www.arves.org - ChessStar 2022

Studies awarded for the ChessStar 2022 tournament.

[Event "3.p Chess Star"] [Site ""] [Date "2022"] [Round ""] [White "Pasman=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/5p2/8/1b5k/2r5/8/1R3KPp/N7 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "26"] [EventDate "2022"] 
 1. g4+ $1 Kxg4 (1... Kh4 2. Rxb5 $1 $11) 2. Kg2 h1=Q+ 3. Kxh1 Bc6+ (3... Rc1+ 4. Kh2 Bc6 5. Rb4+ Kg5 6. Nb3 Rc2+ 7. Kh3 Rc3+ 8. Kh2 $11) 4. Kh2 Rc5 5. Rb4+ $1 (5. Rc2 $2 Rh5+ 6. Kg1 Be4 $1 $19) (5. Nc2 $2 Rh5+ 6. Kg1 Kg3 7. Kf1 Ba4 8. Kg1 Rh2 $19) 5... Kf3 6. Rb3+ Kf4 7. Kg1 (7. Rb4+ $2 Be4 $19) 7... Bd5 (7... Rc1+ 8. Kf2 Rxa1 9. Rf3+ $1 Bxf3 {stalemate}) (7... Be4 8. Ra3 $11) 8. Rd3 $1 ( 8. Ra3 $2 Rb5 $1 9. Nc2 Rb1+ 10. Kf2 Rb2 $19) 8... Rb5 (8... Ke4 9. Nb3 $1 Rb5 10. Nc1 Rb1 11. Rc3 $1 Kd4 12. Rd3+ Kc4 13. Rd1 $11) 9. Nc2 Be4 10. Rc3 (10. Rd7 $2 Rg5+ 11. Kf1 Bxc2 12. Rxf7+ Ke3 $19) 10... Rb1+ 11. Ne1 $1 Rxe1+ 12. Kf2 Ra1 13. Rf3+ $1 Bxf3 {stalemate. A pleasant and economical setting of a familiar stalemate scheme. The model stalemate can appear as early as move 9 (after 7... Rc1+) but Black seeks complications and suffers the same stalemate after the white Knight hops to e1.} 1/2-1/2