<font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="color: black;">1.Kf4!</span></u></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="color: black;"> <br /> </span></u></b></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">1.b4? Sc6 (1...Sc4? 2.Kf4 Kg6</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="color: black;">(2...Sa3 3.e4+-)</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">3.Ke4+-) 2.b5 Sd4 3.b6 Sxe2+=</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> <br /> </span></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="color: black;">1...Sb3</span></u></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="color: black;"> <br /> </span></u></b></span></font></font><br /> <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">1...Sc6 2.Ke4 Kg5 3.Kd5+-; 1...Kg6 2.b4 Sc4 3.Ke4!+-<br /> </font></font></span></span><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="color: blue;">2.e3</span><span style="color: black;">!!</span></u></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="color: black;"> </span></u></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="color: black;">a delayed move</span></u></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="color: black;"> <br /> </span></u></b></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">2.e4? Kg6! 3.e5 Sc5</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="color: black;">(3...Sc1? 4.Ke4! Kf7 5.h4 Kg6 6.h5+!! Kxh5 7.Kf5!! Kh6 8.Kf6+-)</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">4.h4 Sd3+=; 2.Kf5? Sd4+=</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> <br /> </span></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="color: red;">A)</span><span style="color: black;"> 2...Kg6</span></u></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="color: black;"> <br /> </span></u></b></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="color: red;">B)</span><span style="color: teal;"> 2...Sc5 3.Kf5 Sd3 </span><span style="color: blue;">4.b3</span><span style="color: teal;">! a delayed move 4...Sb4</span></u></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="color: teal;"> </span></u></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="color: teal;">5.e4+-; <br /> </span></u></b></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="color: black;">3.Ke5 Kg5 4.Kd5 Sa15.e4!</span></u></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="color: black;"> </span></u><span style="color: black;"><br /> </span></b></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">5.b4? Sc2 6.b5 Sxe3+ 7.Kc5 Sg4!! 8.b6 Se5 9.b7 Sd7+=</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> <br /> </span></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="color: black;">5...Sc2 6.e5 Kf5 </span><span style="color: blue;">7.b3</span><span style="color: black;">!!</span></u></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="color: black;"> </span></u></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><u><span style="color: black;">a delayed move</span></u></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><u><span style="color: black;"> <br /> </span></u></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">Thematic try I: 7.e6? Kf6 8.Kd6 Sd4</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="color: black;">(8...Se3? </span><b><span style="color: blue;">9.b3</span></b><span style="color: black;">!!</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">a delayed move</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="color: black;">9...Sf5+ 10.Kd7 Sd4 11.e7+-)</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">9.e7 Sf5+ 10.Kd7 Sxe7=</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"><br /> </span></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">7.Kd6? Sd4 8.h4 Sb5+! 9.Kd5 Sc7+! 10.Kc6 Se8 11.Kd7 Sg7 12.Kd6 Se8+ positional draw, or 13.Ke7 Sg7 14.Kf7</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="color: black;">(14.b4 Kxe5!=)</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">14...Se6=; <br /> </span></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="color: black;">7...Se1 8.e6</span></u></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="color: black;"> <br /> </span></u></b></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">Thematic try II: 8.Kd6? Sf3! 9.e6 Kf6 10.Kd7 Se5+ 11.Kd6 Sf3 12.e7 Kf7 13.h4</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="color: black;">(13.b4 Ke8 14.b5 Sd2! 15.h4 Se4+)</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">13...Ke8</span></u></b>!!<span style="color: black;"> <u>wPe7&#39;s blockade with the bK</u></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="color: black;">(13...Sxh4? 14.Kd7+-)</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">14.h5 Sd4 15.Ke5 Sc6+ 16.Ke6 Sxe7 17.h6 Sg6 18.b4 Sf8+!=</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="color: black;">(18...Kd8? 19.Kf7+-)</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> <br /> </span></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="color: black;">8...Kf6 9.h4</span></u></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="color: black;"> <br /> </span></u></b></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">9.Kd6? Sf3 10.Kd7 Se5+ 11.Kd6 Sf3 positional draw, or 12.e7 Kf7 13.Kd7 Se5+ 14.Kd8 Sc6+=</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> <br /> </span></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="color: black;">9...Sg210.Kd6</span></u></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="color: black;"> </span></u></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="color: black;">10...Sxh4 11.b4 Sf5+ 12.Kd7 Se7 13.b5 Sg6 14.e7 Se5+ 15.Kd8 Sf7+ </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">16.Ke8</span><span style="color: black;">!</span></u></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="color: black;"> </span></u></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="color: black;">wPe7&#39;s blockade with the wK</span></u></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="color: black;"> <br /> </span></u></b></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">16.Kd7? Se5+ loss of time</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> <br /> </span></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="color: black;">16...Ke6 17.b6</span></u></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="color: black;"> <br /> </span></u></b></span></font></font><br /> <font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">Thematic try III: 17.Kf8? Sd6 18.b6 Kd7 19.b7 Kc7=</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="color: black;">(19...Sxb7? </span><b><u><span style="color: purple;">20.e8Q+ wins</span></u></b></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black;">Excelsior<i>)</i></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i><span style="color: black;"> <br /> </span></span></font></font><br /> <span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">17...Sd6+ 18.Kd8 Sf7+ 19.Kc7</span></u></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></u></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">19...Sd6 20.b7 Kxe7 </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: purple; font-size: 12pt;">21.b8Q wins</span></u></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></u></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><u><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Excelsior</span></u></span><br />