From page 57 of Hendricks Move First, Think Later, Chapter 6 Pattern-like Knowledge. The following position is a good example of how we look for patterns in chess and fail to see solutions that do not fit into those. See if you can find the draw for white here, I know I certainly couldn’t. It’s white to play and save the game.
Hopefully you’ve made a genuine attempt to find the draw but here’s the solution anyway.
I think what’s tricky about that is that it looks like checkmate is in the air prima facie rather than stalemate.
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