Nº10 Michael Pasman

Draw

Michael Pasman (Israel)

wKb6,Rf6,Pc4,d6,f5/bKe8,Nh6,Ra8,Pe3,g6

1.Rxg6!
Try : 1.fxg6? Kd7! Without castle here 2.Rf1 Kxd6 3.c5+ Kd5 4.c6 Ke4! 5.c7 Nf5! 6.Kc6 Rg8!! 7.Kd7 Rg7+ 8.Kd8 Nd6–+
1.c5? Nxf5 2.c6 e2 3.Re6+ Kf7! 4.Rxe2 Nxd6–+
1.Re6?+ Kd7!–+

1…0–0–0! 2.d7+!
Thematic try : after 2.Rxh6? e2 3.Re6 Rxd6+! 4.Rxd6 e1Q–+ White cannot achieve draw like in main line, mainly because Black King is in front of White pawn

2…Rxd7 3.Rc6+!
3.Rxh6 e2 4.Rh8+ (4.Re6 Rd6+ as previous line) 4…Rd8 5.Rh1 Rd1–+

3…Kd8 4.Rxh6 e2 5.Rh8+!
5.Re6 Re7–+

5…Ke7 6.Rh7+ Kf6 7.Rxd7 e1Q 8.Rc7!!
8.c5 Qb4+ 9.Kc6 Kxf5–+ White rook must stay on c7

8…Qb4+ 9.Ka7!
9.Ka6 Qb8!-+

9…Qd6 10.Kb7! Qb4+
10…Kxf5 11.c5!=

11.Ka7!
11.Ka6? Qb8

11…Qa5+ 12.Kb7 Kxf5 13.c5! Ke6 14.Kb8! Qa6 15.Rb7! Kd5 16.Rc7! Kc4 17.Rc8! Kb5 18.Rc7! Kc4 19.Rc8! Kd5 20.Rc7! Ke6 21.Rb7! Qa5 22.Rc7! Qa6 23.Rb7! Qc4 24.Rc7! Qd5 25.Ka7!=