Nº17 Alexey Gasparyan

Draw

Section B.2.

Alexey Gasparyan (Armenia)

wKh5,Na4,d3,Bd8,f7,Pa6,g5,h6/bKd7,Nf3,Bc2,e3,Rg1

1.h7!
1.Bf6? B*d3! 2.h7 B*h7 3.g6 B*g6+! 4.B*g6 Ke6 -+
1.Bd5? K*d8 2.B*f3 B*d3 -+

1…Rh1+!
1…B*d3 2.h8Q! Rh1+ 3.Kg4 R*h8 4.K*f3 draws

2.Kg4 Sh2+
or 2…B*d3 3.K*f3 etc.=

3.Kg3!
not 3.Kh3?! Sf1+! 4.Kg2 B*d3 etc.-+

3…Sf1+!
Weaker 3…B*d3 4.Sb6+ B*b6 5.B*b6 Sf1+ 6.Kf4 R*h7 7.g6 draws.

4.Kf3!
4.Kg4? B*d3 5.a7 B*a7 6.Bb6 Bb8! -+

4…B*d3!
Or 4…Bd1+ 5.Ke4! Rh4+ 6.Sf4! Bc2+ 7.Kd5 B*a4 8.Bf6 Bc6+ 9.Kc4! =

5.a7!!
5.Sb6+? K*d8! 6.a7 Ke7! 7.Sd5+ (7.a8Q? Rh3+ 8.Kg4 Rg3+ 9.Kh4 B*g5+ -+) 7…K*f7 8.S*e3 Sd2+! 9.Kf4 Be4! -+

5…B*a7
or 5…Rh3+ 6.Kg4! Rg3+ 7.Kh5! B*a7 8.g6 =

6.Bb6! R*h7!
6…B*b6 7.S*b6 main;
6…Ke7?! 7.g6! B*b6 8.S*b6 Kf6 9.Sd5+ draws.

7.g6!!
7.Sc5+? Ke7 8.B*a7 R*f7 -+
7.B*a7? R*f7 -+.

7…Rh3+
7…Sd2+ 8.Ke3 =

8.Kf2!
8.Kg2?! Rg3+ 9.Kf2 B*b6+ 10.S*b6 Kc6 -+

8…B*b6+
or 8…Rh2+ 9.Kg1 main

9.S*b6+ Ke7 10.Sd5+ Kf8 11.Sf4! forcing 11…Rh2+ 12.Kg1! Ba6(b5) 13.Se6+ Ke7 14.Sc7! Bd3!
14…Be2!? also possible 15.Bd5! Kf6 16.Se6 Bg4 17.g7! Kf7 18.K*f1 =,so 14…Sd3!

and after 15.Sd5+ Kf8 16.Sf4 positional draw.