[Event "Shakhmatnaya Kompositzia"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "(3) Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen"] [Black "?"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "1st Prize"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6k1/P2KR3/2rbp1PR/3q4/6p1/4P3/2B5/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] {Initially, all action is on the 8th rank. 9 out of the first 10 half moves are made there.} 1. Rh8+ $1 (1. a8=Q+ $2 Bb8+ 2. Ke8 Rc8# {White must free f7 for his king.}) 1... Kxh8 2. a8=Q+ Bb8+ 3. Ke8 Rc8+ 4. Kf7 Rf8+ $1 (4... Qxa8 5. g7#) 5. Kxf8 Qd8+ 6. Kf7 (6. Re8 $4 Qf6#) 6... Qg8+ 7. Kf6 Be5+ $1 (7... Qf8+ 8. Kxe6 $18) 8. Kxe5 Qxa8 {The Merry-Go-Round comes to a standstill. Time for a breath. White's advanced pawn gives him chances.} 9. g7+ Kg8 10. Kf6 { White now has various plans, for instance 11. Rf7 followed by 12. Rf8+ winning. } Qf3+ (10... g3 11. Be4 $1 Qd8 12. Bg6 g2 (12... Qxe7+ 13. Kxe7 g2 14. Kf6 g1=Q 15. Bf7+ Kh7 16. g8=Q+ Qxg8 17. Bxg8+ $18) 13. Bf7+ Kh7 14. g8=Q+ Qxg8 15. Bxg8+ Kxg8 16. Rg7+ $18) (10... Qc6 11. Be4 $1 (11. Bb1 $2 Qb5 $1 12. Be4 Qh5 $1 $11) 11... Qxe4 12. Re8+ $18) 11. Kg6 Qc6 12. Bb1 $1 {12. Be4 is not possible as Black takes with check. This was the point of 10...Qf3+.} (12. Bd3 $2 e5+ $11 {White has no check on the a2-g8 diagonal.}) (12. Kh6 $2 Qh1+ $11) 12... g3 (12... e5+ 13. Kg5 Qa6 14. Bf5 g3 15. Be6+ Qxe6 16. Rxe6 g2 17. Kf6 g1=Q 18. Re8+ $18) 13. Rf7 $1 {Walking into the pin.} Qe8 (13... e5+ 14. Rf6 $18) 14. Kh6 $1 {And abandoning the rook.} g2 (14... Qxf7 15. Bh7#) (14... Kxf7 15. Bg6+ $18) 15. Rf6 $1 {A precise choice of squares, foreseeing the sacrifices on h7 and g8.} Qh5+ $1 (15... g1=Q 16. Bh7#) 16. Kxh5 g1=Q {Finally everything becomes clear. Black is about to give that perpetual.. .} 17. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 18. g8=Q+ $1 Qxg8 (18... Kxg8 19. Rg6+ $18) 19. Rh6+ Kg7 20. Rg6+ Kf7 21. Rxg8 Kxg8 22. Kg6 Kf8 23. Kf6 Ke8 24. Kxe6 (24. e4 $2 e5 $1 $11) 1-0