Nº16 Marc Gelly

Draw

Marc Gelly (France)

wKc6,Nh7,Bd6,e6,Pb4,e4,g3/bKh2,Nh3,Bf2,Rg6,Pc4,g4

1.Bf5 !!
1.Nf8 ? ç3 or Rh6 -+

1…R×d6 !
1…B×g3 2.B×g6 B×d6 3.Nf6 !! g3 4.Ng4+ ! Kh1 5.e5 ! B×b4 6.Be4+ Kg1 7.Kb5 =
1…Rh6 2.e5 =
1…ç3 2.e5 ! Rg8 3.b5 =

2.K×d6 B×g3+
2…K×g3 3.Nf6 ! Bd4 4.e5 Kf4 5.Kd5 K×f5 6.K×d4 =
2…Be1 3.Kç5 ç3 4.e5 Nf4 =

3.e5 !!
3.Kd5 ? ç3 4.e5 B×e5 ! -+

3…B×e5÷ !
3…Nf2 4.b5 =

4.K×e5 g3
4…ç3 5.Nf6 ! g3 6.Ng4+ +/-

5.B×h3 ! ç3 !
5…K×h3 6.K×f4 ! ç3 7.Ng5+ Kh2 8.Ke3 ç2 9.Kd2 draw.

6.Bf5 feedback g2 7.Ng5 ! Kg3 ! 8.Ne4+ !!
Thematic TRY.
8.Nh3 ? ç2 9.Ng1 ç1Q 10.Ne2+ Kf3 11.N×ç1 g1Q -+ (Nalimov tablebases. 6m)

8…Kh4 ! 9.N×ç3 g1Q 10.Nd5 !! DRAW (Nalimov tablebases. 6m)

Theme.Black counterplay:Three sacrifices of pieces.This allows a Q-promotion. Insufficient thanks to the manoeuvre of white knight 10.Nd5 !!