Nº18 Alain Pallier

Win

Section B.1.

Alain Pallier (France)

wKb6,Qe8,Pb2,e5,e6,h3/bKh2,Nb1,Rg5,Pa6,g3

1.Qe7!
1.Qd8?! is a loss of time : 1…Rg6! 2.Qe8 Rg5 3.Qe7! as in main line.
1.Qd7? g2 =

1…Rxe5
1…Rg6 2.Qf7 and White wins
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2.Qd6 Re2 3.h4!
3.Kc7? (3.e7? Nd2 =) 3…Rc2+! (3…Nd2? 4.h4 see main line) 4.Kb7(8) Rxb2+ 5.Ka8 Nc3 6.h4 Na4! 7.Ka7 and eg 7…Nb6 8.Qe5 Nc8+ 9.Kxa6 Ra2+ 10.Kb5 Ne7 11.h5 Ra5+ 12.Kxa5 Nc6+ 13.Ka4 Nxe5 14.e7 g2 15.e8Q g1Q 16.Qxe5+ Kh3 draw.

3…Nd2 4.Kc7! Ne4! 5.Qd1!
5.Qe5? Nc3! 6.Qxc3 g2 7.Qc4 Re1 =
5.Qd3? Re1! 6.e7 Nf2! =

5…Rd2
5…Re3 6.Qd4 Re2 and, eg, 7.h5 g2 8.e7 Ng5 10.Qd6+ +-
5…Rf2 6.e7 Rf7 (6…Nf6 7.Qd4! Rf4 8.Qxf4 Nd5+ 9.Kc6 Nxf4 10.e8Q g2 and, eg, 11.Qe5 g1Q 12.Qxf4+ +-) 7.Qe2+ g2 8.Qxe4 Rxe7+ 9.Qxe7 g1=Q 10.Qd6 +-
5…Nc3 6.bxc3 Rxe6 7.Qd5 (eg)+-

6.Qe1!
6.Qc1? Rd4! 7.Qe3 Nd6 8.Kc6 Nf5 9.Qe5 Ne7+ 10.Kb7 Rxh4 11.Kxa6 and, eg, 11…Ng6 12 Qd6 Re4 13.Kb7 Nf4 14.e7 g2 15.e8Q Rxe8 16.Qxf4+ Kh1 =

6…Rc2+
6…g2 7.e7 +-

7.Kb8!
7.Kd8?! is a loss of time : 7…Rd2+ 8.Kc7(8) Rc2+ 9.Kb8 etc.

7…Nd6
7…Rxb2+ 8.Ka8! Nd6 9.h5 +-

8.h5! vacating h4 square.
8.Qe5+? Rc8+! 9.Ka7 Rc7+ 10.Kxa6 Rc6+ 11.Ka7 and eg 11…Kh3 =

8…g2 9.Qh4+ Kg1 10.h6
10.b3? Rc8+ ! 11.Ka7 and, eg, 11…Rf8 =

10…Rc8+ 11.Ka7 Rc4 12.Qg3!
12.Qh3? Kf2! 13.Qh2 Kf1 14.h7 Rh4 15.Qxh4 g1Q+ 16.Kxa6 Qc5 =

12…Nf5
12…Kf1 13.Qf3 +-

13.Qh3! and White wins.