Nº20 Marc Gelly

Win

Marc Gelly (France)

wKf2,Bf7,Pb3,g2,h5/bKb1,Bd3,Pe6,g5,g7,h6

1.Bg6!!
1.Ke3? Bf1! 2.g3 Kç2 3.B×e6 Kç3! 4.Ke4 Bd3+ 5.Ke5 g6 6.h×g6 B×g6 7.Kf6 Bb1 8.Bf5 Ba2! 9.Kg6 B×b3 Draw.
1.B×e6? Kç2 =

1…Kç2
1…B×g6 2.h×g6 Kç2 3.Ke3 idem main line.

2.Ke3!! ZUGZWANG! Play for exchange of Bishops and obtaining an advantageous pawn endgame.
Thematic TRY. 2.b4? B×g6! 3.h×g6 Kd2!! 4.b5 e5 5.Kf3 Kd3 6.b6 e4+ 7.Kf2 Kd2 8.b7 e3+ 9.Kf3 e2 10.b8Q e1Q draw.

2…B×g6 3.h×g6 K×b3 4.g4! Forward EXCELSIOR.
4.K ad libitum? h5! -+

4…Kç3 5.Ke4 Kd2 6.Ke5 Ke3 7.K×e6 Kf4 8.Kf7 h5!
8…K×g4 9.K×g7 +-

9.g×h5!
9.K×g7? h4 or h×g4 =

9…g4 10.h6!
No precipitation. Logical TRY – 10.K×g7? g3 11.h6 g2 12.h7 g1Q 13.h8Q Draw.

10…g3! 11.h7!
11.h×g7? g2 12.g8Q g1Q and after 13.g7 or Qd8 Qa7+ Draw.

11…g2 12.h8Q EXCELSIOR. 12…g1Q 13.Qh4+!
13.K/Q×g7? Draw.

13…Kf5 14.Qh5+ Kf4 15.K×g7 only now. And w.wins.

THEME . EXCELSIOR.
A chess endgame study is «LE ZERO ET L’INFINI «.
Le niveau de jeu pitoyable dans la partie justificative prépare la divine perfection de la solution.