Chess Strategy

Stalemate can be valuable rescue motif in seemingly hopeless ending. Bellow is a sample from the book “Da Te Pitam?” by IM Nikola Karaklajic. Unfortunately, this wonderful endgame collection composed of 52 tests never saw its English edition, but it was translated to French, and Russian teachers massively used Serbian version. The book was real hit in Arab world.

White to move and make a draw. Note that straightforward trade of Rook for the f-pawn will not save the game, because black King will win e4 pawn and then he takes the opposition thanks to the tempo from doubled pawn.

Try to find the right path, I will post the solution in 2-3 days.