Study 14

Árpád Rusz
Magyar Sakkvilág
2006
2nd Prize
(database section)
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Draw

1.g7 [1.c6? Kf3 2.c7 Rc1 3.g7 (3.Kxh3 Rh1#) 3...h2-+] 1...Rg1 2.Kxh3 Rxg7 [2...Rg3+ 3.Kh2 Rxg7 4.c6 Rc7 5.Na5=] 3.Nd8! [3.c6? Rg3+ 4.Kh2 (4.Kh4 Rg6! 5.Kh5 Rxc6 6.Nd8 Rf6-+)

echo

4...Rc3 5.Nd8 Kg4 6.Kg2 Rc2+ 7.Kf1 Kf3 8.Ke1 Rc4! 9.Nb7 (9.Kd2 Rd4+-+) 9...Ke3 10.Kd1 Rxc6 11.Na5 Rc3-+;

echo

3.Nd6? Rc7 4.Ne8 Rc6! mutual zugzwang (4...Rxc5? 5.Ng7 Rc6 6.Nh5+ Kf3 7.Kh4=) 5.Nd6 Rxc5-+] 3...Ke5 [3...Kf3 4.Kh4=; 3...Rd7 4.Nc6 (4.Ne6+? Kf5-+) 4...Ke4 5.Kg4 Rg7+ 6.Kh4! Rc7 7.Nd8 Ke5!? (7...Kf5 8.c6! mutual zugzwang 8...Rc8 9.Nf7 Rxc6 10.Kh5 Kf6 11.Nh6=) 8.Kg4! (8.c6? Kf5! mutual zugzwang 9.Kg3 Rc8 10.Nf7 Rxc6 11.Kh4 Rf6-+) 8...Kf6 9.c6 Ke7 10.Nb7 Rxc6 11.Na5 Rc3 12.Kf4 Kd6 13.Ke4 Kc5 14.Nb7+=] 4.c6! [4.Nc6+? Kd5 5.Nb4+ Ke4! 6.c6 (6.Nc2 Rg1!-+) 6...Kf3 7.Kh4 Rg4+-+; 4.Kh4? Rd7 5.Nc6+ Kd5 6.Nb4+ Kxc5 7.Nc2 Re7 8.Kg3 Re2-+] 4...Kd6

5.Kh2!! [5.Kh4? Re7 6.Kg4 Kc7 7.Nb7 Kxc6 8.Na5+ Kd5 9.Nb3 Re2 10.Nc1 Re3 11.Kf4 Kd4-+ mutual zugzwang]

chameleon echo

5...Re7 [5...Rc7 6.Kg2 (6.Kg3; 6.Kg1? Ke5! 7.Kf2 Rc8 8.Nf7+ Kf4 9.Nd6 Rxc6 10.Nb5 Rc2+ 11.Ke1 Rc5 12.Na3 Rc3 13.Nb5 Rd3 14.Ke2 Ke4 mutual zugzwang)

chameleon echo

6...Ke7 7.Nb7 Rxc6 8.Kf2! (8.Kf3? Rc7 9.Na5 Rc5 10.Nb3 Rc3+-+; 8.Kf1? Rf6+ 9.Ke2 Rf5 10.Kd3 Rb5-+) 8...Rf6+ 9.Ke3 Rf5 10.Kd4 Rb5 11.Nc5=; 5...Kc7 6.Ne6+=; 5...Rg8 6.c7!=] 6.Kg2! [6.Kg3? Kc7 7.Nb7 Kxc6 8.Na5+ Kb5! 9.Nb3 Re3+-+; 6.Kg1? Kc7 7.Nb7 Re5!-+] 6...Kc7 7.Nb7 Kxc6 [7...Re5 8.Kf3 (8.Kg3) 8...Kxc6 9.Kf4 Rd5 10.Ke4= mutual zugzwang]

8.Na5+ Kd5 9.Kf2! Switchback [9.Nb3? Re2+ 10.Kf1 (10.Kf3 Rc2! 11.Ke3 Rc3+-+) 10...Rb2! 11.Nc1 Rb1-+; 9.Kf1? Re3-+] 9...Rc7 10.Nb3 Rc2+ 11.Ke1 Kc4 12.Nd2+ Kd3 13.Nf1 =

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