[Event "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lyskov"]
[Black "Selezniev Alexei"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Poghosyan, Vardan "]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/1r3kp1/R7/4PPK1/8/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

{The following position is of great importance. (with colours reversed)} 1...
Rb1 {VP The only move to draw} (1... Rc6 2. e5+ Ke6 3. Kg5 $18 {, winning}) 2.
Ra6+ {According to Kopayev this leads to a draw.} ({Correct is according to
Kopayev} 2. e5+ Ke6 $2 (2... Kg7 $1 {VP The only move to draw} 3. Ra7+ Kh6 {
Transposition} 4. e6 $18 {, and then as in the main variation.} {VP The only
move to draw} Rb8 $3 {TN} ({Emms, Speelman} 4... Re1 5. e7 Re6 6. Kf3 Re1 7.
Rb7 Re6 8. f5 gxf5 9. Rb6) 5. Rf7 (5. Rd7 Rf8 (5... Re8 $2 6. f5 gxf5+ 7. Kxf5
Rf8+ 8. Ke5 Kg6 9. e7 Re8 10. Ke6 $18) (5... Ra8 {or Rc8} 6. f5 Ra4+ 7. Kf3
gxf5 8. e7 Re4 $11) 6. Kf3 Re8 $11) (5. e7 Re8 $1 6. f5 Kg7 $1 $11) (5. Kf3 Re8
$1 6. Ra6 Kg7 7. Ke4 Kf6 8. Kd5 Rd8+ $11) (5. Ra5 Rf8 (5... Re8 $2 6. f5 $1 $18
Kg7 7. Kg5 gxf5 8. Ra7+ $18 (8. Kxf5 $6 Rf8+ 9. Ke5 Rb8 10. Ra7+ Kg6 11. Kd6
Kf6 12. Kd7 Kg7 13. Ke7 $18)) 6. Re5 (6. e7 Re8 7. Re5 Kg7) 6... Re8 $11) 5...
Rb3 $1 (5... Rb1 $2 6. Kf3 Ra1 (6... Re1 7. e7 $18 {reciprocal zugzwang}) 7.
Rd7 (7. e7 $2 Re1 $1 $11 {reciprocal zugzwang}) 7... Rf1+ (7... Ra8 8. Ke4 $18)
8. Ke4 Re1+ 9. Kd5 $18) 6. e7 (6. Rd7 Rb8 $1) 6... Re3 $11) 3. Ra6+ $18 {n. 644
} Kf7 4. Ra7+ Ke6 (4... Kf8 5. Kg5 Rb6 6. Rd7 $18) 5. Kg5 {Transposition} Rg1+
6. Kh6 Rg4 7. Ra6+ Ke7 8. Rf6 Kd7 (8... Ke8 9. Kg7 ({Speelman} 9. Kh7 Kd7 (9...
g5 10. f5 $18) 10. Kh8 Kd8 (10... Ke8 11. Kg8 Ke7 12. Kg7 Ke8 13. Rf7) 11. Rf7
Ke8 12. Kg7 Kd8 (12... Rg1 13. Kf6) (12... Rh4 13. Kxg6 Rg4+ 14. Kh5 $1 $18)
13. Kf8 $18) 9... Ke7 10. Rf7+ Ke6 (10... Ke8 11. e6 Rg1 12. Kf6) 11. Kf8 g5
12. Rf6+ Kd5 13. e6 {Grosar-Barcenilla 1996 (rev. col.) 1-0} Rxf4 14. Rxf4 Kxe6
15. Ra4 Kf5 16. Kg7 g4 17. Kh6 g3 18. Kh5 g2 19. Rg4) 9. Kh7 {Kopayev} (9. Kg7
Ke7 10. Kg8 ({Seirawan warns against} 10. e6 $2 Rh4 $2 {Seirawan gives this
move ! mark but in fact it loses} ({VP} 10... Rg1 $11 {or Rg2. Rg3}) 11. Kxg6
Rg4+ 12. Kf5 $2 ({VP} 12. Kh5 $1 $18) 12... Rxf4+ $11) 10... Rh4 11. Rf7+ Ke6
12. Kg7 Rg4 13. Rf6+ Kd7 14. Kh7) 9... Ke8 10. Kg8 Ke7 ({Seirawan} 10... Rg1
11. Kg7 Rg4 12. Rf7 Rg1 (12... Kd8 13. Kf8) 13. Kf6 Rg4 14. Ke6 $18) 11. Kg7
Ke8 ({Kasparov} 11... Kd7 12. Kf7 (12. e6+) 12... Kd8 13. Rd6+ Kc7 14. Rxg6
Rxf4+ 15. Ke7) 12. Rf7 Kd8 ({Seirawan} 12... Rg1 13. Kf6 Rg4 14. Ke6) 13. Kf8
Rh4 14. e6 Rh8+ 15. Kg7 Rh4 16. Kxg6 $18) 2... Kg7 ({VP} 2... Kf7 $11 3. e5 (3.
Ra7+ Ke6 $1 (3... Kf6 $2 4. e5+ $1 Ke6 5. Kg5 $18 {Transposition})) 3... Rg1+ (
3... Kg7 4. Ra7+ Kh6 $11 {Transposition}) 4. Kf3 Re1 5. Ra7+ Ke6 6. Kf2 Re4 $11
) 3. e5 Rf1 $2 {? this loses} (3... Rg1+ 4. Kf3 Re1 {= would have drawn} 5. Ra2
Kf7 6. Re2 Rxe2 7. Kxe2 Ke6 8. Ke3 g5 $11) ({VP} 3... Re1 $11 4. Ra7+ Kh6 5.
Re7 Re3 (5... Rg1+ $6 6. Kf3 Rf1+ $1 {Transposition} (6... Re1 $2 7. e6 {
reciprocal zugzwang}) 7. Ke3 g5 $1 8. fxg5+ Kg6 $1 (8... Kh5 $1 $11) (8... Kxg5
$2 9. Rg7+ Kh6 10. Rg2 $18) 9. Ke4 Re1+ 10. Kd5 Kxg5 $11) (5... Ra1 $6 6. Kg3 (
6. Kf3 Rf1+ $11 {Transposition}) (6. e6 Rg1+ 7. Kf3 Re1 $11 {reciprocal
zugzwang}) 6... Rf1 7. Rf7 (7. e6 g5 $11) 7... Re1 $1 8. Kf2 Re4 $1 9. Kf3 Re1
$1 10. Re7 Rf1+ $1 11. Ke4 g5 $1 12. fxg5+ (12. Re6+ Kg7 $1 13. fxg5 Rg1 $1 14.
Kf5 Rf1+ $1 $11) 12... Kg6 $1 13. Kd5 Ra1 14. Ke6 Ra6+ 15. Kd7 Kxg5 $11) 6. e6
Re4 (6... Re1 $2 7. Kf3 $1 $18 {reciprocal zugzwang} g5 (7... Rf1+ 8. Ke4 Re1+
(8... g5 9. f5 $18 (9. fxg5+ Kxg5 10. Rg7+ Kh6 11. Rg4 Kh5 12. Rf4 $18)) 9. Kd5
g5 10. f5 g4 11. f6 Rd1+ 12. Kc6 Rc1+ 13. Kd7 Rd1+ 14. Ke8 Ra1 15. Rd7 $18) 8.
f5) 7. Kf3 Re1 $11 {reciprocal zugzwang} 8. Kf2 Re4 $1 9. Kf3 Re1 10. Re8 Kg7
$11) ({VP} 3... Rb3 $6 $11 4. Ra7+ Kh6 $1 5. e6 Rb8 $1 $11) ({VP} 3... Rc1 $6
$11 4. Ra7+ Kh6 $1 5. e6 Rc8 $1 $11) 4. Ra7+ Kh6 5. e6 {!} g5 (5... Re1 {is
decisively met by now} 6. e7 Re6 7. Kf3 Re1 8. Rb7 Re6 9. f5 gxf5 10. Rb6 $18)
6. Kf5 {! Kopayev: This is what should have been played.} (6. fxg5+ {? The
game went} Kg6 7. Re7 ({Kasparov} 7. Ra8 Re1 8. Re8 (8. Rh8 Re4+ $1) 8... Re2
9. e7 Kg7 (9... Kf7 $2 10. Rf8+ Kxe7 11. Rf4 $18) 10. Kf5 Re1 $11) ({Kasparov} 
7. Ra6 Re1 $1 (7... Rf2 $2 8. e7+ Kf7 9. Rf6+ $18) 8. Kf4 Re2 9. e7+ Kf7 10.
Ra7 Kg6 $1 (10... Rxe7 $2 11. g6+ $1 Kf6 12. Rxe7 Kxe7 13. Kg5 $1 $18) 11. Rb7
Re1 $11) 7... Re1 8. Re8 Re4+ 9. Kf3 Re1 10. Kf4 Re2 11. Kf3 Re1 12. Kf4 Re2
13. Rg8+ Kh7 14. Rf8 Rf2+ 15. Ke5 Rxf8 16. e7 Ra8 17. Ke6 Kg7 18. Kd7 {= Drawn.
}) 6... Rxf4+ (6... gxf4 7. e7 Re1 8. Kf6 ({Kasparov} 8. Ra6+ Kg7 9. Re6) 8...
f3 9. Ra3 $18) 7. Ke5 Rf1 ({Kasparov} 7... Kg6 8. Ra8 Rf1 9. Rg8+ $18) ({
Kasparov} 7... Rf8 8. e7 Re8 9. Kf6 Kh5 10. Rd7 Kg4 11. Rd8 (11. Rd5 Kh4 12.
Rd8 Rxe7 13. Kxe7 $18) 11... Rxe7 12. Kxe7 Kf3 13. Rf8+ Ke4 14. Rg8 Kf4 15. Kf6
g4 16. Kg6 g3 17. Kh5 Kf3 18. Kh4 $18) 8. e7 Re1+ 9. Kf6 Rf1+ 10. Ke6 Re1+ 11.
Kf7 Rf1+ 12. Kg8 Re1 13. Ra6+ Kh5 14. Kf7 Rxe7+ 15. Kxe7 g4 16. Kf6 g3 17. Kf5
Kh4 (17... g2 {or} 18. Rg6 $18 {and wins.}) 18. Rh6# *

