<div class="user_solution"><span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"><span class="shorttext"><b><span lang="EN">Merry Christmas<span>  </span>- </span></b></span><span class="alt-edited"><b><span lang="RU">Рождеством Христовым</span></b></span></span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"><span class="shorttext"><b><span lang="DE">Frohe Weihnachten -<span>  </span></span></b></span><b>Feliz Navidad</b></span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"><b> </b></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;FigurineCB AriesSP&quot;;"> </span></p> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"><b>Themes: Stalemate and positional draw </b></span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"><b> </b></span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"><b>1.Re3! </b></span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;">1.Rc1? Ka6+ 2.Kc7 <i>(2.Ka8 Rc2!) </i>2...Rc2+ 3.Rxc2 e1Q–+</span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;">1.Kc8? Ra2! 2.Rg1 Bc5 3.Rg6+ Kb5 4.Re6 Bf2 5.Rd5+ Kc4 6.Rde5 Kd3–+</span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"> </span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"><b>1...Rd2</b></span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"><b>main 1 :</b> 1...Kc6+ 2.Kc8 Bc5 3.Re5 Rc2 4.Ra6+ Bb6 5.Kb8! Rb2 6.Kc8 Rc2 7.Kb8 Kd6 8.Re4! <i>(8.Rxe2? Rxe2 9.Rxb6+ Ke7–+) </i>8...Rb2 <i>(</i>or by another route <i>8...Kd5 9.Re8 Rb2 10.Kc8 g5 11.Ra3=) </i>9.Kc8! g5 10.Ra3 Kd5 11.Re8!= <b>positional draw</b></span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;">or 1...Bb4 2.Rg1 Bc5 3.Rxe2 Bd6+ 4.Kc8 Rxe2 5.Rxg7=</span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"> </span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"><b>2.Re6+ Bd6+ 3.Kc8! </b></span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;">3.Ka8? Rd1 4.Rxd1 exd1R!–+ no stalemate</span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"> </span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"><b>3...Rd1 4.Rxd1 exd1R! </b></span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"><b>main 2 :</b> 4...exd1Q 5.Rxd6+ Qxd6= <b>stalemate</b></span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"> </span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"><b>5.Rg6 Rc1+ </b></span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"><b>main 3 :</b> 5...Kc6 6.Rxg7 Rb1 7.Rc7+! Bxc7= <b>stalemate</b></span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"> </span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"><b>6.Kd8! Kc6 7.Rxg7 Rf1 8.Rg8 Rf7 9.Ke8 Re7+ 10.Kf8!= </b><b>positional draw</b></span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"> </span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;">[10.Kd8? Re6 11.Rh8 Be5 12.Rg8 Bf6–+] <b><span> </span></b></span> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;display:block;"> </span> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p> <span class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;display:block;"><b> </b></span></div>