Nº30 Alexey Gasparyan

Win

Section B.1.

Alexey Gasparyan (Armenia)

wKh1,Na8,c1,Ba2,Pa7,b6,c4,d3,d6,f3/bKc8,Nc3,Ba6,h2,Pb3,c7,d7,g3,h3

1.N*c7?? loses after 1…Bb7!
1.bc! Na4 2.N*b3!
Them.false track 2.Nb6+?! N*b6 3.N*b3 Bb7 4.Nd4! [not 4.Nd2?! Na4 5.c5 Nb2! 6.c6 B*c6 7.Bc4 N*c4 8.dc Ba8(b7) =]4…Na4 5.c5! N*c5 6.Bc4!? Ba8! 7.Bb5 -X mutual Z in favor of blacks! 7…Nb7!! (but not 7…Bb7?? 8.Nc6! dc 9. Bc4 Nd7 10.Ba6! +-) 8.Nf5!? [or 8.Ba6?! G2+9.K*h2 etc.with stalemate] N*d6! 9.N*d6+ K*c7 10.Ne4 d5! 11.Ng5 Kb6 12.Bd7 K*a7 draws, for example 13.d4 Kb7 14.f4 Kc7 etc.=

2…Bb7 3.Nd4!
Not 3.Nd2?! B*a8 4.c5 Nb2! 5.Bc4 N*c4 =

3…B*a8 4.c5! N*c5 5.Bc4! forsing 5…Bb7
Because after 5…Nb7!? 6.Bd5! +-, but not 6.Ba6??. And now after 6.Bb5 -X mutual Z in favor of whites!

6…Ba8
and not 7.Bc4? Bb7 etc.=

7.Nc6!! .dxc6 8.Bc4! Bb7 9.d4! win e.g. 9…Nd7 10.Ba6 Nb6 11.Bxb7+ Kxb7 12.f4+-