Nº 12 Marcel Dore

Win

Marcel Dore (France)

wKc4,Pa3,d4,f4/bKf7,Nb7

1. Kb5 !
Thematic try : 1. a4 ? Ke6 ! (1…Ke7 ? 2. Kb5 Kd6 3. Kb6 ! +-) 2. Kb5 Kd5 3. Kb6 Nd6 ! =

1….Ke6 !
1….Nd8 2. d5 ! Ke7 3. a4 Kd6 4. a5 Kxd5 5. a6 Nc6 6. Kb6 Ne7 7. Kb7 Nc6 8. f5 ! +-

2. Kb6 !
2. a4 ? Kd5 ! 3. Kb6 Nd6 =
2. Kc6 ? Na5+ 3. Kb5 Nb3 ! =

2….Nd6 3. Kc6 Nc4 4. d5+
4. a4 ? Na5+ 5. Kb6 Nc4+ 6. Kb5 Kd5 ! =

4….Ke7 5. a4 !
5. Kc7 ? Nxa3 ! 6. d6+ Kf7 7. d7 Nb5+ 8. Kb7 Ke7! = (8…Nd6+ ? 9. Kc6 ! +-)

5….Kd8 6. Kc5* Nb2 7. Kb5 ! switchback.
Thematic try : 7. a5 ? Nd3+ ! 8. Kc6 Nxf4 9. a6 Nxd5 10. a7 Nc7 =

7….Nd3 8. f5 Kc7 9. a5 !
9. f6 ? Ne5 ! 10. Kc5 Nd7+ ! = (10…Kd8 ? 11. Kd6 ! +-)

9….Ne5 10. a6 !
10. Kc5 ? Nd7+ 11. Kb5 Nf6 12. Kc5 Nd7+= positional draw.

10….Nf7 11. Kc5 Nd6 12. a7 !
12. f6 ? Ne4+ ! = (12…Nf7 ? 13. d6+ Nxd6 14. a7 ! +-)

12….Ne4+ 13. Kd4 ! +-

* 6. Kb5(?) Nd6+ 7. Nc6 Nc4 8. Kc5 is a loss of time.