Study 4

Árpád Rusz
Buletin Problemistic
2000

Draw

1.Ng2! [1.Nf5? exf3+ 2.Kxf3 Bxf5 3.gxf5 Kxf5–+] 1...Bd1+! 2.Kxd1 [2.Kf2? Bxf3–+] 2...exf3 3.Ne1! [3.Nxf4? Kxf4 4.Kd2 Kg5!! (4...Kxg4? 5.Ke3 mutual zugwang 5...h6 6.Kf2 Kf4 7.Ke1! Ke3 8.Kf1 mutual zugwang 8...f2 (8...h5 9.Ke1! h4 10.Kf1! (10.h3? Ke4 11.Kf1 Ke5! 12.Ke1 Kf5!! 13.Kf1 Ke4 14.Ke1 Ke3 zugwang 15.Kf1 f2–+ mutual zugwang) 10...f2 11.h3 mutual zugwang 11...Kf3 stalemate) 9.h3! h5 10.h4 Kf3 stalemate) 5.Kd3!? Kh4! 6.Ke3 Kxg4 mutual zugwang 7.Kf2 Kf4 8.Ke1 (8.Kf1 Ke3 9.Ke1 f2+ 10.Kf1 Kf3!+-) 8...Ke3 9.Kf1 f2+-] 3...f2 4.Nf3+ Kxg4 5.Nd2 [5.Ke2? f1Q+ 6.Kxf1 Kxf3–+] 5...f3 6.Kc2 Kh3 7.Kd3 Kg2 8.Ke3=

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