[Event "EG 2016-2017"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "(2) Branislav Djurasevic (SRB)"] [Black "?"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "2nd Prize"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2qk4/bp3BP1/P7/K1P5/5N2/3n4/1p6/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] 1. g8=Q+ Kc7 2. Nd5+ Kb8 3. Qg3+ Nf4 $1 {play for stalemate} ({main} 3... Ka8 4. Nc7+ Qxc7+ 5. Qxc7 b1=Q 6. axb7+ (6. Qd8+ $2 Bb8 7. axb7+ Ka7 $1 $11) 6... Qxb7 7. Qd8+ Bb8 8. Bd5 Nxc5 9. Qg8 $1 (9. Bxb7+ $4 Nxb7+ $19) (9. Qg5 $4 Bc7#) 9... Nb3+ 10. Ka4 Nc5+ 11. Ka3 $18) 4. Qxf4+ Ka8 5. Nc7+ (5. axb7+ $2 Kxb7 6. Qb4+ Ka8 7. Nb6+ Bxb6+ 8. Qxb6 Qxc5+ $1 9. Qxc5 b1=Q $11) 5... Qxc7+ 6. Qxc7 b1=Q 7. axb7+ (7. Qd8+ $2 Bb8 8. axb7+ Ka7 $11) 7... Qxb7 8. Qd8+ Bb8 9. Bd5 Ka7 $1 10. Qb6+ $1 (10. Bxb7 $2 Bc7+ $1 11. Qxc7 $11 {stalemate (idea by Maurice Ashley)}) 10... Qxb6+ 11. cxb6# {Judge (M. Minski) comments: Ideal mate with block on b8. Author has managed to improve a nice stalemate idea by Maurice Ashley (see "Game Studies" by Siegfried Hornecker, EG iv2017). In the first main line, Black sacrifices the knight in order to realize this stalemate. Thanks to the added white pawn, White forces an ideal mate with block on b8. In the second main line, the bS plays an active role, but White can find better places for Q and K.} 1-0