[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "1st (Nr25) Yuri Bazlov, Russia"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "R3K1Bq/pPp1B1N1/8/1P5p/1rnP4/4kp2/8/6bN w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. Nf5+ $1 (1. Bg5+ $1 Kd3 $19) (1. Bf6 $2 Qxg8+ 2. Ke7 Qd5 3. b8=Q Bh2 $19) (
1. Kf7 $2 Rxb5 2. b8=Q Rxb8 3. Rxb8 Kd2 4. Bf6 Qh6 5. Nf5 Nd6+ 6. Nxd6 cxd6 $19
{black has a simple technical win. Therefore}) ({It seems that a far advanced
pawn guarantees white an easy draw. But it is not. If, for example,} 1. b8=Q $2
Qxg8+ $19) 1... Kf4 $1 {With other wastes, white has a chance to win.} 2. Kd7
$3 {It is necessary to abandon the idea that a draw is possible only with the
Queen.} (2. b8=Q $2 Qxg8+ 3. Kd7 Qd5+ $19) 2... Nb6+ $1 3. Kc6 $1 {Wandering
in search of salvation, the king of white must very accurately choose the
place for his bet.} (3. Kxc7 $2 Rc4+ 4. Bc5 Bxd4 5. Bxc4 Be5+ 6. Kc6 Nxa8 7.
Be6 Kg5 8. Nd6 Qb8 9. Kd5 Bh2 $19) (3. Ke6 $2 Bxd4 4. Nxd4 Qh6+ 5. Kf7 Rxd4 6.
Rd8 Rxd8 7. Bxd8 Nd7 $19) 3... Rc4+ $1 4. Bxc4 (4. Bc5 $2 Qf6+ 5. Kxc7 Bh2 $19)
4... Nxa8 5. Be6 $1 (5. Ng7 $2 Qb8 6. Ne6+ (6. Bf7 Bxd4 7. Nxh5+ Ke3 8. Bg5+
Kd3 9. Nf4+ Kc3 $19) 6... Kf5 7. Bd8 h4 8. Bd5 f2 9. Nxf2 Bxf2 10. Nxc7 Nxc7
11. Bxc7 Qe8+ 12. Kc5 Qe3 13. b8=Q Qxd4+ 14. Kc6 Qc5+ 15. Kd7 (15. Kb7 Qxb5+)
15... Qxd5+ $19) 5... Qe8+ $1 (5... f2 6. Nxf2 Bxf2 7. b6 axb6 8. Kd7 b5 9. Bd8
Nb6+ 10. Kxc7 Bxd4 11. Nxd4 $11) 6. Bd7 $1 Qg8 $1 7. Bc8 $1 Qe8+ $1 8. Bd7 Qb8
$1 {Now that the dangerous pawn is held and blocked, black hopes to squeeze
the opponent with material superiority. However} 9. Bf6 $1 Ke4 $1 10. Be5 $1 h4
$1 (10... Kd3 11. Bc8 f2 12. Nxf2+ Bxf2 13. d5 a6 (13... a5 14. d6 Qa7 15. Kd7
Nb6+ 16. Ke8) (13... Bb6 14. Ne7) 14. d6 Qa7 15. b6 Qxb6+ 16. Kd7 Qb5+ 17. Ke6
{and draw have white "in pocket>>}) 11. b6 $3 ({Early} 11. Nxh4 $2 Bxd4 12.
Ng3+ (12. Bh2 Qd8 13. Bf5+ Ke3 14. Bg1+ Ke2 15. Ng3+ Kd1 16. b8=Q Qxb8 17. Bxd4
Qd8 18. Nxf3 Qd6+ 19. Kb7 Qd5+ 20. Kxa7 Qxf3 $19) 12... Kxe5 13. Nxf3+ Kf4 $19)
11... axb6 {Black knight was immured in the corner, where he got after taking
the rook, but the best is not visible.} ({After} 11... Nxb6 12. Bxc7 Qg8 13.
Nd6+ Kxd4 14. Bxb6+ axb6 15. Bc8 {white equalizes the material and the game.})
12. Nxh4 $1 (12. Nd6+ $2 cxd6 13. Bxd6 Qa7 $1 14. b8=Q Qa4+ 15. Kb7 Qxd7+ 16.
Kxa8 Bxd4 17. Qf8 b5 {and white it is time surrender.}) 12... Bxd4 $1 (12...
Qg8 13. Bf5+ Ke3 14. Bc8 $11) 13. Ng3+ $1 Kxe5 14. Nxf3+ Kf4 $1 15. Ne2+ $3 (
15. Nxd4 $2 Kxg3 $19) 15... Kxf3 {Black has an overwhelming advantage in power.
} 16. Kb5 $3 {Fantastic move: white also gives a pawn-his last hope, which
never became a queen.} Qxb7 {Nothing better.} (16... Kxe2 17. Bc6 $1 Qxb7 (
17... Qg8 18. bxa8=Q Qb3+ 19. Ka6 Qa3+ 20. Kb7 {"despite black's two extra
pawns, they can't win.} (20. Kb5 $2 Qd3+ 21. Ka4 Qc4+ 22. Ka3 Kd2 $19)) 18.
Bxb7 c6+ 19. Kxc6 $11) 17. Nxd4+ (17. Bc6+ $2 Qxc6+ 18. Kxc6 Kxe2 $19) 17...
Ke3 18. Nc6 $1 Ke4 (18... Kf4 19. Bh3 $1 {A positional draw with the black
knight immured, whereas the queen has no safe place to go. Only the black king
can walk, but one in the field is not a warrior-the opponent does not give him
the opportunity to break through the defense he built. For example,} (19. Be6
$2 Ke4 $1 $19 {ZZ}) 19... Kg5 20. Be6 {/d7 etc. positional draw}) 19. Be6 $1 {
zz when black moves, it is a draw.} (19. Bh3 $2 Kd5 $1 20. Bg2+ Kd6 $19) 19...
Kf4 20. Bd7 {/h3 positional draw Paradoxical positions: only two light pieces
of white led by their leader on a free board calmly restrain the onslaught of
the king, queen, knight and two pawns of the enemy!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "2nd (Nr24) Yuri Bazlov, Russia"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1B1k2r1/6P1/8/2N5/R3r3/8/6Pp/5Kb1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

{It is impossible to stop the h2 pawn, and it is dangerous to take it, since
after 1.Bxh2? Rxa4 2.Kxg1 Ra1+ 3.Kf2 3.Ke8 4.Ke3 Ra2 5.Be5 Kf7 black rooks and
the king will push white's light pieces to unfavorable positions, and then
take both pawns and bring the party to victory. Right only} 1. Ra8 $1 Ke7 $1 (
1... Ra4 2. Ba7+ Ke7 3. Rxg8 h1=Q 4. Re8+ Kd6 5. Rd8+ $1 (5. g8=Q $2 Bxc5+ 6.
Ke2 Ra2+ 7. Qxa2 Qxg2+ 8. Kd3 Qxa2 $19) 5... Kc6 (5... Kc7 6. Rc8+ Kd6 7. Rd8+
Ke7 8. Re8+ Kf6 9. g8=Q $1 Bxc5+ 10. Ke2 Ra2+ 11. Qxa2 Qxg2+ 12. Kd3 Qxa2 13.
Bxc5 Qb3+ 14. Ke4 Qc2+ 15. Kd5 $11) 6. Rc8+ Kb5 7. Rb8+ Ka5 8. Bb6+ Kb4 9. Ba7+
$1 Ka5 10. Bb6+ Kb5 11. Ba7+ {perpetual check}) 2. Bd6+ $1 Kf7 $1 3. Rf8+ $1
Kxg7 4. Nxe4 h1=Q (4... Rxf8+ 5. Bxf8+ Kxf8 6. Ng3 $11) 5. Ng3 $1 Qh8 $1 (5...
Qh2 6. Nf5+ $11) (5... Qh7 6. Nf5+ Kg6 7. Rxg8+ Kxf5 8. Rf8+ Ke6 9. Kxg1 Kxd6
10. Rf3 {theoretical positional draw}) 6. Be5+ $1 {White attempts to create an
impregnable fortress are useless:} (6. Rf5 $2 Kg6 7. Be5 Qh7 $1 8. Kxg1 Re8 $1
9. Bf4 Qa7+ 10. Kf1 Qa1+ 11. Kf2 Qe1+ 12. Kf3 Qd1+ 13. Kf2 Re2+ 14. Nxe2 Kxf5 {
with a win on Nalimov}) (6. Rf4 $2 Kg6 7. Kxg1 Qa1+ 8. Nf1 Qa7+ 9. Rf2 Re8 10.
Bf4 Re2 11. Be3 Qa2 12. Ng3 Qb1+ 13. Rf1 Re1 14. Kf2 Rxf1+ 15. Nxf1 Qf5+ $19) (
6. Nf5+ $2 Kh7 7. Rf7+ Kg6 $19) 6... Kxf8 7. Bxh8 Bh2 $1 (7... Bb6 8. Be5 $11 {
Both white pieces are attacked, but only one can be saved. Which to prefer?})
8. Nh1 $1 (8. Nf5 $2 Rxh8 9. g3 Rh5 $1 (9... Kf7 $2 10. Kg2 Kf6 11. Nh4 $11) (
9... Rg8 $2 10. Kg2 Rg5 11. Nd4 Bxg3 12. Ne6+ $11)) 8... Rxh8 9. g3 $1 Kf7 10.
Kg2 $1 Kg6 {All of a sudden, the elephant was trapped. The king rushes to the
rescue.} 11. Nf2 $1 Kf5 12. Nd1 $1 ({Thematic try} 12. Nh3 $2 Rd8 $1 (12... Ra8
13. g4+ Kxg4 14. Nf2+ Kf4 15. Nh3+ Ke3 16. Kxh2 Kf3 17. Ng1+ Kf2 18. Nh3+ Kf3
19. Ng1+ {In Yu. Averbach's "Chess endings" this position is considered as a
draw. But black here can move to another endgame. Averbach does not have it
listed, although, in general, it is also well known:} Kg4 20. Kg2 $1 Ra2+ 21.
Kf1 Kf4 22. Ke1 (22. Ne2+ Ke3 23. Ng1 {- both last moves between knight and
king are an inconsequential duality as they result in the same position -} Rh2
24. Ke1 Rf2 25. Nh3 Rb2 26. Kf1 $1 Kf3 27. Ng1+ $1 {lost, of course,} (27. Ng5+
$2 Kf4 28. Ne6+ Ke3 29. Ng5 Rh2 $19) (27. Ke1 $2 Rb1+ 28. Kd2 Rb5 29. Ng1+ Kf2
30. Nh3+ Kg3 $1 31. Ng1 Rb2+ $1 32. Kd3 Rb3+ $1 33. Kc2 Re3 $1 34. Kd1 Kf2 $1
35. Kd2 Ra3 36. Ne2 Ra2+ $19) 27... Ke3 28. Nh3 {- on the board another
theoretical positional draw, where the weakest side demonstrates ways to
defend in such endings. But black is not obliged to throw the rook to the
opposite corner on the twelfth move. They can play more accurately}) 22... Ke3
23. Kf1) 13. g4+ ({or} 13. Kxh2 Rd2+ 14. Kg1 Kg4 15. Nf2+ Kf3 $1 $19) 13...
Kxg4 14. Nf2+ Kf4 15. Nh3+ Kf5 $1 16. Kxh2 Kg4 17. Kg2 Rd2+ 18. Nf2+ Kf4 19.
Kf1 {the win is obvious.}) 12... Ke4 $1 {Black is looking for other
opportunities to turn the fight in his favor.} 13. Nf2+ Kf5 14. Nd1 $1 {
positional draw!} Rd8 $1 (14... Rc8 $1 {This option is interesting for
practitioners as an example of a game in the endgame, where in addition to the
knight, white has a pawn. Of course, this circumstance strengthens their
defensive capabilities, but not so much as to allow themselves to relax. The
figures of both sides operate at the limit of their capabilities,
demonstrating high maneuverability, mobility and accurate calculation.} 15.
Kxh2 Rc2+ 16. Kh3 $1 (16. Kg1 $2 Rc1 $19) 16... Ke4 $1 17. Kg4 $1 ({What
should we do next? Their knight is immobilized, and on} 17. g4 $2 {the easiest
way wins} Kf4 {White should play extremely carefully:}) (17. Kh4 $2 Kd4 18. g4
Rd2 {But now it is up to the blacks to exercise caution.}) 17... Rd2 $1 (17...
Kd4 18. Kf3 $1 $11) 18. Nc3+ Ke5 $1 {t seems that black managed to put the
opponent in a desperate situation.} 19. Kh4 $1 {What cannot be was two moves
before, now use to anyone in the most times.} ({Now it is bad as} 19. Nb5 $2
Rd3 20. Kh4 Rb3 21. Nc7 Rb7 22. Na6 Kd6 23. g4 Rb6 $19) (19. Na4 $2 Rd4+ $19) (
19. Kf3 $2 Rd3+ $19) (19. Kh5 $2 Rc2 $1 (19... Rd3 $2 20. Ne2 $1 Re3 21. Nf4 $1
Rxg3 22. Ng6+ $11) 20. Na4 Kf6 21. Nb6 Rc5+ 22. Kh6 (22. Kg4 Rb5 23. Nc4 {/a4}
Rb4 $19) 22... Ke6 $1 23. Kg6 Rc6 $1 24. Na4 Rc4 25. Nb2 Rg4+ 26. Kh5 Kf5 27.
Nd1 Rxg3 28. Kh4 Rf3 29. Nb2 Rf2 $19 {Remains the only}) 19... Kd4 $1 {White
again faces a difficult choice.} 20. Na4 $3 (20. Nb5+ $2 Kc5 21. Nc7 (21. Nc3
Kb4 22. Ne4 Rd4 $19) 21... Re2 22. Kg5 Kc6 23. Na6 Rb2 $19) 20... Ra2 21. Nb6
$1 Ra6 (21... Kc5 22. Nd7+ $11) 22. Nc8 $1 {Turns out, even in such a studied
along and across material are possible finds!} ({White came to the moment of
truth. Alas, now impossible the obvious} 22. Nd7 $2 {because of} Rd6 $1 23. Nf8
Rf6 24. Nd7 Rh6+ $19) 22... Re6 (22... Ke5 23. Ne7 $1 Ke6 24. Ng6 $1 $11 {
still a draw! After a round-the-world tour of the chessboard, the white knight
was finally reunited with his king.} ({after} 24. Ng8 $2 Kf7 $1 {white lost
his knight})) 23. g4 $1 (23. Kh5 $2 Kc5 24. g4 Re8 25. Na7 Ra8 26. g5 Rxa7 27.
g6 Kd6 $19) (23. Kg5 $2 Kc5 24. g4 Kc6 25. Kf5 Kd7 $1 26. g5 Rc6 $1 27. Na7 Rc7
28. Nb5 Rc5+ $19) 23... Kc5 24. g5 $1 Re8 25. Na7 $1 Ra8 26. g6 $1 Rxa7 27. Kg5
$1 Kd6 28. Kf6 $11 {white manages to exchange the converted pawn for a rook.})
15. Ne3+ $1 (15. Nf2 $2 Rd2 $19) 15... Ke4 16. Nf1 $1 {It seems that white has
achieved his goal: the bishop was under a double blow, and the d2 square field
is controlled by the knight. But not everything is so simple even in such a
clear-looking position - a draw still needs to be earned.} Bg1 $1 {Not a bad
answer.} 17. Kxg1 Kf3 $1 18. Nh2+ Kxg3 19. Nf1+ Kf3 20. Nh2+ {Positional draw?
A similar echo-position of the eternal shah has already been encountered in
the thematic try after 12.Nh3, so black tries to evade the knight's pursuit.}
Ke2 21. Kg2 $1 (21. Ng4 $2 Rg8 $19) 21... Rg8+ 22. Kh3 Ke3 23. Kh4 (23. Ng4+)
23... Kf4 24. Kh3 {/Nh2} Rg1 25. Kh4 Rg3 26. Nf1 Rg7 27. Kh3 Kf3 28. Nh2+ $1 (
28. Nd2+ $2 Ke3 $1 29. Nc4+ Kf4 $1 30. Nd2 Rg1) (28. Kh4 Rh7+ 29. Kg5 Rd7 30.
Nh2+ Kg3 31. Nf1+ Kf2 32. Nh2 Rg7+ 33. Kf5 Rf7+ 34. Kg6 Rf4 35. Kh5 Kg3 36. Kg5
Rf8 37. Ng4 Rg8+ $19) 28... Kf4 29. Nf1 $11 {- a theoretical positional draw,
forming, like the whole game of the parties, an exact echo in relation to the
same draw from a false trail. On the fourteenth move, black could play
differently -} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "3rd (Nr18) Luis M. González, Spain"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4q3/8/P1r4k/1R6/1n3n2/8/5PP1/Q5K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. a7 $1 (1. Rxb4 $2 Ne2+ $1 2. Kf1 Rc1+ $19) 1... Qa8 $1 (1... Ne2+ 2. Kh2 $1
Ra6 3. a8=Q Qxa8 4. Rb6+ Kh7 5. Qb1+ Kh8 6. Qxb4 $11) (1... Ra6 2. Rb6+ $1 Rxb6
3. a8=Q Ne2+ 4. Kf1 $11) 2. Rb7 $1 (2. Rxb4 $2 Rc1+ 3. Qxc1 Qxg2#) (2. f3 $2
Ra6 $1 3. Qe5 Qxa7+ 4. Kh2 Nbd3 $19) 2... Rg6 $1 3. g3 Nbd3 $1 4. Kf1 $1 Qe8 $1
5. Re7 $1 (5. gxf4 $2 Nxf4 $1 6. Qb2 Qd8 $1 7. Qc2 Qd5 $19) 5... Qc8 $1 6. Rd7
$1 Qa8 7. Rb7 $1 Nh5 $1 (7... Nh3 8. Qd4 $1 Qxb7 9. Qh8+ Kg5 10. Qh4+ $1 Kf5
11. Qxh3+ Rg4 12. Qh5+ Rg5 13. g4+ Kf4 14. Qh2+ Kxg4 15. Qg3+ Kh5 16. a8=Q $1
Qxa8 17. Qf3+ $1 Qxf3 {stalemate}) (7... Nc5 8. Qe5 Nxb7 9. Qxf4+ Kh7 10. Qh4+
Kg8 11. Qc4+ $11) (7... Ne6 8. Qa4 $1 $11) 8. Qd4 $1 (8. Kg1 $2 Nxg3 $1 9. fxg3
Rxg3+ 10. Kh2 Rg6 $1 11. Qd4 Qxb7 12. Qh8+ Kg5 13. a8=Q Qc7+ $1 14. Kh1 Nf2+
15. Kg1 Kf5+ 16. Qg2 (16. Kf1 Qc1+ 17. Kxf2 Qd2+ 18. Kf3 Qf4+ 19. Ke2 Re6+ 20.
Kd1 Rd6+ 21. Kc2 Qd2+ {mates}) 16... Qc1+ 17. Kh2 Rh6+ 18. Qxh6 Qxh6+ 19. Kg1
Nh3+ 20. Kh1 Nf4+ 21. Qh2 Qc6+ 22. Kg1 Qc1+ 23. Kf2 Qd2+ 24. Kg1 Qe1#) (8. Qa2
$2 Rf6 $1 9. Kg1 (9. Qd2+ Nhf4 $1 10. Qc3 Nd5 11. Qd2+ N3f4 $1 $19) 9... Nhf4
$1 10. f3 Ne2+ $1 11. Kh2 Ne5 12. Qd2+ Nf4 $1 13. Qe3 Qxb7 $19) 8... Nxg3+ $1 (
8... Rf6 9. Qd7 $1 Nxg3+ (9... Nc5 10. Qh7+ Kg5 11. f4+ $1 Kg4 12. Kf2 $1 Ra6
13. Rg7+ $1 Nxg7 14. Qxg7+ Kf5 15. Qf7+ $1 Rf6 16. Qh5+ Ke6 17. Qe5+ Kf7 18.
Qxc5 $11) 10. Kg1 $1 Ne2+ 11. Kh2 Ne5 (11... Rxf2+ 12. Kh1 Rf8 13. Kh2 $1 $11)
12. Qh7+ Kg5 13. Qg7+ Ng6 14. Rb5+ Rf5 15. Rxf5+ Kxf5 16. Qd7+ $1 Ke4 17. f3+
Kxf3 18. Qg4+ Kxg4 {stalemate}) (8... Qxb7 9. Qh8+ Kg5 10. a8=Q Qb1+ 11. Kg2
Nhf4+ 12. Kh2 $1 Rh6+ 13. Qxh6+ Kxh6 14. gxf4 $11) 9. fxg3 Qf8+ (9... Qxb7 10.
Qh8+ Kg5 11. a8=Q Qb1+ 12. Kg2 Nf4+ 13. Kh2 {(f2)=}) 10. Ke2 $1 (10. Kg1 $2
Rxg3+ 11. Kh2 Rg2+ $1 12. Kxg2 Ne1+ 13. Kg3 Qf3+ 14. Kh4 Ng2#) 10... Nc1+ 11.
Kd2 Rd6 12. Rb6 $1 Nb3+ $1 13. Ke1 $1 (13. Ke3 $2 Nxd4 14. Rxd6+ Kg5 $1 15.
Rxd4 Qa3+ 16. Ke2 Qxa7 $19) 13... Nxd4 14. Rxd6+ Ne6 $1 15. Rxe6+ Kg5 16. Ke2
$1 (16. Re3 $2 Kg4 $1 17. Ke2 Kh3 $1 18. Re6 Kg2 $1 19. Re3 Kg1 $1 $19) 16...
Qa3 17. Re5+ $1 Kg6 $1 18. Re4 $1 Qxa7 19. Rg4+ $1 Kf5 20. Rf4+ Kg5 21. Kf1 $1
(21. Kf3 $2 Qg1 $1 $19) 21... Qe3 22. Kg2 $11 {theorical draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4th (Nr6) Árpád Rusz, Romania"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6p1/2K3P1/8/P1k5/7R/6p1/6r1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. Rh2 $1 {White has to hide its rook!} ({The rook wouldn't be safe on g3:} 1.
Rg3 $2 Kd4 2. Kd6 Ke4 3. Ke6 Kf4 $19 {The rook is caught!}) 1... Kb4 2. Kb7 $1
({Thematic try:} 2. Kb6 $2 Kxa4 3. Ka6 {The close opposition doesn't work.} Kb4
4. Kb6 Kc4 5. Kc6 Kd4 6. Kd6 Ke4 7. Ke6 Kf3 (7... Kf4 $2 8. Kf7 Kg3 9. Rxg2+ $1
Rxg2 10. Kxg7 $11) (7... Re1 $2 8. Rxg2 Kf3+ 9. Kf7 $11) 8. Kf7 Ra1 (8... Rb1)
(8... Rc1) 9. Rxg2 Ra7+ $1 $19) 2... Kxa4 3. Ka8 $3 {Distant opposition! The
king must be also hidden.} Kb5 (3... Ka3 4. Ka7 Ka2 5. Ka8 $1 {Only there!} Kb2
6. Kb8 Kc2 7. Kc8 Kd2 8. Kd8 Ke2 9. Ke8 Ke3 10. Ke7 Kd3 11. Kd7 Kc3 12. Kc7 Kb3
13. Kb7 Ka3 14. Ka7 Ka2 15. Ka8 {positional draw}) 4. Kb7 Kb4 5. Kb8 $1 Kc5 6.
Kc7 Kc4 7. Kc8 $1 Kd5 8. Kd7 Kd4 9. Kd8 $1 Ke5 10. Ke7 Ke4 11. Ke8 $1 Kf3 12.
Kf8 $1 {White should avoid the f7 square.} Ra1 13. Rxg2 $1 Kxg2 14. Kxg7 $11
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "5th (Nr15) Poul Rewitz, Denmark"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "R7/1N1nk3/B7/P4K2/3r2N1/1p5p/8/n7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. Bc4 $1 Rxc4 (1... b2 2. Ba2 $11) 2. Re8+ $1 (2. Ne3 $2 Rd4 $1 $19 (2... b2
$2 3. Nd5+ $1 Kf7 4. Nd8+ Kg8 5. Ne6+ Kh7 6. Ng5+ Kh6 7. Rh8+ Kg7 8. Rh7+ Kg8
9. Ne7+ Kf8 10. Ng6+ Ke8 11. Rh8+ Nf8 12. Rxf8+ Kd7 13. Ne5+ Kc7 14. Ne6+ Kb7
15. Nd8+ Kc7 16. Ne6+ $11) (2... Nb6 $2 3. axb6 b2 4. Nd5+ $1 Kd7 5. Rd8+ Kc6
6. Na5+ Kc5 7. Nb7+ Kd4 8. Nf4+ Kc3 9. Rd1 Kc2 10. Rh1 $11) (2... Rc6 $1 3.
Nd5+ Kf7 4. Nd8+ Kg7 5. Nxc6 b2 6. Nc3 h2 7. Rd8 h1=Q 8. Rxd7+ Kh6 $19)) 2...
Kxe8 3. Nd6+ Kd8 (3... Kf8 4. Nxc4 Nc2 5. Kf4 $1 Ne5 (5... Ne3 6. Kxe3 $11 {e.
g.} Ne5 7. Nb2 Nxg4+ 8. Kf3) 6. Kxe5 Ne3 7. Ngxe3 $1 (7. Ncxe3 $2 b2 8. Kf4
b1=Q 9. Kg3 Qh1 $19) 7... h2 8. Kd4 h1=Q 9. Kc3 Qb1 10. a6 Qa2 11. a7 $11) 4.
Nxc4 Nc2 $1 5. Kf4 $1 (5. a6 $2 Ne3+ $19 (5... h2 6. Nxh2 Ne3+ $19)) (5. Nf2 $2
Ne3+ 6. Nxe3 b2 $19) (5. Nd2 $2 Ne3+ 6. Nxe3 h2 $19) (5. Ke4 $2 Nf6+ $19 (5...
b2 6. Nxb2 Nf6+ 7. Kf3 Nxg4 $19)) 5... Ne5 $1 (5... Ne3 6. Kxe3 Ne5 7. Nb2 (7.
Ngxe5 h2 8. Kd3 {(Kd2/Kd4)} h1=Q 9. Kc3 Qb1 10. Nc6+ $1 $11) 7... Nxg4+ 8. Kf3
$11) 6. Kxe5 Ne3 7. Ngxe3 $1 (7. Ncxe3 $2 b2 8. Kf4 b1=Q 9. Kg3 Qh1 $19 (9...
Qh7 $19)) 7... h2 8. Kd4 $1 h1=Q 9. Kc3 Qb1 10. a6 $1 Kc8 (10... Kc7 11. Nd5+
$11 (11. a7 $11)) (10... Qa2 11. a7 $11) 11. a7 Kb7 12. Na5+ Kxa7 13. Nxb3 Qe1+
14. Kd3 (14. Kd4 $2 Qb4+ $19) 14... Qb1+ 15. Kc3 (15. Kc4 $2 Qe4+ $19) 15...
Qe1+ 16. Kd3 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "6th (Nr4) Vasilij G. Lebedev, (Russia)"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r6/6p1/B1P2pKP/5r2/4k2P/3bP1P1/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. c7 $1 Ra8 $1 2. c8=Q $3 ({Thematic try} 2. c8=R $2 Rxa6 $1 (2... Rxc8 $2 3.
Bxc8 $11 {main line}) 3. hxg7 Kxe3 $1 (3... Kf3 $2 4. g8=Q {Phoenix} Rg5+ 5.
Kh6 Rxg8 6. Rxg8 f5+ 7. Kg5 Ra5 8. Kf6 $11) 4. Kh6 $1 (4. g8=Q Rg5+ $19) 4...
Rb5 $1 5. Re8+ Kf3 6. g8=Q f5+ 7. Re6 {selfpin} Bc4 $19) (2. Bb7+ $2 Kxe3 $19 (
2... Rd5 $2 3. Bxa8 $1 Kxe3+ 4. Kxg7 Rd7+ 5. Kxf6 $11)) (2. Bxd3+ $2 Kxd3 3.
Kxf5 gxh6 $19) 2... Rxc8 3. Bxc8 Rc5 $1 (3... Rf3 4. Kxg7 (4. hxg7 $2 Ke5+ $19)
4... Ke5 (4... Rxg3+ 5. Kxf6 $11) 5. g4 $11) 4. Bf5+ $1 Rxf5 (4... Kxe3 5. Bxd3
gxh6 6. Bf5 h5 7. g4 hxg4 (7... Kf4 8. Kxh5 $11) 8. Bxg4 $11) 5. h7 $1 Rh5 $1
6. Kxh5 Kf5 7. g4+ (7. h8=Q $2 Be2+ 8. g4+ Bxg4#) (7. e4+ Bxe4 8. g4+ Ke6 9.
h8=Q (9. g5 Kf5 10. h8=Q Bf3#) 9... Kf7 10. Qh6 gxh6 11. Kxh6 Kg8 12. g5 f5 $19
) 7... Ke6 8. h8=Q $1 {Phoenix} (8. h8=R $2 Kf7 9. Rh6 Be4 $19) (8. h8=N $2 Bc2
{(Be4) -+} (8... Bb1 $2 9. g5 $1 f5 10. Ng6 $1 (10. Kg6 $2 f4+ $19) 10... Be4
$1 11. Nf8+ $1 Kf7 {thr 12...Bf3#} 12. g6+ Kxf8 13. Kg5 Ke7 14. h5 Ke6 15. h6
$11)) 8... Kf7 9. Qh6 $3 Be4 $1 (9... gxh6 10. Kxh6 $11) 10. Qg5 $3 fxg5 11.
Kxg5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "7th (Nr7) M.Hlinka & L.Kekely, Slovakia"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b1R3/4pp2/3Pp1PN/8/3K4/3p2r1/1k6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. Ng4 $1 (1. Rxc8 $2 d2 2. Rb8+ Kc2 3. Rc8+ Kd1 4. Ra8 exd6 5. Nxf7 Rg4+ 6.
Kd3 Ke1 $19) 1... d2 (1... Rxg4+ 2. Kxd3 Rxg6 3. dxe7 Bd7 4. Rd8 Ba4 5. Ra8 $11
) 2. Nf2 e5+ $1 (2... Rf3 3. Nd1+ Kc2 4. dxe7 Kxd1 5. Rd8 Kc2 6. Kc5 Rc3+ 7.
Kb4 Rb3+ 8. Kc5 $11) (2... exd6 3. gxf7 Rf3 4. f8=Q Rxf8 5. Rxf8 Ba6 6. Ke3 Kc2
7. Rf6 $11) 3. Kxe5 (3. Kc5 $2 exd6+ $19) 3... exd6+ (3... Rxg6 4. Rxc8 Re6+ 5.
Kf4 exd6 6. Rc6 $11) 4. Kd4 $1 {switchback. now important column for white
rook is opened} (4. Kf4 $2 Rxg6 5. Ke3 Rg2 6. Kxd2 Rxf2+ 7. Ke3 Rc2 $19) 4...
Rf3 (4... Be6 5. gxf7 Bxf7 6. Re2 Kc1 7. Rxd2 $1 Kxd2 8. Ne4+ $11 {fork}) 5.
Re2 (5. Nd1+ $2 Kc2 $1 6. g7 Rd3+ $1 7. Kc4 Ba6+ 8. Kb4 Rg3 9. g8=Q Rxg8 10.
Rxg8 Kxd1 $19) 5... Kc1 (5... fxg6 6. Rxd2+ Kc1 7. Re2 Ba6 8. Ra2 g5 9. Kd5 Kb1
10. Rxa6 Rxf2 11. Ke4 $11) 6. Rxd2 Kxd2 7. g7 (7. Ne4+ $2 Ke2 8. g7 Rd3+ 9. Kc4
Be6+ $19) 7... Be6 (7... Rf4+ 8. Ne4+ Rxe4+ 9. Kxe4 Be6 10. g8=Q {or 9.g8R} f5+
11. Kd4 Bxg8 {stalemate as in main}) 8. g8=Q (8. Ne4+ $2 Ke2 9. g8=Q Rd3#) 8...
Rf4+ 9. Ne4+ Rxe4+ 10. Kxe4 f5+ 11. Kd4 {switchback} Bxg8 {central ideal
stalemate. Meredith. Fork. Mate. All pieces in final position moved.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "8th (Nr14) GeirSune T. Ostmoe, Norway"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k1K1/6P1/3P3P/1b6/4P3/6q1/3N4/1Nb5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. h7 Qb3+ $1 2. Nxb3 Bc4+ 3. Kh8 Bb2 4. Nc3 $1 ({Logical try:} 4. e5 $2 Bxe5
5. Nd4 Bxd4 6. d7+ Kf7 7. d8=N+ Kg6 8. Ne6 Bxe6 {(not stalemate)} 9. Nc3 Bxg7#)
4... Bxc3 5. e5 $1 ({Logical try:} 5. Nd4 $2 Bxd4 6. e5 Bxe5 7. d7+ Kf7 8.
d8=N+ Kg6 9. Ne6 Kh6 $1 {(unlike on d4, the bishop is not threatened on e5)}
10. Nf4 Bxg7#) 5... Bxe5 6. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 7. d7+ Kf7 8. d8=N+ Kg6 9. Ne6 $1 Be5 (
9... Bxe6 {stalemate}) 10. Nf4+ Kh6 11. Nh5 Ba2 (11... Kxh5 {stalemate}) 12.
Nf6 $1 Bxf6 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "9th (Nr19) M.Gromov-O.Pervakov, Russia"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/2P3pp/2p5/4p1P1/P6B/8/3pK2P/2b5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. g6 $1 (1. Bg3 $2 d1=Q+ $1 2. Kxd1 Bf4 3. Bxf4 exf4 4. Ke2 Kxc7 5. Kf3 Kb6 6.
Kxf4 Ka5 7. Ke5 Kxa4 8. Kd6 Kb5 $19) 1... hxg6 2. Bd8 d1=Q+ $1 (2... e4 3. a5
$1 d1=Q+ 4. Kxd1 Be3 5. Ke2 Bd4 6. a6 $11) 3. Kxd1 Bf4 4. h3 $3 ({Logical try} 
4. h4 $2 e4 $1 5. Ke2 Bxc7 6. Bxc7 Kxc7 7. Ke3 Kb6 8. Kxe4 Ka5 $1 9. Kd4 Kb4 $1
10. a5 Kb5 $1 $19 {zz Mutual zugzwang.}) (4. Ke2 $2 Bxh2 5. Kf2 (5. Kf3 Bg1 $19
) 5... Bf4 6. a5 Bd2 7. a6 Ba5 8. Kf3 Bb6 9. Ke4 Bd4 10. Kf3 g5 $1 $19) 4... e4
5. Ke2 Bxc7 (5... g5 6. a5 $1 Bxc7 7. Bxg5 Bxa5 8. Ke3 Bd8 9. Bf4 Kd7 10. Kxe4
$11) 6. Bxc7 $1 (6. Bg5 $2 Bb6 7. a5 (7. Be3 Kb7 $19) 7... Bd4 $1 8. Be3 c5 $19
) 6... Kxc7 7. Ke3 Kb6 8. Kxe4 Ka5 (8... Kc5 9. Ke5 Kb4 10. Kd6 $1 c5 11. a5
$11) 9. Kd4 Kb4 $1 10. a5 $1 Kb5 $1 11. h4 $1 {zz. Mutual zugzwang.} g5 12.
hxg5 g6 13. Ke5 c5 14. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "10th (Nr20) Pervakov-Sumbatyan, Russia"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r5/5P2/3K4/7R/Pk4r1/1p6/3p4/1R6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. Kd7 $1 ({Loses} 1. Rd5 $2 Rd8+ 2. Kc7 Rf8 3. Rxd2 Rxf7+ 4. Kd6 Rg6+ 5. Ke5
Rg5+ 6. Ke4 Re7+ 7. Kf4 Rg8 8. Kf5 Rf8+ 9. Kg6 Re3 $19) ({Too early} 1. Rb5+ $2
Kxa4 2. R5xb3 Rc1 3. Rd3 Rf4 $1 $19) 1... Rgc4 $1 {Easy draw after} (1... Ra8
2. Rb5+ $1 Kxa4 3. R5xb3 Rd4+ (3... d1=Q+ 4. Rxd1 Kxb3 5. Rf1 $11) (3... Rf4 4.
R3b2 $11) 4. Ke6 d1=Q 5. Rxd1 Rxd1 6. Rf3 $11) 2. Rb5+ Kxa4 3. R5xb3 R4c7+ $1 {
Cunning check.} ({After} 3... Rc1 4. Rb4+ Ka5 5. Rb5+ Ka6 6. Rb6+ Ka7 7. Rb7+
Ka8 8. Rb8+ Rxb8 9. Rxb8+ Ka7 10. Ra8+ $1 Kb7 11. Rb8+ $11 {draw is obvious})
4. Ke6 $1 ({Strong try:} 4. Kd6 $2 Rc1 $1 5. Rb4+ Ka5 6. Rb5+ Ka6 7. Rb6+ Ka7
8. Rb7+ Ka8 9. Rb8+ $5 Rxb8 10. Rxb8+ Kxb8 11. f8=Q+ Rc8 12. Qf3 d1=Q+ $1 13.
Qxd1 Rd8+ $19) 4... d1=Q 5. Rb4+ $1 ({Logical try:} 5. Rxd1 $2 Kxb3 6. Rd7 Rc3
$1 7. Rd5 Rf3 8. Rf5 Rc6+ 9. Ke5 Rc5+ $19 {black rook f3 is not attack by
white king!}) 5... Ka3 6. Rxd1 Kxb4 7. Rd7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:07] It is necessary
to kick black rook from the 7-th line.} ({After} 7. Rf1 $2 Rf8 $1 $19 {the
plan of Black/^s winning though the only, but simple: they bring the king on
s8, then put the rook on d7, play the king on d8 and give the decisive check
by rook from e7.}) 7... Rc4 $1 {Defending against the threat of transferring
white rook to line <<f>>:} (7... Rc1 8. Rd4+ Kc3 9. Rf4 $11) 8. Rd5 $1 ({This
is the death - to allow the transfer of black rook to the line <<f>>:} 8. Kf6
$2 Rf4+ $19 {and further, putting king on c5, combining threats to pawn f7 (so
white rook cannot leave the 7-th line when king on g7 due to the pin of pawn)
and possible checks of black rook from the rear with white king 's throw away
from pawn, Black win quite easily.}) 8... R4c7 9. Rd7 Rc4 10. Rd5 Rf4 {Or
positional draw.} 11. Rf5 $1 Rc6+ 12. Ke5 $11 {nd black rook on f4 was attack
by white king thanks to the check 5.Rb4+!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "11th (Nr23) Vladislav Tarasiuk, Ukraine"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "RRQK4/1PPP4/P2n4/2k5/1N6/5rP1/b7/N7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

{White has considerable material advantage, but Black is essentially
compensated for it: the white pieces blockaded in the upper left corner have
limited mobility and his king is weak, facing the threat of mate in the not
too distant future.} 1. Nb3+ $3 ({Thematic try:} 1. Nd3+ $2 Kd5 2. Nf4+ Rxf4 $1
3. gxf4 Ke6 $1 4. Ra7 Kf7 5. Rba8 Kf8 6. Qb8 Nf7+ 7. Kc8 Be6 $11 {Position X
with wNa1}) 1... Bxb3 2. Nd3+ Kd5 $1 (2... Rxd3 3. Ke7 $18) 3. Nf4+ Rxf4 4.
gxf4 Ke6 $1 5. Ra7 $1 (5. f5+ $2 Kf7 6. Ra7 Kf8 7. Rba8 Nf7#) 5... Kf7 6. Rba8
Kf8 7. Qb8 Nf7+ 8. Kc8 Be6 {Position X without wNa1} 9. f5 Ke7 $1 (9... Bxf5 {
- stalemate.}) 10. f6+ $1 (10. fxe6 $2 Nd6#) 10... Kxf6 {- the stalemate with
active lockup of three white pieces became possible due to White's
anticipatory move 1.Nb3+!! in the starting part of the solution, concerted
play of the white pieces, and the climax in the finale, with a refusal to
capture and a sacrificed pawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "12th (Nr1) M.Hlinka & L.Kekely, Slovakia"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1kr5/N1pn3B/K4R2/8/8/pbN5/6r1/6B1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. Rf4 $1 (1. Nc6+ $2 Ka8 2. Be4 Nxf6 3. Bxg2 Rg8 4. Bf3 Bc4+ 5. Ka5 a2 6. Nxa2
Rxg1 $19) 1... a2 (1... Re8 2. Rb4+ Ka8 3. Rxb3 Rxg1 4. Rxa3 $11) 2. Rb4+ Nb6
3. Bxb6 $1 (3. Nxa2 $2 Rxa2+ 4. Kb5 Kxa7 5. Rxb3 Rg2 6. Bc5 Re8 7. Re3 Rxe3 $19
) 3... Bc4+ $1 4. Rxc4 a1=Q+ 5. Na4 Ra2 (5... Qf1 6. Nc6+ Ka8 7. Ne5 Rg4 8.
Bxc7 Qxc4+ 9. Nxc4 Rxc7 10. Bd3 $11) 6. Nc6+ Ka8 7. Be4 $1 Rxa4+ (7... Qf1 8.
Kb5 Re2 9. Bd5 Rc2 10. Bxc7 $11) 8. Na5+ c6 9. Rxa4 Qxa4 10. Bxc6+ $1 Rxc6 {
ideal double pin stalemate.} (10... Qxc6 11. Nxc6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "13th (Nr13) Alexey Gasparyan, Armenia"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "R3K3/Bp6/PrP2p1p/2k5/8/2P5/q1b5/3R4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. Kf8 $1 (1. cxb7 $2 Qg8+ $1 (1... Qe6+ $2 2. Kf8 Bg6 3. Rc8+ Kb5 4. Rc7 $11)
2. Ke7 $1 Qg7+ $1 (2... Qh7+ $2 3. Kd8 $1 Bxd1 4. Bxb6+ Kd5 5. c4+ Ke6 6. Kc8
$1 $11) (2... Qe6+ $2 3. Kf8 Bg6 4. Rc8+ Kb5 5. Rc7 $11) 3. Kd8 $1 Bxd1 (3...
Qf8+ $2 4. Kc7 Qg7+ 5. Rd7 Qg3+ 6. Kd8 $11) 4. Bxb6+ Kd5 $1 (4... Kc6 $2 5.
Rc8+ $11) 5. c4+ Ke6 $1 6. Kc8 Qf8+ $1 (6... Qd7+ $2 7. Kb8 $11) 7. Kc7 (7. Bd8
Qc5+ $19) 7... Qd6+ $19) 1... Kxc6 2. Rc8+ $1 Kb5 3. c4+ $1 (3. Bxb6 $2 Kxb6 4.
Rd6+ Ka7 5. axb7 Kxb7 $19) 3... Kxa6 4. Ra1 $3 (4. Ra8 $2 Qxc4 $19) (4. Bxb6 $2
Kxb6 5. Rd6+ Ka7 6. Rdd8 Ba4 $1 7. c5 Ka6 $19) 4... Qxa1 5. Ra8 $1 Qa3+ $1 (
5... Ka5 6. Bxb6+ Kxb6 7. Rxa1 $11) 6. Kf7 $1 (6. Kg8 $2 Qg3+ 7. Kh8 Ka5 8.
Bb8+ Kb4 9. Bxg3 Kxc4 $19) 6... Bg6+ $1 (6... Ka5 7. Bxb6+ $11) 7. Kg8 $1 Bh7+
8. Kf7 $1 (8. Kh8 $2 Qf8+ 9. Rxf8 Kxa7 10. Kxh7 Rc6 $19) 8... Bg8+ $1 9. Kxg8
Qg3+ 10. Kh8 $1 Ka5 11. Bb8+ $1 Kb4 (11... Ra6 12. Rxa6+ bxa6 13. Bxg3 $11) 12.
Bxg3 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "14th (Nr22) Vladimir Samilo, Ukraine"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6Bk/1r4p1/6P1/8/2N1pP1K/1p6/n7/6N1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. Bh7 $3 (1. Bd5 $2 Rb4 $1 (1... Rd7 $2 2. Be6 Re7 3. f5 $11) 2. Nd2 (2. Ne2
b2 3. Nxb2 Rxb2 4. Bc4 Rc2 5. Bb5 (5. Ba6 Nb4 $19) 5... Nc3 6. Nxc3 Rxc3 $19)
2... Nc3 3. Bxb3 e3 4. Ngf3 exd2 5. Nxd2 Rxf4+ $19) 1... b2 2. Nxb2 Rxb2 3. Nh3
$1 (3. Kg3 $2 Nc3 {/c1!} (3... Rb3+ $2 4. Kg2 Rb2+ $3 5. Kg3 Nc3 {/c1 loss of
time}) 4. Nh3 Ne2+ 5. Kg4 Nd4 6. Ng5 Rg2+ 7. Kh3 Rxg5 8. fxg5 e3 9. Kg3 Ne6 10.
Kf3 Nxg5+ 11. Kxe3 Nxh7 12. gxh7 Kxh7 13. Kf3 Kh6 14. Kg4 Kg6 $19 {Mutual
zugzwang}) 3... Rg2 $1 (3... Nc3 4. Ng5 $1 (4. Kg3 $2 Ne2+ $1 $19) 4... Rh2+ 5.
Kg3 $11) (3... Rh2 4. Kg3 $11) 4. Ng5 Rxg5 5. fxg5 $1 (5. Kxg5 $2 e3 $19) 5...
e3 6. Kg3 e2 (6... Nc3 7. Kf3 e2 8. Kf2 Ne4+ 9. Kxe2 {main}) 7. Kf2 Nc3 8. Ke1
Ne4 $1 9. Kxe2 Nxg5 10. Kf2 $1 (10. Ke3 $2 Nxh7 $19) 10... Nxh7 11. gxh7 Kxh7
12. Kg3 $1 (12. Kf3 $2 Kh6 $19) 12... Kh6 (12... Kg6 13. Kg4 Kh6 (13... Kf6 14.
Kf4 g5+)) 13. Kh4 {ZZ} Kg6 14. Kg4 $11 {Mutual zugzwang Idea of study - is the
initial move of bishop to the edge of the board to a passive position (compare
to final of study); thematic try 3.Kg3 with theme of 10th WCCT(9.Kg3/ main 6.
Kg3)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "15th (Nr9) M.Garcia & M.Hlinka, Argentina - Slovakia"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2BP4/8/7K/4p1r1/R1p1p1p1/p1pR4/2r1k3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. Rxc2 $3 ({Thematic try} 1. Rg2 $6 Rg8 $1 2. Rxa2 (2. Bxg3+ Kf1 $19) 2... Kf1
$3 3. Raxc2 (3. Rxg3 Rh8+ $1 4. Kg4 e2 5. Re3 e1=Q 6. Rxe1+ Kxe1 $19) 3... Rxc2
4. Rxc2 g2 5. Rc1+ Kf2 6. Bh2 Rd8 7. Bg1+ Ke2 8. Rxc3 Rxd7 9. Kg4 Rd3 10. Rc4
Rd1 11. Rc2+ Kd3 12. Rxg2 e2 $19) ({or} 1. d8=Q $2 exd2 $1 $19) 1... Rxc2 2.
d8=Q $1 (2. Kxg4 $2 Rd2 3. Bxg3+ Kd1 4. Rxa2 Rxd7 5. Ra1+ Ke2 $19) 2... Rg7 $1
(2... g2 3. Kxg4 g1=Q+ 4. Bg3+ Ke2 5. Qd5 Qh1 6. Rxa2 $11) 3. Bxg3+ Rxg3 4. Qh4
Rcg2 (4... Kd1 5. Qxg3 e2 6. Qg4 $11) 5. Rxa2 e2 6. Ra1+ $1 ({Try :} 6. Ra4 $2
Kf1 $1 (6... Kd1 $2 7. Ra1+ Kd2 8. Qf4+ Kd3 9. Qd6+ $11 {see solution}) 7. Qf4+
(7. Rxe4 Rg5+ 8. Kh6 Rg6+ 9. Kh7 Rg7+ 10. Kh6 R2g6+ 11. Kh5 Rh7+ $19) 7... Rf3
(7... Rf2 $2 8. Ra1+ e1=Q 9. Rxe1+ Kxe1 10. Qxg3 $11) 8. Ra1+ e1=Q (8... Kf2 $2
9. Qh4+ Ke3 10. Ra4 Kd2 11. Ra2+ c2 12. Rxc2+ Kxc2 13. Qxe4+ $11) 9. Rxe1+ Kxe1
10. Qxe4+ Kf2 $1 $19) 6... Kd2 7. Qf4+ $1 (7. Ra2+ $2 Ke3 8. Rxe2+ Kxe2 9.
Qxe4+ Kf1 $19) 7... Kd3 8. Qd6+ Kc2 9. Kh4 $1 (9. Ra2+ $2 Kb1 10. Ra1+ Kxa1 11.
Qa3+ Kb1 12. Qb3+ Kc1 $19) 9... Rg6 10. Ra2+ Kb1 11. Ra1+ $3 {sacrifice} (11.
Qb4+ $2 Kxa2 12. Qc4+ Kb2 13. Qb4+ Kc2 $19) 11... Kxa1 12. Qa3+ Kb1 13. Qb3+
Kc1 14. Qxc3+ Kd1 15. Qa1+ $1 (15. Qd4+ $2 Ke1 16. Qa1+ Kf2 $19) 15... Kd2 16.
Qa5+ $1 $132 {perpetual checks} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "16th (Nr3) Franco Bertoli, (Italy)"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "n4B2/N1P1P3/8/N2p4/1np5/k7/5p2/K7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. Nxc4+ $1 (1. Nb5+ $2 Ka4 2. Nc3+ Kxa5 3. c8=Q f1=Q+ 4. Kb2 (4. Nb1 Qf6+ $19)
4... Nd3+ $19) 1... dxc4 {(thr. 2...f1Q#)} 2. Nb5+ Kb3 (2... Ka4 3. Kb2 {main})
3. Nd4+ Ka3 4. Nb5+ Ka4 5. Kb2 f1=Q $1 6. Nc3+ $1 (6. e8=Q $2 Qf2+ 7. Kc3 Qc2+)
6... Ka5 7. e8=Q $1 (7. c8=Q $2 Nd3+ $19 (7... Qf2+ $2 8. Ka3 $11)) 7... Nd3+
$1 8. Ka2 $1 (8. Kc2 $2 Qc1#) 8... Qf2+ (8... Qg2+ 9. Qe2 $11 (9. Ne2 $2 Nxc7
10. Qe3 Qxe2+ 11. Qxe2 Nc1+ $19)) 9. Qe2 $1 (9. Ne2 $2 Nxc7 $1 $19) 9... Nc1+ (
9... Qxf8 10. Qh5+ $11 (10. c8=Q $2 Qxc8 11. Qh5+ Nc5 $19)) 10. Kb2 $1 (10. Kb1
$2 Nxe2 $19) (10. Ka3 $2 Qxf8+ $11) 10... Nxe2 11. c8=Q $1 Qb6+ $1 (11... Nd4+
12. Ka3 $1 (12. Ka1 $2 Nb3+ $19) 12... Nb5+ 13. Nxb5 $11) 12. Kc2 $1 (12. Ka1
$2 Qg1+ 13. Ka2 (13. Kb2 Qc1+ 14. Ka2 Nxc3#) 13... Nxc3+) (12. Bb4+ $2 Qxb4+ $1
13. Kc2 Nd4+ 14. Kd1 Qb3+ $19) 12... Nd4+ (12... Qb3+ 13. Kd2 Qxc3+ (13... Nxc3
14. Qxa8+ $11) 14. Kxe2 $11) 13. Kc1 $1 (13. Kd2 $2 Qb2+ 14. Ke3 Qxc3+ $19 (
14... Nb6 $2 15. Qc5+ $11)) (13. Kd1 $2 Qb3+ $19) 13... Nb3+ $1 14. Kb2 $1 (14.
Kc2 $2 Qf2+ (14... Nd4+ $2 15. Kc1 {main}) 15. Ne2 Qxe2+ $19) (14. Kb1 $2 Qg1+
15. Ka2 Qa1#) 14... Qf2+ (14... Nd4+ 15. Kc1 {positional draw}) 15. Ka3 $11
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "17th (Nr10) Marco Campioli, Italy"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r4/1p1p4/7P/6p1/6P1/5kp1/8/4K2R w K - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. O-O+ $1 (1. Rf1+ $2 Kg2 $19) (1. h7 $2 g2 2. h8=Q (2. Rg1 Rh8 $19) 2... Rxh8
$19) 1... Kxg4 (1... Ke4 2. Rb1 Rh8 (2... Rb8 3. Kg2 d5 4. h7 $11) 3. Rxb7 Rxh6
4. Rxd7 $11) 2. h7 $1 (2. Rb1 $2 Kh3 3. Rxb7 Ra8 4. Rxd7 (4. Rb1 d5 $19) 4...
Ra1+ 5. Rd1 Rxd1#) (2. Rf7 $2 d5 3. h7 (3. Rxb7 d4 4. h7 d3 5. Rd7 Rxd7 6. h8=Q
d2 7. Kg2 d1=Q 8. Qh4+ Kf5 $1 $19 (8... Kxh4 $2 {stalemate}) (8... gxh4 $2 {
stalemate})) 3... b6 $1 4. Rb7 (4. Rd7 Rh8 5. Kg2 (5. Rxd5 Rxh7 $19) 5... Kh4
6. Rxd5 Rxh7 7. Rb5 Rb7 $19) 4... Rh8 5. Rxb6 Rxh7 6. Rd6 Ra7 7. Rxd5 Kh3 8.
Rxg5 Ra1#) 2... Ra8 $1 (2... d5 $1 3. Rb1 $1 (3. Rf7 $2 b6 $1 $19 {see the
play after 2.Rf7? and 3.h7}) 3... d4 4. Rb4 (4. Rxb7 $2 d3 $19 {see the play
after 2.Rf7? and 3.Rxb7 and 4.h7;}) (4. Rd1 $2 Kf3 5. Rxd4 Rxd4 6. h8=Q Rd1#)
4... Kh3 5. Rxd4 Ra8 (5... Rxd4 6. h8=Q+ $11) 6. Rd1 b5 7. Rf1 (7. Rb1 $2 b4 8.
Rxb4 Ra1+ 9. Rb1 Rxb1#) 7... Rh8 8. Rf7 b4 9. Rb7 b3 10. Rxb3 Rxh7 11. Rb6 {
/d8 Positional draw. Study within a study}) 3. Rf7 $1 (3. Rf6 $2 d5 4. Rb6 (4.
Rd6 Ra1+ 5. Kg2 Ra2+ 6. Kg1 Rh2 7. Rxd5 Rxh7 $19) 4... Ra1+ 5. Kg2 Ra2+ 6. Kg1
Rh2 7. Rxb7 Kf5 8. Rd7 Ke6 9. Rg7 d4 10. Rxg5 Rxh7 11. Rxg3 Rf7 $19) (3. Kg2 $2
Ra2+ 4. Kg1 Rh2 5. Rf7 d5 6. Rxb7 Kf5 $19) (3. Rb1 $2 {/d1?} Kh3 $19) 3... Kh3
$1 4. Rf6 (4. Rf1 $2 b5 $19) 4... Rh8 (4... Ra1+ 5. Rf1 $11) 5. Rf7 $1 (5. Rh6+
$2 Kg4 6. Rd6 Rxh7 $19) 5... Ra8 (5... b5 6. Rxd7 $11) (5... d5 $1 6. Rxb7 $11
{ee the play after 12.Rxb7 in the main line}) 6. Rf6 Rh8 7. Rf7 Rc8 8. Rf6 Rh8
(8... g2 9. Rf3+ $11) 9. Rf7 {positional draw or} Re8 $1 10. Rf6 $1 (10. Re7 $2
Ra8 (10... Rxe7 $2 11. h8=Q+ $11) 11. Rf7 (11. Rxd7 Ra1+ 12. Rd1 Rxd1#) 11...
b5 12. Rf6 Rh8 $19) 10... Rh8 (10... g2 11. Rf3+ $11) 11. Rf7 d5 $1 (11... b5
12. Rxd7 $11) 12. Rxb7 d4 13. Rd7 Rb8 $1 (13... d3 14. Rxd3 $11 {see the main
line after 18.Rxd3}) 14. Rb7 $1 (14. Rf7 $2 d3 15. Rf6 d2 16. Rh6+ Kg4 17. Rd6
Kf3 18. Rd3+ (18. Rxd2 Rb1+ 19. Rd1 Rxd1#) 18... Ke2 $19) 14... Rc8 $1 (14...
Rxb7 $2 15. h8=Q+ $18) 15. Rc7 $1 (15. Rf7 $2 d3 16. Rf6 d2 17. Rh6+ Kg4 18.
Rd6 Kf3 19. Rd3+ (19. Rxd2 $2 Rc1+ 20. Rd1 Rxd1#) 19... Ke2 $19) 15... Re8 $1 (
15... Rxc7 $2 16. h8=Q+ $18) 16. Re7 $1 (16. Rf7 d3 17. Rf6 d2 18. Rh6+ Kg4 19.
Rd6 Kf3 20. Rd3+ (20. Rxd2 Re1#) 20... Ke2 $19) 16... Rh8 $1 (16... Rxe7 $2 17.
h8=Q+ $18) 17. Rd7 $1 (17. Rf7 $2 d3 18. Rf6 Rxh7 $19) 17... d3 (17... Rb8 18.
Rb7 $11 {see the main line after 14.Rb7}) 18. Rxd3 Rxh7 19. Rd6 {/Rd8=
Author's note: Medium sized study. Rook Ending. Natural position. Short
castling. Various tries. Tempo moves. Refusal to capture undefended material.
Systematic movement. Checkmate avoidance. Play covers all the chessboard.
Strong counter-play by Black. Study within a study. Positional draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "18th (Nr16) Josip Pernariæ, Croatia"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r2k/8/3RP2K/6R1/7n/1pr5/1p5p/1b4nQ w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. Qxh2 $1 (1. Qb7 $2 Nf5+ $1 $19) 1... Nf5+ 2. Rxf5 (2. Kg6+ $2 Nh6+ $1 3. Kf6
(3. Kxh6 Rh3+ 4. Qxh3 Nxh3 5. e7 Nxg5) 3... Nh3 4. Qxb2 Rf3+ 5. Ke5 Nxg5 6.
Kd5+ Kg8 7. Qxb1 Nf5 $19) 2... Rh3+ 3. Qxh3 Nxh3 4. Rf8+ Rxf8 5. e7 Rg8 (5...
Kg8 6. Rd8 Re8 7. Rxe8+ Kf7 8. Rb8 $1 $11) 6. Rd8 Bg6 7. Rxg8+ Kxg8 8. e8=Q+
Bxe8 {model stalemate.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "19th (Nr12) Pavel Arestov, Russia"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/r7/8/6P1/2P5/7P/1k1K4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. Ke2 $1 (1. Kd2 $2 Ra4 $1 2. h3 Kb2 3. Kd3 Kb3 4. Ke3 Kc4 $1 5. Ke4 Kc5+ 6.
Ke5 Kc6 7. Ke6 Kc7 8. Ke7 Re4+ $19) 1... Kc2 (1... Ra4 2. g5 Rg4 3. Kf3 Rxg5 4.
h4 $11) 2. Kf3 $1 (2. Ke3 $2 Ra4 $1 3. h3 Kb3 $3 4. g5 Rh4 $1 5. Kf3 $1 Kc4 $1
(5... Rxh3+ $2 6. Kg4 $11) 6. g6 Rh6 $1 (6... Rxh3+ $2 7. Kg4 $11) 7. Kf4 Rxg6
8. h4 Rg1 9. h5 Rh1 10. Kg5 Kd5 11. h6 Ke6 $19) (2. g5 $2 Ra5 $1 3. h4 Ra4 $1
4. h5 Ra5 $1 $19) 2... Kd3 $1 (2... Kxc3 3. Ke4 $1 Kc4 4. g5 Kc5 5. Ke5 $1 Kc6
6. Ke6 $1 Kc7+ 7. Kf7 $1 $11) 3. g5 $1 (3. h4 $2 Rf6+ $1 4. Kg3 Ke4 $19) (3.
Kf4 $2 Kc4 $1 4. Ke5 Ra5+ $1 5. Kf6 Kd5 6. g5 Ra6+ $1 7. Kf5 Kd6 8. Kf6 Kd7+ 9.
Kf7 Ra4 10. g6 Rf4+ $19) 3... Ra4 $1 (3... Kc4 4. Ke4 $1 Kc5 5. Ke5 Kc6 6. Ke6
$1 Kc7+ 7. Kf7 $11) 4. c4 $3 (4. g6 $2 Ra6 $1 5. h4 Rxg6 6. Kf4 Rg1 7. h5 Rh1
8. Kg5 Ke4 $1 9. h6 Ke5 10. Kg6 Ke6 11. Kg7 Ke7 $1 12. h7 Rg1+ 13. Kh8 (13. Kh6
Kf7 14. h8=Q Rh1+ $19) 13... Kf7 {no stalemate, there is w.p.c3! blsck win.})
4... Rxc4 (4... Kxc4 5. Ke4 $1 Kc5+ 6. Ke5 $1 Kc6 7. g6 Kd7 8. g7 Rg4 9. Kf6
Ke8 10. h4 $11) (4... Kd4 5. Kf4 $1 $11) 5. g6 $1 Rc6 6. h4 {(Kf4)} Rxg6 7. Kf4
{(h4)} Rg1 (7... Kd4 8. h5 $1 Rg1 9. Kf5 {- main line}) 8. h5 $1 (8. Kf5 $2 Rh1
9. Kg5 Ke4 $19) 8... Kd4 9. Kf5 $1 (9. h6 $2 Rg6 $1 10. h7 Rh6 $19) 9... Kd5
10. h6 Rh1 11. Kg6 Ke6 12. Kg7 $1 (12. h7 $2 Rg1+ 13. Kh6 Kf7 $1 14. h8=Q Rh1+
15. Kg5 Rxh8 $19) 12... Ke7 (12... Rg1+ 13. Kf8 $1 Kf6 (13... Rh1 14. Kg7 $11)
14. h7 Rh1 15. Kg8 Rg1+ 16. Kf8 {pos, draw}) 13. h7 Rg1+ 14. Kh8 $1 (14. Kh6 $2
Kf7 15. h8=Q Rh1+ $19) 14... Kf7 {stalemate, no w.p.c3!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "20th (Nr11.A) Marco Campioli, Italy"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/Bpp5/P2p4/1P2p1p1/5P2/3PQ1pp/2P1P1Pr/5K2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1... Rh1+ $1 (1... hxg2+ $2 2. Kg1 $18) (1... gxf4 $2 2. Qe4 Rh1+ 3. Bg1 h2 4.
Qxb7#) 2. Qg1 Rxg1+ $1 (2... hxg2+ $2 3. Kxg2 Rxg1+ 4. Bxg1 $18) 3. Kxg1 (3.
Bxg1 $2 h2 $19) 3... h2+ (3... Kxa7 $2 4. fxg5 $18) (3... exf4 $2 4. Bd4 $18) (
3... gxf4 $2 4. gxh3 $18) 4. Kh1 gxf4 $1 5. b6 $1 (5. Bg1 hxg1=Q+ 6. Kxg1 bxa6
7. bxa6 Ka7 8. Kf1 Kxa6 $19) 5... c6 $1 (5... c5 $2 6. Bb8 $1 Kxb8 7. a7+ Ka8
8. c4 $1 $18) (5... bxa6 $2 6. bxc7 Kb7 7. Bb6 $1 $18) 6. Bb8 $1 Kxb8 7. a7+
Ka8 8. c3 $1 (8. c4 $2 c5 $19) 8... d5 $1 (8... f3 $2 9. gxf3 $1 d5 10. d4 exd4
11. cxd4 c5 12. dxc5 d4 13. c6 $1 bxc6 14. f4 $18) 9. c4 $1 (9. d4 $2 e4 $19)
9... dxc4 (9... f3 10. gxf3 $1 $11) (9... d4 10. c5 e4 11. dxe4 f3 12. gxf3 $11
) 10. dxc4 c5 $1 (10... e4 11. c5 $11) 11. e4 $1 (11. e3 $18 e4 $1 $19) 11...
fxe3 {stalemate.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "20th (Nr11.B) Marco Campioli, Italy"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/Bpp5/P2p4/1P2p1p1/5P2/4Q1pp/2PPP1Pr/5K2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1... Rh1+ $1 (1... hxg2+ $2 2. Kg1 $18) (1... gxf4 $2 2. Qe4 Rh1+ 3. Bg1 h2 4.
Qxb7#) 2. Qg1 Rxg1+ (2... hxg2+ $2 3. Kxg2 Rxg1+ 4. Bxg1 $18) 3. Kxg1 (3. Bxg1
$2 h2 $19) 3... h2+ (3... Kxa7 $2 4. fxg5 $18) (3... exf4 $2 4. Bd4 $18) (3...
gxf4 $2 4. gxh3 $18) 4. Kh1 gxf4 $1 5. b6 $1 (5. Bg1 $2 hxg1=Q+ 6. Kxg1 bxa6 7.
bxa6 Ka7 8. Kf1 Kxa6 $19) 5... c5 $1 (5... c6 6. Bb8 $1 Kxb8 7. a7+ Ka8 8. d3
d5 9. c4 dxc4 10. dxc4 e4 11. c5 e3 {stalemate}) 6. Bb8 $1 Kxb8 7. a7+ Ka8 8.
e4 $1 (8. c3 $2 c4 $1 9. d3 (9. e4 fxe3 10. dxe3 d5 $1 $19) 9... cxd3 10. exd3
d5 $1 $19) (8. c4 $2 e4 $1 9. d3 e3 10. d4 cxd4 $19) (8. d3 $2 c4 $1 9. dxc4 (
9. c3 cxd3 10. exd3 d5 $19) 9... e4 10. c5 d5 11. c3 (11. c6 bxc6 $19) 11... e3
$1 $19) (8. e3 $2 d5 $1 9. exf4 (9. c4 e4 $1 10. cxd5 f3 $1 $19) 9... exf4 10.
c3 (10. d3 d4 $19) 10... c4 $19) 8... fxe3 (8... c4 $2 9. c3 $18) 9. dxe3 c4 $1
(9... d5 10. e4 d4 11. c4 $1 dxc3 {stalemate} (11... d3 {stalemate})) 10. e4 $1
(10. c3 $2 d5 $1 11. e4 d4 $1 $19) 10... c3 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "20th (Nr11.C) Marco Campioli, Italy"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/Bpp5/3p4/1P2p1p1/4PP2/3PQ1pp/2P1P1Pr/5K2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1... Rh1+ $1 (1... hxg2+ 2. Kg1 gxf4 3. Qf3 $18) (1... gxf4 2. Qg1 hxg2+ (2...
Rxg2 3. b6 Rxg1+ 4. Kxg1 cxb6 5. Bxb6 $11) 3. Ke1 Rh1 4. Kd2 f3 5. exf3 b6 6.
Bxb6 cxb6 7. Qxb6 g1=Q 8. Qa6+ {perpetual check}) (1... exf4 2. Qg1 hxg2+ $1 (
2... Rxg2 $2 3. Qd4 Rf2+ 4. Qxf2 $18) 3. Ke1 Rh1 4. Kd2 f3 5. exf3 b6 $1 6.
Bxb6 cxb6 7. Qxb6 g1=Q 8. Qa6+ {perpetual check}) 2. Qg1 Rxg1+ (2... hxg2+ $2
3. Kxg2 $18) 3. Kxg1 (3. Bxg1 $2 h2 $19) 3... h2+ (3... Kxa7 $2 4. fxg5 $18) (
3... exf4 $2 4. Bd4 $18) (3... gxf4 4. gxh3 $18) 4. Kh1 gxf4 $1 5. b6 $1 (5.
Bg1 $2 hxg1=Q+ 6. Kxg1 Ka7 7. Kf1 Kb6 8. c4 Kc5 9. Ke1 Kd4 10. Kd2 c6 11. b6
Kc5 12. Kc3 Kxb6 $19) 5... c6 $1 (5... c5 $2 6. c4 $18) 6. c3 $1 (6. Bb8 $2
Kxb8 7. c3 c5 $19) (6. c4 $2 c5 $19) 6... d5 (6... c5 $2 7. c4 $18) 7. exd5 (7.
c4 $2 dxc4 8. dxc4 c5 9. e3 fxe3 $19) (7. d4 $2 exd4 8. cxd4 dxe4 $1 $19) 7...
cxd5 8. c4 $1 (8. d4 $2 e4 $19) 8... dxc4 9. dxc4 e4 10. c5 e3 $1 (10... f3 11.
gxf3 $1 exf3 12. exf3 $11 g2+ 13. Kxg2 h1=Q+ 14. Kxh1 {stalemate}) 11. c6 bxc6
(11... f3 $2 12. gxf3 $18) 12. b7+ (12. Bb8 Kxb8 13. b7 f3 $1 $19) 12... Kxa7
$1 (12... Kxb7 $2 13. Bc5 $1 Kc7 14. Bf8 c5 15. Bh6 c4 16. Bxf4+ $18) 13. b8=Q+
Kxb8 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "21th (Nr2) Franco Bertoli, Italy"]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "R7/3B4/8/2n5/2N2K1P/p1pp1p2/8/6bk w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. Rxa3 $1 (1. Kxf3 $2 c2 $19 (1... Bd4 $2 2. Re8 $1 a2 $1 3. Re1+ Kh2 4. Ne3
$1 Bxe3 5. Kxe3 d2 6. Ra1 $1 c2 (6... Nb3 7. Rxa2 {pin} Kg3 8. Rxd2 $3 cxd2 9.
Ke2 $11) 7. Kxd2 Nb3+ 8. Kxc2 Nxa1+ 9. Kb2 $11) (1... Nxd7 $2 2. Rxa3 c2 3. Ra1
Ne5+ 4. Ke4 $3 Nxc4 5. Kxd3 $11)) 1... c2 2. Ra1 $1 Nb3 $1 3. Re1 $1 (3. Rf1 $2
Kg2 4. Bf5 Bh2+ (4... Kxf1 $2 5. Bxd3+ Ke1 6. Bxc2 f2 7. Ne3 $1 Bh2+ 8. Ke4 $1
$11) 5. Kg4 Kxf1 6. Bxd3+ Ke1 7. Bxc2 f2 8. Ne3 Nd4 9. Bd3 Kd2 10. Bf1 Kxe3 $19
) 3... Kg2 (3... f2 4. Rf1 $11 (4. Bc6+ $2 Kh2 5. Rf1 d2 6. Nxd2 Nxd2 7. Bb5
Nxf1 $19)) 4. Bh3+ $1 (4. Bf5 $2 Bh2+ 5. Kg4 Kf2 6. Rh1 Bg1 7. Ne5 Nc5 8. Nxd3+
Nxd3 9. Bxd3 c1=Q $19) 4... Kxh3 5. Kxf3 (5. Rxg1 $2 Kh2 6. Rf1 d2 7. Nxd2 Nxd2
8. Rc1 f2 9. Ke3 (9. Rxc2 f1=Q+ $19) 9... f1=Q $19) 5... c1=Q (5... d2 6. Nxd2
c1=Q 7. Rxc1 $11) 6. Rxc1 Nxc1 7. h5 $1 (7. Ke4 $2 Bc5 $3 (7... Kxh4 $2 8. Ne5
$1 d2 9. Nf3+ $11) 8. h5 Bf8 $19) 7... Kh4 8. h6 Kh5 9. h7 Bd4 10. Ke4 $1 Bg7 (
10... Bf6 11. Ke3 $1 Kg6 12. h8=Q (12. h8=N+ $2 Kg7 $1 13. Kd2 Bg5+ $19) 12...
Bxh8 13. Kd2 Nb3+ 14. Kxd3 $11) 11. Ke3 $1 Kg6 12. h8=Q (12. h8=N+ $2 Kf6 13.
Kd2 Bh6+ $19) 12... Bxh8 13. Kd2 Nb3+ 14. Kxd3 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mikitovics 70 JT 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "22th (Nr17) Kenneth W. Regan, USA."]
[Black "Draw Section"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4Nk1/4bp2/2rP1ppP/qn2Rb1Q/1p2Nn2/1p2p3/PB4P1/KB5R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. h7+ $3 Kh8 $1 2. Qh6 $3 Bxf8 $1 (2... Qxa2+ 3. Bxa2 Rc1+ 4. Rxc1 Rxa2+ 5.
Kb1 Na3+ 6. Bxa3 $11) 3. Qxf8+ $3 (3. Qxf4 $2 Qxa2+ 4. Bxa2 Rxa2+ 5. Kb1 Nc3+
6. Kc1 Nxe4+ 7. Kb1 Nd2#) (3. Rxb5 $2 Qxa2+ 4. Bxa2 Rxa2+ 5. Kb1 Bxe4#) 3...
Rxf8 4. Re8 (4. Rxb5 $2 Qd8 $1 $19) 4... Qxa2+ 5. Bxa2 Rc1+ 6. Bb1 (6. Rxc1 $2
Rxe8 $19) 6... Rxb1+ (6... Rxh1 7. Rxf8+ Kxh7 8. Nxf6+ Kg7 9. Rg8+ Kh6 10. Rh8+
Kg5 11. Rxh1 $11) 7. Kxb1 Na3+ 8. Ka1 Nc2+ 9. Kb1 Na3+ 10. Ka1 {positional draw
} 1/2-1/2

