Nº31 Marc Gelly

BTM Draw

Section B.2
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Marc Gelly (France)

wKf8,Ng1,Pe6,f3,f5,g4/bKh6,Nh2,Bg5,Pd5,e7

1…Bh4
1…d4 2.f4! B×f4 3.K×e7 Bg5+ 4.f6! N×g4 5.Nf3 B×f6+ 6.Kf7 d3 7.e7 Draw. (3…d3 4.f6! Bg5 5.Nh3! B×f6 6.K×f6 Draw.)
1…Bf6 2.Nh3!! N×f3 3.Nf4! d4 4.Nd5! Kg5 5.N×e7! B×e7+ 6.K×e7 d3 7.f6 Ne5 8.f7 Ng6+ 9.Ke8! d2 10.e7! d1Q 11.f8Q Qa4+ 12.Kf7 Draw. (16th UAPA.B2.n.25.Marc Gelly. Main line)

2.Nh3!!
2.g5? K×g5! 3.K×e7 K×f5+ -+

2…N×f3
2…d4 3.g5+! B×g5 4.N×g5 K×g5 6.K×e7 K×f5 6.Kd7 Draw. (Nalimov tablebases)

3.g5+!
3.Nf4? d4! -+

3…N×g5
3…B×g5 4.N×g5 K/N×g5 5.K×e7 Draw.

4.f6!!
4.Nf4? Nh7+! (4…d4? 5.f6! =) 5.Kf7 d4 -+

4…N×e6+
4…Kg6 5.Nf4+ K×f6 6.N×d5+ K×e6 7.N×e7 Draw.
4…N×h3 5.f×e7 B×e7+ 6.K×e7 Nf4 7.Kd6 Draw.
4…Nh7+ 5.K×e7 d4 6.Nf4! Kg5 7.Nd3!! Draw.(or 5…N×f6 6.Kf7 Ne4 7.e7 Draw.)

5.K×e7 Nç5!
5…Ng5 6.Nf4 d4 7.f7 Nh7+ 8.Ke6 Draw.’
5…d4 6.K×e6 Draw.
5…Nd4 6.Kd6 Draw.
5…Nç7 6.Ng1! Draw.
5…Ng7 6.Kd6 Draw.

6.Ng1!!
Thematic TRY : 6.Nf4? d4 7.Kd6 d3! 8.f7 Kg7 9.N×d3 N×d3 10.Ke6 Kf8 -+

6…Ne4 7.Nf3!
7.Ke6? d4 or N×f6 -+

7…Bg5
7…B×f6+ 8.Ke6 d4 9.N×d4 B×d4 10.Kd5 Draw.

8.Ke6
8.Nd4? N×f6 9.Ke6 Bh4! 10.Nf3 Kh5! -+ (10…Bg5? 11.Kf5! Draw.)

8…N×f6 9.Kf5! Ne4 10.N×g5 N×g5 11.Ke5 Ne4/h7 12.K×d5 DRAW.

THEME :w-Knight’s feedback (g1-h3-g1) in the corner of the board and Pawn’s sacrifices;they keep the b-army (two minor pieces and a passed Pawn) at bay.