A simple king entombing was created by the Austrian chess master, theoretician and writer, Johann Berger, for his important work on endgames, "Theorie un Praxis der Endspiele," published in 1890.
1.f4!
[1.h4?
gxh4
2.f4
Kc7
3.f5
Kd7!
black wins.; 1.Kg3?
a5
black wins.]
1...Kc7!
[1...gxf4?
2.h4
white wins; 1...a5?
2.h4!
gxh4
(2...a4
3.h5
gxh5
4.fxg5
white wins) 3.f5
gxf5
4.g5+-
]
2.fxg5!
[2.f5?
Kd7
; 2.h4?
Kd7
]
2...a5
3.Kg3
[3.h4?
Kd7
4.h5
Ke7
]
3...a4
4.Kh4
a3
5.g3
a2
Stalemate. 1/2-1/2