Chess Puzzle 23

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Chess Puzzle 23: White to move and draw.
White to move and draw       [The Answer at the bottom]
* The Puzzle Hints
The Composition idea is the same as in Puzzle 20. Just a few moves by the White knight will be enough... The Black is not able to do anything to prevent the draw by stalemate...


* The Puzzle Data
1. Author: A. Lifanov.
2. Year:    2002.




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# Note: The next line below is the Puzzle Answer #





* The Puzzle Answer
1. Nd5      h3
  { The Black pawn has to move on... }
  { otherwise it will be taken by the knight. }
2. Nf4       h2
3. Nh5      h1=Q
  { Draw by stalemate. }





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