Nº27 Marco Campioli

Draw

Section A.2.

Marco Campioli (Italy)

wKf8,Rd8,Pd5,e3,f5/bKh7,Qe5

1.Rd7+!
1.e4? Qc7 (1…Qxe4? 2.Rd7+=) 2.Ke8 Kg8! 3.Rd7 Qb8+! 4.Ke7 Qe5+! 5.Kd8 Qxe4 6.f6 Kf8–+
1.d6? Qg7+! (1…Qxf5+? 2.Ke7 Qe4+ 3.Kd7 Qb7+ 4.Ke6=
1…Qxe3? 2.Rd7+ Kh8 3.Rf7=) 2.Ke8 Kg8 3.Rc8 Qe5+ 4.Kd7+ Kf7 5.Kc6 Qc3+ 6.Kd7 Qxe3–+

1…Kh8!
1…Kh6 2.e4 Qxe4 3.Rd6+ Kg5 4.f6 Qe5 5.Ra6! Qb8+ 6.Kg7 Qb7+ 7.f7 Qxa6 8.f8Q=

2.e4! Qxe4
2…Qf6+ 3.Ke8= (3.Rf7? Qd8# mate)

3.f6 Qf5 4.Ke7 Qe5+ 5.Kf7 Kh7 6.Kf8+!
6.Rd8? Qc7+ 7.Ke8 Kg8 8.Rd7 Qb8+ 9.Rd8 Qe5+ 10.Kd7+ Kf7!–+

6…Kh6!
6…Kg6 7.f7 Kf6 8.Rb7! Qxd5 9.Rb6+!=

7.f7 Qb8+
7…Kg6 8.Rb7! Qxd5 9.Rb6+!=

8.Ke7 Qe5+! 9.Kf8!
9.Kd8? Kg7 10.d6 Kf8 11.Kc7 Qc5+ 12.Kd8 Qc6–+

9…Kh7
9….Kg6 10.Rb7!=, see 7…Kg6

10.Rd8
10.d6? Qe6–+

10…Kg6 11.Rd7
11.Ra8? Qf6–+

11…Qb8+
11…Kf6 12.Rb7 Qxd5 13.Rb6+!=

12.Ke7 Kg7 13.d6 Qf8+ 14.Ke6 Qc8 15.Ke7 Qa8 16.Rc7!
16.Rd8? Qe4+ 17.Kd7 Kxf7–+

16…Qe4+ 17.Kd8!
17.Kd7? Kxf7 18.Kc8+ Kf6 19.d7 Qa8# mate

17…Kf8 18.Re7!
18.Rd7? Qc6–+

18…Qc6 19.Re8+!
19.Rd7? Qc5–+

19…Kxf7 20.d7!
20.Re7+? Kf8 21.Rd7 (21.Re6 Qb6+ 22.Kd7 Qb5+ 23.Kd8 Qa5+ 24.Kd7 Qf5–+) 21…Qc5–+

20…Qb7 21.Re7+ Kf6 22.Ke8!= Positional draw.
[22.Rf7+? Ke6! (22..Kxf7?= stalemate) 23.Re7+ Kd6! 24.Ke8 Qc6-+].

Natural position. Various tries. Pawn sacrifices (2.e4!, 19.Re8+!). Tempo moves. Dangerous counter play by Black. All the pieces move.