Nº 13 Alain Pallier (France)

Draw

Alain Pallier (France)

wKf2,Bb1,Ra4,Pe2/bKe5,Na6,Pc3,d2,f4,f5,h3,h6

1.Ra5+!
Try : 1.Bc2? Nc5! 2.Rc4 Ne4+ 3.Kg1 Kd5 (3…Ng3? 4.Bd1 Ne4 5.Bb3 Kf6 6.Kh2=) 4.Rc8 Kd4 (4…Ng3? 5.Bd1 Kd4 6.Rd8+ Kc4 7.Rc8+ Kb4 8.Rb8+ Ka5 9.Ra8+=) 5.Rf8 Ke3 6.Rxf5 h2+ 7.Kxh2 Ng3 8.Rc5 Nxe2 9.Re5+ Kf2–+

1…Nc5 2.Rxc5+ Kd6! 3.Rxc3
3.Rc8? h2–+

3…d1N+! 4.Kf3
4.Kf1? Nxc3–+

4…Nxc3 5.Bxf5 h2
5…Ke5 6.Bxh3=

6.Kg2 Ke5
6…Nxe2 7.Kxh2 Ke5 8.Bg4! Nd4 9.Kg2 Ke4 10.Kf2 f3 11.Bc8 Kf4 12.Bb7 h5 13.Bd5 h4 14.Bb7 h3 15.Bd5 h2 16.Bxf3 Nxf3 17.Kg2= positional draw

7.Bg4! Ke4 8.Kxh2 Ke3 9.Kh3! Nxe2 10.Kh4 Ng3 11.Bh3!
Try : 11.Bc8? Ne4! 12.Kh5 f3 13.Kxh6 f2 14.Bh3 Kf4! 15.Kh5 Nd2 16.Kh4 Nf3+ 17.Kh5 Nh2 18.Kh4 Kf3 19.Kg5 Kg3–+

11…Kf3 12.Bc8!
12.Be6? Ke4! 13.Bc8 Nf5+ 14.Kg4 Ng7 15.Bb7+ Ke3–+
12.Bg4+? Ke4 13.Bc8 Nf5–+

12…Ke4
12…Ke3 13.Bh3! Kf3 14.Bc8=

13.Kg4!
13.Bh3? Nf5–+

13…Ke3 14.Ba6!
14.Bb7? Ne4–+

14…Ne4 15.Kh5= positional draw