Alain Pallier (France)
Inédit/Original
Les blancs jouent et gagnent / White to Play and Win
1.Kd2 !
1.Kb2 ? (1.e5 ? Kh7 2.Kd2 Kxh6 3.Ke3 Kh5-+) Kh7 2.Kb3 Kxh6 3.Kxb4 Kh5 4.Kxb5 Kxh4 5.c4 g5 6.c5 g4 7.c6 g3 8.hxg3+ Kxg3 9.c7 h2 10.c8Q h1Q= (EGTB)
1...Kh7
1...e5 2.Ke3 Kh7 3.Kf3 Kxh6 4.Kg4+-
2.Ke3 Kxh6 3.Kf4 !
3.Kd4 ? g5 ! 4.hxg5+ Kxg5 5.Ke5 Kg4 6.Kxe6 Kf3 7.e5 Kg2 8.Kd6 Kxh2 9.e6 Kg3 10.e7 h2 11.e8Q h1Q 12.Qg6+ (12.Qxb5= EGTB) 12...Kf2 13.Kc5 (13.Qd3 Qe1 14.Kc5 Qe3+=) 13...Qb7 14.Kxb4= (EGTB) ;
3.Kf3 ? Kh5 4.Kg3 g5 ! 5.hxg5 Kxg5 6.Kf3 (6.Kxh3 Kf4 !) 6...Kh5 7.Kf4 (7.Kg3 Kg5) 7...Kh4 8.Ke5 (8.e5 Kh5 9.Kg3 Kg5 10.Kxh3 Kf5 11.Kg3 Kxe5 12.h4 Kf5) 8...Kg4 9.Kxe6 Kf3 10.e5 Kg2 11.K plays Kxh2 12.e6 Kg3 13.e7 h2 14.e8Q h1Q and White cannot win.
3...Kh5
3...Kg7 4.Kg5 Kf7 5.e5 Kg7 6.h5 gxh5 7.Kxh5 Kh7 8.Kh4 Kg6 9.Kg4 Kh6 (9...b3 10.cxb3 b4 11.Kxh3 Kf5 12.Kg3+-) 10.Kxh3 Kg5 11.Kg3 Kf5 12.h4 Kxe5 13.Kg4+-
4.Ke5 Kxh4 !
After 4...Kg4 ?! White can play 5.Kf6 and we are back in main line after 5...Kxh4 (5...Kf3 6.Kxg6) 6.Kxe6+-
5.Kxe6 g5 ! 6.Kf5 !
6.Ke5 ? Kg4 ! 7.Kf6 Kf3 8.e5 (8.Kxg5 ? Kxe4-+) 8...g4 ! 9.e6 g3 10.hxg3 h2 11.e7 h1Q 12.e8Q and there is no win for White.
6...g4 7.Kf4 !
7.e5 ? g3 8.hxg3+ Kxg3 9.e6 h2 10.e7 h1Q 11.e8Q and there is no win for White.
7...g3
7...Kh5 8.e5 Kg6 9.Kxg4+-
8.hxg3+ Kh5 9.Kf3 !
and White wins, but not 9.g4+ ? Kh4 ! 10.Kf3 h2 11.Kg2 Kxg4 12.Kxh2 Kf4-+
