(1) Etude Mitrofanov
Leningrad, 1967

Diagram

1.b6+ Ka8 [1...Kb8 2.g7 Nc4+ 3.Kb5 Nxb6 4.Kxb6 Bc7+ 5.Kc6 Ka7 6.g8Q+- ]

2.g7 [2.b7+ Ka7 3.g7 h1Q 4.g8Q Bc7+-+ ]

2...h1Q 3.g8Q+ Bb8 4.a7 Nc6+ [4...Nd7 5.Qe6+- ]

5.dxc6 Qxh5+ Diagram Where can the white king find a safe ome? [5...Qh2 6.axb8Q+ Qxb8 7.b7+ Ka7 8.Qg1# ]

6.Qg5!! Mitrofanov's Deflection.

6...Qxg5+ Bringing the Black king to a dark square

7.Ka6 And now there are no checks, and the powerful threat of b7#

7...Bxa7 8.c7!! threatening, rather than playing, b7... now mate! [8.b7+ Kb8-+ ]

8...Qa5+ 9.Kxa5 Bxb6+ 10.Kxb6 White mates with c8(Q) next move *