Nº 19 Marc Gelly (France)

Draw

Marc Gelly (France)

wKh3,Ba5,Pa2,c2,c3,g2,g4,g6/bKe2,Bb8,Pa4,b5,c4,c6,f6,g7

1.Bb4! Bf4 2.Kh4!!
Try Thematic : 2.Bf8? Bh6 3.Kh4 Kd2 4.Kh5 Kxc3! (no 4…Kxc2? 5.g5! fxg5 6.g4!= draw similar to solution ) 5.g5 fxg5 6.g4 Kxc2–+

2…Kd2 3.Kh5!!
3.Bf8? Bh6!–+

3…Kxc2
3…Bh6 4.Be7=

4.Bf8! Bh6
main 4…b4 5.Bxb4! (5.cxb4? Bh6 6.Be7 Bg5 7.Bf8 Kb1 8.Bxg7 c3 9.Bf8 c2 10.g7 c1Q–+) 5…Kb2 6.Bf8 Bh6 7.g5 fxg5 8.g4= similar to solution

5.g5!!
5.Bb4? Kb2 6.Be7 Kxa2 7.Bxf6 a3 8.g5 Bxg5 9.Bxg7 Kb2 10.Bd4 a2 11.g7 a1Q–+

5…fxg5 6.g4! Kxc3 7.Bb4+!!
7.a3? Kb3!–+

7…Kd3! 8.a3! c5! 9.Bd2!
9.Bxc5? c3–+

9…Kc2!
9…b4 10.Bc1!=

10.Bc3!
10.Bc1? c3–+

10…b4! 11.Ba1! Kb3! 12.axb4 c3! 13.Bxc3 Kxc3 14.bxc5! a3 15.c6 a2 16.c7 a1Q 17.c8Q+= positional draw

After of V, Smyslov- 2005 (c4-g3)