Nº 36 Marc Gelly

BTM Win

Section B.1.

Marc Gelly (France)

wKe5,Bd7,Pb4,c2,e2,h7/bKa7,Ng5,Pb5,c3,e3,h3

1…h2
1…,N×h7 2.B×h3,Ng5 3.Bf5,Nf7+ 4.Kf4,Nd6 5.Bd3 +

2.h8Q
2 Bç6? ,N×h7 3.Kf4,Kb6 =/+

2….Nf7+ 3.Kf6!
3.Kd4?,N×h8 4.Bç6, Kb6 -/+

3… N×h8 4.Bç6 Kb6! 5.Bf3!!
5.Bh1?,Kç7! 6.Kg7,Kd6 7.Kf6 (7.K×h8?,Ke5 -+) Kd7 8.Bd5,Kç7 positional draw.

5…Kç7! 6.Kg7!Kd6 7.K×h8 Ke5 8.Kg7!
8.Kh7?,Kd4! 9.Kg6,Kç4 -+

8…Kf4
8…,Kf5 9.Kf7!,Kf4 ( 9…,Ke5 10.Ķe7! +-) 10.Kf6(e6),Kg3 11.Ke5(d5),Kf2 12.Kd4 similar to solution.
8…,Kd4 9 Kf6!,Kç4 10 Ke5,K×b4 11.Kd4 +-

9.Kf6!!
Thematy Try;9.Kg6?,Kg3 10.Kf5,Kf2 11.Kf4 ( 11.Ke4?,h1Q 12.B×h1,K×e2 -+) h1Q 12.B×h1,K×e2 13.Bç6, Kd2 14. B×b5,K×ç2 15.K×e3,Kb3 Draw.

9…Kg3 10.Ke5!
10.Kf5?,Kf2 Draw.

10… Kf2 11.Kd4!!
11.Kf4?,h1Q Draw
11.Ke4?,h1Q 12.B×h1,K×e2 -+

11…h1Q 12.B×h1 K×e2 13.Be4!!
13.Bç6? ,Kd2 14.B×b5,K×ç2 15.K×e3,K×b3 Draw.

13…Kf2(d2)14.Bd3 e2 15.B×e2 K×e2 16.K×ç3 Ke3 17.Kb2!!
17.Kb3?,Kd4! 18.Kb2,Kç4 19.ç3, Kd5! Draw.

17… Kd4!
17…,Ke4! 18.Kç1!!,Kd5 19.Kd2,Kd4 20.ç3+ similar to solution

18.Kb3!!Kd5 19.Kç3! Ke4 20.Kd2 Kd4 21.ç3+! Ke4 22.Ke2 Ke5 23.Ke3 Kd5 24.Kd3 Kç6
24…,Ke5 25 ç4, b×ç4 26 K×ç4, Kd6 27 Kb5,Kç7 28 Ka6(a5,ç5 ) Win.
or 25…,Kd6 26 ç5(ç×b) Win.

25.Ke4! Kd6 26.Kd4Kç6 27.Ke5 Kç7 28.Kd5 Kb6 29.Kd6 Kb7 30.Kç5 Ka6 31.Kç6 Ka7 32.K×b5 WIN

After 16…,Ke3 the study has been tested for soundness by the Nalimov tablebases (6m.) but these were not used during composition.
After 17 Kb2!!…le Roi blanc nous parle::

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