Artist: Olga Yastremska
Look before you leap (or promote)!
Black presents one stalemate trap after anotherIntroduction
A problem by David Gurgenidze, a Georgian master of composition.
The Problem
D. Gurgenizdze, 1976
White to move and win
(Solution appears below.)
The Solution
https://lichess.org/study/BfjBVnVh/QI0kPW6i#0
Outro
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