[Event "White to play and draw"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Villeneuve, A."]
[Black "0030.21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6p1/1P2k3/P7/3K4/8/8/4b3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.25"]
1. b7 $8 (1. a6 $2 Bf2+ $8) (1. Kc5 $2 Bxa5 $8 $19) 1... Bg3 (1... Bf2+ 2. Kc4
$8 Ba7 (2... Bg3 3. a6 $1 Bb8 4. Kc5) 3. Kb5 $8 Kd7 (3... g5 4. Ka6 $8) 4. Ka6
$8 Bb8 $8 5. Kb6 $8 Bc7+ (5... g5 6. a6 $8) 6. Ka7 $8 Kc6 7. b8=Q $1 (7. a6 $2
Kb5 $8) 7... Bxb8+ 8. Kxb8 $8 Kb5 $8 9. Kb7 $3 Kxa5 $8 10. Kc6 $8 $11 {à la
Réti}) 2. Kc5 $8 (2. Kc4 $2 Kd7 $8 3. a6 Kc6 $8 $19) (2. a6 $2 Bf2+ $8 3. Kc4
Ba7 $8 $19 {: the wK no longer has the square a6}) 2... Kd7 3. a6 $8 {This
would be lost with the bB on h2.} (3. Kd5 $2 Bd6 $1 (3... Bc7 $1 4. Kc5 Bh2 $3 {
alrready seen}) 4. a6 Bb8 $8 $19 {: see further}) (3. Kb6 $2 Bf2+ $1 4. Ka6 Kc7 $8
$19) 3... Bf2+ {Now, white pawns will be momentarily
neutralised. Only the monarch is able to play, which he will do
with panache.} (3... Bh2 4. Kd4 $3 {[#]} (4. Kd5 $2 Bb8 $8 5. Kc5 Kc7 $8 6. Kd5 Kb6
$8) 4... Kc7 (4... Bb8 5. Kd5 $8 {: text}) (4... Bg1+ 5. Kd5 $1) 5. Ke4 $8 Kb6
6. Kf5 $8 Kxa6 7. Kg6 $8) (3... Kc7 4. Kd5 $8 Kb6 (4... g5 5. Ke4 $1 {followed by
Kf5!}) 5. Ke6 $8 Kxa6 6. Kf7 $8 $11 {: the bB opportunely obstructs its pawn})
4. Kd5 $8 (4. Kc4 $2 Ba7 $8 5. Kd5 Bb8 $3 {ZZ [#]}) 4... Ba7 5. Ke5 $8 Bb8+ (5...
Ke7 6. Kd5 $8) 6. Kd5 $3 {ZZ [#] and return to d5.} (6. Kf5 $2 Ke7 $1 7. Kg6 Kf8 $8)
6... Kc7 (6... g6 7. Kc5 $8 Kc7 8. Kd5 $8 Kb6 9. Ke6 $1 {exploiting
the weakening of g7-g6}) (6... g5 7. Ke4 $1 Ke6 (7... g4 8. a7 $1) 8. Kd4 $3
Ba7+ (8... g4 9. Ke4 $8) (8... Kf5 9. Kc5 $8 g4 10. Kb6 $8 g3 $8 11. a7 $8) 9.
Ke4 $8 Kf6 10. Kd5 $8 g4 11. Kc6 $1 g3 12. b8=Q Bxb8 13. Kb7 $8 g2 14. Kxb8 $8
g1=Q 15. a7 $8 $11) 7. Ke5 $3 {It's not a ZZ because of Kf5! if white to
move. But this is another return.} (7. Ke6 $2 Kd8 $3 (7... Kb6 $2 8. Kf5 $8)
8. Kf5 Ke7 $8 (8... Ke8 $6 9. Ke6 Kd8 $8) 9. Kg6 Kf8 $8 10. Kf5 Kf7 $8 11. Ke4
Ke6 $8 $19) (7. Ke4 $2 Kd6 $8 8. Kf5 Ke7 $8 $19) (7. Kc5 $2 g5 $1 (7... Ba7+ $1
8. Kd5 Kb6 $8) 8. Kd5 g4 $1 9. Ke4 Kb6 $1 $19) 7... Kd8+ {where would you play
your king ?} 8. Kd4 $3 {ZZ and 3rd return, [#] this time on the starting square.} (8.
Ke6 $2 Ke8 $8 $19) (8. Kd5 $2 Kd7 $8 {(again the ZZ seen on 4th move)} 9. Kc5
(9. Ke4 Ke6 $8) 9... Kc7 $8 10. Kd5 Kb6 $8 $19) (8. Kf5 $2 Ke7 $8 $19 {already
seen on 7th white}) (8. Ke4 $2 Ke7 $8 9. Kf5 (9. Kd5 Kd7 $8) 9... Kf7 $8 $19) 8...
Ke7 (8... Kd7 9. Kd5 $8) 9. Kc5 $8 {A 4th return, as a subsidiary.} Ba7+
10. Kc6 {Or 10 Kd5. The 4 returns are on the "table" d4-c5-d5-e5.} 1/2-1/2
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