Nº24 Michael Pasman

Win

Michael Pasman (Israel)

wKg1,Rd1,Pb5,e7,f2,g2,h2/bKa4,Re5,Pa7,f5,f6,g6

1.b6!
1.Rd4+? Ka5!=

1…axb6 2.Rd4+! Ka5
2…Kb3 3.Rd3+ Kc4 4.Re3+-

3.Rd5+! Rxd5 4.f4! Rd1+ 5.Kf2 Rd2+ 6.Ke3
6.Ke1? Rd4 7.e8Q Re4+ 8.Qxe4 fxe4 9.h4 b5= Black will promote with check

6…Rd1! 7.Ke2! Rd4 8.e8Q Re4+ 9.Qxe4 fxe4 10.h4! The sequence is very important ! 10.f5? g5!=

10…b5 If black trys to eliminate White’s plan :
10…f5 11.g4! fxg4 12.f5! (Not 12.h5? gxh5 13.f5 g3 14.f6 g2 15.Kf2 e3+ 16.Kxg2 h4! 17.f7 h3+ 18.Kxh3 e2÷) 12…gxf5 13.h5+-

11.f5! gxf5 12.h5 b4 13.h6 b3 14.h7 b2 15.h8Q b1Q 16.Qa8+- And winning the queen next move