Theme: elimination of the threat of stalemate

1.Ng6+ Rxg6+ 2.fxg6 Bxg5+ 3.Kxg5 Qd8+ 4.Kh5!

Try: 4.Kh6? Nf7+ 5.gxf7 Qh4+ (5...Qd6+? 6.Kh5 Qh6+ 7.Kg4!+-) 6.Bxh4 stalemate;

or 4.Kf5? Nxg6 5.Qc3+ Kh7=

4...Qd1+

4...Nxg6 5.Nd6+-

5.Kh6 Nf7+

main 5...Qc1 6.Qf4! (6.Bf4? Nf7+! 7.Kh5 Qd1+=) 6...Nf7+ 7.Kh5 (7.gxf7? Qxf4+

8.Bxf4 stalemate) 7...Qd1+ (7...Qh1+ 8.Kg4+-; 7...Qc5+ 8.Kh4 Qe7+ 9.Kh3 Qe6+

10.Qg4 Ng5+ 11.Kh4+-) 8.Kh4 Qd8+ 9.Kh3 Qc8+ 10.Qg4 Ng5+ 11.Kh4+-

6.gxf7 Qd6+

6...Qd2+ 7.Kg5  (7.Qxd2 ? stalemate) 7...Qh6+ 8.Kg4+-

7.Kh5!

7.Nxd6? /Qd6/Bd6 stalemate

7...Qxb4

7...Qg6+ 8.Kh4! (8.Kxg6? stalemate) 8...Qh6+ 9.Kg4+-

7...Qh6+ 8.Kg4!+- (8.Kxh6? stalemate)

8.Bd6! Qxb5+ 9.Kh6 Qb8 10.Be5+

10.Bxb8? stalemate

10...Qxe5 11.f8Q# (or 11.f8R# )

After E. Pogosyants- 10.p USSR team champ (tt) – 1977 (a6-a8)