www.arves.org - Birnov 19th MT 2006

Studies awarded in the Birnov 19th Memorial tournament 2006

Birnov, Zinovy 1911-1967

[Event "=1/2 Prize"] [Site ""] [Date ""] [Round ""] [White "R.Becker"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4rn2/p7/P2K4/7R/4k3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "32"] [SourceDate "2005.01.24"] 1. Rh4+ $1 (1. Kc7 $2 Re7+ 2. Kb8 Ne6 3. Rb5 Nd4 $1 {-+}) 1... Ke3 (1... Kd3 2. Rf4 Ne6 3. Rf7 Nd4 4. Rxa7 Nb5+ 5. Kd7 {=}) (1... Kf5 2. Rh1 $1 Re6+ 3. Kc7 Re7+ 4. Kd6 $1 Rf7 5. Rf1+ Kg6 6. Rg1+ Kf6 7. Rf1+ Kg7 8. Rg1+ Ng6 9. Kc6 Re7 10. Rf1 Ne5+ 11. Kd6 Ng6 (11... Re8 12. Kc7) 12. Kc6 {=}) 2. Kc7 (2. Rh6 $2 Re4 3. Rf6 Rf4 $1 4. Rxf4 Kxf4 5. Kc7 Ke5 6. Kb7 Kd6 7. Kxa7 Kc7 8. Ka8 Nd7 $1 {-+} ) 2... Re6 3. Kb7 Re7+ 4. Kb8 $1 (4. Ka8 $2 Ne6 5. Rb4 Nc5 6. Rc4 Nxa6 {-+}) 4... Ne6 5. Rb4 Nd8 6. Rc4 $1 Ne6 7. Rb4 Nc5 8. Rc4 Nd7+ 9. Kb7 Nc5+ 10. Kb8 $1 Nxa6+ 11. Ka8 {zz} 11... Rf7 (11... Ke2 12. Ra4 $1 Nc5 13. Ra5 $1 {=}) 12. Re4+ $1 Kd3 13. Rd4+ Kc3 14. Rc4+ $1 (14. Rd3+ $2 Kc4 15. Rc3+ Kb5 16. Rb3+ Nb4 {-+} ) 14... Kb3 15. Rc3+ Kb4 (15... Ka4 16. Ra3+ Kb5 17. Ra5+ Kb6 18. Rb5+ Kc6 19. Rb6+ {=}) 16. Rb3+ Kxb3 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2