Nº8 Peter Gyarmati & Mario Garcia

Win

Section A.

Peter Gyarmati & Mario Garcia (Hungria-Argentina)

wKf1,Nd3,Rb3,Ph5/bKh3,Rg8,Pc3,g6

1.h6
Try: 1.Rxc3? gxh5! (1…Kg4? 2.h6! Kg5 3.h7+- as solution) 2.Nf2+ Kh4! (2…Kh2?? 3.Rh3#) 3.Rh3+ Kg5 4.Rg3+ Kh4 5.Rxg8 stalemate.

1…Kh4
1…c2 2.Ne5+ Kh4 3.Rc3+-

2.Rxc3 Kg5
main 1: 2…Rh8 3.Nf2! (3.Ne5? Rxh6 4.Rc4+ (4.Kg2 Rh5=) 4…Kh3! (4…Kg3? 5.Rg4+ Kh3 6.Kf2+-) 5.Kf2 g5 6.Rc3+ (6.Rc1 Rf6+=) 6…Kh4 7.Kg2 g4=) 3…Kg5 4.Rh3 Rxh6 5.Ne4++-

3.h7 Rh8 4.Rc7 Kf6
main 2: 4…Kh6 5.Ne5! (5.Nf2? g5 6.Ng4+ Kg6 7.Ne5+ Kf5 /f6 8.Nf3 Kg6!=) 5…Rxh7 6.Ng4++-

5.Kf2 /e2 5…g5 6.Ke3!
6.Kf3? Kg6! 7.Ne5+ Kf5! 8.Re7 Kf6! 9.Rf7+ Kxe5 10.Kg4 Ke6 11.Rc7 Kf6 12.Kh5 g4 13.Kxg4 (13.Kh6 Kf5=) 13…Kg6=

6…Kg6
6…Re8+ 7.Kf3 Rh8 8.Kg4 Kg6 9.Ne5++-

7.Ne5+
7.Ke4? Rxh7 (ab) 8.Ne5+ Kh6 (ba) 9.Ng4+ Kg6 10.Rc6+ Kf7 (10…Kg7? 11.Kf5 Rh1 12.Rc7+ Kf8 13.Nf6 Rf1+ 14.Kg6+-) 11.Kf5 Rh1 /a3 12.Rc7+ Ke8!=

7…Kf5
7…Kh6 8.Nf7++- fork

8.Kd4!
8.Kf3? Kxe5 9.Kg4 Kf6 10.Kh5 g4=

8…Rd8+
8…g4 9.Kd5 g3 10.Rf7+ Kg5 11.Ke6 g2 12.Rg7++-

9.Rd7! thematic move
Try: 9.Nd7? g4! (9…Rh8? 10.Ne5+- return and win; 9…Kg6? 10.Ke4 Kxh7 11.Nf8+ Kh6 12.Rh7#) 10.Ke3 Re8+! (10…Rh8? 11.Nf8 Rxf8 12.Rf7+ Rxf7 13.h8Q+-) 11.Kf2 Rh8! 12.Nf8 Rxf8 13.Rf7+ Rxf7 14.h8Q Kg5+ 15.Kg3?! Rf3+!= positional draw – Black has a better chance of achieving equality with a pawn on the «Knight File»

9…Rxd7+
9…Rh8 e.g. 10.Kd5 g4 11.Rf7+ Kg5 12.Ke4 g3 13.Rf5+ Kh6 14.Nf7++-

10.Nxd7+-