Iuri Akobia (with J.Mikitovics)
HM, Shakhmatnaya Poezia, 2009
Win

1.bxc6+! [1.Nxa8? Bxh4 2.bxc6+ Kxa73.c7 Kb7= ] 1...Kxa7 [1...Kxb6 2.Rh8 Kc7 3.Ke5 Nb64.Ke6 Na8 5.Kd5 Nb6+ 6.Kc5 Na8 7.Rh7+ Kc8 8.Kb5+- ] 2.Nc8+ Kb8 3.Ra4! [3.Rh7? Kxc8= ] 3...Kxc8 [3...Nb6 4.Nxb6+- ] 4.Rxa8+ Kc7 5.Kg4!! [Thematic try 5.Ke4!? Bh4! (5...Bf6? 6.Kd5+- ; 5...Bg5? 6.Rg8! Bh4 7.Kd5+- ) 6.Kd5 Bg3! 7.Rh8 (7.Ra7+ Kb8 8.Rg7 Bf4! 9.Rf7 Bh2= ) 7...Bf4! 8.Rg8 Bh2! 9.Rg7+ Kc8!0.Rg2 Bf4! 11.Rf2 Bg3 12.Rg2 Bf4 positional draw; Same thematic try 5.Ke6!? Bh4 6.Kd5 Bg3 7.Rf8 Bh2 8.Rg8 Bf4 9.Rh8 Bg3 10.Rh3 Bf4 etc - thematic try]
5...Bf6 [5...Be7 6.Ra7++- ] 6.Ra7+ Kb8 [6...Kxc6 7.Ra6++- ] 7.Rb7+ Kc8 8.Kf5 Bh4 9.Rg7 and wins.

[9.Rd7!? Bg3!= ; 9.Kg4!? Be1! (9...Bf2? 10.Kf4! Bg1 11.Rh7! Bc5 12.Ke5+- ) 10.Re7 Bb4 11.Ra7 Bd6= ]
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