Nº22 Peter Krug- VladislavTarasiuk-Mario García

Draw

Theme: Positional draw, and stalemate with “suicide rook”

wKg2,Rb4,h4,Pe4,f6/bKa6,Nb2,Bd8,Ra3,Pb5,g4,g6,h2

1.Rh8!
1.f7? Rf3 2.Rh8 Rxf7 3.Rxb2 (3.Rxd8 Rf2+ 4.Kh1 g3 5.Ra8+ Kb6–+) 3…Bc7 4.Re2 Be5–+

1…Rh3 2.Rxh3 gxh3+ 3.Kh1!!
3.Kxh2? Bxf6 4.Rb3 Ka5–+

3…Bxf6
3…Nc4 4.f7 Be7 5.Rb1 g5 6.Rf1 b4 7.f8Q Bxf8 8.Rxf8 b3 9.Rb8 Nb6 10.Rf8=

4.e5! Bxe5 5.Rxb5! Nd1! (6…Nf2#) 6.Rb6+!
Try : 6.Ra5+? Kb7 7.Rb5+ Kc8 8.Rb8+ Kc7 9.Rb7+ Kc6 10.Rb6+ Kc5 11.Rb5+ Kc4 12.Rxe5 Nf2+ 13.Kxh2 Ng4+ 14.Kxh3 Nxe5–+

6…Ka5!
6…Kxb6 = stalemate

7.Rb5+ Ka4 8.Rb4+ Ka3 9.Rf4!
9.Rb3+? Ka2 10.Ra3+ (10.Rf3 Bd4 11.Kxh2 Nf2–+) 10…Kb1! 11.Rb3+ Kc2!–+

9…Kb3
9…g5 10.Rf1 Ne3 11.Rf5 Nxf5= stalemate

10.Rf1 Nc3
10…Kc2 11.Rxd1! Kxd1= stalemate

11.Re1!= positional draw
Try :11.Rf4? g5 12.Rb4+ Kc2! 13.Rb2+ Kd3 14.Rd2+ Ke4–+
or 11.Rf5? Ne4! 12.Rxe5 Nf2+ 13.Kxh2 Ng4+ 14.Kxh3 Nxe5–+