Nº 7 Ilham Aliev & Martin Minski

Win

Section B.1.

Ilham Aliev & Martin Minski (Azerbajyan-Germany)

wKf3,Rd1,f5,Pb6,e2,g7/bKh2,Qh7,Ph3,h4

1.Rh1+!
1.Rdd5? Qxg7 2.Rb5 Qg2+ 3.Ke3 Qg1+ 4.Ke4 Qh1+! (4…Qg2+? 5.Kd3!+-) 5.Ke5 (5.Kd3 Qd1+=) 5…Qc6 6.Kd4 Kg2 7.b7 Qd6+= 8.Rfd5 Qb8 9.Rg5+ Kf2=
1.Rg5? Qe4+ /Qf5+/Qh5+! 2.Kxe4 stalemate

1…Kxh1 2.Rg5 h2!
2…Qg8 3.b7 h2 4.b8Q see mainline

3.b7!
3.g8Q? Qe4+! 4.Kxe4 h3 5.Rg2 hxg2 6.Qd5 g1Q 7.Ke5+ Qg2 8.b7 Qxd5+ 9.Kxd5 Kg2 10.b8Q h1Q 11.e4 (11.Qg8+ Kh3+! 12.e4 Qd1+ 13.Ke5 Qa1+ 14.Kf5 Qf1+ 15.Ke5 Qa1+=) 11…Qd1+ 12.Ke6 Qg4+ 13.Kd5 Qd1+ 14.Ke6 Qg4+=

3…Qg8
3…h3 4.Rb5!+-

4.b8Q Qxb8 5.g8Q Qg3+! play for stalemate
5…h3 6.Qd5!+- (6.Qxb8? stalemate

6.Rxg3 h3! 7.Rg2! hxg2 8.Qxg2#