Editorial
by Miles Patterson
Welcome to the June 2025 ACF Newsletter. Thanks for all the contributions for this issue. Please note the ACF notices for international events, especially the imminent deadlines for some events.
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ACF Notices
COMING INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
Please address registrations of interest and other inquiries concerning the following forthcoming events to selections_director@auschess.org.au and phone 0499 996 559 or 0409 525 963 if not acknowledged within 48 hours. Copies of inquiries relating to events limited to Junior, Youth, Cadet or other under-age categories must also be sent to juniors_coordinator@auschess.org.au
To enable time for local selection procedures and related purposes, ACF application deadlines can be significantly earlier than deadlines indicated in organisers’ published regulations.
Goa Purple 24th World IPCA [disabled] Individual Championship
Dona Paula, Goa, India. July 21 to 31. Time controls: Separate tournaments at Standard, Rapid and Blitz rates. Eligibility: Email inquiries: info@ipcachess.org Links: Regulations & Info ACF Deadline: June 15
FIDE World Cadets – Age groups Under-8, Under-10, Under-12
Almaty, Kazakhstan. September 18 to October 1. Time control standard. Eligibility: Birth years (or later): Under-8 2017; Under-10 2015; Under-12 2013. Links: FIDE Calendar Invitation & Regulations Website (intended) Application Form . ACF Deadline: 16 June 2025
World Schools Teams Championship
Episcopal High School, Washington, D.C. USA. August 2 to 7. Time controls 45 mins +10 secs per move. Eligibility Players born between 2008 and 2017. Links: Chessnews.Info FIDE Calendar Invitation . ACF Deadline June 18
Asian Amateur Championship
Kowloon, Hong Kong, August 1 to 9. Time control: Standard. Eligibility: FIDE ID. Maximum rating groups: <2300, <2000, <1700. Links: Info Map Payments: Direct to Organiser by 1 July
ASEAN Individual Championship
Bandung, Indonesia. August 5 to 15. Links: FIDE Calendar . ACF Deadline July 5 (tentative)
FIDE World Youth Championships – Age groups Under-14, Under-16, Under-18
Dures, Albania. October 3 to 16. Time control standard. Eligibility: Birth years (or later): Under-14 2011; Under-16 2009; Under-18 2007. Links: Albania Regulations Application Form . Amended ACF Deadline 16 July 2025 (previously 2 August 2025).
FIDE World Seniors Championships
Gallipoli, Italy, October 20 to November 2. Time control: Standard. Eligibility: Seniors>50 born 1975 (or earlier); Seniors>65 born 1960 (or earlier). Links: Host Organiser’s Regulations Event Information Deadline: 15 August 2025
Asian Schools Chess Championship 2025
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. October 24 to November 2. Time control: Standard. Eligibility: refer Regulations when available. Links: FIDE Calendar . ACF Deadline: TBA
FIDE RATING SUBMISSIONS
Note that events for FIDE ratings that are completed in the last seven days of the month need to be submitted to ACF FIDE Ratings Officer Bill Gletsos for ratings immediately so that any issues with them can be resolved in time for events to be rated in that month. Also note that intended changes of names or dates of FIDE-rated events need to be notified immediately as they may affect the event's rating status. Note also that all FIDE rated events must be submitted for ACF ratings – no exceptions.
FIDE RATED EVENT REGISTRATION
Australian tournaments to be FIDE rated must be advised to the ACF FIDE Ratings Officer at least 40 days prior to the start of the tournament for tournaments where norms are available and at least 7 days prior to the start of the tournament for all other tournaments. Where these conditions are not met, the decision whether to register it or not is solely at the discretion of the ACF FIDE Ratings Officer.
FIDE ID NUMBER REGISTRATION
FIDE has issued a warning that they will not accept tournaments for FIDE rating where those tournaments contain players who do not have FIDE ID numbers. Although new Australian players can be registered by the ACF FIDE Ratings Officer, this does not apply to new players from overseas. Therefore, organisers should not immediately accept the entries of overseas players who lack FIDE ID numbers to FIDE rated tournaments; instead, those players should be required to first obtain a FIDE ID from their own national federation.
Tournaments submitted that include foreign players who do not have ID numbers end up not being FIDE rated. Organisers need to confirm prior to the start of the tournament that all players without a FIDE ID number are either Australian citizens or have a permanent residency visa.
Players without ID numbers should only be submitted as Australian if they are citizens or are a permanent residency visa holder; if a player is registered under the wrong country, they may incur transfer costs later. For further information/clarification contact the ACF FIDE Ratings Officer Bill Gletsos via fide_ratings@auschess.org.au.
AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVE INTERNATIONAL JUNIORS CHESS TOURNAMENTS
Any inquiries can be sent to ACF Juniors Coordinator, Mr Hui Lam Teh tehhuilam@gmail.com, with cc to ACF Selections Director Tom Saltmarsh selections_director@auschess.org.au.
ACF FUNDING SUPPORT PROGRAM
The application deadline for activities commencing between 1 September 2025 and 28 February 2026 is 30 June 2025. Application forms and related information are available on request to executive@auschess.org.au.
News from the States / Territories
Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory Chess Association (ACTCA)
Recent Events
2025 ACT Chess Championship
Willis Lo is the 2025 ACT Chess Champion, winning this year’s event with 6/7. In round 6 he defeated Masaki Horikawa before a 3-move draw in round 7 secured outright 1st. The win is the second title for Lo, after sharing the title in 2019. In 2nd place were CM Hui Li, CM Terrance Tang and FM Michael Kethro. on 5.5.
The 7-round event attracted a field of 56 players and saw exciting chess across the long weekend. Although the top 4 seeds occupied the top 4 places, most games saw them face strong resistance from lower rated opponents. Apart from the top places, the Under 1800 prize was shared between Tim Pearce, Matt Radisich and Leo Kuncoro, the Under 1650 prize was split between father and son duo of Lohit and Sanat Hegde, while Zhishuo Hunag won the prize for best FIDE unrated. (Shaun Press, chessexpress)
Upcoming Events
2026 Australian Junior Chess Championship
17-25 January, St Edmund's College, Canberra. More information here
Street Chess
Every Saturday. From 10.45 to 2.30. King O’Malley’s in Civic.
More information here and results/photos here
New South Wales
New South Wales Chess Association Inc (NSWCA)
George Winter 1943-2025
Roland Winter would like to let the chess community know that his father, George Winter, passed away on 13 May in Broken Hill, after a short illness. Chess was his life.
George was very active on the weekend circuit around 20 to 25 years ago and won a lot of rating prizes and sections. He was particularly good at rook and pawn endings, collecting a lot of points by outplaying his opponents in such positions. He was a regular player at Newcastle and Sydney events, as well as Doeberl and others. He was also a Scrabble champion.
His old friend John Curtis prepared this tribute for George: Youtube link
Recent Events
2025 NSW Open
Open: =1st GM Jacek Stopa and IM George Xie 6/7, =3rd Ethan Chang, Taifeng (Matt) Lyu (U2000), Seth Peramunetilleke and Daniel Wang (U2000) 5.5. 98 players.
Under 1600: 1st Kamal Jain 6.5/7, 2nd Steven Hemsley 6, 3rd Isaac Huang 5.5,
=4th Nick Beare, Souymik Burman Ray, Paul Jovanovski, Emmet Murphy, Trent Parker and Mark Patterson 5. 76 players.
Upcoming Events
2025 Gosford Winter Rapid Open
Saturday, June 28th, 2025. Central Coast Leagues Club, Dane Drive Gosford.
More information here and entries here
2025 New England Open
13-14 September. Armidale Ex-Services Memorial Club AKA Servies, 137 Dumaresq St, Armidale. More information here
Northern Territory
Northern Territory Chess Association
Recent Events
Darwin Social Chess Club ACF Rapid Rating Tournament
15 people competed in Darwin's first Australian Chess Federation Rapid Tournament. Congratulations to FM Chris Depasquale on a perfect 9/9 performance. Congratulations also to Ricardo Atanacio in 2nd place on 7 and to Brodie Driscoll-Court and Rajeev Thayil or sharing 3rd place on 6.
Queensland
Chess Association of Queensland
Recent Events
2025 Wendy Terry Memorial
1st= CM Terrence Tang, FM Jayden Ooi, 5/6. 51 players
Churchie International
9 round:
1st: GM Zong Yuan Zhao, 2nd: IM Anish Vivekananthan, 3rd: GM Jacek Stopa, 4th: IM Alexej Khamatgaleev, 5th: FM Jack Rodgers.
Rating Group A 1st: Milaan Sohal, Rating Group B 1st: Joshua Liu
7 round:
1st: FM Jayden Ooi, 2nd: CM Joel Leong,3rd: Marc Calonge Fabregat, 4th: Ahmad Abdullah, 5th: Austin Chen.
Rating Group A: Theo Yevdokimov, Rating Group B: Clarissa Liu
Bundaberg Open
Congratulations to Ben Leong for convincingly winning the event with 5.5/6! Ben has now won the Bundaberg Open two years in a row. It was great to see the Bundaberg Chess Club champion Kevin Casey take out 2nd place all by himself on 5/5 - well done Kevin. Young 10-year-old Atash Iddon is a player to watch - he drew with Joel Leong in R1 and crushed Mark C Stokes like a bug in R4 - and it was Mark's birthday too! Martin did a top job as arbiter once again and the Bundaberg Chess Club Committee deserve a big round of applause for putting on such a friendly yet very competitive event - Thanks a million Martin, Phil, Peter, John and Elizabeth. (Mark Stokes, Chess Chat)
Upcoming Events
Queensland Junior Chess Championships 2025
Gardiner Chess will be presenting the Queensland Junior Chess Championships 2025, running from July 1st to 4th at Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie) in the Centenary Library. More information here
2025 Gold Coast Open
10-14 July. Broadbeach Cultural Centre, next to the Pacific Fair Shopping Centre. Premier, Major and Minor divisions, with a total of $12,500.00 in prize money. Tournament website
2025 Christmas Special
13-14 December, Grace Lutheran College, Buchanan St, Rothwell. Enquiries: Text / phone / email Gail YOUNG on 0411 704 815 / qwclqwcl@gmail.com
South Australia
South Australian Chess Association Inc (SACA)
Recent Events
1st Edgar Mdinaradze, 8/10, 2nd Tom Cruse, 6.5, 3rd Raghavendran Kasinathan, 5.5. 10 players
May Allegro #1 2025 Results
1st Edgar Mdinaradze, 5/5, 2nd Tom Cruse, 4. 10 players
May Blitz #1 2025 Results
1st Edgar Mdinaradze, 9.5/11, =2nd Einar Oskarsson & Aaron Perkins, 8. 10 players
May Allegro #2 2025 Result
1st Tom Cruse, 4.5/5, 2nd Edgar Mdinaradze, 4, 3rd James Bayliss, 3.5. 10 players
Upcoming Events
Tue 15 Jul, 7pm, Interclub Teams Allegro
Thu 19 Jun, 7pm, June Blitz
Thu 26 Jun, 7pm, June Allegro #2
Thursdays 3 & 10 Jul, 7pm, Winter Rapid
Fri 11 - Sun 13 Jul, The Checkmate FIDE Open
Sat 12 - Sun 13 Jul, The Checkmate FIDE Challangers
Wed 16 - Fri 18 Jul, State Under 18 - U12 Championships & July Junior
St Peter's Junior School
Thu 17 Jul, 7pm, July Blitz
Sun 20 Jul, 1pm, The Mdinaradze Mega Bleetz
Tuesdays 22 Jul - 16 Sep, 7pm, City of Adelaide Championship
Thu 24 Jul, 7pm, July Allegro
Thu 31 Jul, 7pm, July Chess 960
Tasmania
Tasmanian Chess Association Inc (TCA)
Recent Events
2025 Tasmanian Open
1st Will Rumley, 5.5/6, 2nd Ian Rout, 5, 3rd Kevin Bonham, 4.5. 33 players
Womens' Prize Anya Song, Seniors' Prize Adrian Flitney
Junior prize: Esteban Prieto/Samuel Cassidy/Jethro Sih
U1400 prize*: Samuel Cassidy/Jethro Sih?Hayden Shaw
U1100 prize: Yien Zheng
Upcoming Events
Huon Chess Festival, Huon Valley, 5 November 2025. Detail to come.
Victoria
Recent Events
Western Juniors Rapid Championship 2025
2025 Victorian Inter University Rapid and Blitz Championship
Rapid: 1st Monash A, 2nd Monash B, 3rd Deakin. Eight teams
Blitz: 1st Ryuan Zheng 10/11, 2nd Nathan Kong 8, 3rd= CM James Hartley, Ruthvik Ramikrishna 7.5. 28 players
2025 Victorian Open
Open: 1st - IM James Morris (6.5/7), =2nd - Tedric Li, IM David Cannon (6/7),
=4th - Arthur Gao, Rheyansh Annapureddy, FM Kai Jie Soo (5.5/7) - $100 each
Rating Group 1: 1st - Tass Coracas (5.5/7), 2nd - Daniel Solomontchik (5/7)
Rating Group 2: =1st - Hirday Bajaj, Jared Teah (5/7)
Rating Group 3: =1st - Arjun Ashok, Roland Brockman (4/7)
=1st (and =1st best female): Luna Scenna, Olivia Song (4/7)
Rating Group 4: =1st - Jun De Alexander Tan, Samuel Zhang, Aiden Fan (4/7)
Unrated Group: =1st - Matthew Byrden, Wenzhi Chen, Lin Yi Nathan Cheng (3/7)
Best Senior: 1st - IM Igor Goldenberg (5/7)
Best Female: =1st - Ingrid Le, WIM Narelle Szuveges (4/7) - $75 each
Upcoming Events
2025 Victorian Junior Chess Championship
17–20 July 2025, Bacchus Marsh Grammar – Woodlea Campus, More information here
Western Australia
Chess Association of Western Australia Inc (CAWA)
Recent Events
Bunbury Chess Open
The Bunbury Open was a huge success! We had 22 players from Perth and the Southwest compete over two days of classical chess. Congratulations to our new Bunbury Open Champion Alice O’Gorman with an undefeated 5.5/6! Simply too good!
Also well done to Michael Gunawan taking 2nd place in his first tournament with 4.5/6! It was also an honour to have 3x WA State champion David Ellis come down and play! Aidan Malik won the David vs Goliath prize in round 1 overcoming a 541 rating difference! (CAWA Newsletter)
WA Chess Championships
1st & 2025 WA Chess Champion: IM Patrick Gong (7.0/7), 2nd: Saminda De Vas (5.5/7), =3rd: Oscar Gao and Andras Szijarto (Hungary) (5.0/7).
=1st Women: WFM Kathryn Hardegen (4.0/7). =1st Women, =1st U1800 & =1st U1600: Leah Li Ya Tan (Singapore) (4.0/7) 2025 WA Seniors' Chess Champion: Derek Roebuck (3.5/7).
2025 WA Reserves Chess Champion: (Under 2000 ACF) - To be determined by playoff between Drew Brand & Nimesh Shamalka (4.5/7). =3rd Reserves: Yonal De Vas (4.0/7)
=1st U1800 & =1st U1600: Ricky Huang & Jaswanth Ram Sethuraman (4.0/7).
1st U1400, =1st U1800 & =1st U1600: Aidan Malik (Indonesia) (4.0/7).
=2nd U1600: Kobe Wu (3.5/7). =2nd U1600 & =2nd U1400: Akash Ashok and Quang Minh Le (3.5/7).
Upcoming Events
2025 Western Australian Junior Chess Championship
7-10 July, Gibney Hall, Trinity College, 2 Trinity Ave, East Perth WA 6004
New Zealand
New Zealand Chess News (newzealandchess.nz)
Recent Events
10-11, 17-18 May Auckland Double Weekends May 2025
1st: FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang
16-18 May Arie Nijman Memorial 2025
1st: CM Justin Zhide Wang
24-25 May Auckland A-Grade Interclubs 2025
1st team: Auckland Chess Centre.
Board 1: FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang
Board 2: FM Daqi Mao
Board 3: CM Cohen Young
Board 4: Ilias Angelo (Leo) Baker31 May Kapiti Rapid Tournament 2025
1st equal: IM Anthony F Ker 1st equal: FM Ollie Archer
31 May - 2 June Trusts Open 2025
1st A Grade: FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang 1st B Grade: Richard Jingjie Liu 1st C Grade: Senuk Rathayake 1st Junior Grade: Jayden Hsu
Upcoming Events
14-15 June Auckland B-Grade Interclubs 2025
20-22 June Peter Stuart Memorial 2025
21 June Upper Hutt Rapid 2025
28 June Auckland Blitz Interclubs 2025
29 June Auckland Junior Interclubs 2025
4-7 July North Island Championship 2025
6 July I Love Chess Rapid July 2025
12-13, 19-20 July Auckland Double Weekends July 2025
16-17, 23-24 August Auckland Double Weekends August 2025
6-7, 13-14 September Auckland Double Weekends September 2025
24-27 September South Island Championships 2025
27 September I Love Chess Rapid September 2025
28 September South Island Rapid 2025
25-27 October Merv Morrison Memorial 2025
16 November I Love Chess Rapid November 2025
22 November NZ Fischer-Random Championship 2025
International News
Recent Events
Upcoming Events
Asian Juniors & Girls Chess Championship Colombo, Sri Lanka 18-27 Jul 25 Asian Amateur Chess Championship 2025 Hong Kong, China 01-09 Aug-25 Asian Nations Cup 2025 Abu Dhabi, UAE 5-14 Aug 25 Asian Schools Chess Championship 2025 UlaanBaatar, Mongolia 15-25 Aug-25 Asian Cities Chess Team Championship Salalah, Oman Aug 2025 Asian Seniors 50+ and 65+ Chess Ch 2025 Erbil or Sulaymaniyah, Iraq 08-16 Sep 25 Asian Youth Chess Championship 2025 Bangkok, Thailand 20-30 Nov-25
Check details via the FIDE Chess Calendar
23rd ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championships
1-11 July 2025, Penang, Malaysia. Direct Titles now approved by FIDE Council and available for medal winners (gold, silver, bronze) in each age group. Links to Announcement and PDF of Regulations with table of direct titles available.
Blue Chevaliers International Open
13-19 July 2025, Novotel Phuket Resort, Phuket, Thailand
Tournament Flyer with Regulations and Registration Details.pdf
Chess Kangaroo School
By IM Leonid Sandler
For more than two months along with other coaches I had the pleasure to work with female chess players who are beginners from some small developing chess federations.
The programme was called the Queen's Gambit Challenge and organised by FIDE Commission for Women's Chess. This dynamic training program is designed to support developing chess federations by increasing female participation and encouraging new federations to compete in the next Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan.
This virtual initiative aims to close the gender gap in competitive chess by providing a structured, supportive, and educational platform for beginner-level female players. The program consists of three stages, each covering essential chess fundamentals, advanced strategies, and mental preparation for tournament play.
Many memorable moments arise from the lessons and my favourite was a video of my student who finally beat her dad! I was very proud of her!
All students were very keen to analyse their games and regularly sent me materials to have a look.
Here are some quotes from my students.
"Thank you. I am just learning the game. The class has helped me."
"I want to especially thank you for your great coaching. I got to understand how to play better and improve my tactics.♟️👏💕”
"Thank you Leonid for taking your time and giving great tips."
I was very pleased to receive the attached certificate along with kind words from the Project Coordinator Tris-Ann Richards .
Please see the highlights below.
Dear Leonid,
I extend my deepest gratitude for your outstanding commitment, expertise, and passion throughout this initiative. Your contribution has been instrumental in making this program not only a success but a truly transformative experience for everyone involved.
The impact of your work goes beyond the chessboard. You've helped shape lives, opened minds, and created lasting memories. We could not have achieved this without you.
Thank you once again for being an essential part of this journey.
We look forward to working with you on future initiatives as we continue to grow the game and its life-changing potential.
With keen interest I will be following the progress of my students in the future.
Study of the Month
White to play and draw
Solution at the end of the newsletter.
Book Review
By IM Gary Lane
The Golden Age of Chess
1851-1886 by Robert Johnson, 540 pages. Height 30.5 cm x Width 21.5 cm x 3.5 cm thick
A glorious insight to an era when games were won with amazing sacrifices, defence was weak, and attacks were spectacular.
It is fair to say that the Australian author has self-published one hundred and twenty impressive looking hefty books as each one weighs over 2kg. If you know his previous work on Adolf Anderssen then you can expect similarly high-level publishing standards.
The basic aim is to present 110 entertaining games spanning the era from the London Internation in 1851 to the first World Championship match in 1886, there are also another ten Steinitz games after he became Champion.
It is worth pointing out that the notes to the games are taken from sources around the time the game was actually played. Therefore, often openings have odd looking comments associated with them because those lines have rapidly improved over the years. Indeed, Johnson has not turned on any computer software to see when the old masters went wrong which is probably a good idea, otherwise there would be too many notes.
I particularly like that there are plenty of diagrams at the critical moment so you can just about follow the game even without a board. Although the old master names might be recognised by some, such as Blackburne, Schallop and Zukertort, the best bit is that there are numerous black & white photos to bring these people to life, which I think really adds to the enjoyment of the games.
The perfect chess coffee table book.
Looking Back
The Australasian Computer Chess Championship
In July 1998, the first Australasian National Computer Chess Championship, (NC3) was held as part of the ANU Chess Festival. Previous events had involved humans vs commercial chess computers/programs, but apparently humans were put off by the increasing strength of the machines, so the event was changed to computer programs (non-commercial) only.
Held online, the event was organised by Shaun Press annually until 2006 (missing 2002), starting with eight entries, dropping to four in 2001, but with more than ten in 2003-6. The 1998 competition had seven Australian entries and one from New Zealand, and ended in a three-way tie for first between Lambchop (Peter McKenzie, NZ), Knightcap (Andrew Tridgell) and Wimpknight (Jon Baxter).
Acknowledgements to Shaun Press (in Australian Chess Forum) and Australasian National Computer Chess Championship - Chessprogramming wiki
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For details and links of NSW chess clubs, see: NSW Chess Association (nswca.org.au) chess clubs
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ACF COUNCIL
State Association Delegates
NSWCA Delegate: Richard Gastineau-Hills nswcouncillor@auschess.org.au
CV Delegate: Dr Peter Clark Clarkpeter1@bigpond.com
CAQ Delegate: Michael D’Arcy michaeldarc@gmail.com.au
SACA Delegate: Misheck Muza sacouncillor@auschess.org.au
TCA Delegate: Tom Saltmarsh tascouncillor@auschess.org.au
ACTCA Delegate: Cam Cunningham actcouncillor@auschess.org.au
CAWA Delegate: Tim Hare wacounsellor@auschess.org.au
NTCA Delegate: Chris Depasquale agechess@ozemail.com.au
Executive Committee
President: Gary Wastell president@auschess.org.au
Deputy President: Bill Gletsos deputy president@auschess.org.au
Vice-President: Kevin Bonham vice president1@auschess.org.au
Vice-President: Andrew Hardegen vice president2@auschess.org.au
Secretary: Rob Watson secretary@auschess.org.au
Treasurer: Bob Keast treasurer@auschess.org.au
COUNCIL-APPOINTED PERSONNEL
Arbiter Training Director: Peter Tsai chess@t-s-a-i.com
Archives Director: Mahesh Kulkarni sellaus14@gmail.com
Assistant Secretary: Mahesh Kulkarni sellaus14@gmail.com
Assistant Treasurer: Bill Gletsos asst treasurer@auschess.org.au
Auditor: Ross Hamilton auditor@auschess.org.au
Equipment Coordinator: Bob Keast equipment officer@auschess.org.au
FIDE Delegate & Admin Officer: Dr. Kevin Bonham fide delegate@auschess.org.au
FIDE Ratings Officer: Bill Gletsos fide ratings@auschess.org.au
Government Relations Director: Kuanysh Batyrbekov Kuanysh.Batyrbekov@anz.com
International Ambassador: Anastasia Sorokina sorokinachess@gmail.com
Juniors Coordinator: Hui Lam Teh juniors_coordinator@auschess.org.au
Medals & Awards Convenor: Gary Wastell awards@auschess.org.au
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Solution to Study of the Month
White to play and draw
Solution:
1 Ng1 Ne3+ 2 Kh3 Nf4+ (not 2…e1(N) 3 Nf3+ Nxf3 stalemate) 3 Kh2 Ng4+ 4 Kh1 Nf2+ 5 Kh2 e1(N) 6 Nf3+ (if 6 Kg3 then 6…Ke3 and Black will eventually mate.) Nxf3+ 7 Kg3 and 7…Ke3 stalemate.
(Alexander Herbstmann & Leonid Kubbel, 1937)
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