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Subject: Re: Nightmare position 14 (draw)

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 01:43:09 10/23/05

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On October 22, 2005 at 19:18:51, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>[Event "Kasparian 1954"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "????.??.??"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Nightmare Nr.014"]
>[Black "?"]
>[Result "*"]
>[Annotator "W.Eigenmann"]
>[SetUp "1"]
>[FEN "8/8/R7/1b4k1/5p2/1B3r2/7P/7K w - - 0 1"]
>[PlyCount "13"]
>[Source "Walter Eigenman"]
>[SourceDate "2005.09.30"]
>
>1. h4+ $11 (1. Ra3 $2 Rd3 2. Kg2 Kh4 3. Kg1 (3. Kf2 f3 $19) (3. h3 Bc6+ $19)
>3... f3 4. Kf2 Rc3 5. h3 (5. Ba4 Rxa3 6. Bxb5 Kg4 $19) 5... Rd3 $19) 1... Kxh4
>2. Rh6+ Kg5 (2... Kg3 3. Rg6+ Kf2 (3... Kh3 4. Rh6+ $11) 4. Rg2+ Ke3 (4... Ke1
>5. Bd5 Rf1+ (5... Rd3 6. Rg4 Rd4 (6... f3 7. Bxf3 $11) 7. Kg1 $11) (5... Rh3+
>6. Kg1 Be2 7. Rf2 $11) 6. Kh2 Be2 (6... Rf2 7. Kg1 Rxg2+ 8. Bxg2 $11) (6... f3
>7. Rc2 Be2 8. Rc1+ Bd1 9. Bc4 Rf2+ 10. Kg3 Rg2+ 11. Kf4 f2 12. Rxd1+ Kxd1 13.
>Kf3 $11) 7. Rg6 Kf2 (7... Bf3 8. Bxf3 Rxf3 $11) 8. Rb6 $11) 5. Bd5 Rf1+ (5...
>Rh3+ 6. Kg1 $11) 6. Kh2 Be2 7. Rg8 Bf3 8. Bxf3 Kxf3 9. Rf8 $11) 3. Rh5+ Kxh5 4.
>Bd1 Kg4 5. Kg2 Bc6 6. Be2 Bd5 7. Bd1 $11 *
>
>The end position after 1. Ra3 ? given in the analysis above after 5...Rd3 -+ is:
>
>[D] 8/8/8/1b6/7k/RB1r1p1P/5K2/8 w - -
>
>How will black win after 6. Ra4+ ?
>
>Regards,
>Dieter


      Hi Dieter
      You are of course right. In the above end position,
      6.Ra4+ !! leads to a simple draw.
      Regards
      Kurt

[Event "Blitz:90'+30""]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Utzinger"]
[Black "Fritz 9"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/R7/1b4k1/5p2/1B3r2/7P/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. Ra3 Rd3 2. Kg2 Kh4 3. Kg1 f3 4. Kf2 Rc3 5. h3 Rd3 6. Ra4+ Bxa4 7. Bxa4 Kxh3
8. Bb5 Rc3 9. Bd7+ Kh4 (9... Kh2 10. Bg4 Ra3 11. Bxf3) 10. Be6 *





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