Nº23 Alain Pallier

Win

Alain Pallier (France)

wKh4,Bh7,Pb2,d2/bKg7,Nd1,Pf5

1.b4 Nb2 2.Bxf5 Kf6 3.b5!
3.Bh3? /d7 3…Nc4=

3…Nc4 4.Bd3! Na5 5.Kg3 Ke5 6.Kf2!
6.Kf3? Kd5! (6…Kd4? 7.Ke2!+- zz) 7.Ke2 Kd4 zz 8.Bg6 Nc4 /b7=

6…Kd5! 7.Ke1!
7.Ke3? Kc5 8.Ke4 Nb3=

7…Nb7
7…Kd4 8.Ke2! zz 8…Kc5 9.Kd1! Nb7 10.Kc2 Nd6 11.Kc3+-

8.Ke2! Kc5 9.Be4!
9.Ke3? Na5! 10.Ke4 Nb3=

9…Na5 10.Bc6 Kd4 11.Kd1! Kc5 12.Be8!
12.Bd7? Nc4 13.Kc2 Nb6! 14.Be8 /c6 14…Kc4!=
12.Kc2? Nxc6 13.bxc6 Kxc6=

12…Nc4 13.Kc2 Kd4 14.Bc6!
14.Bd7? Nb6 15.Bc6 Kc4=

14…Nb6 15.Kb3!
15.Be8? Kc4=

15…Kd3 16.Kb4 Kxd2 17.Kc5 Na4+ 18.Kd4!+- and, with Black king now cut off, White wins the B + p vs N ending :
eg 18…Kc2 19.Kc4 Nb6+ 20.Kc5 Na4+ 21.Kb4 Nb6 22.Be4+ Kd2 23.Kc5 Na4+ 24.Kd4 Kc1 25.Kc4 Kb2 26.Kb4 Nb6 27.Bg6 Nd5+ 28.Ka5+-