[b]R. Tomasevic, StrateGems 2018

Black to move
White and Black collaborate with the aim of white stalemating black on white's 14th move [help-stalemate in 14]

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Originally posted by @greenpawn34

Using those pawns and some of the pieces I can get this set up.

[fen]8/8/8/8/1p6/bpp5/kr6/nb1K4 b - - 0 1[/fen]
Black plays 1...c2+ 2.Kc1 stalemate.

[fen]8/8/8/8/1p6/bp6/krp5/nbK5 b - - 0 2[/fen]
But getting there in 14 moves is beyond me.

Not a solution rather an attempt at creating a spark in someone's
else's imagination and to explain in detail what you are looking for.

Originally posted by @bigdoggproblem
[b]R. Tomasevic, StrateGems 2018
[fen]r3b2k/bn1p4/p7/1p2p3/2p5/pp6/1qn2pr1/7K[/fen]
Black to move
White and Black collaborate with the aim of white stalemating black on white's 14th move [help-stalemate in 14]

The Posers and Puzzles forum wants none of this.

Originally posted by @greenpawn34

Using those pawns and some of the pieces I can get this set up.

[fen]8/8/8/8/1p6/bpp5/kr6/nb1K4 b - - 0 1[/fen]
Black plays 1...c2+ 2.Kc1 stalemate.

[fen]8/8/8/8/1p6/bp6/krp5/nbK5 b - - 0 2[/fen]
But getting there in 14 moves is beyond me.

Not a solution rather an attempt at creating a spark in someone's
else's imagination and to explain in detail what you are looking for.

That took me an hour!

I can't get the game viewer to work in this post (even by making it White to move at the start) and I don't want to spend another hour on that, so here are the moves:

1... Qe5 2. Kxg2 Nd4 3. Kxf2 Nf3+ 4. Kxf3 Qe4+ 5. Kxe4 d5+
6. Kxd5 Bc6+ 7. Kxc6 Kg7 8. Kxb7 Kf6 9. Kxa8 Ke5
10. Kxa7 Kd4 11. Kxa6 Kc3 12. Kxb5 Kb2 13. Kxc4 Ka1 14. Kxb3 a2 15. Kc2

Originally posted by @mynameisklint
That took me an hour!

I can't get the game viewer to work in this post (even by making it White to move at the start) and I don't want to spend another hour on that, so here are the moves:

1... Qe5 2. Kxg2 Nd4 3. Kxf2 Nf3+ 4. Kxf3 Qe4+ 5. Kxe4 d5+
6. Kxd5 Bc6+ 7. Kxc6 Kg7 8. Kxb7 Kf6 9. Kxa8 Ke5
10. Kxa7 Kd4 11. Kxa6 Kc3 12. Kxb5 Kb2 13. Kxc4 Ka1 14. Kxb3 a2 15. Kc2

Originally posted by @ragwort
You keep moving things to e5 when there is a pawn there! I've replaced your first move but it fails on your Ke5 in this position.


[pgn]
[FEN "r3b2k/bn1p4/p7/1p2p3/2p5/pp6/1qn2pr1/7K b - - 0 1"]
1. ... Qb1 2. Kxg2 Nd4 3. Kxf2 Nf3+ 4. Kxf3 Qe4+ 5. Kxe4 d5+ 6. Kxd5 Bc6+ 7. Kxc6 Kg7 8. Kxb7 Kf6 9. Kxa8 Ke5 10. Kxa7 Kd4 11. Kxa6 Kc3 12. Kxb5 Kb2 13. Kxc4 Ka1 14. Kxb3 a2 15. Kc2 [/pgn]

That looks good.

I've been trying to smother the Black King with pieces.

doh! I was solving the wrong problem - I set it up without a black pawn on e5. I'll try again. I'm 100% sure about the moves from 5. ... d5+, it's just a case of getting the king to d4 by taking a piece every move. I think it actually looks easier with the pawn on e5 as Black will have e4+ at some stage.

Originally posted by @mynameisklint
[pgn]
[FEN "r3b2k/bn1p4/p7/1p2p3/2p5/pp6/1qn2pr1/7K b - - 0 1"]
1. ... f1=R+ 2. Kxg2 Rf3 3. Kxf3 e4+ 4. Kxe4 Qe5+ 5. Kxe5 d5 6. Kxd5 Bc6+ 7. Kxc6 Kg7 8. Kxb7 Kf6 9. Kxa8 Ke5 10. Kxa7 Kd4 11. Kxa6 Kc3 12. Kxb5 Kb2 13. Kxc4 Ka1 14. Kxb3 a2 15. Kxc2 [/pgn]

Good one.

I guess the composer was Radovan Tomašević, who seems to have often had a collaborator called Miloš Tomašević until the latter's death in 2002. They seem too close in age to have been father and son (born in 1941 and 1928 respectively) - were they brothers?

One of his two games on chessgames.com looks like a composition itself!
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1278691

And the other one is great fun:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1224938