[Event "Black to move White draws"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Villeneuve, A."]
[Black "0001.03"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/2pk4/1pN5/pK6/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.25"]
1... Kc6 (1... a2 2. Ne3+ $8 Kd4 3. Nc2+ $8 Kd3 4. Na1 $1 Kd2 5. Kxa2 c4 (5...
Kc3 6. Nb3 $8 c4 7. Na5) 6. Nb3+ $1 Kc2 7. Nd4+ $1) (1... Kd4 2. Nd6 $1 Kd3 3.
Nc4 $8 Ke2 (3... a2 4. Nb2+ $8) (3... Ke4 {below}) 4. Nd6 $1 Kd1 5. Ne4 $1
c4+ 6. Kxb4 $8 $11) (1... Ke4 2. Nd2+ $1 Kd4 3. Nf3+ $8 Ke3 4. Ne5 $8 Ke4 5.
Nc4 $1 Kd4 6. Nd6 $1) 2. Ne3 $3 {[#]} (2. Kc2 $2 {(Averbach 1954)} Kb5 $8 3. Nd6+ Ka4
$8 4. Nc4 b3+ $8 5. Kc3 a2 $8 6. Kb2 Kb4 $1 7. Ne3 c4 $1 8. Nd5+ Kc5 $1 9. Nc3
Kd4 $8 {(unlike the bishop, the knight is unable to permanently supervise
both b2 and c3)} 10. Nb5+ (10. Ka1 b2+ $3 {[#]} 11. Kxb2 a1=Q+) (10.
Na4 c3+ $3 {[#]} 11. Nxc3 a1=Q+ $8) 10... Ke3 $1 11. Ka1 (11. Nc3 Kd3 $8) 11... Kd3
$8 12. Kb2 c3+ $1 13. Nxc3 a1=Q+ $8 14. Kxa1 Kxc3 $8 15. Kb1 b2 $8 $19) (2. Nd2
$2 Kb5 $8 3. Ne4 c4+ $8 4. Ka2 Kc6 $8 5. Nf6 (5. Nd2 Kd5 6. Nf3 Kc5 $8) 5...
Kc5 $8 {[#]} 6. Ne4+ Kd5 $8 7. Ng5 (7. Nf6+ Kd4 $8 8. Ng4 c3 $8 9. Kb3 Kd3 $8) 7...
Kd4 $8 8. Nf3+ Ke3 $1 9. Ne5 c3 $8 10. Kb3 Kd2 $8 11. Nc4+ Kc1 $19) (2. Ne5+ $2
Kb5 $8 3. Nd7 c4+ $8 4. Ka2 Kc6 $8 5. Ne5+ Kd5 $8 6. Nf3 Kc5 $3 (6... Ke4 $2 7.
Ne1 $3 {[#]} Kd4 8. Nc2+ $8) 7. Ne1 (7. Ne5 Kd4 $8 8. Nf3+ Ke3 $1 {already seen}) 7... Kb5
$3 8. Nc2 Ka4 $8 (8... b3+ $2 9. Kxa3 $8 bxc2 10. Kb2 $8) 9. Ne3 b3+) 2... Kb5
3. Nd5 $3 {[#]Where is a will, is a way.} (3. Nc4 $2 a2 $8 4. Nd6+ Kc6 $8
$19) (3. Nc2 $2 c4+ $8 4. Ka2 Ka4 $3) 3... c4+ (3... Ka5 4. Ne3 $8) (3... Kc6
4. Ne3 $1) 4. Ka2 $8 {The only white square where to put the knight to draw
in the Ka2 / Kb5, Pa3, b4 and c4 position, which is Black to move, is the square
d5.} Kc5 (4... c3 5. Kb3 $8 (5. Nxc3+ $2 bxc3 6. Kb3 a2 $8 $19)) (4... Ka4 5.
Nb6+ $8) (4... Ka5 5. Ne3 $8 {: always attack the pawns !}) 5. Ne3 $8 (5.
Ne7 $2 Kd4 $8 6. Nc6+ Kc3 $8 7. Ne5 b3+ $8) (5. Nf6 $2 Kd4 $1 (5... c3 $1) 6.
Nd7 (6. Ng4 c3) 6... c3 $8 7. Kb3 Kd3 $1 8. Ne5+ (8. Nc5+ Kd2 $8) 8... Kd2 $8
9. Nc4+ Kc1 $8 $19) 5... Kd4 6. Nc2+ $8 {The knight, always attacking a
pawn, endeavours to restrain Black King or to weaken the chain.} Kc3 7.
Ne3 $8 Kd3 8. Nd5 $8 1/2-1/2
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