Nº8 Michael Pasman

Win

Michael Pasman (Israel)

wKf1,Nb7,Rg1,h1,Ph4,h5,h7/bKf7,Ba7,Rc5,c8,Pd2,g7

1.Nd6+ Ke6
1…Kf6 2.Rg6++-
1…Ke7 2.Nxc8++-

2.Rg6+ Kd7
2…Kd5 3.Ke2+-

3.Kg2!
3.Ke2? Re5+ 4.Kxd2 Rd5+ 5.Ke2 Rc2+ 6.Kf3 Rd3+ 7.Kf4 Rf2+ 8.Ke5 Re2+ 9.Ne4 Bb8+ 10.Kf5 Rd5+ 11.Kg4 Rxe4+ 12.Kf3 Rf4+ 13.Ke3 Rxh5=

3…Rh8
3…Rc2 4.Rd1 Rh8 see comments to 4-th move

4.Rd1 Rxh7
4…Rc2 5.Rxg7+ Kxd6 6.Rxa7+-

5.Rxd2 Rcxh5
5…Rhxh5 6.Ne4+ Ke8 (6…Rcd5 7.Rxd5+ Rxd5 8.Rxg7++-) 7.Rxg7!+-

6.Nb5+ Ke7 7.Re2+!
Thematic try : 7.Nxa7™ Kf7! 8.Rb6 Rxh4 9.Rd7+ Ke8 10.Rc7 Rh2+ 11.Kf1 Rh1+=

7…Kf7
7…Be3 8.Rxe3+ Kf7 (8…Kf8 9.Nd6) 9.Nd6+ Kxg6 10.Re6#
7…Kf8 8.Nd6!+-
7…Kd7 8.Rd6+ Kc8 9.Re8+ Kb7 10.Re7++-

8.Nd6+! Switchback 8…Kxg6 9.Re6# Model mate with 2 selfblocks