pp vs B+p

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1.b7 1.a6? Bf2+ 1.Kc5? Bxa5-+ 1...Bg3 1...Bf2+ 2.Kc4 Ba7 2...Bg3 3.a6! Bb8 4.Kc5 3.Kb5 Kd7 3...g5 4.Ka6 4.Ka6 Bb8 5.Kb6 Bc7+ 5...g5 6.a6 6.Ka7 Kc6 7.b8Q! 7.a6? Kb5 7...Bxb8+ 8.Kxb8 Kb5 9.Kb7‼ Kxa5 10.Kc6= à la Réti 2.Kc5 2.Kc4? Kd7 3.a6 Kc6-+ 2.a6? Bf2+ 3.Kc4 Ba7-+ : the wK no longer has the square a6 2...Kd7 3.a6 This would be lost with the bB on h2. 3.Kd5? Bd6! 3...Bc7! 4.Kc5 Bh2‼ alrready seen 4.a6 Bb8-+ : see further 3.Kb6? Bf2+! 4.Ka6 Kc7-+ 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‼
4.Kd5? Bb8 5.Kc5 Kc7 6.Kd5 Kb6 4...Kc7 4...Bb8 5.Kd5 : text 4...Bg1+ 5.Kd5! 5.Ke4 Kb6 6.Kf5 Kxa6 7.Kg6 3...Kc7 4.Kd5 Kb6 4...g5 5.Ke4! followed by Kf5! 5.Ke6 Kxa6 6.Kf7= : the bB opportunely obstructs its pawn 4.Kd5 4.Kc4? Ba7 5.Kd5 Bb8‼ ZZ
4...Ba7 5.Ke5 Bb8+ 5...Ke7 6.Kd5 6.Kd5‼ ZZ
and return to d5. 6.Kf5? Ke7! 7.Kg6 Kf8 6...Kc7 6...g6 7.Kc5 Kc7 8.Kd5 Kb6 9.Ke6! exploiting the weakening of g7-g6 6...g5 7.Ke4! Ke6 7...g4 8.a7! 8.Kd4‼ Ba7+ 8...g4 9.Ke4 8...Kf5 9.Kc5 g4 10.Kb6 g3 11.a7 9.Ke4 Kf6 10.Kd5 g4 11.Kc6! g3 12.b8Q Bxb8 13.Kb7 g2 14.Kxb8 g1Q 15.a7= 7.Ke5‼ It's not a ZZ because of Kf5! if white to move. But this is another return. 7.Ke6? Kd8‼ 7...Kb6? 8.Kf5 8.Kf5 Ke7 8...Ke8?! 9.Ke6 Kd8 9.Kg6 Kf8 10.Kf5 Kf7 11.Ke4 Ke6-+ 7.Ke4? Kd6 8.Kf5 Ke7-+ 7.Kc5? g5! 7...Ba7+! 8.Kd5 Kb6 8.Kd5 g4! 9.Ke4 Kb6!-+ 7...Kd8+ where would you play your king ? 8.Kd4‼ ZZ and 3rd return,
this time on the starting square. 8.Ke6? Ke8-+ 8.Kd5? Kd7 (again the ZZ seen on 4th move) 9.Kc5 9.Ke4 Ke6 9...Kc7 10.Kd5 Kb6-+ 8.Kf5? Ke7-+ already seen on 7th white 8.Ke4? Ke7 9.Kf5 9.Kd5 Kd7 9...Kf7-+ 8...Ke7 8...Kd7 9.Kd5 9.Kc5 A 4th return, as a subsidiary. Ba7+ 10.Kc6 Or 10 Kd5. The 4 returns are on the "table" d4-c5-d5-e5. ½–½
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Villeneuve,A-0030.21-½–½2015White to play and draw

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