[Event "Stalemate: Stalemate example #4: Defense tool"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/JDlsepYB/PaGCrl3K"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/TSORniyotee"] [FEN "8/6P1/8/8/1p6/1Pkr4/P7/1K4R1 b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [UTCDate "2022.07.17"] [UTCTime "12:25:54"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/JDlsepYB/PaGCrl3K"] [Orientation "black"] [ChapterMode "gamebook"] { Black is two pawns down and white's g7 pawn will be promoted to a queen in the next move. All in all, black is in pretty bad shape here. However, black plays a brilliant move that results in a draw. Can you guess? } 1... Rd1+!! { Black sacrifices its rook by giving a check. White has no other option but to capture the rook by playing Rxd1. } 2. Rxd1 { The white rook blocks g5 and g7 squares, resulting in a draw. Rd1 blocks the "d" file, forcing a stalemate. } { [%csl Gd2,Gd3,Gd4] } *