EG No 10500 A.Golubev (Yaroslavl region)
2nd prize Shakhmatnaya kompozitsia Win

White: Kg8, Ne8; pawns d4, g2
Black: Kh6; pawns e3 g6

1.Nd6/I e2 2.Nf7+ Kh5 3.Ne5 elQ/ii 4.g4+ Kg5 (Kh4) 5.Nf3+ Kxg4 6.Nxe1 Kf5 7.Kf7 (Nc2?
Ke6;) g5 8.Nc2 g4/iii 9.Ne3+ Ke4 10.d5 Kxe3 11.d6 g3 12.d7 g2 13.d8Q glQ 14.Qb6+ and
15.Qxg1 wins.
I) l.Nf6? e2 2.Ng4+ Kg5 3.Ne5 Kf5 4.Nf3 Ke4 5.Kf7 g5 6.Nel g4 7.Ke6 Kxd4 8.Kf5 Ke3
9.Kxg4 Kf2, and it's a draw.
ii) What if Black promotes to knight? This is most simply met by: (elN) 4.d5, with either Nxg2
5.d6 Nf4 6.Kf7, or Nc2 5.d6 Nd4 6.g4+ Kg5 (Kh4) 7.Nf3+ Nxf3 8.d7.
iii) Ke4 9.Ke6 g4 10.d5 g3 11.Nel.
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