<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="FR">Thematic tries:<o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">1. Nd4 ?  threat : 2. Kd7 and 3. Ne6 #</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">1....Be5 ! (1....Bg1 ?  2. Nf3 ! and mate in 2)  2.Nf3  Bf4 z  3. Kd7  Be3 !! z and no mate in 2.</span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">1. Ne1 ?  threat : 2. Nd3  Bd6 z  3. Kd7 (3. Kxd6 ?  stalemate) and mate in 2 with 5. Ne6 #</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">1....Be5 !  2. Nd3  Bd4 z  3. Kd7  Be3 !! z and no mate in 2.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR">1. Nb4 !  t</span></b><span lang="FR">hreat : 2. Na6 !  Bd6 z  3. Kd7 and mate in 2 with 5. Ne6 #</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR">A) 1....Bb8 !<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR">     2. Nd3 !!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">     2. Na6 ?  Ba7 ! z  3. Kd7  Bb6 !! z  4. ?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR">     2....Bd6 z </span></b><span lang="FR">(firstly decoved to b8, B cannot go to d4 and therefore loses the focus.  See thematic   try 1. Ne1 ?).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">     <b>3. Kd7 ! <o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">     <b>3....B~<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR">     4. Nc5 </span></b><span lang="FR">or <b>Nf4  </b>and  <b>5. Ne6 #<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR">B) 1....Bg1 !<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR">     2. Nc6 !!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">     2. Nd3 ?  Bd4 ! z  3. Kd7  Be3 !! z  4. ?<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR">     2....Bh2<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR">     3. Kd7 !<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR">     </span></b><span lang="FR">3. Nd4 ?  Be5 !  4. ?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">     <b>3....Bc7(e5,g1) </b>(decoved to h2, B cannot go to b6 and therefore loses the focus.)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">     <b>4. Nd4(d8)  </b>and  <b>5. Ne6 #</b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Focal play in miniature form with a decov of Bishop in order to prevent a new focal opposition after</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">a change of the initial mating square (A line)  (Author)</span></p>