I don't get the stalemating threats by queening...

One of my favorites, but as you say, very contrived.

Thanks for posting a namesake study - well chosen!

I solved it, but I made one error, it's truly unique and one that you may never see in actual play.

i solve it withen 5 min .eazy . thank u need more .

I made a 1 or 2 errors, and missed the winning move. I also missed the stalemate trap. Generally I saw the right moves though.

i swear  i solved it,but  with a single error ( i played Bh2 instead of f4 to distract the bishop from the diagonal),and didn't even cheated :D. i completly understood the idea of the pattern and all the move , here s the ideas : 1 Ne4+! in order to move the N to b3 to prevent black pawn from Queening 4 f4! to distract the bishop , but the bishop will always keep the diagonal.. 5 e8 N! the only move to minimize the avaible squares for the black bishop.. 6 f5!! a tricky idea to block the bishop's check ,so, black play Be5! to keep the pressure on the diagonal ,7Bh2!! the perfect move to gain 2 tempo to distract the B again ,8 b7! again to distract the bishop( wich is the main idea of the whole puzzle!!!)and to win a tempo 9 Bb8!! if B8 =Q?? (see scarjo's note!) 10 Nc7!! winning a tempo again ! 11e7! goin to Que...no! to "rooking"!in order to private square e5 from the Bishop,12 e8=R!! (Queening will always lead to stalemate)! 13 Re6! (to support the f pawn !

Shit!i m too happy now!!!

crazy

wow!

incredible!!  I wound't have gotten it in a month of trying.