Iuri Akobia (with R.Becker)
4.hm Variantim,.2007

Draw

1.Rh3 [1.Rxh7? Kxf3 -+] 1...Bxf5 [1...Kf2 2.Bg2 Ng3+ 3.Kxh2 Bxf5 4.Rxg3 Rh6+ 5.Bh3 =] 2.Bg4+ Ke4 [2...Kf2 3.Rf3+ Ke1 4.Bxf5= ; main 2...Kd2 3.Bxf5 Rxf5 4.Ra3 (Rb3) 4...Rg5 5.Ra2+ Ke3 6.Ra3+ Kf2 7.Ra2+= ] 3.Rh4! [3.Bxf5+? Rxf5 4.Ra3 Ne3 5.Ra4+ Kf3 6.Ra3 Kf2 7.Rb3 Rc5 8.Rb2+ Kg3 9.Rc2 Rf5 10.Rg2+ Kf3 11.Ra2 Ng4 12.Ra3+ Ke2 13.Ra2+ Kd3 14.Ra3+ Kc2-+ ] 3...Kf4 [main 3...Bxg4 4.Rxg4+ Kf3 5.Rg6 Rf4 6.Rg8 zz Rf7 7.Rg7 Rf6 8.Rg6 Rf5 9.Rg5 Rf4 10.Rg8 Ng3+ 11.Rxg3+ Kxg3 stalemate] 4.Bxf5+ Kxf5 5.Rd4 zz [5.Ra4!? Rh6! 6.Ra3 Nd2 7.Rg3 Rh4! 8.Rg8 Ke5 9.Re8+ Kd4! (9...Kf4!? 10.Rf8+ Ke4 11.Rf2 Nf3 12.Rxf3 Kxf3 stalemate) 10.Rg8 Rh5 11.Rg3 Kc4 12.Re3 Rf5 13.Re8 Nf3 14.Rd8 Kc3 15.Rd1 Kc2 16.Ra1 Rd5 17.Rf1 Rd3-+ ] 5...Ke5 [5...Rh6 6.Rd3 Ke4 7.Rf3 Kxf3 stalemate; 5...Rf8 6.Rd7 Ke4 7.Re7+ Kf3 (7...Kd3 8.Ra7 (Rb7) 8...Rg8 9.Ra3+ =) 8.Rf7+ Rxf7 stalemate] 6.Rh4 main
6...Rf7
[main 6...Rg6 7.Re4+ Kd5 8.Rd4+ Kc6 (8...Kxd4 stalemate) 9.Rc4+ Kb6 10.Rb4+ Ka6 11.Ra4+ positional draw, or] 7.Rh6! zz [7.Rh8? Ke4 8.Rg8 Rh7 9.Re8+ Kd3 10.Rd8+ Ke2 (Kc2) 11.Re8+ Kd1 12.Rd8+ Nd2 13.Rd4 Ke2 14.Ra4 Rh8 15.Ra2 Rh4 16.Rb2 Kd1 17.Ra2 Nf3-+ ] 7...Rf8 [main 7...Ke4 8.Re6+ Kf3 9.Rf6+ Rxf6 stalemate] 8.Rh7 zz [Thematic try 8.Rh4!? Rf6 zz 9.Ra4Rh6 10.Ra5+ Ke4 11.Ra4+ Kf3 12.Ra3+ Ne3 13.Rb3 Kf4 14.Rb4+ Kg5 15.Rb5+ Nf5 16.Rb3 Rh4 17.Ra3 Nh6 18.Ra5+ Kf6 19.Ra6+ Ke5 20.Ra5+ Kd6 21.Ra6+ Kc5-+ ] 8...Rg8 [main 8...Ke4 9.Re7+ Kf3 10.Rf7+ Rxf7 stalemate] 9.Re7+ Kd4 10.Rd7+ [10.Re4+!? Kd3 (10...Kxe4 stalemate) 11.Rd4+ Ke2 12.Re4+ Ne3 13.Kxh2 Kf3 14.Ra4 Rh8+ 15.Kg1 Rb8 16.Ra3 Rb2 17.Rc3 Re2 18.Rb3 Kg3 19.Rb1 Rd2 etc.] 10...Ke5 11.Re7+ Kd5 12.Rd7+ Ke5 13.Re7+ [13.Rd5+? Ke4 14.Rd4+ Ke3 15.Re4+ Kd3 16.Rd4+ Ke2 etc.] 13...Kd4 14.Rd7+ Ke3 15.Re7+ Kd2 16.Rd7+ [16.Re2+? Kd3 17.Rg2 Rh8 18.Rg8 Rh3-+ ] 16...Ke1 17.Re7+ Kd2 18.Rd7+ Ke2 19.Re7+ Kf3 20.Rf7+=.

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