Nº31 Alexey Gasparyan

Win

Alexey Gasparyan (Armenia)

wKd1,Qa1,Na5,Ph3/bKa4,Ne4,Ra3,Pa2,b6,d2

1.Sc4!
1.Sc6?! Rd3 (or 1…Kb3 draws too) 2.Q*a2 Kb5 3.Qb1 K*c6 4.Q*d3 Sf2 5.K*d2 S*d3 6.K*d3 =

1…Sc3+!
Or 1…Rg3!? 2.Q*a2+ Kb4 3.Qb1+ (not 3.Qb2+??) Kc3 4.Qc2+ Kd4 5.S*d2 Rg1+ 6.Ke2 Rg2+ 7.Kf3 Rf2+ 8.Kg4 R*d2 9.Qa4+! and wins.

2.K*d2 Rb3! And now 3.Sb2+!
False track 3.S*b6+?! Kb5 4.Sd5 S*d5! 4.Q*a2 Rd3+! 6.Ke1 Re3+! 7.Kf2 Kc6! 8.h4 Re5! 9.Qa6 Kd7! = (T7).

3…Ka3 4.Kc2! Sd5!
Or 4…Sb5!? 5.Sc4+ Kb4 6.Q*a2 +-

5.Sc4+!
Not 5.Sd3? Rb1 draws.

5…Kb4 6.Q*a2
But not 6.S*b6? S*b6 7.Q*a2 Rc3+! and 8…R*h3 =.

6…Rc3+ 7.Kb2!
7.Kd2? R*c4 =

7…R*c4. Suddenly 8.h4!
8…R*h4? 9.Q*d5 +-.

8…Sf4! 9.Qa3+ Kb5 10.Kb3 Sd5!? 11.Qa8! Rb4+ 12.Ka3!
12.Kc2? Rc4+ 13.Kb3 Rb4+

2…Rd4!?
Or 12…R*h4?! 13.Q*d5 wins.

13.h5 (Qe8+) and wins. (13…Sf6 14.h6!+-)