Nº17 Pavel Arestov & Alexey Gasparyan

Draw

Pavel Arestov & Alexey Gasparyan (Russia- Armenia)

wKd1,Nf4,h8,Pc2,e2,h2/bKe3,Nh1,Ba6,Pb3,h3

1.Nd5+
1.Nd3? Bxd3 2.cxd3 Ng3 3.Nf7 Nxe2 4.Ng5 Nf4 -+.

1…Kd4 2.Nb6!
2.cxb3? Kxd5 3.Ke1 Ng3 4.Kf2 Nxe2 5.Kf3 Ke6 4.Kg4 Kf6 5.Kxh3 Kg7 -+.

2…b2
2…Bxe2+!? 3.Kc1!! = (but not 3.Kxe2? Ng3+! 4.Kd2 Nf1+! 5,Kc1 Nxh2 -+
or 3.Kd2? Bh5(b2) -+)

3.c3+! Kxc3
3…Kc5 4.Na4+! =
3…Ke3 4.Kc2 =.

4.Na4+ Kb3 5.Nxb2 Kxb2 6.Nf7!
6.Ng6? Nf2+ 7.Ke1 (7.Kd2 Bc8 8.Ke3 Ng4+ -+) 7…Ne4 8.Nf4 Bc8 -+.

6…Kc3!
6…Bb7 7.Ng5 Bg2 8.Kd2! =;
6…Nf2+ 7.Kd2! Bb7 8.Ke3 Ne4 9.Kf4 Kc3 10.Ne5 Kd2 11.Nf3+ Kxe2 12.Ng1+ =.

7.Ng5!
7.Ke1? Bb7! 8.Ng5 Bg2! -+.

7…Bc8 8.Ke1Kd4 9.Kf1 Ke3 10.Nxh3!
10.Kg1? Nf2 -+.

10…Bxh3+ 11.Kg1 Nf2 – stalemate.