[Event "FRME 5th 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019"]
[Round ""]
[White "50"]
[Black "1st prize"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k4N1/8/B1K5/8/2Nr4/7p/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2019"]

1. Ne7 $1 (1. Kb6 $2 Re4 $3 2. Nd2 Re6+ 3. Kc5 h2 $1 $19 4. Bc4 Re5+ (4... h1=Q
) 5. Kd4 h1=Q 6. Kxe5 Qh2+) 1... Rd1 $1 (1... h2 2. Kb6 $1 h1=Q 3. Nc6+ Qxc6+ (
3... Ka8 $4 4. Bb7#) 4. Kxc6 $11) 2. Kb6 $1 Rb1+ $1 (2... h2 $4 3. Nc6+ Ka8 4.
Bb7#) 3. Bb5 $1 (3. Kc5 $2 h2 $19) 3... h2 (3... Rxb5+ 4. Kxb5 h2 5. Ng6 (5.
Nc6+ $11)) 4. Nc6+ Ka8 $1 (4... Kc8 5. Ne7+ (5. Na7+) 5... Kd8 6. Nc6+ Ke8 7.
Nb4+ $1 Kf8 8. Bc6 Rxb4+ 9. Kc5 $11) 5. Ka6 $1 Ra1+ $1 (5... h1=Q $4 6. Nb6#) (
5... Rxb5 6. Kxb5 $11) 6. N6a5 $1 (6. N4a5 $2 h1=Q $19) 6... h1=Q (6... Rxa5+
7. Nxa5 h1=Q 8. Bc6+ $11) 7. Bc6+ $1 Qxc6+ 8. Nb6+ Kb8 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRME 5th 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019"]
[Round ""]
[White "6"]
[Black "2nd prize"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1B4q1/Pkp5/5P1Q/2KP4/1P4Pb/8/p7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2019"]

{White enjoys a large material advantage but his king is insecure} 1. f7 Qf8+
$1 (1... Qxf7 2. Qa6+ Kxa6 3. a8=Q#) 2. Qxf8 a1=Q {position x} (2... Bf2+ 3.
Kb5 a1=Q 4. a8=Q+ $1 Qxa8 5. Qh6 $18) 3. Qc8+ $1 (3. a8=Q+ $2 Qxa8 4. Qe8 (4.
Qh6 Be7+) 4... Bf2+ 5. Kc4 Qa2+ $11) 3... Kxc8 4. f8=Q+ Kb7 {position x
without pawn f7} 5. Qf3 $1 Bf2+ $1 {deflection. Three pawns down, black pulls
a startling saving attempt, based on stalemate.} (5... Be7+ 6. d6+) (5... Qe5
6. Kc4 $18) 6. Qxf2 (6. Kc4 $2 Qa2+ $11) 6... Qc3+ 7. Kb5 Qc6+ $1 (7... c6+ 8.
Ka4 $1) 8. dxc6+ Ka8 9. Qb6 $1 {The only move to free black from his stalemate
net. Mutual queen sacrifices: each side sacrificed his queen twice.} 1-0

[Event "FRME 5th 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019"]
[Round ""]
[White "3"]
[Black "spec. prize"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5nB1/8/7k/6N1/8/6RP/1P2K1pp/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019"]

1. Nf7+ $1 (1. Rxg2 $2 h1=Q 2. Bd5 $1 Qb1 $1 3. Nf7+ Kh7 $11) (1. Kf2 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} h1=Q {[%emt 0:00:05]}) (1. Bd5 $4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g1=Q $1 $19 {[%emt
0:00:00]}) 1... Kh5 2. Rg5+ Kh4 3. Rg4+ Kxh3 {main} (3... Kh5 4. Nd6 $1 g1=Q 5.
Bf7+ Kh6 6. Nf5+ Kh7 7. Rh4#) 4. Rxg2 h1=Q (4... Kxg2 5. Ng5 $1 h1=Q 6. Bd5+)
5. Ng5+ Kxg2 (5... Kh4 6. Nf3+ $18) 6. Bd5+ Kg1 7. Bxh1 Kxh1 8. Kf1 $3 {
Thematic try} (8. Kf2 $5 Nd7 $1 (8... Kh2 $2 9. b3 $1 {zz} Nd7 10. b4 {zz} Nb6
11. b5 {zz} Nc4 12. Kf3 $1 Kg1 13. Ke2 Kg2 14. Ne4 Nb6 15. Ke3 $18)) 8... Kh2
9. Kf2 {A)} Nd7 (9... Ng6 {B) - main line} 10. b4 Ne7 11. b5 Nd5 12. Kf3 (12.
Ne4 $2 Kh3 13. Kf3 Kh4 $11) 12... Kg1 (12... Nb6 13. Ne4 Kh3 14. Kf4 Na4 15.
Kf5 Kh4 16. Ke6 $1 Kg4 17. Ke5 Kh5 18. Kd6 Kg6 19. Nc5 $18) 13. Ne4 Kf1 14.
Nd2+ (14. Nd6 $2 {Try} Nb6 15. Ke3 Ke1 16. Kd4 Ke2) 14... Ke1 15. Nc4 Kd1 16.
Ne3+ $18) 10. b4 $1 {zz} Nb6 11. b5 $1 {zz} (11. Kf3 $2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. b5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf1) (11. Nf3+ $2 Kh3 $11) 11... Nc4
12. Kf3 $1 {Thematic try} (12. Ke2 $2 Kg3 $1 (12... Nb6 $2 13. Kf2 $1 {zz})) (
12. Ne4 $2 Kh3 13. Kf3 Kh4 14. Kf4 Kh5 15. Kf5 Nb6 $1 $11) 12... Kg1 13. Ke2
Kg2 14. Ne4 Kh3 15. Kd3 $1 (15. Kf3 $2 Kh4 16. Kf4 Kh5 17. Nd2 Nb6 $1 $11)
15... Nb6 16. Kd4 (16. Nf6 $2 Kh4 17. Kd4 Kg5 18. Nd5 Nd7 $11) (16. Nd6 $2 Kg4
17. Nc4 Na4) 16... Kg4 17. Kc5 (17. Ke5 $2 Na4 $1 {zz} 18. Kd6 Kf5 19. Nc3 Nb6
$1 20. Kc6 Nc4 21. Kd5 Nb6+ 22. Kc6 Nc4 $11) 17... Na4+ 18. Kc6 $18 1-0

[Event "FRME 5th 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019"]
[Round ""]
[White "54"]
[Black "1st HM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6r1/3P4/1p1nP1P1/6K1/5R2/p6k/1b6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2019"]

1. e7 Bc1 2. d8=Q Nf7+ 3. Kh5 $1 Nxd8 4. Rf3+ $1 (4. Rf8 $2 Ne6 $1 5. Rxg8 Nf4+
6. Kh6 Nd5+ 7. Kh7 Nxe7 8. Rb8 Nxg6 $11) 4... Kg2 5. Rf8 Ne6 6. Rxg8 a2 (6...
Nf4+ 7. Kg4 Nd5 8. e8=Q Nf6+ 9. Kf5 Nxe8 10. Rxe8 $18) 7. Ra8 (7. e8=Q $2 a1=Q
8. Qa8+ Qxa8 9. Rxa8 Nf4+ $11) 7... Kf3 8. g7 $1 (8. e8=N $2 Nf4+ $1 9. Kh6
Ne6+ 10. Kh7 Nf8+ $11) (8. e8=Q $2 Ng7+ 9. Kh4 Nxe8 $11) 8... Nxg7+ (8... Nf4+
9. Kh6 $1 Nd5+ 10. Kh7 Nxe7 11. Rxa2 $18) (8... a1=Q 9. Rxa1 Nxg7+ 10. Kg6 $1
Bb2 11. Ra8 Ke4 12. Rg8 Ba3 13. Rxg7 $18) 9. Kg6 Ne8 (9... Bb2 10. Rxa2 Bd4 11.
Ra7 $18) 10. Rxa2 $1 Ke4 11. Ra8 $1 (11. Kf7 $2 Bg5 12. Kxe8 Kd4 $11) 11... b5
(11... Kd5 12. Rxe8 Ke6 13. Rc8 $18) 12. Rxe8 (12. Kf7 Nd6+ 13. Ke6 Nf5 14.
e8=Q Ng7+ 15. Kf7+ Nxe8 $11) 12... Ba3 13. Kf6 $1 (13. Kf7 $2 Bxe7 14. Rxe7+ (
14. Kxe7 Kd4 $11) 14... Kd4 15. Ke6 b4 $11) 13... Bxe7+ 14. Rxe7+ $18 (14. Kxe7
$2 Kd4 15. Kd6 b4 16. Rb8 Kc3 17. Kc5 b3 $11) 1-0

[Event "FRME 5th 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019"]
[Round ""]
[White "52"]
[Black "2nd HM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/n4B2/8/2K5/2NP3n/6k1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019"]

1. Be4 $1 Nf1 (1... Ng4 2. d4 $1 Nf6 3. Ba8 $3 $18) (1... Kf2 2. Kb4 Nf1 3. d3
$1 $18) 2. d3 (2. d4 $2 Nb3 $1 3. d5 Nc5 $11) 2... Ng3 (2... Kf2 3. Kb4 $1 Ng3
4. Kxa5 $19) 3. Ba8 $3 (3. Kb4 $2 Nxe4 4. dxe4 Nc6+ 5. Kc5 Nd8 $11) (3. Bd5 $2
Kf2 4. Kb4 Ke2 $1 $11) 3... Ne2+ (3... Kf2 4. d4 $1 Nf5 5. Kb4 Ke2 6. d5 $18)
4. Kb4 Nc1 5. d4 Nab3 6. d5 (6. Kc3 $2 Kf2 7. d5 Nc5 8. Kc4 Ne4 9. Kd4 Nd6 $11)
6... Nd2 7. d6 Nd3+ 8. Kc3 (8. Kb5 $2 Ne5 9. Ne3 Nd7 10. Bc6 Nf8 $1 $11) 8...
Ne5 9. Na3 $3 (9. Ne3 $2 Nf1 $1 10. Nxf1 Kxf1 11. Kd4 Ng6 $1 12. Be4 Nf8 $11) (
9. Bd5 $2 Nf1 $1 10. Kd4 Nd7 11. Bc6 Nf8 $11) 9... Nf1 10. Kd4 Nd7 (10... Ng6
11. Be4 Nf8 12. Bf5 $1 Ng3 13. Bg4 $1 Kf2 14. Nc4 $1 Ne2+ 15. Ke5 $1 $18) (
10... Nf7 11. d7 Nh2 12. Bd5 Nd8 13. Kc5 $18) 11. Bc6 Nb8 12. Kc5 $1 (12. Bb5
$2 Nd2 $1 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. Kxc4 Kf2 15. Kc5 Ke3 16. Kb6 Ke4 17. Kc7 Kd5 $1 18.
Bc4+ Kc5 19. Bd3 Kd5 $1 $11) 12... Ne3 13. Bb5 Nf5 14. Nc4 Kf2 15. Kb6 $18 1-0

[Event "FRME 5th 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019"]
[Round ""]
[White "58"]
[Black "3rd HM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6k1/3pR3/3Rp3/8/4K1p1/2p5/2n5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2019"]

1. Rd2 $1 (1. Re7+ $2 Kf8 2. Rc7 g2 $11) 1... Ne2 2. Rxc2 g2 3. Rc7+ Kf8 4.
Rf6+ $3 (4. Rg6 $2 g1=Q+ 5. Rxg1 Nxg1 6. Rh7 e4 $1 7. Kxe4 Ne2 8. Rh3 d5+ $1 9.
Ke5 d4 10. Rd3 Ke7 $1 11. Rd2 Nc3 12. Rxd4 Nb5 $11) 4... Ke8 5. Rg7 $1 (5. Rg6
$2 g1=Q+ 6. Rxg1 Nxg1 7. Rh7 e4 $1) 5... g1=Q+ 6. Rxg1 Nxg1 7. Rh6 $1 (7. Rxd6
Nh3 8. Re6+ Kf7 $1 9. Rxe5 Kf6 $11) 7... e4 $1 8. Kxe4 Ne2 9. Rxd6 Ng3+ (9...
Nc3+ 10. Ke5 $1 Nb5 11. Rb6 $1 Nc7 12. Kd6 Kd8 13. Rb8# {echo}) 10. Ke5 $1 Nh5
11. Rh6 $1 Ng7 12. Kf6 Kf8 13. Rh8# {echo} 1-0

[Event "FRME 5th 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019"]
[Round ""]
[White "4"]
[Black "4th HM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6B1/8/4K1N1/B7/3p4/2p3pk/4Nn2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2019"]

1. Bh6 $1 (1. Ngf3+ $2 Kg3 2. Bh6 d2 3. Bxd2 Nxd2 $11) 1... c1=Q (1... d2 2.
Nef3+ Kg3 3. Bxc2 $18) 2. Ngf3+ Kg3 3. Bxc1 d2 $1 4. Nxd2 (4. Bxd2 $2 Nxd2 5.
Nxd2 g1=Q 6. Ne4+ Kg4 $1 7. Nf6+ Kg3 8. Ne4+ Kg4 $11) 4... g1=Q (4... Nxd2 5.
Nxg2 $1 $18) 5. Ne4+ Kg4 6. Bd1+ $1 (6. Bd7+ $2 Kh5 7. Be8+ Kg4 8. Nf6+ Kg3 9.
Ne4+ Kg4 $11) 6... Kh3 7. Ng5+ Kg3 8. Bf4+ Kf2 9. Nd3+ Kg2 10. Bf3# 1-0

[Event "FRME 5th 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019"]
[Round ""]
[White "56"]
[Black "5th HM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/8/8/6K1/8/7R/5pPn/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2019"]

1. Re3+ (1. Rh8+ $2 Kf7 2. Rh4 Nf3+ $1) 1... Kf7 2. Re4 (2. Re5 $2 Nf3+) 2...
Nf3+ 3. Kg4 $1 f1=Q 4. Rf4+ (4. Kg3 $2 Nd4 $1 5. Rxd4 (5. Rf4+ Nf5+ 6. Kg4
Qxg2+) 5... Qe1+ 6. Kf3 Qc3+ $19) 4... Ke6 5. Kg3 $1 Qe1+ 6. Kxf3 Ke5 (6... Kd5
7. Kg4 $1 (7. Rg4 $2 Ke5 $1 {zz}) 7... Ke5 8. Rf3 Qh1 9. Kg3 $11) 7. Rg4 {zz}
Qf1+ (7... Kf5 8. Rf4+ Kg5 9. Rg4+ Kh5 10. Rf4 $11) (7... Kd5 8. Rf4 $11) 8.
Kg3 Kf5 9. Rh4 $1 Qe1+ 10. Kh3 Kg5 11. Rg4+ Kh5 12. Rf4 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRME 5th 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019"]
[Round ""]
[White "2"]
[Black "spec. HM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2RN4/P6k/1p3n1q/pP6/PnK2R2/QP2p3/p7/b7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2019"]

1. Ne6 (1. Rc7+ $2 Kg6 $19) 1... Qh2 $1 2. Rh8+ $1 (2. Rc7+ $2 Kh6 $19) 2...
Kxh8 3. a8=Q+ (3. Qxa2 $2 Nxa2 4. a8=Q+ Ng8 $19) 3... Ng8 4. Nd4 $1 (4. Qxb4 $2
axb4 5. Qe4 Bf6 $19) (4. Qxa2 $2 Nxa2 5. Qd8 Bf6 $19) 4... Qxf4 (4... Bxd4 5.
Qe4 Bf6 6. Qb2 $3 $11) 5. Qb2 $3 (5. Qh1+ $2 Nh6 6. Qxa1 Qe4 $1 7. Qf1 Qd5+ 8.
Kc3 Qc5+ 9. Qc4 Nd5+ 10. Kb2 Qxa3+ 11. Kxa3 a1=Q#) 5... Bxb2 (5... Qf7+ 6. Ne6+
Bxb2 7. Qxg8+ Kxg8 {stalemate}) (5... Qf1+ 6. Ne2+ Bxb2 7. Qxg8+ Kxg8 {
stalemate}) (5... Qc7+ 6. Nc6+ Bxb2 7. Qxg8+ Kxg8 {stalemate}) (5... Nc2 6.
Qh1+ Nh6 7. Qa8+ Kg7 8. Qg2+ Ng4 9. Qb7+ Kf6 10. Qxb6+ Kg5 11. Qd8+ Kh5 12.
Qxc2 Ne5+ 13. Kc5 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 15. Kxd4 a1=Q+ 16. Kxe3 $11) 6. Qxg8+
Kxg8 {stalemate Task record with 4 pin stalemates with pinned knight} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRME 5th 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019"]
[Round ""]
[White "57"]
[Black "comm."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1R2P3/2N1P2b/pp6/p1r5/3k4/3p1K2/1N6 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019"]

1... Be3+ 2. Kg2 $1 (2. Kg3 $2 d1=Q 3. Rd7+ Bd4 4. e8=Q (4. Nxd4 Qg1+)) 2...
d1=Q (2... Rg4+ 3. Kh3 d1=Q 4. Rd7+ Rd4 5. Rxd4+ Bxd4 6. e8=Q Qf3+ 7. Kh2 $1
$11) (2... Rxc6 $2 3. e8=Q d1=Q 4. Qg6+ Kc4 5. Qe4+ Bd4 6. Qxc6+ $18) 3. Rd7+ (
3. Ne5+ $2 Ke2 4. Nc3+ Rxc3 $19) 3... Bd4 $1 (3... Rd4 4. Rxd4+ Bxd4 5. e8=Q
Qg4+ 6. Kh2 $1 $11) 4. Nxd4 $1 Qg4+ (4... Qh5 5. Nf5+ $1 Kc2 6. Na3+ Kc1 7.
Nxc4 bxc4 8. Rd8 Qg5+ 9. Kh2 $11 (9. Kh1)) (4... Qh5 5. Nf5+ $1 Kc2 6. Na3+ Kc1
7. Nxc4 bxc4 8. Rd8 Qg5+ 9. Kh2 $11 (9. Kh1)) 5. Kf2 $1 (5. Kh2 $2 Qh5+ 6. Kg3
Rxd4 7. Rxd4+ Kxd4 $19) 5... Qh4+ (5... Rc8 6. Nf3+ Kc2 7. Rd8 Qg8 8. Rxg8 Rxg8
9. Na3+ Kb2 10. Nxb5 $11) 6. Kg2 $1 (6. Kf3 $2 Qh5+ 7. Kf2 Rxd4 8. Rxd4+ Kxd4
9. Nd2 Qh4+ $19) 6... Qh8 (6... Qg4+ $2 7. Kf2 $1 Rc8 8. Nf3+ Ke4 9. Nbd2+ Kf5
10. Rd8 Qg8 11. Nd4+ Ke5 12. Rxg8 Rxg8 13. Nxb5 $11) 7. Nf5+ $1 (7. Rd8 $2 Qg7+
8. Kf3 Qxe7 9. Nc6+ Qxd8 10. Nxd8 b4 11. e7 Re4 $19) 7... Ke2 8. Rd8 Rg4+ $1 (
8... Qe5 $5 9. Ng3+ $1 Ke1 10. e8=Q Rg4 11. Rd1+ Kxd1 12. Qd7+ Kc2 13. Qd2+
Kxb1 14. Qd1+ Kb2 15. Qxg4 $11) 9. Ng3+ Rxg3+ $1 10. Kxg3 Qg7+ $1 11. Kh3 $1 (
11. Kh2) (11. Kf4 Qxe7 $19) 11... Qxe7 12. Nc3+ $1 Kf3 13. Rd3+ Kf2 (13... Kf4
14. Nd5+) 14. Rd2+ (14. Ne4+ $2 Ke2 $19) 14... Ke1 (14... Ke3 15. Nd5+) 15.
Rd1+ $1 Kf2 16. Rd2+ Ke3 (16... Kf3 17. Rd3+ Kf2 18. Rd2+) 17. Nd5+ (17. Re2+
$2 Kd3 18. Re3+ Kd4 $19) 17... Kxd2 18. Nxe7 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRME 5th 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019"]
[Round ""]
[White "32"]
[Black "comm."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/p1B5/Pp3p2/1Pp2Pp1/1rPp2Pp/3Pp2P/4P3/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019"]

1. Kg2 $1 (1. Bd8 $2 Rxc4 $1 2. Kg2 (2. Bxf6 Rc1+ $1 3. Kg2 c4 4. Bxd4 cxd3 5.
Bxe3 dxe2 6. Bxc1 e1=Q $19) 2... Rc1 $1 3. Bxf6 c4 4. dxc4 d3 5. exd3 e2 $19)
1... Rb1 (1... Rxc4 2. dxc4 d3 3. exd3 e2 4. Kf2 e1=Q+ 5. Kxe1 {pat ciernemu})
2. Bd8 Re1 3. Kf3 $1 Rf1+ 4. Ke4 (4. Kg2 $2 Rf2+) 4... Rf4+ 5. Kd5 Rf2 6. Bxf6
Rxe2 7. Bxg5 Rh2 8. Bxh4 (8. f6 $2 Rxh3 $1 9. Bf4 Rf3 10. Ke4 e2 11. Kxf3 e1=Q
12. f7 Qe7 $19) 8... Rxh3 9. Be1 (9. Bg5 $2 e2 $1 10. Bd2 Rf3 $1 11. Ke4 Rf1
12. g5 Rd1 13. g6 Rxd2 $19) 9... Rh1 10. Bg3 Rg1 11. Bh4 (11. Bf4 $2 Rxg4 $1
12. Ke5 Rxf4 $1 13. Kxf4 e2 $19) 11... Rxg4 12. Be1 Rg5 13. Ke6 $1 (13. Ke5 $2
Kb8 14. Ke6 Rg1 15. Bh4 Rh1 16. Bg3+ Kc8 17. f6 Kd8 18. f7 Rh6+ 19. Kd5 Ke7 $19
) 13... Rg1 14. Bh4 Rh1 15. Bg3 e2 16. f6 e1=Q+ 17. Bxe1 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRME 5th 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019"]
[Round ""]
[White "47"]
[Black "comm."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7B/6p1/8/2P2npP/P5k1/4P3/5K2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2019"]

1. Kg1 Nxe2+ 2. Kf1 (2. Kh1 $2 Kf2 3. Bxg6 Ng3+ 4. Kh2 Nf5 $1 $19) 2... Nf4 (
2... Kh2 $2 3. Bxg6 Ng3+ 4. Ke1 $1 $18) 3. Kg1 Kh3 4. Bg8 g3 5. Bd5 g2 6. Bxg2+
$1 (6. a4 $2 Ne2+ $19) (6. Bf3 $2 Kg3 $19) 6... Nxg2 7. h5 $1 gxh5 8. a4 $1 {
gxh5 [The study is inspired by a game I played: Ola Liabotro - Poul Rewitz,
Xtracon Open, Helsing?r 2018. In this position, with the a-pawn on a2 instead
of a3, my opponent played 51.c5 and lost.]} (8. c5 $2 Ne3 9. c6 Nd5 $19) 8...
Ne1 $1 (8... Ne3 9. a5 $1 Nxc4 10. a6 $11) 9. a5 Nf3+ 10. Kf1 $3 {thematic try}
(10. Kf2 $2 Nd4 11. a6 Nc6 $19 {white is in zugzwang, for instance} 12. Kf1 Kh2
$1 13. Kf2 h4 14. Kf1 Kg3 15. Kg1 h3 16. a7 h2+ 17. Kh1 Nxa7 18. c5 Nb5 19. c6
Nd6 20. c7 Ne4 21. c8=Q Nf2#) 10... Ne5 11. a6 (11. Kf2 $2 Nd3+ $1 $19) 11...
Nc6 12. Kf2 $1 {!= [mZZ. Now black is in zugzwang.] [For instance:]} h4 13. c5
Kg4 14. Kg2 $1 h3+ 15. Kh2 Kh4 16. Kg1 $1 Kg3 17. Kh1 Ne7 18. Kg1 h2+ 19. Kh1
Nc6 20. a7 Nxa7 21. c6 Nb5 22. c7 Nxc7 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRME 5th 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019"]
[Round ""]
[White "9"]
[Black "comm."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3p4/5p1p/5P1k/7r/2N2P1P/6K1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2019"]

1. Kg3 $1 Rd4 (1... Kg5 2. Ne4+ Rxe4 3. fxe4 $11) 2. Ne4 d5 3. Nc5 $1 (3. Nxf6+
$2 Kg5 4. Nh7+ Kxf5 $19) 3... Rd1 4. h4 $1 (4. Ne6 $2 Rg1+ $1 $19) 4... Rg1+ 5.
Kh3 Re1 6. Nd7 $1 (6. Ne6 $2 Rxe6 $1 7. fxe6 Kg6 8. h5+ Kg7 9. Kg4 d4 10. Kf4
f5) (6. Kg3 $2 Re5 $1 7. Ne6 Rxf5 8. Ng7+ Kg6 9. Nxf5 Kxf5 $19) (6. Nd3 $2 Rh1+
$1 7. Kg3 Rxh4 8. Nf4+ Rxf4 $19) 6... Rh1+ 7. Kg3 Rxh4 8. Nxf6+ Kg5 9. Nh7+ $1
(9. Nxd5 $2 Rd4) 9... Kxf5 10. Kxh4 d4 11. Kg3 d3 12. Kf2 h5 13. f4 $1 h4 14.
Ng5 d2 15. Ke2 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRME 5th 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019"]
[Round ""]
[White "48"]
[Black "comm."]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2n5/8/8/1R5B/4P3/2r4P/8/3K1k2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2019"]

1. Kd2 (1. Rb8 $2 Rc5 $1 (1... Ne7)) 1... Rxh3 2. Bg4 Rh4 $1 3. Ke3 $1 (3. Bxc8
$2 Rxe4 $11) 3... Rxg4 (3... Nd6 $2 4. Rb1+ Kg2 5. Bf3+ Kg3 6. Rg1+ Kh2 7. Rg6
$1 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 $18) 4. Kf3 Rxe4 $1 5. Rh5 $1 (5. Kxe4 $2 Nd6+) 5... Rg4 $1 (
5... Rf4+ 6. Kxf4 $18) 6. Rd5 $3 (6. Kxg4 $2 Ke2 $1 $11 (6... Kf2)) 6... Rg3+ (
6... Re4 7. Kxe4 $18) 7. Kxg3 Ke2 8. Kf4 Nb6 9. Rd4 $1 $18 1-0

[Event "FRME 5th 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019"]
[Round ""]
[White "49"]
[Black "comm."]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "K2k4/3r4/8/1P6/8/3N4/2P5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2019"]

1. b6 Rd5 $1 (1... Kc8 2. Nc5 Rd8 3. b7+ Kc7+ 4. Ka7 Kc6 5. Nd3 $1 Kc7 6. c4
Rb8 7. Nc5 Re8 8. b8=Q+ Rxb8 9. Na6+ Kc6 10. Kxb8 $18) 2. b7 Ra5+ 3. Kb8 Kd7 4.
c3 $1 (4. c4 $2 Kc6 $1 5. Kc8 Rh5 6. Nb4+ Kc5 7. b8=Q Rh8+ 8. Kb7 Rxb8+ $11)
4... Kc6 (4... Rb5 {main line} 5. Nb4 $1 Ra5 6. c4 $1 Ra4 (6... Rc5 7. Ka7 Ra5+
8. Kb6 $18) (6... Kd6 7. Kc8 Rc5+ 8. Kd8 $18) 7. Nd3 $1 Kd6 8. Kc8 Rxc4+ 9. Kd8
$18) 5. Kc8 Rh5 6. Nb4+ $1 (6. Ne5+ $2 Rxe5 7. b8=N+ $11) 6... Kc5 7. b8=Q $1 (
7. b8=R $2 Rh3 8. Na2 Kc6 $1 9. Nb4+ Kc5 $1 10. Na2 Kc6 $11) 7... Rh8+ 8. Kb7
Rxb8+ 9. Kxb8 Kc4 10. Na2 $18 1-0

[Event "FRME 5th 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019"]
[Round ""]
[White "51"]
[Black "comm."]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6K1/8/P4N2/8/1R3B2/k7/8/q7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2019"]

1. Nd5 (1. a7 $2 Kxb4) (1. Bd6 Qxf6) 1... Qg1+ 2. Kf7 $1 (2. Kf8 Qc5+ $11) 2...
Qa7+ (2... Qc5 3. Ke6 $1 Qc6+ 4. Bd6 Qxa6 5. Rb6+ $18) 3. Rb7 $1 (3. Ke6 $2
Qxa6+ 4. Bd6 Qc8+ 5. Ke7 Ka2 $1 $11) 3... Qxa6 4. Bc1+ Ka4 (4... Ka2 5. Nc3+
Ka1 6. Rb1#) 5. Rb4+ (5. Nc3+ Ka5 $11) 5... Ka5 6. Bd2 Qe2 $1 (6... Qa7+ 7.
Rb7+ $18) (6... Qd3 7. Rd4+ $18) 7. Ra4+ $3 (7. Rd4+ $2 Ka6 $11) (7. Rb5+ Ka6 (
7... Kxb5 8. Nc3+ Kc4 9. Nxe2 Kd3 $11)) 7... Kxa4 (7... Kb5 8. Nc3+) 8. Nc3+
Kb3 9. Nxe2 $18 1-0

[Event "FRME 5th 2019"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2019"]
[Round ""]
[White "17"]
[Black "comm."]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4k3/P3N1r1/8/8/1K4p1/1B6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2019"]

1. a7 Rg8 (1... g2 2. Bd4 Rg8 3. Nc7 $1 $18) 2. Nf8 $1 (2. Nc7 $2 Kd6 $1 3.
a8=Q Rxa8 4. Nxa8 Kc5 $3 5. Bc1 (5. Be5 g2 6. Bh2 Kd4 7. Nb6 Ke3 8. Bg1+ Ke2 9.
Nc4 Kf1 $11) 5... Kd4 6. Nc7 g2 7. Ne6+ Ke5 $1 8. Ng5 g1=N $1 $11) 2... g2 (
2... Rxf8 3. Ba3+ Ke6 4. Bxf8 g2 5. Bc5 $18) 3. Ba3+ (3. a8=Q $2 Rg3+ $1 4. Ka2
g1=Q $11) (3. Bd4 $2 Rxf8 $1 4. Bc5+ Kd7 5. Bxf8 g1=Q $11) 3... Kf6 4. a8=Q
Rg3+ 5. Kc4 $1 (5. Kc2 $1 g1=Q 6. Nd7+ Kf5 7. Qd5+ Kg4 8. Nf6+ Kh3 $1) (5. Kb2
$2 g1=Q 6. Qd8+ Kf5 7. Qd7+ Kg5 8. Be7+ Kh6 9. Qe6+ Kg7 10. Qf6+ Kg8 11. Qe6+
Kg7 12. Bf6+ Kxf8 13. Qe7+ Kg8 14. Qe8+ Kh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qh8+ Kf7 $11) 5...
g1=Q 6. Qd8+ $1 (6. Qc6+ $2 Kg5 $1 7. Qg6+ Kh4 $1 8. Be7+ Kh3 9. Qh5+ Kg2 $11)
(6. Nd7+ $2 Kf5 $1 7. Qf8+ Kg4 8. Ne5+ Kh3 $11) 6... Kf5 7. Qd7+ $1 (7. Qc8+ $2
Kg5 8. Ne6+ Kf6 9. Bb2+ Ke7 $1 10. Qd8+ Kxe6 11. Qf6+ Kd7 $11) (7. Qd5+ $2 Kg4
$1 8. Qe4+ Kh3 $11) 7... Kg5 8. Ne6+ (8. Qg7+ $2 Kf4 $1 9. Ne6+ Ke4 $1 10. Qb7+
Ke5 $1 11. Qd5+ Kf6 12. Bb2+ Ke7 13. Qd8+ Kxe6 $11) (8. Be7+ $2 Kh6 9. Qe6+ Kg7
10. Bf6+ Kxf8 $11) 8... Kh6 9. Bf8+ $1 Kg6 10. Nf4+ $1 (10. Qg7+ $2 Kf5 $1 11.
Nd4+ Qxd4+ 12. Qxd4 Rg4 $11) (10. Qe8+ $2 Kh7 $1 11. Qf7+ Kh8 12. Bg7+ Rxg7 13.
Qf8+ Kh7 $11) 10... Kg5 11. Nh3+ $1 (11. Qd5+ $2 Kxf4 12. Bd6+ Kg4 $11) 11...
Rxh3 12. Qg7+ $18 1-0

[Event "Secrets of Minor-Piece Endings#062 (ce)"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1995"]
[Round ""]
[White "Nunn=J"]
[Black "(+0004.10f2h1)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3n3N/8/8/1P6/8/5K2/7k b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1995"]

1... Kh2 2. Ng5 $1 Nb6 3. b5 $1 Na4 4. Kf3 $1 Nb6 (4... Kg1 5. Ne4 $1 Kf1 6.
Ke3 $1 Ke1 7. Kd4 $1 Nb6 8. Kc5 $1 Na4+ 9. Kc6 Nb2 10. Kb6 Ke2 11. Kc5 Kd3 12.
Nf2+) 5. Ne4 Kh3 (5... Nd5 6. Ke2 Kg2 7. Kd3 $1 Nb6 8. Kd4 Kf3 9. Nc3 Kg4 10.
Kc5 $1 Nd7+ 11. Kd6 Nb6 12. Ne4 Nc4+ 13. Kc5 Ne5 14. Nd6 Nd7+ 15. Kc6 Ne5+ 16.
Kd5 Nd7 17. Nc4 Kf5 18. Kd6) 6. Kf4 $1 Na4 (6... Kg2 7. Ke5 Kf3 8. Nf6 $1 Ke2
9. Nd5 $1 Na4 10. Kd4 $1 Kd2 11. Kc4 $1 Nb2+ 12. Kb3 Nd3 13. b6 $1 Nc5+ 14. Kc4
$1 Nb7 15. Nb4 $1 Ke3 16. Kd5) 7. Kf5 $1 Kh4 (7... Kg2 8. Ke5 Kf3 9. Kd4 $1 Nb6
10. Nc3) 8. Ke6 $1 (8. Ke5 $2 Kg4 9. Kd6 Kf5 $1 10. Nc5 Nb6 $1 11. Nd7 Nc8+ $1
12. Kc7 Ne7 $1) 8... Kg4 (8... Kh5 9. Kd6 $1) 9. Ke5 $1 Kh5 (9... Kf3 10. Kd4
$1) (9... Nb6 10. Kd6 Kf4 11. Kc6 $1 Nc8 12. Kc7) 10. Kd6 $1 Kg6 11. Nc5 $1 Nb6
12. Kc6 $1 Nc4 13. Nd3 $1 Kf7 14. Kc5 $1 Na5 15. b6 $1 Ke7 16. Ne5 $1 Nb7+ 17.
Kc6 Nd6 18. Kc7 Nb5+ 19. Kb7 Nd6+ 20. Ka6 1-0

[Event "Chess Life & Review"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2006"]
[Round ""]
[White "Becker=R"]
[Black "(+0004.10c1a1)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2n5/8/8/1N6/8/8/6P1/k1K5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006"]

{Chess Life & Review/10} 1. g3 $1 (1. Kc2 $2 Ne7 2. g3 Nf5) (1. Nc3 $2 Nd6 2.
g4 Nf7) (1. g4 $2 Ka2 2. Kc2 Ne7 3. g5 Ng6) 1... Ka2 2. Kc2 Ne7 3. g4 Ng6 4. g5
Nh4 5. Kc3 Ng6 (5... Kb1 {<main>} 6. Nd4 Kc1 7. Kd3 Kd1 8. Ke4 Ng6 9. Kf5 (9.
Ne6 $2 Kd2 10. Nf4 Nh4) 9... Nh4+ 10. Kf6 Ng2 11. Kg6 Kd2 12. Kf5 Ke3 (12...
Kd3 13. Nf3) 13. Nc2+ Kd2 14. Ke4 Nh4 15. Nd4 Ng6 (15... Kc3 16. Nf3 Ng6 17.
Kf5) 16. Ne6 Nh4 17. Nf4 Kc3 18. Ng2 Ng6 19. Kf5 Nf8 20. Nf4) 6. Nd4 Ka3 7. Kc4
Nh4 8. Kc5 Ka4 (8... Kb2 9. Kd5 Kc3 10. Ke4 Ng6 11. Nf3 Nf8 12. Kf5) 9. Kd6 Kb4
10. Kd5 Ka5 11. Ke6 Kb6 12. Nf5 (12. Nf3 $2 Ng6 $1 13. Kf6 Nf4 14. Kf5 Nd5 15.
Ke5 Ne7 16. Nh4 Kc7 17. Ke6 Kd8) 12... Ng6 13. Kf6 Nf4 14. Ne3 Kc6 15. Kf5 Nh5
16. g6 Kd7 (16... Kd6 17. Kg5 Ng7 18. Nf5+ Nxf5 19. Kxf5) 17. Nd5 Ng7+ 18. Kf6
Ne6 19. Kf7 Ng5+ 20. Kg7 $1 Ne6+ 21. Kh6 Nd4 22. Nf4 Kd6 (22... Nf5+ 23. Kg5
Ng7 24. Kf6 Ne8+ 25. Kf7 Nd6+ 26. Kg7 Nf5+ 27. Kf6 Nd6 28. Nd5) 23. Kg7 $1 (23.
Kh7 $2 Nf5 24. Nh5 Ke7) 23... Ke7 24. Kh7 Nf5 25. Nh5 Kd6 26. Kh8 Ke5 27. Ng3
Kf6 28. Kh7 Ne7 29. g7 1-0

[Event "1.p EG-50 AT "]
[Site ""]
[Date "2015"]
[Round ""]
[White "Pervakov=O"]
[Black "(+4445.03d8a7)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4K3/k3N3/p7/3p1N2/2r3b1/1R6/q2pn3/4BQ2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2015"]

1. Qf2+ $1 ({Try} 1. Bf2+ $2 Ka8 $1 2. Rb6 Qa4+ 3. Kd8 Bxf5 4. Nxf5 Nd4 $1 5.
Bxd4 (5. Nxd4 d1=Q 6. Qxd1 Qxd1 7. Nc6 Rxc6 8. Rxc6 d4 $19) 5... d1=Q 6. Qf4 (
6. Qg2 Qxd4 $1 7. Nxd4 Qa5 $1 8. Ke8 Rc8+ 9. Kd7 Qxb6 10. Kxc8 Qxd4 $19) 6...
Rc8+ $1 7. Kxc8 Qe8+ 8. Kc7 Qc2+ 9. Kd6 Qcc8 $1 10. Kxd5 Qg8+ 11. Ke4 Qc2+ 12.
Ke5 Qc7+ 13. Ke4 Qg2+ 14. Qf3 Qcc2+ 15. Ke3+ Qxf3+ 16. Kxf3 Qxf5+ $19) 1... d4
$1 (1... Ka8 2. Rb8+ $1 Kxb8 3. Qb6+ $11) 2. Nc6+ $1 (2. Nxd4 $2 Bd7+ $1 3.
Kxd7 Rxd4+ 4. Ke8 Qxb3 5. Bxd2 Qb5+ 6. Kf7 Qc4+ 7. Kf8 Kb8 $19) 2... Rxc6 (2...
Ka8 $2 3. Rb8#) 3. Nxd4 Bd7+ $1 {Open counterplay} (3... Bh5+ $2 4. Ke7 Nxd4 5.
Qxd4+ Ka8 6. Qh8+ $18) (3... Nxd4 $2 4. Qf7+ $18) 4. Kxd7 (4. Ke7 $2 Nxd4 5.
Qxd4+ Ka8 6. Qh8+ Bc8 $19) 4... d1=Q ({After} 4... d1=R $5 {White build the
new battery:} 5. Qf7 $1 $11) 5. Bd2 $3 {The echo-sacrifice!} (5. Kxc6 $2 Nxd4+
6. Qxd4+ Qxd4 $19 {, and no stalemate - bishop on the board!}) (5. Qf7 $2 Qaxb3
$19) 5... Qaxd2 $1 6. Kxc6 Qh1+ ({Main} 6... Qh6+ 7. Ne6+ Nd4+ 8. Qxd4+ $1 Qxd4
9. Rb7+ Ka8 10. Rb8+ $1 Kxb8 $11 {The 1-st mirror stalemate with pin knight}) (
{Main} 6... Q1c1+ 7. Nc2+ Nd4+ 8. Qxd4+ $1 Qxd4 9. Rb7+ Ka8 10. Rb8+ $1 Kxb8
$11 {The 2-nd mirror stalemate with pin knight}) 7. Nf3+ Nd4+ (7... Qd4 8. Rb7+
Ka8 9. Rb8+ $1 Kxb8 10. Qg3+ $1 $11) 8. Qxd4+ $1 Qxd4 9. Rb7+ Ka8 10. Rb8+ $1
Kxb8 $11 {And the 3-rd mirror stalemate with pin knight!} 1/2-1/2

