21 JUN 2025

White draws

by Theodore Herlin

Le Palamede, 1847

Black wields a queen, and their pawns have crept dangerously deep into enemy territory. It looks like curtains for White, resignation inevitable. But then — an idea flickers: if White could part with the rook and somehow cut off the king’s access to g2, they’d be out of moves — stalemate.

 

1.Rd8+ Qb8 2.Rg8!! — and this forces 2…Qxg8, 1/2-1/2

 

A comic twist!

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