Nº10 Daniele Gatti

Win

Daniele Gatti (Italy)

wKe1,Bb6,f7,Ra1,h1,Pc5,e2,e5,h4/bKf8,Qc8,Nb8,Bd7,Rd8,e8,Pa6,b7,c6,e3,e6,e7

1.Rg1!
1.0–0–0? Kg7! 2.Rhg1+ Kh8 3.Rg5 Rg8 4.Rh5+ Kg7 5.Rf1 Rdf8 6.Rg5+ Kh7 7.Rh5+ Kg7 8.Rg5+= perpetual checks

1…Kxf7 2.0–0–0!
2.Ra4? Rh8! 3.Rf4+ Ke8 4.Rg7 Rf8 5.Rfg4 a5 6.Rh7 Qc7 7.Bxc7 Bc8 8.Bxb8 a4 9.Rgg7 Rd7 10.Rg3 b5 11.cxb6 Rd2 12.Bd6 exd6 13.b7 Bxb7 14.Rxb7 dxe5= positional draw

2…Rh8 3.Rdf1+! Ke8 4.h5! Qc7
4…Rf8 5.h6 Rf5 6.Rg8+ Kf7 7.Rg7+ Kf8 8.Rfg1+-

5.Bxc7 Bc8 6.h6! Rd5 7.Bb6!
7.Bxb8? Rxc5+ 8.Kb2 Rb5+ 9.Kc3 Rc5+ 10.Kd3 Rd5+ 11.Kxe3 c5 12.h7 Rxh7 13.Rg8+ Kd7 14.Rff8 Rh3+ 15.Kf2 Rh2+ 16.Kg3 Rh1 17.Rd8+ Kc6 18.Rxc8+ Kb5= positional draw)

7…Nd7 8.h7 Nxb6 9.Rg8+
9.cxb6; 9.cxb6? Rxh7 10.Rg8+ Kd7 11.Rff8 c5 12.Rxc8 Rh1+! 13.Kc2 Rd2+ 14.Kb3 Rb1+ 15.Ka3 Ra1+ 16.Kb3 Rb1+= perpetual checks

9…Kd7 10.Rxh8 Rxc5+ 11.Kb1!+-
[11.Kb2? Nc4+ 12.Ka2 Ra5+ 13.Kb1 Nd2+ 14.Kc2 Rc5+! 15.Kd3 Rd5+! 16.Kxe3 Nxf1+= positional draw]