EG No 11335 Reprinted with permission
O.Pervakov and S. Tkachenko
1st prize "64" 1997

White: Kf4, Nd7, Bb4; pawns - d4, e3, f6
Black: Kd7, Na2, Bc1; pawns - c3, c6, d5
Win

"The position is of the practical kind, with full equality of material,
but the way the pieces relate to one another indicates a sharp
struggle for every tempo." 

1.f7 Bxe3+/i 2.Kxe3 c2 3.f8N+/ii Ke8 4.Ba3 c1Q+ 5.Bxc1 Nxc1
6.Neg6/iii Kf7 7.Ne5+/iv Kxf8.Nd7+ Ke7 9.Nc5 Kf6 (Kd6)
10.Kd2 Na2 11.Kc2 Kf5 (Kc7) 12.Kb2 Nb4 13.Kb3 with capture
of the black Knight. 

i) 1...c2 2.f8Q Nxb4, with a mating attack: 3.Qc8+ Kxe7 4.Kf5 Bxe3
5.Qc7+ Kf8 6.Ke6 Kg8 7.Qf7+ Kh8 8.Kf6. 
ii) 3.f8Q? c1Q+ 4.Bd2 Qa3+ and Qxe7. Or 3.Ba3? c1Q.4.Bxc1
Kxe7 5.Ba3+ Kxf7 6.Kd2 Ke6 7.Kc2 Kf5 8.Kb3 Ke4 9.Bb2 Nc1+. 
iii) "One of knights must go, and the other has to occupy c5."
6.Ne6? c5 7.Nxc5 Kxe7 8.Kd2 Na2 9.Kc2 Nb4+ 10.Kb3 Nc6 and
the black Knight has eluded his attackers, while if, in this, 9.Nd3
Kf6 10.Kc2 Kf5 11.Kb2 Ke4, and the black king is an active
player. 
iv) 7.Nd7? loses a tempo after 7...Kxg6 8.Nc5 Kf5.

"The knight's move make up a manoeuvre of beauty leads
smoothly to a position of unexpected, slow domination. A high-
class study certain to please the practical player."