Nº18 Daniele Gatti

Draw

Daniele Gatti (Italy)

wKd2,Pg3,g4,g5,g6/bKh1,Re7

1.g7 Re8 2.g8Q
2.Kd3? Kg2 3.g8Q Rxg8 4.Ke4 Rxg5 5.Kf4 Rg8 6.g5 Kh3 7.Kf5 Kxg3 8.g6 Kh4 9.Kf6 Kh5 10.g7 (10.Kf7 Rxg6–+) 10…Kh6–+

2…Rxg8 3.Ke3!

With two variations :

A) 3…Kh2 4.Kf4 Kh3
4…Rf8+ 5.Ke5=

5.Kf5 Rf8+ 6.Ke6 Kxg4 7.g6 Kg5 8.g7 Ra8 9.Kf7 Ra7+ 10.Kf8!
10.Kg8? Kf6 11.Kh8 Rxg7–+

10…Kf6 11.g8N+ Kg6 12.Ne7+=

B) 3…Rxg5 4.Kf4 Rg8 5.g5!
5.Kf5? Kg2 6.g5 Kxg3 7.Kf6 Kh4 8.g6 Kh5 9.g7 Kh6–+

5…Kh2 6.g4
6.Kg4? Kg2! 7.Kf4 Kh3 8.Kf5 Kxg3–+

6…Kh3 7.Kf5 Rf8+
7…Kh4 8.g6 Rg7 9.Kf6=

8.Ke6 Kxg4 9.g6 Kg5 10.g7 Rg8 11.Kf7=