Nº26 Daniele Gatti

Draw

Section B.2.

Daniele Gatti (Italy)

wKg6,Bg7,h7,Pa5,c7,d5,d6/bKb7,Qa8,Pa6,a7,d7,h4,h5

1.Kf6!
1.Kf7? Kc8! 2.Bd3 Qxd5+!–+

1…h3
1…Qe8 2.Bf5! Kc8 3.Bd3! Kb7= positional draw
1…Kc8? 2.Bd3! Kb7 3.Ke7+-

2.Bf5
2.Ke7? h2! 3.Be4 Qg8! 4.Bf6 h4! 5.Kxd7 h1Q 6.Bxh1 Qf7+! 7.Be7 Qf5+! 8.Kd8 Qc8#

2…h2
2…Qe8 3.Bxh3! Kc8 4.Bf1! Kb7= positional draw

3.Bxd7 h1Q 4.Bc6+ Kc8 5.Bxa8 Qf3+ 6.Ke6!
6.Ke7? Qe4+! 7.Kf7 Qh7! 8.Bc6 h4! 9.d7+ Kxc7! 10.d6+ Kd8!+-
6.Kg5? Qg3+! 7.Kf5 Qxg7–+

6…Qh3+ 7.Kf6 Qf3+
7…Qc3+ 8.Kf7! Qg3 9.Bf8!= positional draw

8.Ke6 Qg4+
[8…Qe4+ 9.Be5= positional draw

9.Kf6 Qf4+ 10.Ke6 Qg4+ 11.Kf6 h4
11…Qg3 12.Bf8! h4 13.Bc6! h3 14.d7+! Kxc7 15.Be7! Qf4+ (15…Qh4+ 16.Kf7!=) 16.Kg6! Qe4+=

12.Bc6 h3 13.d7+! Kxc7 14.Kf7! Qf5+
14…h2? 15.Be5+! Kd8 16.Bf6+! Kc7 17.d8Q#+-

15.Bf6!
15.Ke7? Qe4+! 16.Kf7 Qh7! 17.d6+ Kd8!–+

15…Qh7+= perpetual check