Didukh=S — (=0041.22h3e6) A 0 Be the first one to like this. Please wait… Didukh=S 1/2-1/2 sp.p FIDE World Cup 2021 ▼ Click to open. [Event "sp.p FIDE World Cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021"] [Round "?"] [White "Didukh=S"] [Black "(=0041.22h3e6)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7N/8/4k3/1b2P3/2p5/7K/4p2P/6B1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "28"] 1. Bf2 c3 2. Ng6 Kf5 3. Nh4+ Ke4 4. Ng2 c2 (4... Kf3 5. Bd4 $1) 5. Be3 Kf3 6. e6 $3 ({Logical try} 6. Ne1+ $2 Kxe3 7. Nxc2+ Kd2 8. Nd4 Bd7+ 9. Kg2 ({White can discard his pawn} 9. e6 $1 Bxe6+ 10. Kg2 Bd5+ 11. Kh3 {but now Black promotes to rook} e1=R $1 {and again it is not stalemate.}) 9... Bc6+ 10. Kh3 e1=Q 11. Nf3+ Bxf3 {- this would be a stalemate without the e-pawn. The other way to eliminate the pawn is better because it is then possible to make the promotion obstacle irrelevant.}) 6... Bc4 7. Ne1+ Kxe3 8. Nxc2+ Kd2 9. e7 $1 { The pawn switches the bishop back to the bad diagonal and on the next move it removes the first obstacle (its own mass).} Bb5 10. e8=Q $1 Bxe8 11. Nd4 Bd7+ 12. Kg2 Bc6+ 13. Kh3 e1=Q ({II.} 13... e1=R 14. Nxc6 {The Roman has disarmed the promotion to rook.}) 14. Nf3+ Bxf3 {stalemate. (after Vinichenko 1983.)} "The Language of the Art" The Problemist 2023 [Event "sp.p FIDE World Cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021"] [Round "?"] [White "Didukh=S"] [Black "(=0041.22h3e6)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "7N/8/4k3/1b2P3/2p5/7K/4p2P/6B1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "28"] 1. Bf2 c3 2. Ng6 Kf5 3. Nh4+ Ke4 4. Ng2 c2 (4... Kf3 5. Bd4 $1) 5. Be3 Kf3 6. e6 $3 ({Logical try} 6. Ne1+ $2 Kxe3 7. Nxc2+ Kd2 8. Nd4 Bd7+ 9. Kg2 ({White can discard his pawn} 9. e6 $1 Bxe6+ 10. Kg2 Bd5+ 11. Kh3 {but now Black promotes to rook} e1=R $1 {and again it is not stalemate.}) 9... Bc6+ 10. Kh3 e1=Q 11. Nf3+ Bxf3 {- this would be a stalemate without the e-pawn. The other way to eliminate the pawn is better because it is then possible to make the promotion obstacle irrelevant.}) 6... Bc4 7. Ne1+ Kxe3 8. Nxc2+ Kd2 9. e7 $1 { The pawn switches the bishop back to the bad diagonal and on the next move it removes the first obstacle (its own mass).} Bb5 10. e8=Q $1 Bxe8 11. Nd4 Bd7+ 12. Kg2 Bc6+ 13. Kh3 e1=Q ({II.} 13... e1=R 14. Nxc6 {The Roman has disarmed the promotion to rook.}) 14. Nf3+ Bxf3 {stalemate. (after Vinichenko 1983.)} White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser.