[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krug=P"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1P4n1/5R2/4K1N1/6q1/b2P2N1/8/6k1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. N3e4 $1 (1. N5e4 $2 Bb2+ 2. d4 Bxd4+ 3. Kxd4 Qd7+ 4. Ke3 Qxb7 {(Nf5)=}) 1...
Bb2+ 2. d4 Bxd4+ 3. Kxd4 Qd7+ (3... Qd1+ 4. Kc5 $1 Qc2+ 5. Kb6 Qb3+ 6. Ka7 Qa4+
7. Ra6 $18) 4. Ke3 Qxb7 5. Nf3+ Kf1 6. Nh4+ (6. Ne5+ $2 Nf5+ $11) 6... Nf5+ 7.
Rxf5+ Kg1 ({main} 7... Ke1 8. Ng2+ Kd1 9. Rf1+ Kc2 10. Ne1+ Kb2 11. Nd3+ Ka2
12. Nc3+ Ka3 13. Ra1+ Kb3 14. Nc5+ Kb2 15. Ra2+ Kc1 16. Nd3#) 8. Nf3+ Kf1 9.
Nfd2+ Kg2 10. Rg5+ Kh3 11. Rg3+ Kh4 12. Nf3+ Kh5 13. Rh3+ Kg6 14. Nh4+ $1 (14.
Ne5+ $2 Kg7 15. Rg3+ Kh8 16. Ng6+ Kh7 17. Nf8+ Kh8 18. Rh3+ Kg8 $11) 14... Kg7
15. Nf5+ Kg8 16. Nf6+ Kf8 17. Rh8+ Kf7 18. Nd6+ Kg7 19. Rg8+ Kh6 20. Nf5# 1-0

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kalashnikov=V"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rk2K3/1n2P3/P5Pr/Q7/2n5/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. a7+ $1 ({Logical thematic try} 1. Qd8+ $2 Nxd8 2. exd8=Q+ Ka7 3. Qxa8+ Kxa8
4. g7 Nd6+ 5. Kf8 Rf6+ 6. Ke7 Rf7+ 7. Kd8 Rxg7 $18) 1... Kc8 2. Qd8+ Nxd8 3.
exd8=Q+ Kb7 4. Qxa8+ Kxa8 5. g7 Nd6+ 6. Kf8 Rf6+ 7. Ke7 Rg6 8. Kf8 Rf6+ 9. Ke7
Rf7+ 10. Kd8 Nb7+ 11. Kc8 Nd6+ (11... Rxg7 {stalemate}) 12. Kd8 Rxg7 {
mirror stalemate} (12... Nb7+ 13. Kc8 {positional draw}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kalashnikov=V"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2B5/2N5/1BqN4/3R4/6p1/1k1p3p/1P1b4/K7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rb5+ Bb4 2. Rxb4+ $1 (2. Be6+ $2 Kc2 3. Rxb4 h2 4. Rc4+ Qxc4 5. Nxc4 h1=Q+
6. Ka2 Qb1+ 7. Ka3 g3 $11) 2... Kxb4 3. Na6+ Ka4 (3... Kb3 4. Be6+ Kc2 5. Nb4+
$18) 4. Nc5+ $1 (4. Bd7 $2 Qxd7 5. Nc5+ Kb4 6. Nxd3+ Kb3 7. Nc5+ Kc2 8. Nxd7 h2
9. Ka2 h1=Q 10. Nc4 g3 $11) 4... Kb4 5. Nxd3+ Ka4 6. Bd7 $1 (6. Nc5+ Kb4 7.
Na6+ Ka4 8. Bd7 Qxd7 9. Nc5+ {loss of time}) 6... Qxd7 7. Nc5+ Kb4 8. Nxd7 h2
9. Ka2 h1=Q 10. Bc5+ Ka5 11. b4+ Ka6 (11... Ka4 12. Nb6#) 12. Nb8# {Mirror mate
} 1-0

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Becker=R"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1P6/6P1/7K/5P2/8/pp6/kb6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

{Which pawn to push?...} 1. f5 $1 (1. b8=Q $2 Bxg6+ $1 2. Kh6 {(Kg5)} 2... b1=Q
3. Qe5+ Qb2 4. Qe1+ Bb1 5. Qe5 Qxe5 {-+}) (1. g7 $2 Bg6+ $1 2. Kh6 b1=Q 3. g8=Q
Qh1+ 4. Kxg6 (4. Kg5 Qxb7 {-+}) 4... Qg2+ 5. Kf7 Qxb7+ {-+}) 1... Bxf5 (1...
Bd3 2. b8=Q b1=Q 3. Qe5+ Qb2 4. Qe1+ Bb1 5. Kg5 {(Kh6)} 5... Qd4 6. Qc1 {=}) 2.
b8=Q Bxg6+ (2... b1=Q 3. Qe5+ Qb2 4. Qxf5 {=}) 3. Kh6 $1 b1=Q 4. Qe5+ Qb2 5.
Qe1+ Bb1 6. Qe5 $1 {zz} 6... Bc2 7. Qe1+ Bb1 8. Qe5 Qxe5 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Becker=R"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6RK/8/4r1rk/1R6/4n2P/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rb2 $1 (1. Rb1 $2 Nf6 2. Rxg6+ Kxg6 3. h5+ Nxh5 $1 4. Rg1+ Kf7 5. Kh7 (5.
Rf1+ Nf6 6. Re1 Ne4 7. Rf1+ Kg6 8. Rg1+ Ng5 {-+}) 5... Nf6+ 6. Kh6 Ng8+ 7. Kh5
Rh6+ {-+}) (1. Rxg6+ $2 Kxg6 2. h5+ Kh6 3. Kg8 Re8+ 4. Kf7 Nd6+ {-+}) 1... Nf6
(1... Nd6 2. Rf2 Rgf6 3. Rxf6+ Rxf6 4. Ra8 {/ Rb8} 4... Rf7 (4... Nf5 5. h5
Kxh5 6. Kh7 {=}) 5. Rd8 Ne4 6. Kg8 Kg6 7. h5+ {=}) 2. Rxg6+ Kxg6 3. h5+ Kh6 (
3... Nxh5 4. Rg2+ Kf7 5. Kh7 Nf6+ 6. Kh6 Ng8+ 7. Kh5 Rh6+ 8. Kg4 {=}) 4. Re2 $1
Ra6 5. Ra2 Rd6 6. Rd2 Nd5 7. Kg8 {(Rg2)} 7... Nf6+ (7... Ne7+ 8. Kh8 {(Rd2)}
8... Rxd2 {stalemate}) 8. Kh8 {(Rd2)} 8... Re6 9. Re2 Ne4 10. Kg8 (10. Rg2 $2
Ng5 {-+}) 10... Re8+ 11. Kf7 Nd6+ 12. Kf6 Rxe2 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Minski=M"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3k3B/1p5n/1P1K1P2/b2p4/2Pp2p1/1ppR4/8/1B6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2012.12.19"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. f7 Bb4+ (1... c2 2. Bf6+ Kc8 3. Rxb3 $1 c1=Q (3... d3 4. Bxc2 dxc2 5. Bg5
$18) 4. Bxh7 $18) 2. c5 Bxc5+ $1 (2... c2 3. Bf6+ (3. Bxc2 $4 Bxc5+ $1 4. Kxc5
bxc2 5. Bf6+ Kd7 $1 6. Bg5 Nxg5 7. f8=Q Ne6+ $19) 3... Kc8 4. Bxc2 bxc2 5. Bg5
$18) 3. Kxc5 c2 4. Bf6+ $1 (4. Bxc2 $4 bxc2 5. Bf6+ Kd7 $1 (5... Kc8 $2 6. Bg5
$1 $18) 6. Bg5 Nxg5 7. f8=Q Ne6+ $19) (4. Rd1 $4 cxd1=Q 5. Bf6+ Nxf6 (5... Kc8
$11) (5... Kd7 $4 6. Bf5#) 6. f8=Q+ Ne8 $19) 4... Kd7 $1 (4... Kc8 5. Bxc2 bxc2
6. Bg5 $1 $18) 5. Rd1 $3 (5. Bxc2 $4 bxc2 6. Bg5 Nxg5 $19) 5... cxd1=Q ({main} 
5... Ke6 6. Bxc2 (6. Rf1 $2 cxb1=Q 7. Rxb1 Nxf6 8. f8=N+ Kf7 9. Rf1 g3 $11)
6... bxc2 7. Rf1 c1=Q+ 8. Rxc1 Nxf6 9. f8=N+ $1 $18 (9. f8=Q $2 Nd7+ $11)) 6.
Bf5# {model mirror mate.} 1-0

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arestov=P"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "K3n3/4P3/7q/4nP2/k4N2/1Rp2pQ1/P6r/7b w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Ne6 $1 f2+ (1... Qxe6 2. fxe6 {main line}) 2. Ka7 Qxe6 $1 (2... Rh3 3. Nc5+
$11) 3. fxe6 f1=Q 4. Ra3+ $1 Kxa3 5. Qxc3+ Kxa2 (5... Ka4 6. Qb3+ Ka5 7. Qb6+
Ka4 8. Qb3+ {positional draw}) 6. Qa5+ Kb2 7. Qb5+ $1 Kc3 (7... Qxb5 {stalemate
}) 8. Qxf1 Ra2+ 9. Kb6 (9. Kb8 $2 Ra8#) 9... Rb2+ (9... Nc4+ 10. Qxc4+ Kxc4 {
Motel mirror stalemate}) 10. Kc5 Nd3+ 11. Qxd3+ Kxd3 {Motel mirror stalemate}
1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kopylov=E & Pervakov=O"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6Rn/8/2P1B3/b4p2/2R2p1K/3p4/3n4/7k b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

{Black to move} 1... Ng6+ $1 {Play for stalemate} (1... Nf3+ 2. Kh3 (2. Kh5 $2
d2 $19) 2... d2 3. Bd5 d1=Q 4. Rc1 $1 $18) 2. Rxg6 (2. Kh3 $2 Nxc4 3. Bd5+ (3.
Bxc4 Ne5 $1 $11) 3... f3 $1 4. Bxf3+ Kg1 5. Rxg6+ Kf2 6. Bh5 Ne5 $11) (2. Kh5
$2 Nxc4 3. Bxc4 Ne5 $11) 2... Nf3+ 3. Kh3 d2 (3... Ng1+ 4. Rxg1+ Kxg1 5. Rxf4
$18) 4. Bd5 d1=Q 5. Rc1 $1 Be1 $1 6. Be4 $3 ({Thematic} 6. Rxd1 $2 {
Mirror stalemate with 2 pins!}) ({Thematic} 6. Rg1+ $2 Kxg1 7. Rxd1 Ng5# $1 {
Mirror mate by Black!}) 6... Qe2 (6... fxe4 7. Rxd1 $18) 7. Rxe1+ Qxe1 (7...
Qf1+ 8. Rxf1# {Mirror mate witn pin by White}) 8. Bxf3# {Mirror mate by White}
1-0

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Becker=R"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1k6/6r1/8/n1nK4/RBQ5/r5p1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Qb4+ (1. Qf3+ $2 Kb6 2. Rxa2 g1=Q+ 3. Qf2 Rg4+ {-+}) 1... Ncb6 2. Bd5+ (2.
Qe7+ $2 Ka6 {-+}) 2... Kc7 3. Bxg2 (3. Qe7+ $2 Nd7 4. Bxg2 Rd2+ 5. Ke3 Rgxg2 {
-+}) 3... Raxg2 (3... Rgxg2 4. Qe7+ Nd7 5. Rxa2 {=}) 4. Qe7+ Nd7 5. Rxa4 R6g4+
({MAIN} 5... R2g4+ 6. Kd5 Rxa4 7. Qd8+ Kxd8 {mirror model stalemate}) 6. Ke3
Rxa4 7. Qe5+ Kc6 8. Qe6+ Kc7 9. Qe5+ Kc8 10. Qe8+ Kc7 11. Qe5+ Kd8 12. Qh8+ Ke7
13. Qe5+ Nxe5 {echo mirror model stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hornecker=S & Minski=M"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2n5/3b4/4p1B1/8/k1K5/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Kc5 $1 (1. Kd4 $2 Nd6 $1 $19) (1. Bc2+ $2 Ka3 $1 $19) 1... Kb3 ({main} 1...
Ka3 2. Bh5 $1 (2. Bf7 $2 e5 $1 3. Kd5 e4 $1 4. Kxe4 (4. Bh5 Bf5 5. Ke5 Bh7 $19)
4... Nd6+ 5. Ke5 Nxf7+ 6. Kf6 Nh6 $19) 2... Kb2 3. Kd4 Ne7 4. Ke5 Bc8 5. Be2 $1
(5. Bf7 $2 Nc6+ 6. Kd6 Nd4 7. Kc7 (7. Ke5 Kc3 $19) 7... Ba6 8. Kd6 Bc4 $19)
5... Nc6+ 6. Kd6 Nd4 7. Bf1 $1 Kc3 (7... Bb7 8. Bc4 $11) 8. Kc7 $11) (1... Ne7
2. Bc2+ Ka3 3. Kd6 $11) 2. Bf7 $1 ({Thematic try} 2. Bh5 $2 Kc2 $1 (2... Kc3 $2
3. Be8 $1 Bxe8 {stalemate}) 3. Kd4 Ne7 4. Ke5 Bc8 $1 5. Bf7 Nc6+ 6. Kd6 Nd4 7.
Kc7 Ba6 8. Kd6 Bc4 $19) (2. Bd3 $2 Kb2 $1 (2... Kc3 $2 3. Ba6 $1 $11 {zz} 3...
Kd2 4. Kd4 Nb6 5. Kc5 $1 Nc8 6. Kd4 Nd6 7. Ke5 Nf5 8. Bc4 Kc3 9. Bxe6 $11) 3.
Bc4 Kc2 $1 4. Ba6 (4. Bf1 Ba4 5. Ba6 Na7 6. Kd6 Bb3 $19) 4... Kc3 $1 $19 {zz})
(2. Be8 $2 Bxe8 {no stalemate} 3. Kd4 $19) 2... Kc3 (2... Kc2 3. Kd4 $11) 3.
Be8 $1 Nb6 $1 4. Bh5 $1 Nc8 ({main} 4... Nc4 5. Be2 Ne5 6. Kd6 Kd4 7. Bf1 $1
Ke4 8. Bh3 $11) 5. Be8 Bxe8 {
ideal mirror stalemate. me makvs etlis dabmit aseti pozicia, magram mzimea}
1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arestov=P"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3b4/8/P7/R7/6r1/1P3pnb/1kBn3R/4K3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Ra2+ $1 (1. a7 $2 Bxa5 2. a8=Q Nge4 3. Bxe4 Rg1+ 4. Kf2 Bb6#) 1... Kxa2 2.
a7 f2+ $1 3. Rxf2 (3. Kxf2 $2 Bb6+ $19) 3... Nf3+ $1 4. Rxf3 Ba5+ 5. b4 $1 (5.
Kd1 $2 Rd4+ 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. a8=Q Rxd3+ 8. Kc1 Ne2+ 9. Kc2 Rd2#) 5... Bxb4+ 6. Kd1
Rd4+ (6... Rg8 7. Rxg3 $1 $11) 7. Bd3 $1 Bg4 (7... Rd8 8. Rxg3 Be6 9. Ke2 Ra8
10. Rg6 Bd7 11. Ra6+ Kb3 12. Be4 $11) 8. a8=Q+ Kb2 9. Qd5 $1 (9. Qd8 $2 Bxf3# {
mirror mate wth pin of bishop}) 9... Rxd5 {mirror stalemate with pin of rook} (
9... Bc3 10. Qb5+ {/b7} 10... Rb4 11. Qd5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arestov=P"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r6/4P1kP/5NP1/Q3n3/7K/b2q4/r3p1Pp/2R5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. e8=N+ $1 (1. Qxe5 $2 Bxe7 2. Qxe7+ Kxg6 $11) (1. e8=Q $4 Qd4+ 2. g4 Rxe8 $19
) 1... Rxe8 2. Nxe8+ Kxg6 3. Qxe5 e1=Q+ $1 {play for a stalemate} (3... Kxh7 4.
Qg7#) 4. Rxe1 Be7+ $1 5. Qxe7 Ra4+ 6. g4 h1=Q+ $1 7. Rxh1 Rxg4+ $1 8. Kxg4 Qd7+
$1 (8... Qf5+ 9. Kg3 Qg4+ 10. Kf2 $18) 9. Kf4 $1 (9. Qxd7 $2 {stalemate}) 9...
Qxe7 10. h8=N# {Model mirror mate} 1-0

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krug-=P"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/2P3P1/2pK2pp/1p4P1/kpR5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Re2 $1 (1. Rd2 $2 Ka3 2. Rd1 Kb4 3. c6 c3 4. c7 c2 $19) (1. Rxb2+ $2 Kxb2 2.
c6 c3 3. c7 c2 4. c8=Q c1=Q 5. Qxc1+ Kxc1 6. g6 b2 7. g7 b1=Q $19) 1... Ka1 2.
Re1+ b1=Q 3. Rxb1+ Kxb1 4. c6 hxg3 5. Ke3 c3 6. c7 c2 7. c8=Q c1=Q+ 8. Qxc1+
Kxc1 9. g6 b2 10. g7 b1=Q 11. g8=Q Qc2 (11... Qb6+ 12. Kf4 Qf2+ 13. Kxg4 $11)
12. Qc4 Qxc4 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krug=P"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1N6/2n1P1p1/4p1N1/5pK1/2r5/8/4P3/3k4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Nf4 Rxf4 (1... Ne8 2. Nd7 Rc7 3. Nf8 Rxe7 (3... e5 4. Nd5 Rc5 5. Ne3+ Kxe2
6. Nxf5 e4 7. Ne6 Re5 8. Kf4 Rxe6 9. Nd4+ $11) 4. N8xe6 Rf7 5. Kg6 Rf6+ 6. Kg5
Nd6 7. Nxg7 $11) 2. Kxf4 Nd5+ 3. Kg5 (3. Kf3 $2 Nxe7 4. e4 g5 $1 $19) 3... Nxe7
4. e4 $1 fxe4 5. Kf4 g5+ 6. Kxe4 Ke2 7. Nc6 $1 Nxc6 {
and known ideal mirror stalemate (Pogosyants=E, Shakhmaty v SSSR, 1978)} ({
or also -} 7... Ng6 8. Nd4+ Kf2 9. Nxe6 g4 10. Nc5 $1 g3 11. Nd3+ Kf1 12. Ne1
$1 Ne5 $1 13. Nc2 Kf2 14. Ne3 Nc4 $1 15. Nd5 g2 16. Nf4 g1=Q 17. Nh3+ $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pervakov=O"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3qk3/8/2R3PK/2N3r1/8/3Br3/8/B7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Bf6 $1 (1. Re6+ $2 Rxe6 2. Nxe6 Rh5+ $1 (2... Qxd3 $2 3. Nxg5 $11) 3. Kxh5
Qxd3 $19) 1... Rh5+ $1 (1... Rxc5 2. Bxd8 Rxc6 3. Bb5 $11) 2. Kxh5 (2. Kg7 Re7+
$1 $19) 2... Qd5+ 3. Bf5 $1 Qxf5+ (3... Qxc6 4. Bd7+ $11) (3... Rh3+ 4. Kg5 $1
Qd2+ $1 (4... Qg2+ 5. Bg4 $11) 5. Kg4 Qg2+ 6. Kf4 Rf3+ 7. Ke5 Rxf5+ 8. Kxf5
Qf3+ (8... Qxc6 9. Ne4 $1 $11) 9. Ke5 $1 Qxc6 10. Ne4 $1 $11) 4. Kh6 Kf8 $1 (
4... Qf3 $4 5. Rc8# {"Mirror helpmate"}) 5. Ne6+ $1 Rxe6 6. g7+ Kf7 7. g8=Q+ (
7. Rc7+ $2 Kxf6 8. g8=N+ Ke5+ $19) 7... Kxg8 8. Rc8+ Kf7 ({Main} 8... Re8 $1 9.
Rxe8+ Kf7 10. Re7+ $1 Kxf6 (10... Kf8 11. Bg5 $11) 11. Rf7+ $1 Kxf7 {
Mirror stalemate}) 9. Rf8+ $1 Kxf8 {
Ideal mirror stalemate with pin of wB. All pieces came to final places} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arestov=P"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/B4B2/6N1/5r2/4kp2/R3p3/2p5/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Ra4+ $1 (1. Rc3 $2 Rxf7 2. Rc4+ Kd5 3. Rc5+ Ke4 $11) 1... Kd3 (1... Kf3 2.
Nh4+ Kg4 3. Bxe3 Rxf7 4. Ng2 $18) 2. Nxf4+ $1 Rxf4 $1 (2... Kd2 3. Rd4+ Kc3 4.
Rc4+ $18) 3. Ra3+ Ke2 4. Bh5+ Ke1 5. Bxe3 (5. Rxe3+ $2 Kd2 6. Re2+ Kd3 7. Re3+
Kd2 {positional draw}) 5... Rg4+ $1 {play for stalemate!} 6. Bxg4 c1=Q 7. Rb3
$1 (7. Bxc1 $2 {mirror stalemate}) (7. Rd3 $2 Qc2 $1 $11) 7... Qc2 $1 (7... Qa1
8. Rb5 {(b8)} 8... Qa6 9. Rb1# {mirror mate}) (7... Qb2 8. Bd2+ $1 Qxd2 9. Rb1+
Qd1 10. Rxd1#) 8. Bb6 $3 Qxb3 9. Ba5+ Qb4 10. Bxb4# {model mirror mate} 1-0

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krug=P"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1q6/1b1p3p/1Q4pr/1BpPp1p1/2K2B1k/R2pp2N/1P1b4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Qf6 (1. Bxg5+ $2 Kxh3 2. Bxd7+ Kg2 3. Bxh6 Bxd5+ $19) 1... Bxd5+ $1 2. Kxd5
Qb7+ 3. Kxe5 Rh5 4. Nxg5 Bc1 5. Rc3 Bxb2 (5... Qxb5 6. Bg3+ Kxg3 7. Qf4+ $11)
6. Bg3+ Kxg3 7. Qf4+ Kg2 8. Bc6+ $1 Qxc6 9. Qg3+ Kh1 10. Qe1+ Kg2 11. Qg3+ Kf1
12. Qf4+ Ke2 13. Qxe3+ Kxe3 {mirror stalemate with pins of R&N} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovalenko=V"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1q2r1Q1/3KP2B/5k2/8/8/1p4p1/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Qg6+ (1. Qe6+ $2 Kg5 2. Qf5+ Kh4 3. Qf6+ Kh3 4. Bf5+ Kh2 5. Qh6+ Kg2 $11)
1... Ke5 2. Qe4+ $1 Kf6 3. Qf5+ Kg7 4. Qg6+ Kh8 5. Qxe8+ Qxe8+ 6. Kxe8 g2 ({
main} 6... Kxh7 7. Kf8 $1 b2 8. e8=Q b1=Q 9. Qh5# $1) 7. Kf7 $1 Kxh7 8. e8=Q
g1=Q 9. Qe4+ $1 Kh6 10. Qh4# $1 {Two echo mirror chameleon mates.} 1-0

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovalenko=V"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r2k/4P1RP/5p2/1B3P2/8/5K2/8/2q5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rg8+ (1. Bxe8 $2 Kxg7 2. Bg6 Qa3+ 3. Kg4 Qxe7 $19) 1... Kxh7 2. Rxe8 Qc3+ (
2... Qd1+ 3. Ke3 Qg1+ 4. Kf3 Qd1+ $11) 3. Kg4 $1 (3. Ke2 Qb2+ 4. Kd1 Qxb5 5.
Rd8 Qb1+ 6. Kd2 Qb4+ 7. Kd3 Qxe7 $19) 3... Qb4+ (3... Qd4+) 4. Kh5 Qxb5 5. Rh8+
$1 Kxh8 6. Kh6 $1 Kg8 7. e8=Q+ Qxe8 {mirror stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pervakov=O, (after C.Bent)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3KN3/Pb6/8/1k6/8/4b3/1N6/B7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Kc7 $1 (1. Nc7+ $2 Kc6 $1 2. a8=Q Bxa8 3. Nxa8 Kb7 4. Nc7 Bb6 $11) (1. Nd6+
$2 Ka6 2. Nxb7 Kxb7 $11) 1... Ka6 (1... Bf3 2. Kb8 Bf4+ 3. Nc7+) 2. a8=Q+ $1 (
2. Nd6 $2 Bb6+ $11) 2... Bxa8 3. Kb8 $1 {Domination!} 3... Bf4+ $1 (3... Bf3 4.
Nc7+ Kb6 {(a5)} 5. Nc4+ {, wins bishop}) (3... Bd5 4. Nc7+ {
, wins another bishop}) 4. Kxa8 Be5 $1 {Suddenly Black dominate? No!!} 5. Nc4
$1 Bxa1 6. Nc7# $1 {Well known mate, but it is not the main idea of study!} 1-0

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kalashnikov=V"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/4kP2/K5R1/3P1R2/p3pp2/6b1/6br w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. d5+ (1. f7 $2 Rh8 2. Rg8 a2 3. f8=Q a1=Q+ $11) 1... Kf7 $1 (1... Kd7 2. Rg7+
Kd6 3. f7 Rh8 4. Rg8 a2 5. f8=Q+ $18) 2. Rg7+ Kf8 {now, Whites main plan -
matte attack. The preliminary plan - overlapping of a vertical "h"} 3. Rc4 $1 (
{False try} 3. Rb4 $2 Bh2 4. Rc4 Rc1 $1 5. Rh4 Bc7+ 6. Ka6 Rh1 $19) 3... Bh3 4.
Rb4 Bh2 5. Rh4 Bc7+ 6. Rxc7 Bg2 ({main} 6... a2 7. Rh8#) 7. Rb4 a2 8. Rb8# {
"The logical study with try in a preliminary plan"} 1-0

[Event "ITT-2013 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Skripnik=A  Twin A"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rk6/8/3K4/3N4/1B1N4/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Nc6+ Kb7 (1... Kc8 2. Nb6+ {+- fork}) 2. Na5+ Ka7 (2... Ka6 3. Nc7+ {+- fork
}) 3. Bc5+ Kb8 4. Nb4 (4. Bb6 {?} 4... Ra6 {=}) (4. Ne7 {?} 4... Ra6+ 5. Nec6+
Ka8 6. Kd7 Rb6 7. Bxb6 {pat}) 4... Kc8 (4... Rxa5 5. Nc6+ {+- fork}) 5. Nbc6
Ra6 6. Bd4 (6. Ke7 {?} 6... Kc7 7. Bd6+ Kb6) 6... Rb6 7. Be5 (7. Bxb6 {?pat=})
(7. Ke7 Ra6 8. Kd6 Rb6 {loss time}) (7. Kc5 {?} 7... Rb1 {=}) 7... Rb1 8. Ke7
Re1 9. Na7# 1-0

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Skripnik=A Twin B"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rk6/8/3K4/2N5/1B1N4/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Nc6+ Kc8 2. Ne7+ Kb8 (2... Kd8 3. Ne6+ Ke8 4. Nc7+ {+- FORK}) 3. Kc6 Ra1 (
3... Ka7 4. Kc7 Rh8 5. Nc8+ Ka8 6. Nd7 Rh5 7. Ndb6#) 4. Nd7+ Ka8 5. Nd5 (5.
Nb6+ Kb8 6. Nd7+ Ka8 {LOSS TIME}) 5... Rc1+ (5... Ka7 6. Bc5+ Ka6 7. Bb6 Rc1+
8. Nc5+ {+-}) 6. Kb6 Rb1 7. Nc7# 1-0

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arestov=P"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4K1n1/2k1P1r1/r7/8/1B4P1/5N2/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Kf8 Rxg4 (1... Nxe7 2. Kxg7 Nc6 3. Bf8 Ra4 4. g5 $15) (1... Rxe7 2. Bxe7
Ra8+ 3. Kf7 $11) 2. Bd6+ $1 (2. e8=Q $2 Rf6+ 3. Qf7+ Rxf7+ 4. Kxf7 Nh6+ 5. Ke6
Rxb4 $19) 2... Rxd6 $1 (2... Kxd6 3. e8=Q $11) (2... Kb7 3. e8=Q $11) 3. e8=N+
$3 (3. e8=Q $2 Rf6+ $19) 3... Kd8 4. Nxd6 $17 Nh6 $1 5. Nf7+ $1 (5. Ne5 $2 Rg8#
) (5. Nb7+ $2 Kc7 6. Nc5 Rf4+ 7. Kg7 Nf5+ 8. Kf6 Rxf3 $19) 5... Nxf7 (5... Kc7
6. Nxh6 Rf4+ 7. Ke7 Rxf3 $15) 6. Ne5 $1 (6. Kxf7 $2 Rf4+ $19) 6... Nxe5 {
- mirror stalemate.} (6... Rf4 7. Nxf7+ Kd7 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Skripnik=A"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/r7/7R/6k1/pp6/7R/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Kg2 Kf4 2. Kf2 Ke4 (2... a2 3. R2h4# {[%emt 0:00:01] >=}) 3. Ke2 Kd4 (3...
a2 4. R2h4# {>=2}) 4. Kd2 Ke4 (4... a2 5. R2h4# {>=3}) 5. R2h4+ {!} (5. R5h4+ {
?} 5... Kf3 {!} (5... Kd5 {?} 6. Rb4 a2 7. Rh5+ Kc6 8. Rh6+ Kc5 9. Rxa6 Kxb4
10. Kc1 Kc3 11. Rc6+ {+-}) 6. R4h3+ Kg4 (6... Kf4 {?} 7. Rf2+ Kg4 8. Rh1 a2 9.
Rg1+ Kh4 10. Rh2# {>=4}) 7. Rxb3 a2 {=}) 5... Kf3 6. Rf5+ Kg3 7. Rh1 a2 8. Rg1+
Kh2 (8... Kh3 9. Rh5# {>=5}) 9. Rg8 (9. Rg7) 9... Rh6 (9... b2 10. Rh5# {>=6})
10. Rf2+ Kh3 11. Rf1 b2 (11... Kh2 12. Kc3 {+-}) 12. Rh1# {>=7} *

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aberman=V"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6p1/3P4/3K1k2/6b1/r3p3/7R/6B1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

{After K. Runquist <<Tidskrift f?r Schack>>, 1946} 1. d7 $1 (1. Kd4 $2 Kf4 $1
2. Rh7 e2 3. Bf2 Ra4+ 4. Kd5 Kf3 5. Be1 Ra1 6. Bb4 Rb1 7. Bc3 Rd1+ 8. Ke5 e1=Q+
) (1. Rh8 $2 Rd3+ 2. Kc6 e2 3. Re8 Kf6 4. Bc5 Be6 5. Rf8+ Kg6 6. Bb4 Rd1 7. Rf2
e1=Q $19) 1... Kf4 $1 (1... Rd3+ 2. Kc4 e2 (2... Ke4 3. Rh4 Rxd7 4. Rxg4+ {=})
3. Kxd3 e1=Q 4. d8=Q Qd1+ 5. Rd2 {=}) 2. Bxe3+ $1 (2. Rg2 $2 Rd3+ 3. Kc4 Rxd7
4. Bxe3+ Kf3 $1 5. Rg1 Be6+ 6. Kc5 Kxe3 7. Re1+ Kf3) 2... Rxe3 $1 (2... Kxe3 3.
Rh3+ $1 Bxh3 4. d8=Q Rd3+ 5. Ke5 Rxd8 {mirror stalemate}) 3. Rf2+ (3. Kd4 $2
Bxd7) 3... Kg3 4. Kd4 Re1 5. Rf3+ $3 Kxf3 (5... Bxf3 6. d8=Q Rd1+ 7. Ke3 Rxd8 {
model stalemate}) 6. d8=Q Rd1+ 7. Ke5 Rxd8 {mirror ideal stalemate.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bazlov=Y"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2R5/1NP1q3/B1n5/6R1/k7/8/8/3Kb3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Nc5+ $1 (1. Rd8 $2 Qxg5 2. c8=Q Nxd8 3. Nc5+ (3. Qc4+ Ka3 4. Qd3+ Kb2 5.
Qc2+ Ka3 $11) 3... Ka3 4. Kxe1 Qg3+ $11) 1... Ka3 $1 2. Rd5 $1 Bb4 $1 3. Rd3+
Kb2 $1 4. Na4+ Ka1 $1 5. Nc3 $1 Bxc3 6. Rxc3 Qd7+ (6... Qd6+ 7. Bd3 $18) 7. Kc1
$1 Nb4 8. Ra3+ $1 Na2+ 9. Rxa2+ $1 Kxa2 10. Ra8 $1 (10. Bc4+ $2 Ka3 $1 11. Ra8+
Kb4 12. c8=Q Qd2+ $1 13. Kxd2 {stalemate}) 10... Qxc7+ 11. Bc4# 1-0

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bazlov=Y"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/n1b2KpN/b3r3/6P1/8/1R6/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rh3 $1 Bf1 $1 (1... Re7+ 2. Kxe7 Kg8 3. Nf6+ gxf6 4. gxf6 Nc8+ 5. Kd7 Be5 6.
Ra3 Bb7 7. Ra5 $1 Nb6+ 8. Ke7 Nd5+ $11) 2. Rh4 (2. Rh1 $2 Bg2 3. Rh4 Re7+ 4.
Kxe7 Nc8+ $19) 2... Re7+ (2... Re4 3. Nf8+ (3. Rxe4 Nb5 4. Rh4 Nd6+ 5. Ke6 Kg8
6. g6 $11) 3... Rxh4 4. Ng6+ Kh7 5. Nf8+ $11) ({LOOK Here} 2... Bg3 3. Rh1 Bg2
4. Rh5 Bf3 5. Rh3 Bg4 6. Rh1 Re7+ 7. Kxe7 Kg8 {****This is bad move-->>} 8. g6
$4 ({****This is bad move-->>} 8. Nf8 $4 Nc8+ 9. Kd8 (9. Ke8 Nd6+ 10. Ke7 Nf7
11. Ne6 Bd6+ 12. Kd7 Bc5 13. Rc1 Be3 14. Rc8+ Kh7 15. Ke7 Bxe6 16. Kxe6 Nxg5+)
9... Bf4 10. Nh7 (10. Ng6 Bxg5+ 11. Kc7 Bf5 12. Rh5 Bxg6 13. Rxg5 Ne7) 10...
Nd6 11. Rf1 Bd2 12. g6 Bf5 13. Kc7 Ne8+ 14. Kd8 Bxg6 15. Nf8 Ba5+ 16. Kd7 Bd3)
({****This is correct move-->>} 8. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 9. gxf6 Nc8+ 10. Ke8 Nd6+ 11.
Ke7 $11 {EGTB-7}) 8... Bf5 9. Nf8 Be5 10. Ke8 Bf6 11. Rc1 Nb5 12. Rc6 Bh4 13.
Ne6 Bxe6 14. Rxe6 Nc7+) 3. Kxe7 Nc8+ 4. Kf8 $1 (4. Ke8 $2 Kg8 5. Kd7 Bg3 $19)
4... Bg3 $1 5. Rh5 $1 Bd6+ 6. Ke8 Be2 $1 7. Rh3 $1 Kg8 8. Nf6+ $1 (8. g6 $2 Be7
9. Rb3 Bd1 $19) 8... gxf6 9. gxf6 Bb5+ ({main} 9... Bc4 10. Kd7 Bf4 ({main} 
10... Be5 11. Kxc8 Be6+ 12. Kd8 Bxf6+ 13. Ke8 Bxh3 {mirror stalemate No.2}) 11.
Kxc8 $1 Be6+ 12. Kd8 Bxh3 13. f7+ Kxf7 {mirror stalemate No.1}) 10. Kd8 Na7 ({
main} 10... Ba6 11. Ke8 Bb5+ 12. Kd8 Ba6 13. Ke8 {positional draw}) 11. f7+ Kg7
12. Rg3+ $1 Kf6 ({main} 12... Bxg3 13. f8=Q+ Kxf8 {mirror stalemate No.3}) 13.
Rf3+ Kg7 14. Rg3+ Kf8 15. Rg8+ Kxf7 16. Rg7+ $1 Kxg7 {mirror stalemate No.4}
1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pervakov=O"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1R1R4/8/2r3B1/3pp2p/3p3p/8/n2n4/4K1k1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rg8 $1 (1. Rxd5 $2 Nf3+ 2. Ke2 Nc3+) (1. Bxh5 $2 Ne4 2. Rbc8 (2. Rxd5 Rc1+
3. Ke2 Nec3+) 2... Rxc8 3. Rxc8 d3 4. Rg8+ Kh2 5. Bf3 d2+ 6. Kd1 Nac3+ 7. Kc2
h3 $19) 1... Nf3+ 2. Ke2 (2. Kd1 $2 Rc1+ 3. Ke2 Nc3+ 4. Kxf3 (4. Kd3 Ne1+ 5.
Kd2 Rd1#) 4... Rf1# {-mirror mate!}) 2... Nc1+ $1 {Not closed the third line!}
(2... Nc3+ 3. Kxf3 Rf6+ 4. Bf5+ Kf1 5. Rg5 e4+ 6. Kf4 d3 7. Ke3 d4+ 8. Kd2 $11)
3. Kxf3 {Main A} (3. Kd1 $2 Kf2 $1 4. Rb2+ Ke3 5. Bxh5 e4 $19) 3... Rc3+ ({
Main B} 3... Rf6+ 4. Bf5+ Kf1 $1 5. Rg1+ $1 {
Now rook g8 sacrificed at g1 first!} (5. Rgf8 Nb3 $1 6. Rxb3 e4+ 7. Kf4 Rxf8
$19) (5. Rbf8 e4+ 6. Kf4 Rxf8 7. Rxf8 Ke1 $1 8. Rd8 Ne2+ 9. Ke5 d3 10. Rxd5 d2
11. Bxe4 h3 $19) (5. Rg5 $2 e4+ 6. Kf4 Nd3#) 5... Kxg1 6. Rg8+ Kh2 7. Rg2+ Kh1
8. Rg1+ $1 {Now rook b8 sacrificed second at g1!} 8... Kxg1 {
2-nd thematic ideal echo-stalemate with pin bishop}) 4. Bd3+ Kh2 $1 5. Rb2+ $1
({Not} 5. Rg2+ $2 Kh3 $1 $19 ({After} 5... Kh1 $2 6. Rg1+ $1 $11 {
we go to solution})) 5... Kh3 6. Rh2+ $1 {The rook b8 sacrificed first at h2!}
(6. Rg3+ $2 hxg3 7. Rh2+ gxh2 $1 $19) 6... Kxh2 7. Rg2+ Kh3 8. Rg3+ Kh2 (8...
hxg3 {-stalemate}) 9. Rg2+ Kh1 10. Rg1+ $1 {The rook g8 sacrificed second at g1
} 10... Kxg1 {-1-st thematic ideal stalemate with pin bishop} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Afek=Y"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/6Pk/3B3p/5K2/2b5/4p3/5R2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rf4 $1 e2 2. Bb4 e1=Q (2... Bb5 3. Be1 Kxg7 4. Rb4 Bd3+ 5. Kf4 Re6 6. Kg3
$11) 3. Bxe1 Bd3+ 4. Kf6 $1 Rxe1 5. g8=Q+ $1 Kxg8 6. Rg4+ Kh7 (6... Kf8 7. Rg8+
$1 Kxg8 $11) 7. Rg7+ Kh8 8. Rg8+ $1 Kxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pallier=A"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2q1p3/5N2/1RP3K1/8/5p2/Q2p1n2/7k w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Rb1+ $1 (1. Qxd2 $2 Qe5+ 2. Kh6 Qxf6+ 3. Kh5 (3. Kh7 Qf7+ 4. Kh8 Qe8+ $19)
3... Qf7+ 4. Kh6 Ng4+ 5. Kg5 f2 6. Rb1+ Kg2 (6... f1=Q $2 7. Rxf1+ Qxf1 8. Kxg4
$18) 7. Rb2 Ne3 8. Qxf2+ Qxf2 9. Rxf2+ Kxf2 $19) 1... d1=Q (1... Kg2 2. Nd5
Qg3+ 3. Kh6 Qh4+ 4. Kg6 $11) 2. Rxd1+ Nxd1 3. Ng4 (3. Ne4 $2 Qe5+ $19) 3...
Qxc5+ (3... Kg1 4. Qd5 f2 5. Qxd1+ f1=Q 6. Qd4+ Kh1 7. Qe4+ Qg2 8. Qe1+ Qg1 9.
Qe4+ $11) 4. Kf4 $1 (4. Kh4 $2 f2 5. Nxf2+ Qxf2+ $1 $19 (5... Nxf2 $2 6. Qa8+
Kg1 7. Qg2+ Kxg2 {Mirror stalemate})) 4... f2 5. Nxf2+ (5. Qa8+ $2 Kg1 $19)
5... Nxf2 (5... Qxf2+ 6. Qxf2 Nxf2 7. Ke5 {(f5)=}) 6. Qa8+ Kg1 7. Qg2+ Kxg2 {
Mirror stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "González=LM"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/1p1P4/4Kp2/3Q4/3R2p1/1np4b/n1k5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1. Qf4+ $1 (1. d7 $2 g2+ 2. Kxf5 Nxd3 3. d8=Q g1=Q 4. Qxd3 Qc5+ 5. Q8d5 Bg1 $19
) (1. Qe3+ $2 Kb1 2. Rc3 g2+ 3. Kxf5 g1=Q 4. Qxg1+ Bxg1 5. d7 Bd4 6. Rxc2 Nxc2
7. d8=Q b5 $19) (1. Rc3 $2 g2+ 2. Kxf5 g1=Q 3. Qxg1+ Bxg1 4. d7 Nd1 $1 5. Rxc2+
Nxc2 6. d8=Q b5 $19) 1... Kb1 2. Rc3 $1 (2. Ra3 $2 g2 $1 3. Qxh2 Nc4+ 4. Kxf5
c1=Q $1 5. Qxg2 Qxa3 $1 6. Qf1+ Kb2 7. Qxc4 Qxd6 $19) 2... Nd3+ 3. Rxd3 c1=Q 4.
Qb4+ $1 (4. Qxc1+ $2 Kxc1 5. d7 g2+ 6. Kxf5 g1=Q 7. d8=Q b5 8. Rc3+ Nc2 $19) (
4. d7 $2 Qxf4+ $1 5. Kxf4 g2+ 6. Kxf5 g1=Q 7. d8=Q Qf1+ $1 {and the advantage
of Black, once consolidated the position, is enough to win e. g.} 8. Kg4 Qg2+
9. Kf5 Kc2 10. Ra3 Qf2+ 11. Kg6 Kb2 12. Rd3 Nc2 13. Qd5 Qc5 14. Rb3+ Kc1 15.
Qf3 Qg1+ 16. Kf6 Qd4+ 17. Ke6 Qc4+ 18. Kd7 Bg1 19. Rc3 Qa4+ 20. Qc6 Qg4+ 21.
Kc7 Qf5 22. Qf3 Qh7+ 23. Kb8 Bd4 24. Rc7 Qg8+ 25. Kb7 Qe6 26. Qd3 Bc5 27. Qf1+
Ne1 28. Qb5 Qd5+ 29. Qc6 Qb3 $19 {and Black is winning little by little}) 4...
Qb2+ 5. Qxb2+ Kxb2 6. Rd2+ $1 (6. d7 $2 g2+ 7. Kxf5 g1=Q 8. d8=Q Qc5+ $19) 6...
Kc3 $1 (6... Ka3 7. Rg2 Nb3 8. d7 Na5 9. Kxf5 Nb7 10. Rc2 b5 11. Kg4 b4 12. Kh3
Bg1 13. Rc8 Bb6 14. Ra8+ Kb3 15. Rb8 $11) 7. Rg2 Nb3 8. d7 Na5 9. Kd5 $3 (9.
Kf4 $2 Nb7 $1 10. Kf3 (10. Kxf5 b5 11. Re2 b4 12. Re3+ Kc4 13. Re4+ Kc5 14. Re2
Kc6 15. Rd2 b3 16. Kg4 g2 17. Rxg2 Bc7 18. Rd2 Bd8 19. Rd1 Nc5 20. Kf3 Nxd7 21.
Rb1 Nc5 $19) 10... b5 11. Ra2 g2 12. Kxg2 Be5 13. Kf3 b4 14. Ra7 (14. Ra5 Kd4
15. Rb5 Nd8 16. Rxb4+ Kd5 17. Rb6 Bd6 18. Rb5+ Ke6 19. Ke3 Bc7 20. Kd3 Nf7 21.
Kd4 Nh6 22. Rd5 Bb6+ 23. Kc4 Nf7 24. Rd1 Ne5+ 25. Kb5 Bd8 26. Rf1 Nxd7 $19)
14... Nd8 15. Ra8 Bf6 16. Kf4 (16. Rc8+ Kd4 17. Rb8 Nc6 18. Rb5 Kc4 19. Rb7 b3
20. Kf4 Bd8 $19) (16. Ke3 f4+ 17. Kxf4 b3 $19) 16... b3 17. Kxf5 Be7 18. Rc8+
Kd3 19. Rb8 Kc2 20. Rc8+ Kb1 21. Ke4 b2 22. Kd3 Ka2 $19) (9. Kxf5 $2 Nb7 $1 10.
Ra2 $1 Kd4 11. Rb2 (11. Kg4 g2 $1 12. Rxg2 Bd6 13. Rc2 Nd8 14. Kf5 Kd5 15. Kf6
Bc5 16. Rh2 Kc6 17. Rh7 Bd6 18. Kf5 Nb7 19. Kg4 Bc7 20. Kf3 Nc5 21. Ke3 Nxd7
$19) 11... Kc5 12. Ke6 b5 13. Rc2+ Kb6 14. Kd5 b4 $1 15. Rc6+ Kb5 16. Rg6 b3
17. Rg8 g2 $1 18. Rxg2 Bc7 19. Rd2 Nc5 20. Rb2 Bd8 21. Rb1 Kb4 22. Kc6 Na4 23.
Kb7 Nb6 $1 24. Kc6 Kc3 25. Rc1+ Kd3 26. Rc5 Nc4 27. Rd5+ Kc3 28. Rb5 b2 29. Rb8
Kc2 30. Rxd8 b1=Q 31. Rc8 Qb6+ 32. Kd5 Qd6+ 33. Kxc4 Qxd7 $19) (9. d8=N $2 Nc4+
$1 10. Kf4 b5 11. Nb7 b4 12. Nc5 b3 13. Kf3 b2 14. Na4+ Kb3 15. Nxb2 Nxb2 $19)
(9. d8=Q $2 Nc6+ 10. Kd5 Nxd8 11. Rxg3+ Kb4 $1 12. Rg2 Bf4 $1 13. Rb2+ Ka5 $1
14. Ra2+ Kb5 15. Rb2+ Ka6 16. Ra2+ Kb7 $19) 9... Nb7 10. Rxg3+ Bxg3 $1 11. d8=Q
Nxd8 {mirror stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITT-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pallier=A"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1BB5/8/P1R2p2/2bk4/5P2/1P1r1p1p/Kp1pP2r/3Q4 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.24"]

1... b1=Q+ 2. Kxb1 $1 Rh1 $1 3. Qxh1 d1=Q+ 4. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 5. Kc2 $1 fxe2 (5...
h2 6. Bb7 $1 (6. a7 $2 Rc1+ $11 (6... h1=Q $2 7. Rd6+ $18) (6... Bxa7 $2 7.
Rd6+ $18)) 6... Rc1+ 7. Kxc1 h1=Q+ 8. Kb2 Kd4 9. e3+ Kd3 10. Rxc5 $18) 6. Bb7
$1 (6. Re6 $2 e1=Q 7. Rxe1 Rxe1 8. Bb7+ Ke6 (8... Kd4 $2 9. a7 $18)) 6... Kd4 (
6... e1=Q 7. Rd6#) (6... Rc1+ 7. Kd3 $18) 7. Re6 e1=Q 8. Rxe1 Rxe1 9. a7 (9. b4
$2 Bb6 {no mate}) 9... Bxa7 (9... Bb4 10. Ba6 $18) (9... Ra1 10. a8=Q $18) (
9... Re2+ 10. Kd1 $18) 10. Bxa7# {mirror mate} 1-0

