Iuri Akobia
4.p Gorgiev 100 MT, 2010
Win

1.d6! [try 1.Sdc5+!? Ka5! 2.d6 a2 3.d7 Rb8 4.Sb3+ Kb6= ] 1...a2 [1...Ka5 2.Se5! (2.Sdc5? a2 3.d7 Rb8 4.Sb3+ Kb6= ) 2...a2 3.d7 Rb8 4.Sc6++- fork-1] 2.Sc3+ Ka5 [2...Kb4 3.Sxa2+ Rxa2 4.Se5 Ra8 5.d7+- ] 3.Sxa2 Rxa2 And so we have a position which generally is won by the white. However, to reach a win not so simple action [3...Rd2 4.Se5 Rxd6 5.Sc4++- fork-2] 4.Bd3!! zz [try 4.Sc5!? Kb6 (not 4...Rd2? 5.Sb3+ fork-3) 5.d7 Kc7 (Rd2)=] 4...Ra4 [4...Ra1+ 5.Kf2 Rd1 6.Ke3 Re1+ 7.Kd4 Rc1 8.Kd5 Rd1 9.Se5+- ; 4...Rd2 5.Se5 Rd1+ 6.Kf2 Kb6 7.Ke3 Ra1 8.Kd4+- ] 5.Sc5 [5.Se5!? Kb6 6.Kf2 Rd4 7.d7 Kc7= ] 5...Rg4+! [5...Rd4 6.Sb3++- fork-4] 6.Kf2 Kb6 7.Sd7+! blocking Pd6 7...Kb7 [7...Kc6 8.Se5+ fork-5] 8.Be4+! Kc8 [8...Rxe4 9.Sc5+ fork-6] 9.Sb6+ Kd8 10.Ke3! [Thematic try 10.Kf3!? Rg6! (not 10...Rh4? 11.Ke3 Rh6 12.Sc4 Kd7 13.Bf5+ Kc6 14.Se5+ Kd5 15.d7+- ) 11.Sc4 (11.Bxg6 model stalemate) 11...Rf6+! 12.Ke3 Kd7!= ] 10...Rg6 11.Sc4! (Compare a position to thematic try after 11.Kc4. Thanks to the move 1.Ke3! the Black have no check). [11.Bxg6? model stalemate]
11...Rf6 12.Kd4+-

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