(1) Troitzky,A - White to play and win
Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1913
[Roberto Balzan]



1.f6
[ 1.a4?? loses to 1...Kg3 ( or 1...bxa3 2.bxa3 Kg3 and mate in six) 2.a5 h5 3.a6 h4 4.a7 h3 5.a8Q h2# ; 1.Kxg2 to avoid being mated 1...Kg5 2.a4 bxa3 3.bxa3 Kf6 and Black can stop the a-pawn. 4.a4 Ke7 5.a5 Kd8 6.a6 Kc8 7.a7 Kb7 ]

1...gxf6 2.Kxg2
White has blocked the defensive route for the black king to d8-c8-b7, and also prevented the mate with the h-pawn.

2...Kg4 3.a4 bxa3 4.bxa3 Kf5 5.a4 Ke5
Now comes the second brilliant idea: to sacrifice the remaining white pawns to stop the black king, which is still in the promotion square of the a-pawn.

6.d6 cxd6
[ 6...c6 7.a5 ]

7.c6 dxc6
Now the black king cannot reach the queening square of the a-pawn in time, since it is blocked by the two black pawns on c6 and d6!

8.a5 1-0