Nº2 Richard Becker

Draw

Richard Becker (USA)

wKb4,Rd5,Pb5/bKa1,Ne8,Ba7,Pc4,f3

1.Rd7!
1.Kxc4? f2 2.Rd1+ Kb2 3.Kd3 Nd6 4.Ke2 Ne4 5.Rd3 Kc2 6.Rf3 Bb6 (or Bd4) 7.Rh3 Nd2 8.Rh1 Bc5! zz 9.b6 Bxb6 10.Rd1 Ne4 11.Rd2+ Kc1 12.Rd1+ Kb2 13.Rd3 Bc5 14.Rh3 (14.Rf3 Kc2 15.Rh3 Nc3+ 16.Kf1 Kd2–+) 14…Nd2 15.Rh1 Kc2 16.Rd1 Ne4 17.Rd2+ Kb3 18.Rd3+ Nc3+ 19.Kf1 Kc2 20.Rf3 Ne4 21.Ke2 Bd4 22.Rh3 Nc3+ 23.Kf1 Kd2 24.Rh4 Be3–+

1…Bb6 2.Kxc4 f2 3.Rd1+ Kb2 4.Kd3 Nd6 5.Ke2 Ne4 6.Rd3 Bc5 7.Rf3! Kc1 8.Rd3! Kc2 9.Rh3! Nc3+ 10.Kf1 Nb1
10…Kd2 11.b6! Bxb6 12.Rh6 Bc5 13.Rc6 Bd4 14.Rd6=

11.Ke2 Nd2 12.Rh1 zz 12…Bb6
12…Ba7 13.Ra1=

13.Rd1 Ne4 14.Rd2+! Kb3 15.Rd3+ Kb2 16.Rh3 Nd2
16…Kc2 17.Rh2=

17.Rh1 Kc2 18.Rd1 Ne4 19.Rd2+ Nxd2 model stalemate

correction : sp, StrateGems 2010