Nº30 Alexey Gasparyan

Win

Alexey Gasparyan (Armenia)

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1.Bb4!
not 1.B*g6?) and 1…B*a1 (or 1…Q*f4 2.Rh1+ Kg5 3.Be7+! Rf6 4.d6! Q*d6 5.B*d6 +-) 2.B*d6 K*h7 3.Be5! cd (3…B*e5?! 4.fe cd 5.e6 etc.+-) 4.B*a1 R – 5.Be5 wins .

1…Q*d5! and not 2.Rh8?! Qf5+ draws .

2.Rh1+!! Q*h1 3.Rh8! Qh3+!
3…Kh5?! 4.B*g6+ K*g6 5.R*h1 +-

4.Kb8!
not 4.Kc7?? loses after 4…Be5+! with

A) 4…Ba7+ 5.Ka8! Qc8+! 6.R*c8 K*h7 7.K*a7 Rf6 8.Bd2!
(not 8.Rf8?! Kg6 9.R*f6 K*f6 =) wins

B) 4…Be5+ 5.Ka8! Qc8+!
5…B*f4 6.B*g6+ K*g6 7.R*h3 +-

6.R*c8 K*h7 7.fe! and wins (7…Re6 8.Bd6 or 8.Bc3 +-).