Nº 25 David Blundell

Win

David Blundell (Gales)

wKa4,Pa6,d3,h3/bKh1,Na8,Pe7,g7

1.h4!
1.a7? g5 2.Kb5 Kg2 3.Kc6 Kxh3 4.Kb7 g4 5.Kxa8 g3 6.Kb7 g2 7.a8Q g1Q=

1…Kg2
1…Nb6+ 2.Kb5 Nc8 3.Kc6+-

2.a7!
2.h5? Kf3 3.a7 e5 4.Kb5 Ke3 5.Kc6 Kxd3 6.Kb7 e4 7.Kxa8 e3 8.Kb7 e2 9.a8Q e1Q=

2…Kg3 3.h5!
3.Kb5? Kxh4 4.Kc6 g5 5.Kb7 g4 6.Kxa8 g3 7.Kb7 g2 8.a8Q g1Q 9.Qh8+ Kg3 10.Qg7+ Kf2=

3…Kg4
3…Kf4 4.Kb5 Ke5 5.Kc6+-

4.Kb5
4.Ka5? Kf5 5.Ka6 Ke6 6.Kb7 Kd7 7.Kxa8 Kc7=

4…Kf5
4…Kxh5 5.Kc6/a6 g5 6.Kb7 g4 7.Kxa8 g3 8.Kb7 g2 9.a8Q g1Q 10.Qh8+ Kg4 11.Qg7+-

5.Kc6!
5.d4? e5=

5…Ke5 6.d4+
6.Kd7 wastes time as after 6/\Kf6, White must play back to c6. White can also play the pointless 6.h6 gxh6 without changing theoutcome

6…Ke6 7.d5+ Ke5 8.d6 exd6 9.Kb7+-