Black sees that he now stands in his best defensive position, and therefore waits for White to show how he intends to break through. He notices, of course, that the White Knight is in the way of the K B P, which cannot advance to K B 4 to defend, or support rather, the Pawn at K 5.
| 28. P - Q Kt 3 | K - B 1 | |
| 29. K - Q 3 | K - Kt 1 | |
| 30. R - Q 6 | Q - B 1 | |
| 31. R - Q 5 | Q - K 3 | |
| 32. P - K Kt 4 | K - B 1 | |
| 33. Q - B 4 | K - Kt 1 | |
| 34. Q - K 4 | K - B 1 |
Black persists in waiting for developments. He sees that if P - K R 5, P × P; P × P, the Queen goes to R 6, and White will have to face serious difficulties. In this situation White decides that the only course is to bring his King to K Kt 3, so as to defend the squares K R 3 and K Kt 4, where the Black Queen might otherwise become a source of annoyance.
| 35. K - K 2 | K - Kt 1 | |
| 36. K - B 1 | K - B 1 | |
| 37. K - Kt 2 | K - Kt 1 | |
| 38. K - Kt 3 | K - B 1 |
Now that he has completed his march with the King, White is ready to advance.
| 39. P - K R 5 | P × P |