G.Kasparyan "64" 1933 
1st prize
Win
White: Kh1, Nh6, Bd2, Bf1
Black Kf3, Ra4; pawn g7
1.Nf5/i g6!/ii 2.Ne3/iii Rd4/iv 3.Bg2+!/v Kf2/vi 4.Nf1 Rh4+ 5.Nh2 Rd4/vii 6.Be1+!/viii Ke2! 7.Kg1!
Rd1/ix 8.Bf1+ Kxe1 9.Nf3 mate.
i) 1.Nf7? Kf2 2.Bh3 Kg3 3.Bf1 Kf2, is no more than a draw.
ii) The only way to secure active counterplay. After Kf2 2.Bb5 Re4 3.Ba5 Re6 (Re5;Bb6+) 4.Kh2, White
improves the positioning of his pieces and wins.
iii) White has to consolidate. If 2.Nd6? Rd4 3.Nc4 Rh4+ 4.Kg1 Rg4+, and it's a draw.
iv) Black does not hurry to play Kf2 because of 3.Bc4 Ra3 4.Nd1+ Kf3  5.Nc3, and White is making the
progress he yearns for.
v) 3.Bc1? Kf2 4.Kh2 Re4, drawn yet again.
vi) After Ke2 White has 4.Bc1 Ra4 5.Kh2 Ra1 6.Bb2, winning.
vii) If White's reply to Ra4 is 6.Nf3...
viii) ... nevertheless 6.Nf3? here is met by Rd3 7.Be1+ Ke2 8.Ne5 Rd1.
ix) Black wins a piece, but... "The play is rich, difficulty and naturalness feature in the solution, and a there
is a surprise finish - the study stands out on its own." (Tourney Judge E.Somov-Nasimovich.)
