Nº 22 Marc Gelly

Draw

Section B.2.

Marc Gelly (France)

wKc8,Nh1,Pb4,c2,c3,c5,d6/bKb5,Nc4,Be4,Pd7,e5

1.Ng3!
1.Nf2 Bc6 2.Kd8 Ne3 3.Ke8 Kc4–+

1…Bc6 2.Nf5!
2.Nh5 e4 3.Ng3 e3 4.Ne2 Ne5–+

2…Ka4!
2…Nd2 3.Ne7 e4 4.Kc7 e3 5.Nxc6=

3.Ne7!
3.Kd8? e4 4.Nd4 e3 5.Ke7 Nd2 6.Ne2 Ne4–+
3.Ng3? Nd2 4.Nf5 e4 5.Ne3 Nb1 6.Nd1 Kb5 7.Kc7 Kc4–+

3…Bb5 4.Kb8!!
4.Nd5? e4! 5.Nf4 e3 6.Kc7 Ne5–+

4…e4!
4…Ka3 5.c6 Nxd6 6.Kc7=

5.c6!!
5.Nd5? e3 6.Nf4 Ka3–+

5…Nxd6!
5…Bxc6 6.Nxc6 Nxd6 7.Nd4=
5…e3 6.c7 Ba6 7.Ka7! e2 8.Kxa6 Nxd6 9.Nf5!! Nc8 10.Kb7=

6.c7!
6.cxd7? Bxd7–+

6…Ba6 7.Nd5
7.Ng6? e3 8.Nf4 e2–+

7…Kb5
7…Nc4 8.c8Q Bxc8 9.Kxc8=
7…Bb7 8.c4=

8.Ne3!!
8.Nf4? e3 9.Ne2 Ka4–+
8.Ka7? Nc8+! 9.Kb8 d6!–+

8…Nc8!!
8…Bb7 9.Ka7 Bc8 10.Ka8!! Ba6 11.Kb8 main line
8…Bc8 9.Ka8! Bb7+ 10.Ka7 position Dra.
8…Nc4 9.Nxc4 Kxc4 10.Ka7! Bc8! (10…Kb5?? 11.c4++-) 11.Kb8= position draw

9.Nf5
Try: 9.Nd5? d6! 10.Ne3 Ne7! 11.c4+ Kxb4!–+

9…d6
9…Ka4 10.Nd4 Nd6 (10…e3 11.b5!=) 11.Ka7! Bc8 (11…Bb7 12.b5=) 12.Kb8!! e3 13.b5! Ka5 14.c4! Kb6 15.c3 Kc5 (15…Bb7 16.Ne2 Nxc4 17.c8Q Bxc8 18.Kxc8 d5 19.Kd7 Kxb5 20.Nd4+ Kc5 21.Nb3+! Kb6 22.Nc1! Kb5 23.Ke6! Kc6 24.Kf5=) 16.Ne2!=

10.Nd4+!
10.Ng3? d5–+

10…Kb6 11.b5
11.c4? e3 12.b5 Bb7! 13.Ne2 Ne7!–+

11…Bb7 12.Nf5!! d5 13.c4!
13.Ne3? Nd6–+

13…dxc4 14.c3! Na7
14…e3 15.Nxe3 Nd6 16.Nxc4+=

15.Ne3!
15.Nd6? Bd5!–+

15…Nxb5 16.Nxc4+ Ka6
16…Kc5 17.Kxb7 Nxc7=

17.c8Q
17.Ne3? Na7 18.c8Q Nxc8–+

17…Bxc8 18.Kxc8= Positional Draw