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Draw (4 + 4)


Marcin Banaszek   
L'Italia Scacchistica 1969 (corr. Problemista 2003)  

1.c6! (1.Ra6? Kd3! 2.Rf6 Ba4! 3.Rb6 Kc2 4.h5 Bd7! 5.h6 Be6+ 6.Ka3 b1Q 7.R:b1 K:b1 8.h7 c2 9.h8Q c1Q+ 10.Kb4 Qc4+ 11.Ka5 Q:c5+ 12.Ka6 Bc8+) 1...B:c6 2.h5 Kd3 (2...Be4 3.Rb5 b1Q+ 4.R:b1 B:b1+ 5.K:b1=) 3.Rf5! Ke2! (3...Ba4 4.Rf1! 4...Kd2 (4...Kc2 5.h6! Bb3+ 6.Ka3 Bc4 7.Rh1 b1Q 8.R:b1 K:b1 9.h7 c2 10.h8Q c1Q+ 11.Kb4=) 5.h6! Bd1 6.h7 c2 7.Rf2+! Be2 8.R:e2+! K:e2 9.K:b2=) 4.h6! (4.Rf4? Bd5+ 5.Kb1 Bg8! 6.Re4+ Kd2 7.Rd4+ Ke3 8.Rd7 Be6 9.Rb7 Bf5+ 10.Ka2 b1Q+ 11.R:b1 B:b1+ 12.K:b1 Kd2-+) 4...b1Q+ (4...Be4 5.Rb5 b1Q+ 6.R:b1 B:b1+ 7.K:b1 Kd2 8.h7 c2+ 9.Ka2 c1Q 10.h8Q=) 5.K:b1 Be4+ 6.Kc1! B:f5 7.h7 B:h7 stalemate.

Struggle of Rook against Bishop with two advanced pawns; sacrifice of Rook and two pawns to reach stalemate.