Iuri akobia (with .R.Becker)
A.Hildebrand MT, Spec. prize, 2007
Draw

1.b6 [1.Ne2? Rb4 -+; 1.Bd3? Ne7 (Ke5) -+; 1.Bh7? Ne7 -+] 1...Ne7 [1...Rb4 2.bxc7 Ne7 3.Bd3 Ke6 4.Bb5 Kd6 5.Ka5 Rb2 6.Ne2 Kc5 7.Nc3 Rc2 8.Ne4+ =; 1...cxb6 2.Bh7 Ne7 (2...Rg4 3.Ne2=) 3.Kxb6 Ke5 (3...Kg7 4.Bd3=) 4.Kc5 =] 2.b7 [2.Bd3? Rd4 3.Bb5 Rd6 -+] 2...Rb4 [2...Nc6 3.Bd3 Ke5 4.Bb5 Nb8+ 5.Ka7 =] 3.Be4 Ke5 4.Bf3 [4.Bg2? Rb2 5.Bf3 Ra2+ 6.Kb5 Kd6 7.Kc4 Rb2 -+] 4...Kd6 5.Ka7 Ra4+ [5...Nc6+ 6.Bxc6 Kxc6 7.b8N+ =] 6.Kb8 Ra3 [6...Rf4 7.Ka8 (Ka8) =; 6...c5 7.Nh3 Nc6+ (7...c4 8.Ng5 Kd7 9.Bg4+(Ne6) =) 8.Bxc6 Kxc6 9.Kc8 Rg4 10.b8N+ Kb5 11.Nf2 =] 7.Be4 [7.Bg2? c5 8.Ne2 (8.Nh3 Nc6+ 9.Kc8 Rg3-+; 8.Be4 Nc6+ 9.Bxc6 Kxc6 10.Kc8 Re3 11.b8N+ Kd6 -+) 8...Rb3 9.Nc1 (9.Nf4 Nc6+ 10.Kc8 Rg3-+) 9...Rb2 10.Bf3 Rb1 11.Nd3 c4 12.Nf2 Kd7 13.Ng4 c3 14.Ne5+ Ke6 15.Be4 Rb4 16.Nf3 Kd6 -+] 7...Re3 8.Ka8 [8.Ka7? Rxe4 9.b8N (b8Q) 9...Nc6+ -+] 8...Ra3+ 9.Kb8 Nc6+ 10.Bxc6 Kxc6 11.Ne2 [11.Kc8? Re3 12.b8N+ Kd6 -+] 11...Re3 12.Nd4+ Kb6 13.Ka8 Ra3+ 14.Kb8 Rh3 15.Ka8 Ra3+ 16.Kb8 Ra7 17.Nc6 Rxb7+ 18.Ka8 zz 18...Kxc6 stalemate [18...Ka6 19.Nb4+ Rxb4 stalemate.

This study is based on the idea of A.Hildebrand.