Nº11Mario Garcia & Michal Hlinka

Win

Section B.1.

Mario Garcia &Michal Hlinka (Argentina-Slovakia)

wKd7,Nf4,Rc2,Pa4,b5/bKb6,Pa3,b3,d2

1.Nd5+!
1.Rc6+? Kb7! (1…Ka5? 2.Nd5 Kxa4 (2…d1Q 3.Ra6#) 3.Nc3+ Ka5 4.Kd6 Kb4 5.b6+-) 2.Rc7+ (2.Rd6 a2= /b2) 2…Kb8 3.Rc8+ Kb7=
1.Rxd2? a2! 2.Rd6+ Kb7=

1…Kb7 2.Rc7+ Kb8 3.Rc8+ Kb7
3…Ka7 4.Kc6 d1Q 5.b6+ Ka6 6.Ra8#

4.a5 d1Q 5.a6+ Ka7 6.Rc7+
Try: 6.Kd6? a2! 7.Rc7+ Kb8 8.a7+ Ka8 9.b6 Qg4! (9…a1Q? 10.Rc8+ Kb7 11.Rb8+ Ka6 12.a8Q+ Kb5 13.Qc6+ Ka5 14.Ra8#) 10.Rg7 a1Q 11.Rxg4 Kb7 12.Rg8 (12.Rc4 Qa3+ 13.Kd7 Qf8 14.Rc7+ Ka6=) 12…Qa3+ 13.Kd7 Qa4+ 14.Ke6 b2 15.Rb8+ (15.Rg7+ Kc6 16.Rc7+ Kb5 17.Nc3+ Kxb6 18.Nxa4+ Kxc7 19.a8Q b1Q=) 15…Kc6 16.a8Q+ Qxa8 17.Rxa8 b1Q 18.Rc8+ Kb7=

6…Ka8
main : 6…Kb8 7.a7+ Ka8 8.Kc6 Qc2+ (8…Qxd5+ 9.Kxd5 b2 10.b6 b1Q 11.Rc8++-) 9.Kb6 Qg6+ (9…Qf2+ 10.Ka6 Qf8 11.Nb6# mate) 10.Ka5 b2 11.Nb6+ Qxb6+ 12.Kxb6 b1Q 13.Rc8# mate

7.Kd6! with two lines :

A) 7…Qd3 8.Rg7! b2
main: 2 8…Qd2 9.b6 Qh6+ 10.Kc5 Qxg7 (10…Qc1+ 11.Kb5! Qf1+ 12.Kc6! Qc4+ 13.Kd6 Qxa6 14.Nc7+ similar to solution) 11.Nc7+ Kb8 (11…Qxc7+ 12.bxc7 b2 13.c8Q+ Ka7 14.Qb7#) 12.a7+ Kb7 (12…Kc8 13.a8Q+ Kd7 14.Qe8#) 13.a8Q#

9.b6 Qxa6
9…b1Q 10.Rg8#

10.Nc7+ fork 10…Kb7 11.Nxa6+ Kxb6
11…Kxa6 12.Kc5 b1Q 13.Ra7#

12.Nc5 a2
12…b1Q 13.Rb7++- pin

13.Rb7+ Ka5 14.Rxb2 a1Q 15.Nb3++- fork

B) 7…Qd2 8.b6 Qh2+ 9.Kc5 Qc2+ 10.Kb4 Qd2+
10…b2 11.Rxc2 b1Q+ 12.Kxa3 Qxc2 13.Nc7+ Kb8 14.a7+ Kb7 15.a8Q+ Kxb6 16.Nd5+ Kc5 17.Qc8++-

11.Nc3!
11.Rc3? Kb8!=

11…Qd6+ 12.Ka5 Qd8 13.Nb5 Qd2+ 14.Ka4 Qf4+ 15.Kxb3!+- win
15.Kxa3? Qf8+ 16.Kxb3 Qf3+ 17.Kb4 Qf4+ 18.Ka5 Qd2+ 19.Nc3 Qg5+ 20.Kb4 Qf4+ 21.Kb3 Qf5! 22.Rc4 Kb8! positional draw)

15…Qe3+ 16.Rc3 /Ka4+- 16…Qxb6 17.Rc8++-

Themes. Domination – Culmination in mate