[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2025.12.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "The Pogosyan-L’Ami Defense"]
[Black "Improved Poghosyan-L'Ami Defe"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "V.Poghosyan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/R4p2/P4kp1/7p/7P/4K1P1/r4P2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2025.12.20"]

{[%evp 0,20,237,154,270,146,219,236,224,239,239,175,279,279,279,319,319,319,319,319,319,239,319]} {[#]} 1. Kd4 g5 $1 2. Kd5 (2. Kc5 g4 $11 (2... gxh4 $11)) 2... g4 (2... Kg6 $11 {The Pogosyan-Aagaard Defense}) 3. Kd6 {VP} (3. Kc6 {[%eval 101,0]} Kg7 (3... Ke6 4. Kb6 Rb2+ $1 5. Kc7 Ra2 $1 6. Ra8 (6. Kd8 Kf6 $1 7. Ke8 $11 {Transposition}) 6... Ke7 $1 7. Kc6 Rc2+ $1 $11 {Transposition}) (3... Rc2+ {Transposition}) (3... Kg6 4. Ra8 f5 $1 5. Kb7 Rb2+ $1 6. Ka7 Rxf2 $1 7. Rc8 f4 $1 8. gxf4 Kf5 (8... Rxf4 $2 9. Kb6 $1 $18) 9. Rf8+ Ke4 10. Kb7 Rb2+ $1 11. Kc7 Rc2+ 12. Kb6 Rb2+ $11) (3... Re2 $2 4. Rc7 Re6+ 5. Kb7 $18) 4. Kb5 (4. Kb7 Re2 (4... Rxf2 {Transposition} 5. Ra8 Rb2+ $1 6. Ka7 Rb3 7. Rb8 Rxg3 $1 8. Rb5 Ra3 9. Kb7 g3 (9... f6 $2 10. a7 $1 Kg6 11. a8=Q Rxa8 12. Kxa8 $1 $18) (9... f5 10. Rxf5 Rb3+ 11. Kc6 Ra3 12. Kb6 g3 13. Rg5+ Kf6 14. Rxh5 g2 15. Rg5 $1 Rb3+ 16. Kc6 Rc3+ 17. Kb5 Rb3+ 18. Kc4 Ra3 $11) 10. a7 f5 $1 11. Rxf5 Rb3+ $1 12. Kc7 Rc3+ 13. Kb6 Rb3+ $1 14. Rb5 Rxb5+ 15. Kxb5 g2 $11) 5. Ra8 Re7+ 6. Kb6 Re6+ $1 $11 {Transposition}) (4. Ra8 f5 $1 (4... Rxf2 $2 5. Rb8 Ra2 6. Kb7 Rb2+ 7. Ka8 Rg2 8. a7 Rxg3 9. Kb7 $18) 5. Kb7 (5. a7 Rc2+ (5... Ra1 6. Kd7 Ra2 7. Ke6 {Transposition} Ra6+ $1 8. Kxf5 Ra5+ $1 9. Ke6 Ra6+ $1 $11) 6. Kd6 Ra2 $1 7. Ke6 $11 {Transposition}) 5... Rb2+ $1 (5... Rxf2 $2 6. Rb8 $1 Rb2+ 7. Ka7 (7. Ka8 Ra2 8. a7 f4 9. Kb7 $1 fxg3 10. a8=Q $1 Rxa8 11. Rxa8 $1 Kf6 12. Ra3 $1 $18) 7... Rg2 8. Rb3 $18) 6. Ka7 Rxf2 (6... f4 7. Rb8 Rxf2 $1 $11 {Transposition}) 7. Rb8 f4 {Transposition} 8. gxf4 Rxf4 (8... g3 9. Rb5 g2 10. Rg5+ Kf6 11. Kb6 Rb2+ $11) 9. Rb5 g3 10. Rg5+ Kh6 11. Rxg3 Rxh4 $1 $11) 4... Rb2+ $1 {Transposition} 5. Kc4 Rb6 (5... Rc2+ 6. Kb3 (6. Kd3 Rc6 $11) 6... Rc6 $1) 6. Kc5 Re6 7. Ra8 $11 {Transposition}) 3... Re2 (3... Rd2+ 4. Kc6 Rc2+ {Transposition} 5. Kb5 (5. Kd7 Ra2 $1 (5... Rxf2 $2 6. Rb7 Ra2 7. a7 $18) 6. Ke8 {Transposition} Kg6 $1 7. Kf8 Ra3 (7... Rxf2 $11) 8. Ra8 Ra2 $1 9. a7 Kh7 $1 10. Kxf7 Rxf2+ 11. Ke6 Re2+ $1 12. Kf5 Ra2 $1 13. Kg5 Ra5+ $1 14. Kf6 Ra6+ $11) 5... Rb2+ $1 6. Kc4 {L'Ami} Rb6 ({Poghosyan} 6... Ra2 $11 7. Ra8 Ke7 $1 (7... Ke6 $2 8. Kb5 Rb2+ 9. Kc6 Rc2+ 10. Kb7 Rb2+ 11. Ka7 Rxf2 12. Rh8 $1 Rf3 13. Kb7 Rb3+ 14. Kc6 Ra3 15. Re8+ $1 Kf5 16. Kb5 $18) 8. Kb5 Rb2+ $1 9. Kc6 Rc2+ {Transposition} 10. Kb7 Rb2+ $1 11. Ka7 Rxf2 $1 12. Rb8 (12. Rh8 Rf3 $1 13. Rxh5 Rxg3 $1 $11) 12... Kd7 13. Rb5 Kc6 $1 14. Rxh5 Rf3 $1 $11) ({VP} 6... Rc2+ 7. Kb3 Rc6 $1 8. Ra8 Kg7 $1 9. Kb4 Re6 $1 $11) 7. Kc5 Re6 $1 8. Ra8 Kg7 $1 9. Kb5 Re5+ $1 10. Kb6 Re6+ $1 {Transposition} 11. Kc5 {Transposition} Re5+ ({VP} 11... Kh7 12. a7 (12. Kb5 $11 {Transposition}) 12... Ra6 $1 $11) 12. Kd6 Re6+ 13. Kd7 $11 {Transposition}) (3... Kg7 {[%eval 101,0]} 4. Kc6 Rc2+ 5. Kb5 (5. Kb7 Re2 {Transposition} (5... Rxf2 $11 {Transposition})) 5... Rb2+ $11 {Transposition}) 4. Ra8 Kg7 5. Kc6 (5. a7 Ra2 $11) 5... Re6+ $1 6. Kd7 {Transposition to the analysis of L'Ami} Kh7 $1 (6... Rb6 $2 7. Kc7 $1 Re6 8. a7 $1 Re7+ 9. Kb6 $1 Re6+ 10. Kb5 Re5+ 11. Kb4 Re4+ 12. Kb3 $18) 7. Kc7 Re7+ $1 8. Kb6 Re6+ $1 9. Kb5 {Transposition} Re5+ $1 10. Kc4 Re6 $11 *

