Nº20 Michael Pasman

Win

Section B.1.

Michael Pasman (Israel)

wKh8,Nc1,d1,Bh2,Rf3,Pc6,d7,f4,g7,h4/bKe6,Qc5,Nh6,Ra1,a7,Pf2

1.f5+!
Try : 1.Re3+? Kf5 2.Re5+ Qxe5 3.fxe5 Ra8+ 4.Kh7 Rxc1 5.Ne3+ Ke6 6.Kxh6 Rxc6; 1.d8Q? Nf7+

1…Ke7
1…Kf7 2.d8Q Ra8 3.Bb8+-
1…Qxf5 2.Re3+ Kf7 3.d8Q+-

2.Re3+!
2.g8Q? Nxg8= Rg7+ Kd8 Rxg8+ Ke7

2…Qxe3!
2…Kf6 3.c7! Nf7+ 4.Kh7 f1Q 5.d8Q+! Nxd8 6.Be5+! Kxf5 7.c8Q+!+– Qe6 Qc2+ Kg4 Nf2+ Kh5 Bf6 Rxg7+ Bxg7

3.Bd6+!!
Thematic try : 3.Nxe3? Ra8+! 4.Kh7 Rxc1 5.f6+ (5.Kxh6 Rxc6+ 6.Kh7 Kf7=; 5.c7? Kxd7; 5.Bd6+? Kxd6) 5…Ke6! 6.Kxh6 Rxc6! 7.Kg6 Rc4! 8.Bc7! Rg4+! (8…Rxc7 9.f7) 9.Kh5 Re4! 10.d8Q (10.d8N+) 10…Rxd8 11.Bxd8 Kf7!=

3…Kf7!
3…Kd8 4.Nxe3+–; 3…Kxd6 4.d8Q+ Kxc6 5.Qf6+! Kc7 6.Nxe3+–

4.Nxe3!
4.g8Q+? Nxg8 5.Nxe3 R1a4! 6.d8Q Ra8! 7.Bb8! Ne7! 8.h5! Rh4! 9.Qd1! Rxb8+ 10.Kh7 Rg8=

4…Ra8+ 5.Kh7 f1Q! Removing white knight from e3 to include the black knight in the defense
5…Ng8 6.Nd3 Nf6+ 7.Kh6 Ng8+ 8.Kg5 Rg1+ 9.Kf4 f1Q+ 10.Nxf1 Rxf1+ 11.Ke5 Nf6 12.Bc7 Ne8 13.d8Q Rxd8 14.Bxd8 Rd1 15.Kd4 Nxg7 16.c7 Nxf5+ 17.Ke5+–
5…Rxc1 6.c7+–

6.Nxf1 Ng4!
6…Ng8 7.Nd3! Rxf1 8.Ne5+–

7.Nd3!! Rxf1
7…Nf6+ 8.Kh6 Rxf1 9.Ne5+–

8.Ne5+!
8.Bb8? Nf6+!

8…Nxe5 9.Bb8!!
9.Bxe5? Rxf5; 9.Bf8 Rg1

9…Rxb8 10.c7 Rxf5! 11.d8N+!! Rxd8 12.cxd8N+! Kf6 13.g8N#!

White sacrificed all his army including 2 knights and then promotes 2 new knights (Double Phenix) with ideal mate.