Nº 23 Marc Gelly

Draw

Marc Gelly (France)

wKe3,Pc6,e5,h2/bKh1,Bb8,Pc7,e7,f7

1.h4! Ba7+
1…e6 2.h5 Ba7+ 3.Kf4= similar to solution
1…f5? 2.h5 Ba7+ 3.Kd3=

2.Kf4
Try : 2.Ke4!? e6 3.Kf4 Bd4 4.h5 Kg2 5.h6 Bb2 6.h7 f5 7.h8Q Bc1#

2…e6
2…Bc5 3.e6=

3.h5!
3.Kg5? Kg2! 4.Kf6 Kf3! 5.Kxf7 Kf4–+

3…Bc5 4.Kg5!
4.h6? Bf8! 5.Kg5 Kg2 6.Kf6 Bxh6 7.Kxf7 Kf3 8.Kxe6 Bg7! 9.Kf5 Ke3! 10.e6 Bf8 11.Kf6 Kd4! 12.e7 Bxe7+ 13.Kxe7 Kc5 14.Kd7 Kb6!–+

4…Be7+
4…Bf8?? 5.Kf6+-

5.Kh6! f5 6.Kg7!
Thematic Try : 6.exf6? Bxf6 7.Kg6 Bh8! 8.h6 Kg2! 9.Kf7 e5 10.Kg8 e4! 11.Kxh8 e3 12.Kg7 e2 13.h7 e1Q 14.h8Q Qe5+ 15.Kg8 Qxh8+ 16.Kxh8 Kf3–+

6…Bg5
6…f4?? 7.h6 f3 8.h7 f2 9.h8Q+ Kg2+-

7.Kg6!
7.h6? Bxh6+ 8.Kxh6 f4–+

7…Bf4 8.Kf6 Bh6 9.Kxe6 f4 10.Kd7!
10.Kd5? f3 11.e6 Bg5 12.h6 f2 13.h7 f1Q 14.h8Q+ Kg2 15.Qg7 Qb5–+

10…f3 11.e6 f2 12.e7 f1Q 13.e8Q= positional draw