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Iuri Akobia (with R.Becker)
2.p Kozlowski 100 MT, 2012

Draw

1.f5!
[1.Ne3+? Kd4 2.Ke2 Bf7 3.a3 (3.a4 Bb3 (Be8) -+) 3...Kc3 -+] 1...Bxf5 [1...Bf7 2.Ke3 (Ke2) 2...Kc5 (2...Kc4 3.Kd2 =) 3.a3 Kc4 4.Kd2 =] 2.Ne3+ Ke4 3.Nc4! [3.Nxf5? Kxf5 and Black has an easy win with his pawn on b6] 3...b5 [3...Be6 4.Nxb6 Bxa2 5.Ke2 (Ke1) =] 4.Nd6+ [4.Nxa5? Kd4 (Kd3) -+] 4...Ke5 5.Nxf5 Kxf5 Now the pawn is on b5 and White can draw 6.Kf3! zz
6...Ke5
[main A 6...Kg5 7.Ke3! zz 7...Kg6 8.Ke2! zz 8...Kg5 9.Ke3 Kg4 10.Ke4 zz 10...Kg3 11.Ke3 zz 11...Kg2 12.Ke2 zz 12...Kg1 13.Ke1 zz =] 7.Ke3 zz 7...Kd5 8.Kd3 zz 8...Kc5 9.Kc3 zz
9...a4 10.Kc2 Kb4 11.Kb2
zz 11...a5 12.Kb1! zz [Thematic try 12.Ka1 (Kc2) !? 12...Ka3 zz 13.Kb1 b4 zz 14.Ka1 b3 zz 15.Kb1 b2 zz -+] 12...Ka3 13.Ka1 zz 13...b4 14.Kb1 zz 14...b3 15.Ka1 zz
15...bxa2
stalemate.

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