Nº20 Alain Pallier

Win

Alain Pallier (France)

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1.Qg4! Nb8+
1…Ra7+ 2.Kb5 Rxb2+ 3.Kxc6 Ra6+ 4.Kc5 Ra5+ 5.Kd4 fxe6 6.Qxg3+ Kf1 7.Qf3+ Kg1 8.Qe3+ Kg2 9.Qc1 Raxa2 (9…Rab5 10.a4+-) 10.Qxg5+ Kh1+-

2.Kb6
2.Ka5? Ra7+ 3.Kb6 Ra6+ 4.Kc7 Rc6+ 5.Kxb8 Rxb2+ 6.Ka7=

2…Rc6+ 3.Ka7 Rxb2!
3…Ra6+ 4.Kxb8 Rxb2+ 5.Kc7 Ra7+ 6.Kd6 Ra6+ 7.Kc5+-

4.Qxg3+ Kf1 5.Qf3+ Kg1 6.Qe3+ Kg2 7.Qxg5+ Kf3! 8.Nc5!
Tries : 8.Qf5+ is a wrong square for the Queen 8…Ke3! 9.Nc5 Rc7+! 10.Ka8 Ra7+! 11.Kxa7 Nc6+ 12.Ka6 Nb8+ 13.Ka5 Nc6+ 14.Ka4 Nxc3+ 15.Ka3 Rxa2+ 16.Kb3 Nd4+ 17.Kxc3 Nxf5=
8.Qg4+? Ke3 9.Nc5 Rxa2+! (9…Rxc5? 10.Qd4+ Ke2 11.Qxc5 fxe6 12.h4+-) 10.Kxb8 Rb2+ 11.Nb7 Rxe6=

8…Rc7+!
8…Rxe6 9.Qd5+ Ke3 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.Qxe6+-
8…Rc8 9.Qg4+ Ke3 10.Nb3 Rxc3 11.Qd4+ Ke2 12.Qe5+-]

9.Ka8 Nc6!
9…Rc8 10.Qg4+ Ke3 11.Nb3 Na6+ 12.Kb7 Rb8+ 13.Ka7 fxe6 14.Qg1+ Kf3 15.Qc1+-

10.Qg4+! Kf2 11.Qf4+!
11.Nd3+? Ke3! 12.Qg3+ Kd2! (12…Ke4? 13.Nf2+ Kd5 (13…Kf5 14.Qxc7 Rxa2+ 15.Kb7 Ra7+ 16.Kxc6 Rxc7+ 17.Kxc7 fxe6 18.c4! e5 19.c5 e4 20.Nd1! Na3 21.c6 Nb5+ 22.Kb6+-) 14.c4+! Kxc4 15.Qxc7 Rxa2+ 16.Kb7 Ra7+ 17.Kxc6 Rxc7+ 18.Kxc7 fxe6 19.Kd6!+-) 13.Qxc7 Rxa2+ 14.Kb7 Ra7+ 15.Kxc6 Rxc7+ 16.Kxc7 fxe6 17.Nc5 Nxc3 18.h4 Nd5+ 19.Kd6 Nf4 20.Nxe6= Ke3=

11…Kg2 12.Qxc7!
12.Qg4+ Kh1=

12…Rxa2+ 13.Kb7 Ra7+ 14.Kxc6 Rxc7+ 15.Kxc7 fxe6 16.h4 Nxc3 17.h5 Nd5+ 18.Kd6! Ne3 19.Kxe6+-