Nº26 Árpád Rusz

Win

Árpád Rusz (Romania)

wKd2,Qd1,Pb5,f5/bKd7,Bd4,Rd6

1.Qa4!
Thematic try: 1.Qg4? Bf6+ 2.Ke3 Rb6 3.Qa4 Ke8! 4.Ke4 Bd8 fortress 5.f6 Bxf6 6.Kd5 Be7 (6…Bg5) 7.Kc4 Bg5 8.Kc5 Be3+ 9.Kd5 Bg5 10.Kc5 (10.Qe4+ Be7 11.Kc4 Kd7=) 10…Be3+! (10…Bd8? 11.Qe4+ Kd7 12.Qd5+ Kc8 13.Qxd8+! queen sacrifice 13…Kxd8 14.Kxb6 Kc8 15.Ka7+-) 11.Kd5 Bg5 positional draw

1…Bb6+ 2.Kc3 Rf6 3.Qg4! Kc8! 4.Kc4 Bd8 A fortress? No! 5.b6! Bxb6
5…Rxb6 6.f6+-

6.Kd5
6.Qg6? Bd8!= (6…Rxg6? 7.fxg6+-)

6…Bc7
6…Bd8 7.Ke5 Be7 8.Qg7 Kd7 9.Qxf6! Bxf6+ 10.Kxf6 Ke8 11.Kg7+-

7.Ke4 Ba5 8.Ke5 Bc3+!
8…Bd8 9.Qc4+ Kd7 10.Qd5+ Ke8 11.Qxd8+! queen sacrifice 11…Kxd8 12.Kxf6 Ke8 13.Kg7+-

9.Kd5 Ba5 Is this a positional draw similar to that from the thematic try? No! Now the extra h-file proves to be useful for some threats by the queen. 10.Qc4+! Bc7 11.Qc3!
11.Ke4? Kd7=

11…Rxf5+ 12.Kc6 Be5 13.Qh3!+-