Nº9 Aleksandr Manvelyan & Alexey Gasparyan

Draw

1.p Shakhmatny Armenia (s), 1999

wKh8,Na4,Rg7,Pc6,f4/bKf8,Be7,Rc8,e8,Pf6,g5

1.Nb6!
1.f5? Rxc6 2.Kh7 Bd6 3.Kg6 Rc7–+

1…Rc7
1…Rcd8! 2.Nd7+!= (2.f5? Rd6 3.Nd7+ Rxd7 4.cxd7 Rd8! 5.Rg6 (5.Kh7 Rxd7–+) 5…Kf7+! 6.Kh7 Rxd7! 7.Rg7+ Ke8 8.Rg8+ Bf8+ 9.Kg6 (9.Kh8 Rf7–+) 9…Rg7–+) 2…Rxd7 3.cxd7=

2.Nd7+!
2.f5? Rd8–+

2…Rxd7 3.cxd7 Rd8
3…Rb8 4.Rg8+

4.f5
4.fxg5? fxg5–+
4.Kh7? gxf4 5.Kg6 Rxd7–+

4…g4
4…Rxd7 5.Rg8+ Kf7 6.Rg7+ Ke8 7.Rg8+ Bf8 8.Rxf8+! Kxf8 stalemate
4…Bb4 5.Kh7 Ba5 6.Kg6 Rb8 7.Rf7+=

5.Rxg4
5.Kh7? Rxd7 6.Rg8+ (6.Rxg4 Bd8–+) 6…Kf7 7.Rg7+ Ke8 8.Rg8+ Bf8+ 9.Kh8 Rd1–+

5…Kf7+
5…Rxd7 6.Rg8+ Kf7 7.Rg7+=
5…Bc5 6.Rg7! Bb6 7.Kh7=

6.Kh7 Rxd7
6…Bf8 7.Rg7+! Bxg7 stalemate
6…Bc5 7.Rg7+ Kf8 8.Kg6=

7.Rg7+ Ke8 8.Rg8+ Bf8+ 9.Kg6! Rf7
9…Rd6