Study 128

Árpád Rusz
Internet (Didukh's Blog)
2017

Draw

1. Nd5+ Ng7 2. Ne7! h4 3. Bc3! Thematic try: 3. Be5? h5 4. Bf4 Be4 5.Nd7 Bb1! Bristol Theme 6. b7 Qc2# 3... h5 4. Bd2 Be4! 4... Nf5 5. Bc3+ Ng7 6. Bd2 Bb7 7. Kb2! Nf5 8. Bc3+ Ng7 9. Bd2 positional draw

5. Nd3!! 5. Bf4? Bb1! Bristol 6. b7 Qc2#; 5. Kb2? Bb1! Bristol 6. b7 Qc2+ 7. Ka1 Qa2# 5... Bc6! 6. Nf4! Unlike to the thematic try now the f4 square was empty! 6. Nc5? Ba4! 7. b7 Qc2# 6... Qe4 7. Nfg6+ Kh7 8. Nf8+ Kh8 9. Nfg6+ perpetual check

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An interesting feature of this study is that there are no captures in the solution not even in the variations. Compare to this related study: Study 128a