Amazonka Diana – Chess Study Art

[Event "1.p Lepky-130 MT"] [Site ""] [Date "2018"] [White "Slumstrup Nielsen=S"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "q5b1/8/3p4/2QP4/pN2P3/2p5/B3p3/1K3k2 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "26"] [EventDate "2018"]  {White is on the defensive, his biggest worry being the pawn on e2. It is not yet time for active counterplay.} 1. Qb5 $1 (1. Qc4 $2 {loses after 1...Bh7 or 1...Qe8. That square is needed for the bishop.}) 1... Qe8 $1 {White is not given time for 2. Bc4} (1... Bh7 2. Bc4 $11) (1... Qa7 2. Bc4 $11) 2. Qd3 { Necessary retreat, the first of many.} (2. Qxe8 $2 e1=Q+ 3. Kc2 Qd2+ $19) 2... Qxe4 $1 {There is no rest for White.} (2... Kf2 3. Qd4+ $11) 3. Qxe4 Bh7 { The point. White must retreat, keeping an eye on the pawn.} 4. Qd3 (4. Qxh7 $2 e1=Q+ 5. Kc2 Qd2+ {we know already}) 4... Kf2 {Unpinning the pawn. White must take one further step into his cave.} (4... Bxd3+ 5. Nxd3 $18) (4... Kg1 5. Kc1 e1=Q+ 6. Qd1 $11) 5. Qc2 Ke3 {Now the promotion cannot be stopped. Time to go on the offensive for White} (5... Bxc2+ $4 6. Nxc2 (6. Kxc2)) 6. Ka1 $1 { Well, not exactly.} (6. Kc1 $2 e1=Q+ 7. Qd1 Qd2+ (7... Qf2)) (6. Qxh7) 6... e1=Q+ 7. Bb1 {Luckily for White c2 is still immune.} Qd2 $1 8. Qa2 $1 {Perhaps not the active counterplay White had been hoping for. But the only way to cover b2.} (8. Qxd2+ cxd2 {leaves no hope}) (8. Qxh7 Qb2#) 8... Qc1 {fighting for the c2 square.} 9. Nc2+ $1 {A check! White gets to give a check! Simultaneously burying Bb1 and Qa2 even further.} Kd2 $1 {When White now saves his knight, Black will play c3-c2 and have a win after the general exchange. And it is not like White has any counterplay, is it} 10. Nd4+ {Time to break out!} (10. Qa3 $2 Bxc2 $19) 10... c2 11. Nb3+ {Not too late to go wrong. After the fancy} (11. Qxc2+ $5 Bxc2 12. Nb3+ {Black wins with} Kd1 (12... axb3 $11) ( 12... Bxb3 $11) 13. Nxc1 Kxc1 14. Ba2 Kd2 15. Kb2 (15. Bc4 Bd3) 15... Kd3 16. Ka3 Kc3 {and White is in zugzwang.}) (11. Nxc2 $2 Bxc2 12. Qxc2+ Qxc2 13. Bxc2 Kxc2 $19) 11... axb3 (11... Kc3 12. Nxc1 $11) 12. Qa5+ Kd1 13. Qe1+ Kxe1 1/2-1/2

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