The theme of the given tournament was - realization of echo mates, or an echo stalemates in the main line (lines).
1.Rh6+! [try 1.Rxe3!? fxe3 2.Rh6+ Kg7! (2...Kg8? 3.Rh2! and the play leads to main thematic line) 3.Rh2 Qf4! 4.Rh1 (4.c7 Qxc7 5.Rh7+ Kxh7 6.Qxe3 Qc3+ (Qa5+) -+) 4...Qe5! 5.Kf1 e2+ 6.Kg2 d2 7.Qa7+ Kf6 8.Rh6+ Kg5-+ ] 1...Kg8 2.Rxe3! [2.Rh2? Qxc6 3.Kf1 Qc1+ -+; 2.Rg6+? Kf8-+ ] 2...fxe3 3.Rh2! Qf4! [3...Kf7 4.Rb2! d2+ 5.Rxd2 exd2+ 6.Kxd2= ] 4.c7 Qxc7 [4...Qb4+ 5.Kf1 e2+ 6.Rxe2= ] 5.Rh8+! Kxh8 [5...Kg7 6.Qxe3 Qc3+ 7.Kf1 Qa1+ 8.Kg2= ] 6.Qxe3 Qa5+ [6...Qc3+ 7.Kf1= ; main 6...Qd6 7.Qxd3! Qxd3 echo model stalemate] 7.Kd1 [7.Kf1? Qf5+ 8.Kg2 Qd5+ 9.Kxg3 d2-+ ] 7...Qa4+ 8.Ke1 [8.Kd2? Qc2+ 9.Ke1 d2+-+ ] 8...Qb4+ [8...Qa1+ 9.Kd2 Qb2+ 10.Kxd3 g2 11.Qh6+= ]
9.Kf1 Qd6 [9...d2 10.Qe5+ Kh7 (10...Kg8 11.Qxg3+= ) 11.Ke2 g2 12.Qh2+= ] 10.Qxg3! Qxg3 echo model stalemate.

"Two-edged struggle, crystal-clear an echo model stalemates!" - D.Gurgenidze

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