mikitovics)
HM, The Ural Problemist, 2009
Win

1.Be5! [Thematic try 1.Bc5!? Nc3! (1...Kf3? 2.Bd4! Na3 3.Bxa7 main thematic line) 2.Bd4 Ne2 (2...Nd1? 3.Nc5 Kf3 4.Nd3+- ) 3.Be3 Kf3 4.Nc5 Nc3 5.Nd3 Ke2 6.Nf4+ Kf3 7.Nh3 Kg2 8.Nf4+ Kf3 9.Nd3 Ke2 10.Nc1+ Kf3 positional draw; Thematic try 1.Bb8!? Nc3 (Kf3) 2.Nc5 Kf3 (Nc3) 3.Bxa7 Nd1 4.Nd3 Ke2 5.Nf4+ (5.f4 Kxd3 6.f5 Nc3 7.f6 Nd5 8.f7 Nc7+ 9.Kb7 Ne6= ) 5...Kf3 6.Nh3 Kg2 7.f4 Kxh3 8.f5 Nc3 9.f6 Nd5 10.f7 Nc7+ 11.Kb7 Ne6= ; 1.f4? Nc3!= ; Thematic try 1.Nc5!? Kf3! (1...Nc3? 2.Be5+- ) 2.Bg3 Nc3 3.Bh4 Nd1 4.Nd3 Ke2 5.Nc1+ (5.f4 Kxd3= ; 5.Nf4+ Kf3 6.Nd3 Ke2 positional draw.) 5...Kf3 6.Nd3 Ke2 positional draw.; 1.Bb4!? Kf3 2.Be1 Na3!! (2...Ke2? 3.f4+- ) 3.Nd6 Nc2!= (3...Ke2? 4.f4 Kxe1 5.f5 Nc2 6.f6!+- ) ] 1...Kf3 2.Bd4 [2.Bg3!? Nc3= ] 2...Na3 3.Bxa7 Nc4 [3...Nc2 4.Kb5 Ne1 5.Kc4+- ] 4.Kb5 [4.Bd4 gives a loss of time] 4...Nb2 [4...Nd2 5.Nd6!+- (5.Nc5!? Kxf2 6.Nb3+ Ke2= ) ; main 4...Ne5 5.Nc5! Ng4 6.Nd3+- ]
5.Nc5! Nd1 6.Nd3 Ke2 7.Kc4+-
[7.Nf4+ Kf3 8.Nd3 loss of time.

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