Nº33 Alexey Gasparyan

Draw

Alexey Gasparyan (Armenia)

wKe3,Qf4,Nb4,Bb3,Ra1,Pg3,h6/bKg8,Qd8,Ne5,h2,Bb5,Pd5,e7,f3,f6,h4

1.Ra8!!
False track 1.B*d5?! Kh7! (not 1…Kh8? 2.Ra8 Sf1 3.Ke4! Q*a8 4.B*a8 hg 5.Sd5 g2 6.S*f6 g1Q 7.K*e5=) and now A) 2.Qe4? Kh8!! (2…Kg6? 3.Bf7 Qb6 4.Kd2 f5 5.Q*f5= or 2…K*h6? 3.Q*h4 Kg7 4.Ra8 Shg4 5.Kd2 etc.=) 3.Ra8 Shg4 4.Q*g4 S*g4 5.K*f3 Se5 6.Kg2 Q*a8 7.B*a8 hg 8.Be4 e6 9.K*g3 Sf7 etc.-+ or B)2.Be4? Kh8! 3.Ra8 Sf1 4.Kf2 Q*a8 5.B*a8 hg 6.Q*g3 S*g3 7.K*g3 Kh7 8.Sd5 Sg6 etc.-+ .

1…Q*a8
1…Shg4 2.Kd2 draws,for example: 2…Q*a8 3.B*d5 Q*d5 4.S*d5 f2 5. S*e7 etc.=.

2.B*d5! Q*d5 3.S*d5 f2!
After 3…Shg4 4.Kd2 f2 5.S*e7 draws.

4.S*f6!
Not 4.S*e7? Kf7 5.K*f2 Sd3 6.Kg2 S*f4 7.gf Bd3! -+
4.h7? Kh8! 5.K*f2 Sd3 etc.-+.

4…ef 5.h7! Now it forks! 5…K*h7 6.Q*h4 (not 6.Qe4??)

A) 6…Kg7 7.K*f2 Seg4
7…Shg4+ 8.Kg2 Bc6+ (8…Se3+ 9.Kf2 S3g4+ 10.Kg2=) 9.Kf1! Bb5+ 10.Kg2=

8.Kg2 Bc6
8…Be2 9.Kh1 Bd1 10.Kg2 Be2 11.Kh1=

9.Kh3 Be8 10.Kg2 Bc6 11.Kh3 Bf3! and 12.Qg5! fg – stalemate.

B) 6…Kg8 main 7.K*f2 Seg4! 8.Kg2 Bf1! 9.Kh1 Be2 10.Kg2 Kg7! 11.Kh1! draws.