[Event "The Dancing Queens."]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by David Joseph (England, 1896-1984)"]
[Black "Themes: Stalemate defense and Triangular"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3K4/kp6/r6P/P7/p7/8/8/4B3 w - - 0 1"]

{This study has some variations. I.e. with the white bishop on h2. Or 
starting at move 4. But in essence its all the same. Stalemate is the 
black defense.} 
1. Bf2+ Kb8 2. Bb6 {Otherwise the rook comes free.} 2. ... Rxb6 {Blacks 
only hope.} 3. axb6 {Now the rat-race begins} 3. ... a3 4. h7 a2 5. h8=Q 
a1=Q {Now Qxa1 is stalemate.} 6. Qg8 {Idea Kd7 Mate} 
    ( 6. Qxa1 $2 )
    ( 6. Qf8 $2 Qa3 7. Qe8 Qd6+ )
    ( 6. Qe8 $2 Qg7 )
    ( 6. Qh2+ Ka8 $11 )
6. ... Qa2 7. Qe8 {Idea Kd7 or Ke7 Mate} 7. ... Qa4 {Stalemate defense 3} 
8. Qe5+ {A trianguar manoeuvre by the Queen} 8. ... Ka8 9. Qh8 {Here the 
study ends. I give some more moves} 9. ... Qf4 
    ( 9. ... Qd1+ 10. Kc7+ )
    ( 9. ... Qa1 $4 10. Qxa1+ Kb8 11. Qa7# )
10. Qa1+ 1-0

[Event "The Bridge"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1479.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by J.R. Lucena (Spain, 15th century)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1479.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[FEN "4K3/4P1k1/8/8/8/8/3r4/5R2 w - - 0 1"]

1. Rg1+ Kh7 2. Rg4 
    ( 2. Kf7 Rf2+ 3. Ke6 Re2+ 4. Kd6 Rd2+ 5. Kc7 Rc2+ 6. Kd8 Rd2+ 7. Ke8 )
2. ... Rd1 3. Kf7 Rf1+ 4. Ke6 Re1+ 5. Kf6 Rf1+ 6. Ke5 Re1+ 7. Re4 {now the
white pawn will promote to Queen} 1-0

[Event "The Bomb 4.d4!!"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Paul Heuacker (Germany, 1899-1969)"]
[Black "Theme: Decoy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1B6/8/7P/4p3/3b3k/8/8/2K5 w - - 0 1"]

{If white wants to win, it has to promote the pawn. But Black will play 
e5-e4 and the bishops stops it. The first move is to distract that bishop.
} 
1. Ba7 $1 
    ( 1. h7 $2 e4 )
1. ... Ba1 
    ( 1. ... Bxa7 $2 2. h7 Bd4 3. h8=Q+ )
2. Kb1 $1 {Now white brings its king to c2 by winning a tempo like this. 
Remember this trick} 2. ... Bc3 3. Kc2 Ba1 {And now the brilliancy of the 
study with an amazing move comes:} 4. Bd4 $3 {You do understand its 
purpose when you see what is going to happen. The move distracts the black
pawn or the black bishop to d4 and both do not want to be there} 4. ... 
Bxd4 
    ( 4. ... exd4 5. Kd3 {Now the black pawn is blocked, the white pawn is
    free to promote.} )
5. Kd3 {And now white will play Ke4 to block the pawn again or take the 
bishop when black plays e4.} 5. ... Ba1 
    ( 5. ... Kg5 6. h7 Kf4 7. h8=Q e4+ 8. Kxd4 )
6. Ke4 {Here ends the study. I give one more move to show you what happens
} 6. ... Kg5 7. h7 1-0

[Event "Stalemate defense"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Frederic Lazard (France, 1883-1948)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[FEN "6k1/3K4/5P2/7p/R6n/8/6p1/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Ke8 Ng6 2. Ra5 g1=Q 3. f7+ Kh7 4. Rxh5+ Kg7 5. f8=Q+ Nxf8 6. Rg5+ Qxg5 
{stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reti-walk."]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1929)"]
[Black "Draw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1921.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[FEN "8/6p1/k1P2p1p/7K/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Kg6 Kb6 
    ( 1. ... h5 $144 2. Kxg7 h4 3. Kxf6 $11 )
    ( 1. ... f5 $144 2. Kxg7 f4 3. Kf6 f3 4. Ke7 $11 )
2. Kxg7 h5 
    ( 2. ... f5 $144 3. Kf6 f4 4. Ke5 f3 5. Kd6 $11 )
3. Kxf6 h4 4. Ke5 Kxc6 5. Kf4 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost in de Desert."]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Peter Sussmann (Germany)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[FEN "3k4/4p3/1P6/4N3/8/4r3/1P4P1/6K1 w - - 0 1"]

1. b7 $1 Kc7 
    ( 1. ... Rb3 2. Nc6+ Kc7 3. b8=Q+ Rxb8 4. Nxb8 Kxb8 5. Kf2 )
2. Nd7 Kxb7 3. Kf2 $1 1-0

[Event "Indian Theme"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1916.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Ernst Holm (Sweden, 1879-1941)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1916.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[FEN "8/1r6/1N1Pp3/1P6/8/4k3/8/3K4 w - - 0 1"]

1. d7 Rb8 
    ( 1. ... Rxb6 2. d8=Q Rxb5 3. Qd2+ )
2. Nc8 Rxb5 {Black has a check on d5} 3. Nb6 $1 Rb4 
    ( 3. ... Rb3 4. Nc4+ Ke4 5. Nd2+ )
4. Nd5+ {the last and final blocking the line for the black rook to check 
on d4} 4. ... exd5 5. d8=Q {and the Queen wins against the black rook and 
pawn} 1-0

[Event "How Pythagoras law fails in chess..."]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1929)"]
[Black "Draw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1921.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "7K/8/k1P5/7p/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Kg7 $1 h4 
    ( {Or} 1. ... Kb6 $144 2. Kf6 h4 {otherwise Kg5} 3. Ke5 h3 
        ( 3. ... Kxc6 4. Kf4 h3 5. Kg3 )
    4. Kd6 h2 5. c7 $11 )
2. Kf6 $1 Kb6 
    ( 2. ... h3 $144 3. Ke6 h2 4. c7 $11 )
3. Ke5 $1 {threathens Kf4 so...} 3. ... h3 4. Kd6 $11 {Here ends the 
study. I give you some more moves:} 4. ... h2 5. c7 h1=Q 6. c8=Q {and 
there is no more forced win} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Having to much stuff."]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1906.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Alexei Troitzky (Russia, 1866-1941)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1906.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "8/8/7p/8/6pp/4N1Pk/5K2/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Ng2 $1 hxg3+ 
    ( 1. ... Kh2 2. Nxh4 Kh3 3. Nf5 h5 4. Kg1 h4 5. gxh4 )
2. Kg1 h5 3. Kh1 h4 4. Nf4# 1-0

[Event "Glasgow Weekly Citizen"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Fernando Saavedra (Spain, 1849-1922) and G, Barbier (Scot)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[FEN "8/2P5/1K6/3r4/8/8/8/k7 b - - 0 1"]

1. ... Rd6+ 2. Kb5 
    ( 2. Kb7 $2 Rd7 )
2. ... Rd5+ 3. Kb4 
    ( 3. Kc4 $2 Rd1 )
3. ... Rd4+ 4. Kb3 
    ( 4. Kc3 {is also good} )
4. ... Rd3+ 5. Kc2 Rd4 6. c8=R $1 
    ( {first it was thought that white had to choose a queen but then:} 6.
     c8=Q $2 Rc4+ 7. Qxc4 {Now white threahtens Ra8 mate} )
6. ... Ra4 {only defense} 7. Kb3 {but now white has two deadly threats: 
mate on c1 or taking the black rook} 1-0

[Event "Falling of your Chair."]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by  Sarychev, Aleksandr 1909-1986  and Sarychev, Kirill (Russia)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[FEN "8/1pPK3b/8/8/8/5k2/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Kc8 $1 
    ( 1. Ke6 $2 Ke4 $1 {and 2...Bf5} )
    ( 1. c8=Q $2 Bf5+ 2. Kc7 Bxc8 3. Kxc8 b5 )
1. ... b5 2. Kd7 $1 b4 
    ( 2. ... Bf5+ 3. Kd6 $1 b4 4. Ke5 Kg4 5. Kd4 $1 )
3. Kd6 
    ( 3. Ke6 $2 Ke4 4. c8=Q Bf5+ )
3. ... Bf5 4. Ke5 {the key tempo} 4. ... Kg4 5. Kd4 {and white is in time 
to catch the pawn} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Escape to Alcatraz"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Mark Liburkin (Russian, 1910-1953)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[FEN "7r/P5k1/8/8/8/8/p6p/R3K3 w Q - 0 1"]

1. Kf2 Ra8 
    ( 1. ... h1=Q 2. Rxh1 Rxh1 3. a8=Q a1=Q 4. Qb7+ Kg6 5. Qg2+ {Perpetual
    Check} )
2. Kg2 Rxa7 3. Kh1 Kf6 4. Rxa2 Rxa2 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dedicated to Piet Baudoin"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "2015.12.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Peter Boll (Netherlands)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[FEN "8/8/5Kpk/2p4p/1p2N2P/pP6/P7/1n6 w - - 0 1"]

1. Ng5 Nc3 2. Kf7 Nb5 3. Kf8 
    ( 3. Kg8 Nd6 4. Kh8 c4 5. bxc4 b3 6. c5 bxa2 7. cxd6 a1=Q+ 8. Kg8 Qg7#
    )
3. ... Nd6 4. Kg8 c4 5. bxc4 b3 6. c5 bxa2 7. cxd6 a1=Q 8. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "Dedicated to Huub van Dongen"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "2011.12.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Peter Boll (Netherlands)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[FEN "3r4/6p1/B3P3/p7/1k1B4/8/8/3K4 w - - 0 1"]

1. e7 
    ( 1. Bd3 $2 Rd6 2. e7 Re6 3. Bxg7 Rxe7 4. Bf8 Kc3 $11 )
1. ... Re8 
    ( 1. ... Rxd4+ $2 2. Bd3 Rxd3+ 3. Ke2 Rc3 4. e8=Q {wins} )
2. Bxg7 Kc5 3. Bf8 Kd6 4. Bc8 Rxc8 
    ( 4. ... a4 5. Bg4 a3 6. Kc2 a2 7. Kb2 Rxe7 8. Kxa2 {and the rook is 
    lost, because of the coordinated pin} )
5. e8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Ballet Dancing"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1890.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Emanuel Lasker (Germany, 1868-1941)"]
[Black "White wins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1890.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[FEN "2K5/2P4R/k7/8/8/8/2r4p/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Kb8 {Threatens c8=Q, black has no defense and only can give a check} 
1. ... Rb2+ 2. Ka8 Rc2 3. Rh6+ {pushes the black king back} 3. ... Ka5 4. 
Kb7 Rb2+ 5. Ka7 Rc2 6. Rh5+ {white has a plan by pushing the black king 
back row-by-row} 6. ... Ka4 7. Kb6 Rb2+ {what else?} 8. Ka6 Rc2 9. Rh4+ 
Ka3 10. Kb6 Rb2+ 11. Ka5 Rc2 12. Rh3+ Ka2 {But now the black king is on a 
unhappy square} 13. Rxh2 {pinning horizontally the black Rook and after} 
13. ... Rxh2 14. c8=Q {white wins} 1-0

[Event "An elementary trick?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Reti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1929)"]
[Black "White wins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[FEN "8/8/5K1B/8/8/1p6/k7/2R5 w - - 0 1"]

1. Rc3 b2 2. Bc1 b1=Q 3. Ra3# 1-0

[Event "A long march."]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "2008.02.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Peter Boll (Netherlands) and Arpad Rusz"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[FEN "6b1/8/8/2n2k2/8/3PP3/1p3P2/1B1K4 w - - 0 1"]

1. d4+ Ne4 
    ( 1. ... Kg4 2. dxc5 Kf3 3. Kc2 Kxf2 4. Kd3 $18 )
2. f3 Bb3+ 
    ( 2. ... Bd5 3. fxe4+ Bxe4 4. Bxe4+ Kxe4 5. Kc2 )
3. Ke1 
    ( 3. Bc2 $2 b1=Q+ )
3. ... Bd5 4. Kf1 
    ( 4. fxe4+ $2 Bxe4 5. Ba2 b1=Q+ 6. Bxb1 Bxb1 $10 )
4. ... Bc4+ 5. Kg2 Bd5 6. Kh3 Bb7 7. Kh4 Bc6 8. Kh5 Be8+ 9. Kh6 Bc6 10. 
Kg7 Bd5 11. Kf8 Bc6 12. Ke7 Bd5 13. Kd7 Bb7 14. Kc7 Bd5 15. Kb6 Ba8 16. 
Kb5 Bd5 17. Kb4 Bb7 18. Kb3 Bd5+ 19. Kxb2 Bc6 20. fxe4+ Bxe4 21. Bxe4+ 
Kxe4 22. Kc3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1849.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Leow, S"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1849.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "8/8/p6R/1bK5/k7/1p6/1P6/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Rh1 Ka5 2. Ra1+ Ba4 3. Ra2 
    ( 3. Kc4 )
3. ... bxa2 4. b4# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1921) and Cheron, A"]
[Black "White win"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/4k3/8/2p1K1p1/2R5 b - - 0 1"]

1. ... Kd4 2. Rg1 Ke4 3. Re1 Ke5 4. Ke3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1921)"]
[Black "Draw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[FEN "1n6/2k4K/5P2/3P1P2/8/8/8/4b3 w - - 0 1"]

1. d6+ Kxd6 2. f7 Nd7 3. Kg7 Bc3+ 4. Kg8 Ke7 5. f8=Q+ Nxf8 6. f6+ Bxf6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Jan Timman (Netherlands)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "8/8/p7/1n5P/5k2/7K/1BR5/5r2 w - - 0 1"]

1. Kg2 Rb1 2. h6 Nd6 3. h7 Nf7 4. Ba1 $1 {End of study} 4. ... Rxa1 5. 
Rf2+ {and Rxf7} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1921)"]
[Black "White wins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[FEN "8/4P3/8/k4N2/4r3/6p1/6Pb/5R1K w - - 0 1"]

1. Rb1 Re5 2. Nd4 Ka6 3. Nc2 Rxe7 4. Nb4+ Kb7 5. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1921)"]
[Black "White wins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[FEN "8/6p1/8/6p1/8/5K2/3R4/6kn b - - 0 1"]

1. ... g6 2. Rg2+ Kf1 3. Rh2 Kg1 4. Rd2 g4+ 5. Kxg4 Nf2+ 6. Kf3 Nh1 7. Ra2
g5 8. Rd2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Pal, Benko (Hungary)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "4k1rr/R7/8/8/8/8/8/R3K3 w Qk - 0 1"]

1. O-O-O $1 Rf8 2. Kb1 Rhg8 3. Ka1 $1 Rf6 4. Rb1 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Henri Rinck (France, 1870-1952)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k1K5/pp6/8/8/1N2p3/1B5p/8/3b4 w - - 0 1"]

1. Na6 {Threatens Nc7+ mate.} 1. ... Bg4+ 
    ( 1. ... Bxb3 2. Nc7# )
    ( 1. ... bxa6 2. Bd5# )
2. Kc7 Be2 3. Bd5 {Threat Bxb7 mate} 3. ... Bxa6 4. Bxe4 h2 5. Bh1 {
Zugzwang} 5. ... Bf1 6. Bxb7# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Emanuel Lasker (Germany, 1868-1941)"]
[Black "White wins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1901.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[FEN "8/8/7k/8/5NbP/4K1P1/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Ke4 Bd7 
    ( 1. ... Bc8 2. Nd5 Kh5 3. Kf4 Be6 
        ( 3. ... Ba6 4. Nf6+ Kg6 5. Ne8 Kh5 6. Ng7+ Kg6 7. Nf5 )
    4. Nf6+ Kg6 5. Ne8 Bd7 6. h5+ )
    ( 1. ... Bd1 2. Kf5 Bc2+ 3. Kg4 Bd1+ 4. Kh3 )
2. Nd5 Bc8 3. Kf4 Kh5 4. Ne3 Ba6 5. g4+ Kxh4 6. Nf5+ Kh3 7. g5 Bc4 8. g6 
Bd5 9. Kg5 Bc4 10. Kf6 Bb3 11. Nh6 Bc2 12. g7 Bh7 13. Nf7 Kg4 14. Ng5 Bg8 
15. Kg6 Kf4 16. Nf7 Kg3 17. Nh6 Ba2 18. Nf7 Bb1+ 19. Kh6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by John Beasley (England)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[FEN "1k6/8/1N6/2K5/8/2n5/6B1/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Bh1 $1 
    ( 1. Bc6 $2 Ne2 2. Nd5 Kc8 )
    ( 1. Bf3 $2 Kc7 )
1. ... Ne2 
    ( 1. ... Kc7 2. Bf3 )
2. Nd5 Kc8 3. Bf3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Emanuel Lasker (Germany, 1868-1941)"]
[Black "White wins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[FEN "3R4/8/8/3p4/3Pbk2/8/5K2/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Rh8 Bf5 2. Rh4+ Bg4 3. Kg2 Kg5 4. Kg3 Bf5 5. Rh8 Bg6 6. Rf8 Be4 7. Re8 
Kf6 8. Kf4 Bg2 9. Ra8 Kf7 
    ( 9. ... Ke6 10. Ra6+ )
10. Ke5 Be4 11. Ra7+ Ke8 12. Ke6 Kd8 13. Kd6 Kc8 
    ( 13. ... Ke8 14. Re7+ Kd8 
        ( 14. ... Kf8 15. Re5 )
    15. Re5 Kc8 16. Re8+ Kb7 17. Re7+ Kb8 18. Rc7 )
14. Ra8+ Kb7 15. Rg8 
    ( 15. Ra5 Kc8 16. Rxd5 Bxd5 17. Kxd5 Kd7 )
15. ... Bf3 16. Rg3 Be4 17. Rc3 $1 Bg2 18. Rc5 Bf3 19. Rxd5 Bxd5 20. Kxd5 
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1921)"]
[Black "White wins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[FEN "8/2N1k3/8/n7/B7/6p1/6Pp/7K w - - 0 1"]

1. Ne8 Ke6 2. Ng7+ Ke5 3. Nh5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Ghamlet Amiryan (Armenia)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "3k2B1/R5B1/nK6/4p3/4q3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Bf6+ Ke8 
    ( 1. ... Kc8 2. Ra8+ Kd7 
        ( 2. ... Nb8 3. Be6# )
        ( 2. ... Qxa8 3. Be6+ Kb8 4. Bxe5+ Nc7 5. Bxc7# )
    3. Rd8# )
2. Bf7+ Kf8 3. Bg7+ Kxg7 4. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1892.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Emanuel Lasker (Germany, 1868-1941)"]
[Black "White wins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1892.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[FEN "8/5P2/8/P7/6r1/7k/8/5K2 w - - 0 1"]

1. f8=R $1 
    ( 1. f8=Q $2 Rf4+ 2. Qxf4 )
1. ... Ra4 2. Ra8 Kg4 3. Ke2 Kf5 4. a6 Kg6 5. Kd3 Kf7 6. Kc3 Kg7 7. Kb3 
Ra5 8. Kb4 Ra1 9. Kb5 Rb1+ 10. Kc6 Ra1 11. Kb7 Rb1+ 12. Ka7 Kf7 13. Rb8 
Ra1 14. Rb6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Henri Rinck (France, 1870-1952)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1qp5/p1p1pn1P/4k3/5pP1/1N5K/PR3P2/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Na5 Qc8 
    ( 1. ... Qxb2 2. Nc4+ Kd4 3. Nxb2 Nh7 4. Kh4 Kc3 5. g5 Nf8 6. Kh5 Kxb2
    7. g6 )
    ( 1. ... Qa8 2. Rb8 Qxb8 3. Nxc6+ )
2. Rb8 Qd7 
    ( 2. ... Qxb8 3. Nxc6+ Kd6 4. Nxb8 )
3. Rd8 Qh7 
    ( 3. ... Qd5 4. Rxd5+ cxd5 5. Nc6+ Ke4 6. g5 
        ( 6. f3+ Kxf3 7. g5 Ne4 8. g6 Ng5+ 9. Kh4 )
    6. ... Kf5 7. gxf6 Kxf6 8. Ne5 c5 9. Kg4 c4 10. Kxf4 c3 11. Ke3 d4+ 
    12. Kd3 a5 13. a4 )
4. Nc4+ Ke4 5. Nd2+ Ke5 6. Nf3+ Ke4 7. Ng5+ Ke5 8. Nxh7 Nxh7 9. Rd7 Nf8 
10. Kh4 c5 11. Rf7 Ng6+ 12. Kg5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Kichigin, V"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "3R4/1p6/2p5/P7/2k5/3N4/p2K1P2/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Rd4+ Kxd4 2. Nb4 a1=Q 3. Nc2+ Kc4 4. Nxa1 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Ettner, J"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "2b5/8/8/1N6/7k/7P/4B2K/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Nd4 Bxh3 2. Nf3+ Kg4 3. Bd1 $1 Bf1 4. Nd2+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1921)"]
[Black "White wins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "4k3/8/3p4/p6K/P5P1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Kg5 Kf7 2. Kf5 Ke7 3. Kg6 Ke6 4. g5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Albert Van Tets (Netherlands)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "Rb6/pk6/1p2K3/PB1P4/1n6/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. a6+ $1 Nxa6 
    ( 1. ... Kc8 2. Bd7+ )
2. Bxa6+ Kxa8 
    ( 2. ... Kxa6 3. Rxb8 )
3. Kd7 Bg3 4. Kc8 {and Bb7 mate} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1921)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[FEN "R7/p7/5N2/8/1K5p/1p5p/3k4/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Ka3 
    ( 1. Kxb3 $2 h2 2. Re8 
        ( 2. Ne4+ Ke3 3. Re8 Kf3 4. Rf8+ 
            ( 4. Nd2+ Kf2 5. Rf8+ Kg2 )
            ( 4. Ng5+ Kg4 )
        4. ... Kxe4 5. Rf1 Ke3 6. Kc3 Ke2 )
    2. ... h1=Q 3. Ne4+ Kc1 4. Rc8+ Kb1 )
    ( 1. Re8 $2 b2 2. Ne4+ Ke3 3. Nc3+ Kf3 4. Re1 h2 5. Nd5 
        ( 5. Rb1 Kg2 6. Rxb2+ Kh3 7. Ne4 h1=Q )
    5. ... Kg2 6. Nf4+ Kg3 7. Rf1 b1=Q+ 8. Rxb1 Kxf4 )
    ( 1. Rd8+ $2 Ke1 2. Rd3 h2 3. Rxb3 
        ( 3. Rh3 b2 )
    3. ... Kf1 )
1. ... h2 2. Re8 h1=Q 3. Ne4+ Kc2 
    ( 3. ... Ke3 4. Ng3+ )
    ( 3. ... Kd3 4. Nf2+ )
    ( 3. ... Kd1 4. Nf2+ )
4. Rc8+ Kb1 5. Nd2+ Ka1 6. Nxb3+ Kb1 7. Nd2+ Ka1 8. Rc2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Garcia, M"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[FEN "8/2B5/6P1/6k1/1K4Pp/7R/8/6r1 w - - 0 1"]

1. Bf4+ Kxf4 
    ( 1. ... Kxg4 2. Rh1 Rxh1 3. g7 Kxf4 4. g8=Q h3 5. Kc3 Re1 6. Kd2 )
2. g7 Rxg4 
    ( 2. ... Kxg4 3. Rh1 $1 
        ( 3. g8=Q+ $2 Kxh3 4. Qxg1 )
    3. ... Rxh1 4. g8=Q+ )
3. Rxh4 {horizontal pin distracting the Rook, to promote the pawn} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Frédéric Lazard (France, 1883-1948)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[FEN "B7/8/P7/p7/8/K1p5/2k1r3/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. a7 Re8 2. Bc6 
    ( 2. Be4+ $2 Kd2 3. Kb3 Rf8 4. Ka4 Ke3 $1 )
2. ... Rf8 3. a8=Q 
    ( 3. Be4+ $2 Kd2 4. Ka4 Ke3 $1 
        ( 4. ... c2 $2 5. Bxc2 )
    )
3. ... Rxa8 4. Bxa8 Kd3 $1 5. Kb3 
    ( 5. Bc6 $2 c2 6. Be4+ Kxe4 7. Kb2 Kd3 8. Kc1 a4 )
5. ... a4+ 6. Ka2 
    ( 6. Ka3 $2 Ke3 $1 )
6. ... c2 7. Be4+ Kxe4 8. Kb2 Kd3 9. Kc1 a3 
    ( 9. ... Kc3 )
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Jarl Ulrichsen (Norway)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "4r2k/8/R7/4P3/7K/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Kg5 
    ( 1. Kh5 $2 Kg7 )
    ( 1. e6 $2 Re7 )
1. ... Rxe5+ 2. Kg6 Re8 3. Kf7 Re1 4. Rh6# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Henri Rinck (France, 1870-1952)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2N5/8/1P2kpBp/4p2P/1P6/6Pq/8/2K5 w - - 0 1"]

{Knight and Bishop catch Queen} 
1. b7 Qh1+ 2. Kb2 Qg2+ 3. Bc2 Qxb7 4. Bf5+ Kd5 
    ( 4. ... Kxf5 5. Nd6+ Kg4 6. Nxb7 )
5. Be4+ Kxe4 6. Nd6+ Kf3 7. Nxb7 f5 8. b5 f4 9. gxf4 exf4 10. b6 Ke3 11. 
Nd6 f3 12. Nc4+ Kd3 13. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by John Beasley (England)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[FEN "k5r1/8/K7/PQ2B3/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1"]

1. ... Rg6+ 2. Bd6 
    ( 2. Qb6 $2 Rxb6+ 3. axb6 
        ( 3. Kxb6 )
    )
    ( 2. Bf6 $2 Rxf6+ 3. Qb6 Rd6 $1 
        ( 3. ... Rxb6+ $2 4. axb6 )
    4. Qxd6 
        ( 4. Kb5 Rxb6+ 5. axb6 Kb7 )
    )
2. ... Rxd6+ 3. Qb6 {end of study} 3. ... Rxb6+ 4. axb6 Kb8 5. b7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Mojsovski, N"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[FEN "8/2p2Np1/6P1/8/5P2/2k5/7b/1K6 w - - 0 1"]

1. f5 Bg1 2. Nd6 $1 {Freeing field f7} 2. ... cxd6 
    ( 2. ... Bd4 3. Nb5+ )
3. f6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Emanuel Lasker (Germany, 1868-1941)"]
[Black "White wins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1921.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[FEN "8/p7/k1p2p2/P1Pp1p1p/KP1PpP1P/4P3/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Kb3 $1 
    ( 1. b5+ $2 cxb5+ 2. Kb4 Kb7 3. Kxb5 a6+ )
1. ... Kb7 
    ( 1. ... Kb5 2. a6 Kxa6 3. Ka4 )
2. a6+ Kxa6 
    ( 2. ... Kc7 3. Ka4 Kd7 4. b5 Kc7 5. bxc6 Kc8 6. c7 $1 Kxc7 7. Kb5 Kd7
    8. c6+ Kd6 9. c7 Kxc7 10. Kc5 )
3. Ka4 Kb7 4. b5 a6 
    ( 4. ... cxb5+ 5. Kxb5 Kc7 6. Ka6 Kb8 7. c6 Ka8 8. Kb5 Kb8 9. Kc5 )
5. bxc6+ Kxc6 6. Ka5 Kb7 7. c6+ Kxc6 8. Kxa6 Kc7 9. Kb5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Gerhard Josten (Germany)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[FEN "5K1B/4p3/P7/8/5P2/1k2P1n1/7P/7r w - - 0 1"]

1. a7 
    ( 1. Be5 $2 Rxh2 2. f5 Rf2 3. a7 Rxf5+ 4. Ke8 Rxe5 5. a8=Q Rxe3 )
1. ... Rxh2 2. Bb2 Kxb2 
    ( 2. ... e5 3. Kg8 )
    ( 2. ... Rxb2 3. a8=Q )
3. Kg8 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1921)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[FEN "8/8/B7/4p2N/5pp1/1kpK4/6P1/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Ng3 $1 
    ( 1. Bb5 $2 e4+ 2. Ke2 
        ( 2. Kxe4 $2 c2 3. Nxf4 c1=Q $19 )
    2. ... f3+ 
        ( 2. ... c2 3. Nxf4 c1=Q $19 )
    3. gxf3 c2 4. Ba4+ Kxa4 5. Kd2 Kb3 6. Kc1 exf3 7. Ng3 f2 8. Nf1 Kc3 )
1. ... fxg3 2. Bb5 e4+ 
    ( 2. ... c2 {=} 3. Ba4+ Kxa4 4. Kxc2 {=} )
3. Ke2 
    ( 3. Ke3 $2 Ka3 $1 )
3. ... c2 4. Ba4+ Kxa4 5. Kd2 {'='} 5. ... Kb3 6. Kc1 Kc4 
    ( 6. ... Kc3 {'=='} )
    ( 6. ... e3 {==} )
7. Kxc2 e3 8. Kd1 Kd3 9. Ke1 e2 {=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1921)"]
[Black "White wins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[FEN "3N4/8/4P3/8/k6p/6p1/4r1Pb/5R1K w - - 0 1"]

1. Nc6 Re4 2. Nd4 Rxd4 3. e7 Re4 4. Rf4 Rxf4 5. e8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Evgeny Dvizov (Russia)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "5rkB/5p1R/5pP1/5K2/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Rg7+ $1 Kxh8 2. Rh7+ Kg8 3. g7 $1 Kxh7 
    ( 3. ... Ra8 4. Rh8+ Kxg7 5. Rxa8 )
4. gxf8=R $1 
    ( 4. gxf8=Q $2 )
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1921)"]
[Black "White wins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[FEN "8/1B6/8/8/6pp/7p/4K2k/1N6 w - - 0 1"]

1. Ke1 g3 2. Nd2 g2 3. Nf3+ Kg3 4. Ng1 h2 5. Ne2+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Weinberger, O (USA)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[FEN "8/8/3k1PR1/8/1K6/8/4b3/4n3 w - - 0 1"]

1. f7+ Ke7 2. Re6+ Kf8 3. Re8+ Kxf7 4. Rxe2 Nd3+ 5. Kc4 Nf4 6. Rf2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1921)"]
[Black "Draw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[FEN "5K2/k7/4P1p1/8/8/8/4b3/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Ke7 $1 g5 2. Kd6 g4 3. e7 Bb5 4. Kc5 Be8 5. Kd4 g3 6. Ke3 $18 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Gerard Van Altena (Netherlands, 1918-) and Pieter Van Hensbergen (Netherlands, 1924-2002)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[FEN "5R2/4pN2/3p4/7k/8/8/4p2K/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Ne5 $1 e1=Q 
    ( 1. ... dxe5 2. Rf5+ Kg4 3. Rxe5 Kf3 4. Kg1 )
2. Rh8+ Kg5 3. Nf3+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Henri Rinck (France, 1870-1952)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2K5/k7/8/4B3/5p2/7P/2Np4/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Nb4 d1=Q 2. Bd4+ Ka8 
    ( 2. ... Qxd4 3. Nc6+ Kb6 4. Nxd4 Kc5 5. Ne6+ Kd5 6. Nxf4+ Ke4 7. Ne2 
    Kf3 8. Kd7 )
3. Na6 {Nc7 mate is the threat. Look how important the pawn on h3 is to 
prevent Qg4+} 3. ... Qxd4 4. Nc7+ Ka7 5. Nb5+ Kb6 6. Nxd4 Kc5 7. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Peter Boll (Netherlands)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[FEN "8/PbP1pk2/2rp4/2pN4/4K1B1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. c8=Q 
    ( 1. Bc8 $2 Ba8 2. Kf5 c4 $1 3. Bd7 e6+ $1 
        ( 3. ... Rc5 $2 4. c8=Q )
    4. Bxe6+ Kg7 5. Bd7 Rc5 6. Ke6 
        ( 6. Kf4 c3 $1 
            ( 6. ... Bxd5 $2 7. Bc6 )
        )
    6. ... Bxd5+ 7. Kxd6 Rxc7 8. Kxc7 c3 )
1. ... Rxc8 2. Bxc8 Ba8 {or Bc6} 3. Kf5 $1 {the key-move} 3. ... Bxd5 4. 
Be6+ $1 Bxe6+ 5. Ke4 Bh3 6. Kf3 $1 {And the pawn promotes to Queen and 
wins} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Jan Marwitz (Netherlands, 1915-1991)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[FEN "8/8/Kn6/2kp4/8/3p3B/1P1N4/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. b3 $1 
    ( 1. Ka5 $2 Nc4+ 2. Nxc4 dxc4 3. Bf5 c3 4. bxc3 Kc4 )
    ( 1. b4+ $2 Kxb4 2. Kxb6 Kc3 3. Nf1 d4 4. Bg4 Kc2 )
1. ... Nc4 $1 2. bxc4 dxc4 3. Ka5 c3 
    ( 3. ... Kd4 4. Kb4 )
4. Nb3+ Kd5 5. Bf5 $1 
    ( 5. Kb4 $2 d2 6. Bg4 c2 )
5. ... Kc4 
    ( 5. ... d2 6. Bc2 )
6. Be6# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Garcia, M"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "5KNk/8/6P1/7p/7N/8/8/4q3 w - - 0 1"]

1. g7+ Kh7 2. Nf6+ Kh6 3. g8=N+ 
    ( 3. g8=Q Qe8+ 4. Kxe8 )
3. ... Kg5 4. Nf3+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Ernst Pogosyants (Russia)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "8/1P6/8/2p5/K7/5B1k/8/6r1 w - - 0 1"]

1. Be4 $1 
    ( 1. Bd5 $2 Rg4+ $1 2. Ka5 Rb4 )
    ( 1. b8=Q Ra1+ 2. Kb3 Rb1+ )
1. ... Rg8 2. Bf5+ Kh4 3. Bc8 Rg1 4. Be6 $1 {end of study} 4. ... Ra1+ 5. 
Ba2 Rxa2+ 6. Kb3 Ra1 7. Kc2 
    ( 7. Kb2 $2 Ra4 8. b8=Q Rb4+ )
7. ... Ra2+ 8. Kc3 Ra3+ 9. Kc4 Ra4+ 10. Kxc5 Ra5+ 11. Kc4 Ra4+ 12. Kc3 
Ra3+ 13. Kb2 {Saavedra manoeuvre again} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1921)"]
[Black "Draw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[FEN "8/8/k1P4p/8/K7/8/8/8 b - - 0 1"]

1. ... h5 2. Kb4 Kb6 3. Kc4 h4 4. Kd5 Kc7 5. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Weinberger, O (USA)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[FEN "8/2p5/p3R3/K2P4/7k/5p2/1b6/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. d6 $1 
    ( 1. Rh6+ $2 Kg3 2. Rg6+ Kf4 )
1. ... cxd6 $1 
    ( 1. ... f2 2. d7 f1=Q 3. d8=Q+ )
2. Rxd6 f2 3. Rh6+ $1 Kg3 4. Rh1 Kg2 5. Rb1 $1 Bc3+ 6. Kxa6 Be1 7. Rb2 $1 
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1902.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Henri Rinck (France, 1870-1952)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p7/5N2/k1K5/4p1BP/2p5/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Nd5 c2 2. Ne3 c1=Q+ 3. Nc4+ Ka4 
    ( 3. ... Ka6 4. Bc8# )
4. Bd1+ Qxd1 5. Nb2+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Henri Rinck (France, 1870-1952)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/2R5/6p1/1pK1p1q1/8/2N3P1/3P4/8 w - - 0 1"]

{Theme Domination.} 
1. Ne4 {Now the black Queen has only one square to go to.} 1. ... Qh6 
    ( 1. ... Qg4 2. Nf6+ )
2. Rh7 Qf8+ 
    ( 2. ... Qxh7 3. Nf6+ )
3. Nd6+ Kd8 4. Rh8 Qxh8 5. Nf7+ Ke7 6. Nxh8 Kf6 7. Kxb5 Kg7 8. Nxg6 {And 
the pawnending is won for white} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1921)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]
[Annotator "Bill Wall"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[FEN "8/8/2k4b/P7/8/8/2N2PKp/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Nd4+ 
    ( 1. Kxh2 Kb5 $11 )
1. ... Kc5 
    ( 1. ... Kc7 2. Kxh2 $18 )
2. Kh1 $1 
    ( 2. Nb3+ Kb5 3. Kxh2 Bf4+ $11 )
2. ... Bc1 
    ( 2. ... Kxd4 3. a6 $18 )
3. Nb3+ Kb5 4. Nxc1 Kxa5 5. Kxh2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Garcia, M"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "8/pp6/qp4pp/3Nkp2/8/1P1PB2P/2P4N/1K6 w - - 0 1"]

1. Nc7 $1 Qa3 
    ( 1. ... Qa5 2. Bd2 Qxd2 3. Nf3+ Kd6 4. Nb5+ Kc5 5. Nxd2 Kxb5 6. Nf3 
    f4 7. d4 Kc6 8. c4 g5 9. Ne5+ )
2. Bc1 Qc5 
    ( 2. ... Qd6 3. Nf3+ Kf6 4. Ne8+ )
    ( 2. ... Qf8 3. Bb2+ Kd6 
        ( 3. ... Kf4 4. Ne6+ )
    4. Ba3+ )
    ( 2. ... Qe7 3. Nf3+ Kd6 
        ( 3. ... Kf6 4. Nd5+ )
    4. Ba3+ )
    ( 2. ... Qb4 3. Nf3+ Kd6 4. Ba3 Qxa3 5. Nb5+ )
3. d4+ Kxd4 4. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Weinberger, O"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[FEN "8/6p1/5P2/4b1P1/8/k7/P7/7K w - - 0 1"]

1. f7 Bd6 2. Kg2 Kxa2 3. Kf3 Kb3 4. Ke4 $1 
    ( 4. Kg4 $2 g6 $1 5. Kf3 Kc4 6. Ke4 Kc5 7. f8=Q Bxf8 8. Ke5 )
4. ... Kc4 $1 
    ( 4. ... g6 5. Kd5 Ba3 6. Ke6 Kc4 7. Kf6 Kd5 8. Kxg6 Ke6 9. Kg7 Kf5 
    10. g6 Kg5 11. Kh7 Kf6 12. g7 )
5. Kf5 Kd5 6. Kg6 Bf8 7. Kh7 Ke6 8. Kg8 Ke7 9. g6 $1 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1903.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Henri Rinck (France, 1870-1952)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p4R1/2kp4/2p1P3/2P2Npq/3P3p/4K1PP/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Nd5 {Threat Rc7 Mate} 1. ... dxe5 2. g3 Qd8 
    ( 2. ... Qh6 3. Ne7+ 
        ( 3. Rg6+ Qxg6 4. Ne7+ Kd6 5. Nxg6 )
    3. ... Kd7 4. Nf5+ )
3. Rg6+ Kd7 4. Rg8 Qa5 5. Ra8 Qxa8 6. Nb6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Jan Marwitz (Netherlands, 1915-1991)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[FEN "2B5/2P4K/1r6/1Pk1r3/5b2/6R1/6P1/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Be6 $1 
    ( 1. Rg7 $2 Rh6+ 2. Kg8 Re8+ )
    ( 1. Bh3 $2 Rh5+ 
        ( 1. ... Rb7 $2 2. Rc3+ Kb6 3. Rc6+ Kxb5 4. Kg6 )
    2. Kg7 Bxc7 )
1. ... Rh5+ 
    ( 1. ... Rb7 2. Rc3+ Kb6 3. Rc6+ Kxb5 4. Bf7 $1 
        ( 4. Bd7 $2 Re7+ $1 5. Kg6 Bxc7 $1 6. Rxc7+ Rxd7 $1 )
    4. ... Rh5+ 5. Bxh5 Kxc6 6. Bf3+ )
2. Kg6 Rh6+ $1 
    ( 2. ... Bxc7 3. Rc3+ Kd4 4. Rc4+ )
3. Kg7 Bxc7 $1 4. Rg5+ 
    ( 4. Rc3+ $2 Kd4 5. Rc4+ Kd3 6. Kxh6 Rxe6+ )
4. ... Kd4 $1 5. Rg4+ 
    ( 5. Kxh6 $2 Bf4 )
5. ... Bf4 $1 6. Rxf4+ Ke5 7. Rf5+ Kxe6 8. g4 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1921)"]
[Black "White wins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "8/5p2/8/kpN2P2/8/2R2K2/3pP3/2n5 w - - 0 1"]

1. Rc2 d1=Q 2. Rxc1 Qd5+ 3. e4 Qa2 4. Ra1 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Enzo Minerva (Italy)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "KR6/PP6/8/8/8/8/6pp/6rk w - - 0 1"]

1. Rh8 $1 
    ( 1. Rg8 $2 Rb1 $1 2. b8=Q g1=Q )
1. ... Rb1 2. Rxh2+ 
    ( 2. b8=Q $2 Rxb8+ 3. axb8=Q g1=Q )
2. ... Kxh2 3. b8=Q+ Rxb8+ 4. axb8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Hermansson, E"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[FEN "K6R/P7/8/kr5p/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Rb8 Rg5 2. Rc8 Rb5 3. Rc5 $1 Rxc5 4. Kb7 Rb5+ 5. Kc7 Rc5+ 6. Kd7 {Until
Kh7} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1921)"]
[Black "White wins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[FEN "8/p6p/4P3/k7/3Nr1p1/6p1/6Kb/5R2 w - - 0 1"]

1. e7 h5 2. Rf5+ Kb6 3. Rf6+ Kc7 4. Ne6+ Kd7 5. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Henri Rinck (France, 1870-1952)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b5K1/6P1/8/4B3/2N5/8/5p1p/3k4 w - - 0 1"]

{Black has two strong pawns} 
1. Ne3+ Ke2 2. Bxh2 Kxe3 {Now what?} 3. Kh8 Bd5 
    ( 3. ... f1=Q 4. g8=Q Qh3+ 
        ( 4. ... Qf6+ 5. Qg7 )
    5. Qh7 )
4. g8=Q Bxg8 5. Bg1 fxg1=Q 
    ( 5. ... fxg1=R )
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Jan Marwitz (Netherlands, 1915-1991)"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[FEN "8/2p4p/8/k1N2R2/8/4K3/2r1bP2/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Nb3+ 
    ( 1. Ne6+ $2 c5 $1 2. Nd4 Bg4 3. Rg5 $1 Rc3+ $1 4. Kd2 Rc4 $1 5. Nc6+ 
    Kb5 6. Ne5 Rd4+ )
1. ... Ka4 $1 2. Nd4 Bg4 3. Rg5 $1 
    ( 3. Rf4 $2 Rc4 $1 )
3. ... Rc4 $1 4. Kd3 
    ( 4. Rxg4 $2 c5 $1 )
4. ... Rb4 5. Rg8 $1 Rb2 
    ( 5. ... Ka5 6. Nc6+ )
    ( 5. ... Ka3 6. Nc2+ )
6. Ra8+ Kb4 7. Rb8+ Ka3 8. Nc2+ Ka2 9. Ra8+ Kb3 
    ( 9. ... Kb1 10. Ra1# )
10. Ra3# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia, 1889-1921)"]
[Black "White wins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[FEN "8/4K3/8/3pk3/3R4/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Rd2 d4 2. Rd1 Kd5 3. Kd7 Kc4 4. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Another amazing escape"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Composed by Armenian Grandmaster  Kasparyan, Genrikh 1910-1995"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[FEN "k7/2q5/8/8/P6K/3R4/8/1B6 w - - 0 1"]

1. Kg4 $1 
    ( 1. Rg3 $2 Qf4+ 2. Rg4 Qh6+ 3. Kg3 Qe3+ 4. Kh2 Qf2+ 5. Rg2 Qh4+ 6. 
    Kg1 Qe1+ )
    ( 1. Rf3 $2 Qh2+ 2. Rh3 Qf2+ 3. Kh5 Qc5+ 4. Kh6 Qc1+ )
    ( 1. Kh3 $2 Qc8+ 2. Kh4 Qf8 $1 )
1. ... Qc8+ 2. Kf3 $1 
    ( 2. Kh5 $2 Qc5+ 3. Kg6 Qb6+ )
    ( 2. Kh4 $2 Qf8 $1 )
2. ... Qb7+ 3. Rd5 $1 Qxb1 
    ( 3. ... Qxd5+ 4. Be4 )
4. Ra5+ Kb7 5. Rb5+ Qxb5 6. axb5 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zugzwang for black,"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leonid Kubbel"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[FEN "8/8/1p1K4/Pp6/2k1p3/8/1P6/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. a6 $1 
    ( 1. axb6 $2 e3 2. b7 e2 3. b8=Q e1=Q )
1. ... e3 2. a7 e2 3. a8=Q e1=Q 4. Qd5+ Kb4 5. Qd3 $1 Qa1 
    ( 5. ... Qc1 {<main>} 6. Qa3+ $1 Kc4 7. b3+ Kc3 8. Qxc1+ )
    ( 5. ... Ka4 6. Qa3# )
6. Qc3+ $1 Ka4 7. b3+ Ka3 8. Qxa1+ 1-0

[Event "How Rooks work together"]
[Site "Instructive"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alois Wotawa"]
[Black "---"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[SetUp "1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[FEN "4R3/8/7R/1K1k4/p7/8/p5r1/8 w - - 0 1"]

1. Rd8+ $1 
    ( 1. Rh1 $2 Rb2+ 2. Kxa4 Rb1 )
    ( 1. Re1 $2 Rb2+ 2. Kxa4 Rb1 )
    ( 1. Rh5+ $2 Kd6 )
1. ... Ke5 
    ( 1. ... Ke4 2. Rh4+ Kf3 3. Rxa4 )
2. Rh1 Rb2+ 3. Kc5 $1 Rb1 
    ( 3. ... Rc2+ 4. Kb4 Rb2+ 5. Ka3 Rb1 6. Rh5+ Ke4 7. Kxa2 )
4. Rf1 $1 Ke6 
    ( 4. ... Rxf1 5. Re8+ Kf6 6. Rf8+ )
    ( 4. ... Ke4 5. Re8+ Kd3 6. Rf3+ Kd2 7. Rf2+ Kd3 8. Rxa2 )
5. Re8+ Kd7 6. Rfe1 $1 a1=Q 7. R1e7# 1-0

