Nº30 Alexey Gasparyan

Draw

Alexey Gasparyan (Armenia)

wKd6,Nh4,Bb5,Rg7,Pb4,b6,e5/bKg8,Qc8,Nc7,Rf5,Pc4,d7

1.bc? R*f7-+; 1.R*f5? S*b5 etc.-+. A bit better 1.S*f5?! S*b5+! But not 1…K*f7? 2.bc Qf8+ 3.Kd5 c3 4.Kd4 draws 2.Ke7 Sd4!! 2…Qb8? 3.R*g7+ Kh8 4.Kf7 Q*e5 5.Rg8+ Kh7 6.Rg7+ Q*g7 7.S*g7 Sd6+ 8.Ke7 c3 9.K*d6(or 9.Sh5=) draws 3.S*d4?! 3. R*g7+?! Kh8 4.S*d4 -+ 3..Qb8! 4.e6!? de 5.S*e6 Qb7+ 6.Sc7 Qe4+ (or 6…c3 etc.-+) 7.Se6 Qh4+ 8.Ke8 Qh5 9.Sd8 Qb5 10.Rd7 Q*b6 etc. -+ black wins .

1.R*g7+! Kf8!! 1…K*g7? 2.S*f5+ and 3.bc = 2.bc Not 2.B*d7? Se8+-+; not 2.S*f5? S*b5+ 3.Kd5 Qc6X! 2…Rf1!! or 2…Rf2? 3.Rg2! Rf1 4.Sg6+ (or 4.Rg8+-main) 4…Ke8 5.Se7 Rd1+ 6.Sd5! R*d5+ 7.K*d5 Q*c7 etc. draws = . And now 3.Rg8+!! 3.B*d7? Rd1+ -+; 3.R*d7? Rd1+ 4.Ke6 R*d7-+. 3…K*g8 4.B*c4+ Rf7 4…Kf8 5.B*f1 Qb7 6.K*d7 = 5.Sg6! 5.B*f7? K*f7 6.e6 de -+. 5…Kg7 or 5…Q*c7+ 6.K*c7 d5+ 7.Kd6(d8) dc 8.e6! =. 6.B*f7 K*f7 and 7.e6+!! but not false track 7.Sf4?! Qe8 8. b5 Qe7+ 9.Kd5 Qf8! 10.Ke4 Qb4 (or Qc5 etc.-+)11.Kf5 Qc5 12.b6 Qc6 (or 12…d6! -+) 13.Sd5 Qe6+ 14.Kf4 d6! -+. 7…Ke8!! or 7…de 8.Se5 etc.=; 7…Kf6 8.ed Qa6 9.Kc5! Qa7 10.Kc6 =; 7…Kg6 8.ed Qf8+ 9.Kc6 Qf3 draws =. 8.b5! de 9.Se5! Now if 9…Qa8 10 K*e6! Qb7 (or 10…Qa2 11.Kd6 Qc2 12.b6 =) 11.Kd6 =. Remains 9…Qb7! 10.Sc6! Qc8 11.Se5! – positional draw!