Nº5 Petromir Panaiotov

Win

Petromir Panaiotov (Bulgaria)

1.Ne4!
1.Rxg6? c4+! (1…Bxa2 2.Nh7+ Kxh5 3.Nxf8+-; 1…Qd8+ 2.Ke2 Bxa2 3.Nf7+! Kxh5 4.Rxh6+ Kg4 5.Nxd8+-) 2.Ke2 hxg5 3.f3+ Kxh5 4.Qa6 Bd5 5.Rf6 Qg7 6.Qd6 e4 7.fxe4 Qa7=

1…Qf5 2.Rxg6+ Qxg6! 3.f3+
3.Qxg8? Qxg8 4.Nf6+ Kf3! 5.Nxg8 e4+ 6.Kc3 Kxf2 7.Nxh6 e3 8.Ng4+ Kf1 9.Nh2+ Ke2 10.h6 Kf2! 11.h7 e2 12.Ng4+ Kf1 13.h8Q e1Q+ 14.Kb2 Qb4+=

3…Kf5!
3…Kxf3 4.hxg6 Bxa2 5.Nd2+ Kf2 6.c4+-
3…Kxh5 4.Qxg8 Qxg8 5.Nf6+ Kg5 6.Nxg8 h5 7.Ne7 h4 8.Ke2 h3 9.Kf2 e4 10.fxe4 Kf6 11.Nc6!+-

4.Qa8! Qa6+!
4…Qe6 5.Qf8+ Bf7 6.Ke2 Qc4+ 7.Ke1 Qb4+ 8.Kf2 Qd4+ 9.Kg2 Ke6 10.Qxh6++-; 4…Bc4+ 5.Kc3! Qxh5 6.Nd6+ Ke6 7.Nxc4+-

5.Qxa6 Bc4+ 6.Kd2!
6.Kxc4= stalemate
6.Qxc4= Stalemate idea from recent Gurgenidze study. Here it has a flaw.

6…Bxa6 7.Ke1!+- Domination over the black bishop
.[7.c4? Bxc4! 8.Nd6+ Kg5 9.Nxc4 Kxh5=]