[Event "White to play and win"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Villeneuve, A."]
[Black "0000.44"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/pkpK1pp1/8/PP3P1P/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.25"]
{Twin (a). Tribute to J. Timman, A. Beliavsky et A. Mikhalchishin.} 1. Kd6
$3 {[#]The black pawns on the kingside are an easy booty, but white king ignores
them.} (1. Ke5 $2 a4 $8 2. bxa4+ $8 Kxa4 $8 3. Kd5 $8 Kb5 $3 4. a4+ Kb4 $8 5.
a5 g4 $1 (5... c4 $1) 6. hxg4 fxg4 7. fxg4 $8 c4 $8 8. a6 c3 $8 9. a7 c2 $8 10.
a8=Q c1=Q $8 11. Qb7+ Ka5 $1 12. Qa7+ Kb5 $8 $11) 1... c4 (1... f4 2. Kd5 $8) (
1... a4 2. bxa4+ $8) 2. a4+ $3 {[#]Will have the effect of moving bK away from b2.} (2.
bxc4+ $2 Kxc4 $8 3. Ke5 Kb3 $1 4. f4 g4 $8 5. hxg4 fxg4 $8 6. Kd4 g3 $1 7. Ke3
$8 Kxa3 8. f5 $8 a4 $1 9. f6 Kb2 $3 10. f7 g2 $8 11. Kf2 a3 12. f8=Q g1=Q+ $1
13. Kxg1 a2 $8 $11) 2... Kb4 3. bxc4 $8 Kxc4 (3... Kxa4 4. c5 $1) 4. Ke5 $8 (4.
Ke6 $2 Kb4 $11) 4... Kb4 {This time, he will be tempted ?} 5. f4 $3 {[#]Not
at all !} (5. Kxf5 $2 Kxa4 $8 6. Kxg5 Kb3 7. f4 a4 8. f5 a3 9. f6 $8 a2 10. f7
$8 a1=Q 11. f8=Q $8 Qg1+ 12. Kh5 Qd1+ 13. Kg6 Qg1+) 5... g4 (5... gxf4 6. Kxf4
$8 Kxa4 7. h4 $8 Kb3 8. h5 $8) 6. hxg4 $8 fxg4 7. Kd4 $3 {[#]Body obstruction :
a well-known theme.} (7. Ke4 $2 Kc5 $1 8. f5 (8. Ke3 Kd5) 8... Kd6 9. Kf4 Ke7
$11) (7. f5 $2 g3 $8 $11) 7... g3 8. Ke3 $8 {The straight line was not the
shortest way.} Kxa4 (8... Kc5 9. Kf3 $1 Kd6 10. Kxg3 Ke6 11. Kf3 Kf5 12.
Ke3 $8) 9. f5 $8 Kb3 {Black's king does not have access to b2 as in the try 2
bxc4+?.} 10. f6 $8 a4 11. f7 $8 g2 12. Kf2 $8 a3 13. f8=Q $8 1-0
[Event "White to move : Black draws"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Villeneuve, A."]
[Black "0000.44"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/pkpK1pp1/8/PP5P/5P2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.25"]
{Twin (b). Tribute to J. Timman, A. Beliavsky et A. Mikhalchishin.} 1. Kd6
(1. Ke5 a4 $1 2. bxa4+ $8 Kxa4 $8 3. Kd5 $8 Kb5 $8 4. a4+ Kb4 $8 5. a5 $8 c4 $8
6. a6 c3 $8 7. a7 c2 $8 8. a8=Q c1=Q $8 9. Qf8+ Kb3 10. Qxf5 Qc4+ 11. Ke5 Qh4
$11) (1. f3 f4 $8 2. Ke5 (2. Kd6 $2 c4 $8 $19) 2... a4 $8 3. bxa4+ $8 Kxa4 $8
4. Kd5 $8 Kxa3 $11) 1... f4 $3 {[#]The saving move is made on the same square
as the winning move in twin (a).} (1... c4 $2 2. a4+ $8 Kb4 3. bxc4 $8 Kxc4
4. Ke5 $8 $18) 2. Kd5 (2. f3 $2 c4 $8 $19) 2... f3 $8 3. Ke4 (3. Kd6 $2 c4 $8
$19) 3... a4 $3 (3... c4 $2 4. a4+ $8 Kb4 5. bxc4 $8 Kxc4 6. Kxf3 Kb4 7. Ke4
Kxa4 8. f4 $8 gxf4 9. h4 $8 Kb3 10. h5 $8 $18) 4. bxa4+ $8 Kxa4 $8 5. Kd5 $8 (
5. Kxf3 $2 c4 6. Ke2 Kxa3 $19) 5... Kb3 $3 {[#]Refusal to capture echo of (a).} (5...
Kxa3 $2 6. Kxc5 $8 $18) (5... Kb5 $2 6. a4+ $8 Kb4 7. a5 c4 8. a6 c3 9. a7 c2
10. a8=Q c1=Q 11. Qb7+ Ka5 (11... Ka3 12. Qa6+ Kb2 13. Qf6+ Ka2 14. Qxf3) 12.
Qa7+ Kb5 13. Qd7+ Kb4 (13... Ka5 14. Qf5 Kb6 15. Qf6+ Kb7 16. Qe7+ Ka6 17. Qd6+
Kb5 18. Ke4) (13... Kb6 14. Qd6+) 14. Qd6+ Kb5 15. Ke4 Ka4 (15... Qc8 16. Qe5+
Kb6 17. Qxg5) 16. Kxf3 Qg1 17. Qd4+ Ka5 18. Ke4 Qg2+ 19. Kf5 Qxh3+ 20. Kxg5
Qg2+ 21. Kf6 $18) 6. Kxc5 Kc3 $1 (6... Kc2 $1) 7. a4 Kd3 $1 8. a5 Ke2 $8 9. a6
Kxf2 $8 10. a7 Kg1 $3 {[#]} 11. a8=Q f2 {White king is unfortunately on the
pinning line.} 12. Qd5 {What else ?} f1=Q $8 13. Qxg5+ Kh2 $1 1/2-1/2
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