Santsevich, V.

This position was analized for many years with various conclusions until Russian master Vladimir Santsevich had the last word - it is a draw. 1.h6-g7!

[  
1.c3-d4  
b4-c3  
2.d4xb6  
a5xc7  
3.d2xb4  
a3xc5  
4.e3-d4  
c5xe3  
5.f4xd2  
c7-b6  
6.d2-e3  
b6-c5  
win 
]  

1...f8xh6

[  
1...f6xh8?  
2.e3-d4  
c5xe3  
3.g5-h6  
e3xg5  
4.h4xd8  
]  

2.c3-d4 b4-c3 3.d4xb2 f6-e5

[  
3...c5-b4?  
4.b2-c3  
f6-e5  
5.e3-d4  
e5xg3  
6.h4xf2  
h6xf4  
7.f2-e3!  
f4-g3  
8.e3-f4  
g3xe5  
9.d4xd8  
]  

4.b2-c3 e5xg3 5.h4xf2 h6xf4 6.e3xg5 d6-e5! 7.f2-e3 a3-b2! 8.c1xa3

[  
8.c3xa1  
e7-d6!  
A hard to find move. 
9.g5-h6  
e5-d4  
10.h6-g7  
(  
10.e3-f4  
d6-e5  
11.f4xb4  
a5xe1=  
)  
10...d4xf2  
11.d2-e3  
f2xd4  
12.g7-h8  
d6-e5  
followed by e5-f4 and f4-g3 with an obvious draw
 
]  

8...e5-f4 9.g5-h6

[  
9.c3-d4  
f4xh6  
10.d4xb6  
a5xc7  
11.e3-f4  
c7-d6=  
]  

9...f4-g3 10.h6-g7

[  
10.e3-f4  
g3xe5  
11.h6-g7  
e7-f6!  
12.g7-h8  
c5-d4=  
No waiting move 
]  

10...g3-h2 11.g7-h8 11...h2-g1 12.e3-f4 c5-b4!

[  
12...e7-d6  
leads to a harder draw.
 
13.h8-g7  
(  
13.f4-g5  
c5-d4  
14.c3xc7  
a5-b4  
15.a3xc5  
g1xh4  
;  
13.h8-f6?  
c5-d4  
14.c3xc7  
a5-b4  
15.a3xc5  
g1xc1  
)  
13...g1-e3  
14.g7-h6  
e3xc1  
15.f4-e5  
d6xf4  
16.h6xa7  
a5-b4  
(  
16...c1-f4  
17.a7-e3  
f4xb4  
18.a3xc5  
)  
17.a3xc5  
c1-a3  
18.c5-b6  
a3-e7  
19.b6-c7  
e7-f6  
20.a7-d4  
f6-d8  
21.d4-b6  
d8-f6  
22.b6-d4  
f6-d8  
23.c7-b8  
d8-a5  
]  

[  
12...g1-e3?  
13.f4-e5  
e3xc1  
14.e5-d6  
c5-d4  
15.d6xf8  
d4xb2  
16.h8xa1  
]  

13.a3xc5 g1xa7 14.h8-g7

[ 14.f4-g5 e7-d6 and no defense against d6-e5 ]

14...e7-f6 15.g7xe5 a7-e3= 1-1

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