Nº42 Alexey Gasparyan & Sergey Kasparyan (+)

Win

Alexey Gasparyan & Sergey Kasparyan (+) (Armenia)

wKg3,Nh4,Bf3,Rd5,h7,Pc3/bKf7,Qd7,Nf8,Pd6,g5,g7

1.Rf5+ Kg8!
1…Q*f5 2.R*g7+ K*g7 3.N*f5+ K – 4.N*d6 +-.

2.Rh8+!
But not 2.R*f8+?! K*f8 3.Rh8+ Kf7 4.Bh5+ Kf6 5.Rf8+ Ke5 6.Nf3 Kd5 etc. =.

2…K*h8 3.R*f8+ Kh7 .
And now 4.Be4+?! g6! 5.B*g6+ Kg7 6.Rf7+ Q*f7 7.B*f7 gh+ draws.
Or 4.Ng6!? after 4…Qa7! 5.Bh5 Qg1! Blacks are saved, for example 6.Kh3 Qh1+ 7.Kg4 Qg2+ 8.Kf5 Qd5 =.

4.Rh8+!! K*h8 5.Ng6+ Kg8 6.Bd5+ Qf7 and 7.Kg4!
but not 7.Ne7+?! Kf8 8.B*f7 K*f7 =
and not 7.c4?! Q*d5 8.Ne7+ Kf7 9.N*d5 Ke6 =

7…Q*d5 8.Ne7+ Kf7 9.N*d5 Ke6 10.Nb4!
not 10.Ne3?! Ke5! (10…d5?? 11.Nf1! Ke5 12.Nd2! Kf6 13.Nf3 +-) 11.Nf1 Ke4! =.

10…Kf6 11.Nd3!
11.Nc6? Ke6! – repetition of moves.

11…Ke6 12.c4!! Kf6 13.Kf31 Kf5 14.Nf2! Ke5 15.Ke3! Kf5 16.Kd4! g4 17.Nh1!! – into the corner! 17…Kf4
or 17…Ke6 18.Ng3 {or 18.Ke4 +-

18.Kd5! Kf3 19.K*d6 Kg2 20.Ke5 K*h1 21.Kf4! and wins.