Section A1 – Win
1.Bd3 Rxg1+ 2.Bf1 Rhh1 3.Ke2
( 3.Kf2 {?} 3…b2 {!} 4.Bxa5 bxa1=Q {!} 5.Bxb6+ Ke8 {!} 6.Nc7+ Kf8 {!
} 7.Qxa1 Rxf1+ {!} 8.Qxf1 Rxf1+ {!} 9.Kxf1 Bxc4+ {!} 10.Kf2 h5 {!!}
11.Ba5 Bb3 {!!} 12.Bd2 hxg4 13.fxg4 Bd1 {!} 14.Bxf4 Bxg4 {! Draw} )
3…Rh2+ 4.Kd3 Bg6+ 5.Kc3 Rg3 6.c5 Rxf3+ 7.Kc4 Rxd2
( 7…Bf7+ 8.d5 Rxd2 9.Nd4 {!} 9…Be8 10.Qa3 {!} 10…Rxd4+ 11.Kxd4 {
! +-} )
8.Na7
{!!}
8…Rc2+
( 8…Bf7+ 9.Kb5 {!} 9…Bxa7 10.Qxa5+ {!} 10…Ke8 11.Qxd2 {! +-} )
9.Kb5
{!}
( 9.Kd5 {?} 9…Bf7+ {!} 10.Ke4 Re3+ {!} 11.Kxf4 Rcc3 {!} 12.Nc6+ Kc7
13.cxb6+ Kd6 {!} 14.Qa3+ Kxc6 {!} 15.Bg2+ Kd7 {!} 16.Qa4+ Kd8 17.b7
Ne6+ {!} 18.Kf5 Ng7+ {!} 19.Kf4 Ne6+ {! Perpetual check} )
9…Bxa7 10.Ka6
{!!}
( 10.Qxa5+ {?} 10…Ke8 {!} 11.Qxa7 Kf8 12.Qa8+ Be8+ {!} 13.Kb4 b2 {!}
14.Rb1 Rxf1 {!} 15.Rxf1 Rc1 {!} 16.Rxf4+ Nf5 {!!} 17.Rxf5+ Kg7 {!} 18.
Qa2 b1=Q+ {!} 19.Qxb1 Rxb1+ {!} 20.Ka5 e6 21.Re5 Rb5+ 22.Ka6 {- Only
move for White to keep the draw, but no more.} )
10…b2 11.Qc6
{!}
11…Bd3+
( 11…e6 12.Bb5 {! Mate threat is too strong +-} )
12.Bxd3 Rxd3 13.Re1
{[Or first Qa8+ – Only transposition]}
( 13.Rf1 {?} 13…Rxd4 {!} 14.Qa8+ Kd7 {!} 15.Qxa7+ Ke6 {!} 16.Re1+
Kd5 {!} 17.Qxe7 Kc4 {!} 18.Rb1 a4 {!}
( 18…Kb3 {?} 19.Qxg7 {!} 19…Rcc4 20.Qb7+ {!} 20…Rb4 21.Qf7+
{!} 21…Rdc4 22.Rf1 {!!} 22…a4 23.Qd5 {!} 23…Ka2 24.g5 {!!}
24…hxg5 25.h5 {!} 25…b1=Q 26.Rxb1 {!} 26…Kxb1 27.h6 {!}
27…f3 28.h7 {!} 28…Rh4 29.c6 {!} 29…a3 30.Qd1+ {!} 30…Kb2
31.Qd2+ {!} 31…Kb3 32.Qd5+ {!} 32…Rbc4 33.Kb5 {!!} 33…f2 34.
Qd3+ {!} 34…Rc3 35.Qb1# {!} )
19.Qf7+ Kb4 {!} 20.Qxg7 Rdd2 {!} 21.Rf1 Rd3 {!} 22.Qg6
( 22.Rxf4+ Ka3 {! Draw} )
22…Rdc3 {!} 23.Rxf4+
( 23.Qb6+ Ka3 {!} 24.Rxf4 Rc1 {!} 25.Qc6 Rc4 {!} 26.Rxc4 Rxc4 {!}
27.Qf3+ Kb4 {! Draw} )
23…Ka3 {!} 24.Qb6 Rc1 {!} 25.Qb5
( 25.Qa5 Rc4 {!} 26.Rf3+ Ka2 {! Draw} )
25…Ka2 {!} 26.Rxa4+ Ra3 {!} 27.c6
( 27.Qb4 Rc3 {!} 28.Qxc3 Rxa4+ {! Draw} )
27…b1=Q {!} 28.Qxb1+ Rxb1 {!} 29.Rxa3+ Kxa3 {!} 30.c7 Rc1 {!} 31.Kb7
Rb1+ {!} 32.Ka7 Rc1 {!} 33.Kb8 Rb1+ {!} 34.Ka8 Rc1 {! Draw} )
( 13.Rb1 {?} 13…Bxc5 {!} 14.Qa8+ Kd7 15.Qb7+ Kd6 {!} 16.dxc5+ Rxc5 {
!} 17.Rxb2 Rc6+ {! Draw} )
13…Bxc5 14.Qa8+
( 14.dxc5 {? Fatal error!} 14…Rd6 {!!} 15.Qb6+ Rxb6+ {! -+} )
14…Kd7 15.Qb7+ Ke8 16.dxc5 Re3
( 16…Rd7 17.Qb8+ {!} 17…Kf7 18.Qb3+ {!} 18…e6 19.Qxc2 {! +-} )
17.Qb8+ Kf7 18.Qxf4+
{+- AUTHOR COMMENT: This is a labyrinth – study, where almost every
White move courts disaster. A drama of narrow victories � a
composition where the line between salvation and self-destruction is
only a half-square wide. The point of the study lies not in the
elegance of a single idea, but in the overwhelming density of mutual
threats. Each branch is a small universe: positional, tactical, and
psychological. The slightest lapse � an impatient check, a
misplaced capture � and the equilibrium collapses. The thematic
focus is on counter-counterplay: whenever it seems that Black has
conjured a miraculous defense, White finds a new resource, usually
the only one. This interplay creates an atmosphere of constant
crisis, where logic alone is insufficient � intuition must take
over. It is also a quiet statement against simplification. The
study refuses to be reduced to a single line or a tidy theme. Its
beauty emerges from chaos, not order; from struggle, not clarity.}
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