Iuri Akobia (with R.Becker)
1.c Tata Steel 75, 2013
Draw



1.Rb8+!
[1.Rd7? h3 2.Rxd5 h2 3.Rd8+ Kh7! 4.Rd1 Rxf3+ -+; 1.Kg4? h3! 2.Rb2 (2.Kg3 h2 -+) 2...Kf7 3.Rf2 (3.Kg3 Ke6 4.Re2+ Kd6 5.Rh2 d4 6.Rxh3 Kd5 -+) 3...Ke6 4.Kxh3 d4 5.Kg3 Kd5 -+] 1...Kf7 [1...Kh7 2.Kg4! Ra4+ 3.f4 Ra6 4.Kxh4 Rd6 5.Kg3 d4 6.Kf2 d3 7.Ke1 d2+ 8.Kd1 Kg6 9.Rb5 (Rb7) =] 2.Rb7+ Kf8 Now everything is in order. White forced the black king to f8 and he can attack the pawn d5 3.Rd7! [3.Kg4? h3 4.Rd7 h2 -+; 3.Rb8+? Ke7! 4.Rb7+ Kd6 -+] 3...Rxf3+ [3...h3 4.Rxd5 h2 5.Rd8+ Kf7 6.Rh8= ] 4.Kg4 Rd3 5.Kxh4 Rd1 [5...Rd2 6.Kh3! Rd1 7.Kg2! Rd4 8.Kg3! etc.] 6.Kh3! Rd2 7.Kh4! [Thematic try 7.Kg3? Rd4 zz 8.Kf3 Kg8! zz 9.Ke3 Re4+ 10.Kf3 Re5 11.Kf4 Rh5 12.Rd8+ Kf7!-+ (not 12...Kh7? 13.Rd6 and back to the main line) ]
7...Rd1 8.Kh3 Rd4 9.Kg3
zz [9.Kg2? Rg4+ 10.Kf3 Rg5 11.Kf4 Rh5 12.Kg4 g6-+ ] 9...Kg8 10.Kf3 zz 10...Kf8 11.Kg3 positional draw, or 11...Kg8 12.Kf3 Kh7 13.Ke3 Rd1 14.Ke2 Rd4 15.Ke3 Re4+ 16.Kf3 Re5 17.Kf4 Rh5 18.Rd6! MAIN B [18.Kg4? Kh6 19.Rd6+ g6-+ ] 18...g6 [MAIN A 18...Kg8 19.Kg4 Re5 20.Kf4 Rh5 21.Kg4 positional draw with the perpetual attack on rook along the 5th rank] 19.Rd7+ Kh6 20.Kf3 (Kg3) 20...Rg5 21.Kf4 Rf5+ 22.Kg4 Re5 23.Kf4 Re4+ 24.Kf3 Rd4 25.Ke3 Rd1 26.Ke2 Rd4 27.Ke3 positional draw with the perpetual attack on rook along the 'd' file.

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