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1.Kf3! c6 [1…Ke8 2.Ke4! c5 3.Kd5 Kd7 4.Kc4 etc. as in the main line; 1…c5 2.Ke4! etc.] 2.Kf4! c5 3.Ke4 Ke8 4.Kd5! [or 4.Kd3] 4…Kd7 [4…d3 5.Ke6 d2 6.f7#; 4…Kf7 5.Kd6 d3 6.Kd7 d2 7.e8Q+ with a win] 5.Kc4 Ke8 6.Kxc5! d3 7.Kd6 d2 8.Ke6 d1Q 9.f7 mate.
1.g4! Kd4 [1…Ra1 2.g5 Ra6+ 3.Ke7 Kd4 4.Kf8 Ke4 5.Rb5 Kf4 6.Kg7 Ra7+ 7.Kh6 Ra8 8.g6 Rh8+ 9.Kg7 Rh1 10.Kf7 Ra1 11.g7 Ra7+ 12.Kg6 Ra8 13.Kh7 Ra7 14.Kh8 with a win] 2.g5 Rg1 [2…Ra1 3.Ke7 Ke4 4.Rb5 Ra6 5.Kf8 Ra8+ 6.Kg7 Ra7+ 7.Kh6 Ra8 8.g6 wins] 3.Ke6 Ke4 Black resigned here because his King is cut off from the advancing pawn.
1.Nf6+ Kh8 [1…Kf7? 2.h7 Rg2+ 3.Ka3 Nb5+ 4.Kb3 Nd4+ 5.Kc4 with a win] 2.Re3! Rg2+ 3.Kb1 Ne6! [ In the original composition the composer overlooked this defence. The composer's solution was: 3…Rg1+? 4.Kb2 Rg2+ 5.Kc1 Rg1+ 6.Kd2 Re1 7.Rc3! Rc1! 8.Ra3 Ra1 9.Rxa1 Nb3+ 10.Kc3 Nxa1 11.Ng4 White wins] 4.Rc3 Nf8 5.Rc8 Rb2+! 6.Kc1 Rb8! 7.Rc7 Rc8! 8.Rxc8 stalemate.
1.Qa6+ [In the game Schlechter played: 1.Qa4+? and quickly lost. 1.. Kc5 2.Qa7+ Kd6! 3.Qb8+ Ke7! 4.Qe5+ Kf7 5.Qc7+ Kg8 the checks come to an end] 1…Kb3 [1…Kd5? 2.Qa8+! Kd4 3.Qd8+ Ke3 4.Qe7+ Kd3 5.Qd6+ draw] 2.Qb6+ Qb4 3.Qe3+ Qc3 4.Qe6+ Kb2 5.Qe2+ Qc2 6.Qe5+ Kb1 7.Qb5+ Kc1 8.Qg5+! Qd2 9.Qc5+ Kd1 10.Qa7! Qe1+! 11.Kh2 Qe2+ 12.Kh3 Ke1! 13.Qg7 Qf1+ 14.Kh2 Qf2+ 15.Kh3 [15.Kh1 Qe2! 16.Qc3+ Kf2 17.Qd4+ Kxg3 18.Qd6+ Kxh4 with a win] 15…Qf5+ 16.Kh2 Qc2+ White is lost because Black is able to exploit the position of the enemy King in order to promote his a-pawn.
1.Ng6+! Kh3 [1…Kg5 2.Ne4+ Kxg6 3.Nxc3 Kf6 4.Kb4 Ke5 5.Kb3 Kd4 6.Kxb2 draw] 2.Nf4+ Kh2 [2…Kh4 3.Ng6+ Kh3 4.Nf4+ draw] 3.Ng4+ Kh1 [3…Kg3 4.Ne2+ Kxg4 5.Nxc3 draw] 4.Nf2+ Kg1 [4…Kh2 5.Ng4+ Kh1 6.Nf2+ draw] 5.Ne2+ Kxf2 6.Nxc3 Ke1 7.Kb4 Kd2 8.Kb3 Kc1 9.Na2+! Kb1 10.Nb4! Ne6(f5) 11.Nd3! Nc5 12.Nc5 Ka1 13.Ka3 b1Q 14.Nb3+ Qxb3 15.Kxb3 DRAW.