Study 15

Árpád Rusz
Schneider MT
2006

White wins

1.bxa7 [1.Nd6+? Ke6=] 1...Nb6! 2.cxb6 [2.Nd6+? Ke6 3.Nxc4 Bxc5=] 2...Bxb6+ 3.Kc8! [Thematic try: 3.Kd7? Bb5+ 4.Kc8 (4.Kd6 Bxa7=) 4...Ke7! (4...Bc6? 5.a8N! Bf2 6.Nd8++-) 5.a8Q Bc6! 6.Kb8 Kd7 7.Nc5+ Bxc5=] 3...Ke7!! [3...Bxa7 4.Nd6+ Ke6 5.Nxc4 Kd5 6.Kb7 Bf2 7.Nb6++-] 4.a8Q Bd5! [4...Be6+ 5.Kb8 Bd5 6.Na5! Bxa8 7.Kxa8 Kd6 (7...Bxa5 8.Kb7+-) 8.Kb7 Kc5 9.Nc4!+-] 5.Kb8 [5.Qb8?? Be6#] 5...Ke6! [5...Kd7 6.Nc5++-] 6.Nd8+ [6.Nc5+? Bxc5=; 6.Qa7? Bxa7+ 7.Kxa7 Bc4=] 6...Kd6 7.Nf7+ Ke6 [7...Kc5 8.Qb7! Bxb7 9.Kxb7 Kb5 10.Nd6+ Ka5 11.Nc4++-] 8.Ng5+ Ke5 [8...Kd6 9.Ne4++-] 9.Qb7! [9.Nf3+? Kd6 10.Qb7 Bxb7 11.Kxb7 Be3! (11...Kc5? 12.Nd4!+-; 11...Bf2? 12.Ne1! Kd5 13.Nd3 Bd4 14.Nb2!+-) 12.Ne1 Kd5 13.Nd3 Kc4=] 9...Bxb7 10.Kxb7 Be3 11.Kc6! +-

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Related studies: Study 15a Study 15b