Nº19 Serhiy Didukh

Draw

Serhiy Didukh (Ukraine)

wKh1,Bg1,Rb8,Pe6,f3,f5,h2/bKh3,Bd6,Pc2,c7,e7,f4,h6

1.f6! exf6
1…c1Q 2.Rh8! Kh4 3.f7 Qf1 4.Rxh6+ Kg5 5.h4+ Kxh6 6.f8Q+=

2.Rb5!
2.e7? Bxe7 3.Rb5 f5! 4.Rxf5 c1Q 5.Rh5+ Bh4–+

2…c5 3.e7 Bxe7 4.Rb1! cxb1N! 5.Bxc5 Bd8
5…Bxc5 stalemate.

6.Bb6 Nd2 7.Bxd8 Nxf3
7…f5 8.Bc7 Nxf3 9.Bxf4 h5 10.Bc7=

8.Bxf6 Nxh2 9.Be5 f3 10.Bxh2 f2 11.Bg1! f1Q stalemate.

When Black underpromotes the white bishop goes collecting the decoyed pieces (Bowling theme), finally it comes back to the starting point (Rundlauf theme) to be pinned by another promotion. Based on the game Palevich – Lebelt 1985.