Nº 22 Alexey Gasparyan

Win
Section B.1.
Alexey Gasparyan

3N3N/4rpPk/7B/4P1p1/b5P1/5p2/7K/8 w – – 0 1

1.Nhxf7!
( 1.Ndxf7?! Bb3 2.Kg3 ( 2.Bxg5? Rxf7 3.Nxf7 Bxf7 =, quiet ) 2…Rxf7 3.Nxf7 Bxf7 =, quiet)

1…f2
( 1…Bb3 2.e6 f2 3.Kg2 etc )

2.Kg2
( 2.Nxg5+?! Kg8 3.Kg2 ( 3.Ne4? f1=Q 4.Nf6+ Qxf6 5.exf6 Rd7 6.f7+ Rxf7 7.Nxf7 Kxf7 =, quiet ) 3…f1=Q+ 4.Kxf1 Rxe5 5.Kg2 Bd7 6.Kf3 Re8 =, quiet ( 6…Rd5 =, quiet ) )

2…Bb3!
Suddenly
3.e6!!
( 3.Bxg5? Rxf7 4.Nxf7 Bxf7 5.Bf6 Be6 etc = )
( 3.Kxf2? Rxf7+ += )

3…f1=Q+
( 3…Bxe6 4.Nxe6 Rxf7 ( 4…Rxe6 5.Nxg5+! +/- fork ) 5.Nxg5+! fork and 6.Nxf7 wins )

4.Kxf1 Bxe6 5.Nxe6
( 5.Nxg5+? Kxh6 6.Ndxe6 Rxg7 draws )

5…Rxf7+ 6.Kg2!!
( 6.Kg1!? Rf6 7.Nf8+ Kg8! ( 7…Kxh6? 8.g8=N+! fork wins ) 8.Bxg5 Ra6!! draws )

6…Rf6!
( 6…Kxh6 7.g8=R +- Wins )

7.Nf8+!
( 7.Nxg5+!? Kg8 ( 7…Kxh6 8.g8=R! Rf2+!? 9.Kh3 Rh2+ 10.Kg3 Rg2+ 11.Kf3 Rg3+ 12. Kf4 Rxg4+ 13.Kxg4 =, quiet Stalemate ) )

7…Kg8
( 7…Kxh6 8.g8=N+! fork )

8.Bxg5! Rg6! 9.Nxg6 +-

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