Thematic try:
1. Lxb2? (2. Lxd4+) Txb2! Lxb2?
2. Sh7+! Sf5 3. Sxd3+ Ke6 4. Sf4+ Ke5 5. d4+ Lxd4#;
2. - Ke6 3. Dg4+ Sf5 4. Lxf/d5+ Ke5 5. Dd4+ Lxd4#

Thematic temptations: 
1. Sd1?,Sh1? flight as to e4 (2. Sxh3+! Ke6 3. Th6+ Ke5
4. Dh5+ Kxe4 5. Te6+ Sxe6#) bxc6!

Solution:

1. Lh7! thr. (2. Se4+ Ke6 3. Th6+ Ke5 4. Dg3+! hxg3
5. Sxd3+ Sxd3#) S~, flight 2. Lxd4+
1. - bxc6 (3. - Kd7!)
2. Lxb2! (3. Lxd4+ Lxd4#) Rb7?,b8? ~xb2
3. Df6+!! Kxf6
4. Sg4+ Kg7
5. Se6+! Sxe6#
6. Kd5??
3. De4+? Kf6...6. Dxe6(!)

Knüpfung des verhüllten Schlussmattnetzes und stille Mattstein-Entfesselung öffnen zweckrein die Pforten für einen eruptiv sprühenden Kehraus. Fluchtspezifisches Opferspiel der wD in der vollzügigen Auftaktdrohung und im ökonomischen Finale.
Probe, Verführungen und virtuelles Spiel eingerechnet, wird Selbstmatt durch sechs weiße Figuren erzeugt:
D, Th5, Lc3, Sf2, Sg5 und Bd2!

Einfach grandios! (Erik Zierke)

An epic struggle of both sides with depth & surprises, but with a crystal - clear logical structure. Can the deadly battery be forced to fire? No! But White can strongly threaten at d4, as the try 1.L×b2? shows, when three different white pieces enforce the bishop’s mate. The knight tries create new powerful full - length threats, and it is challenging to find the refutation. The best selfmate move of the tournament! 1. – b×c6!, refutes – a move that carries the „trademark Camillo Gamnitzer“. The purpose of this move is deeply hidden, it provides a „distant flightsquare “ of the black king at d7: 2. – Ke6 3.Th6+ Kd7! Black seems to be afloat again. (Such strength of Black is what makes a selfmate a corus-cating gemstone!) Believe it or not – my first thought when I studied 14502 was whether the mate S×d3 can be threatened which initially is prevented by the bishop and the queen. The splendid key 1.Lh7! allows the white knight to interfere on e4. Then we only need to sacrifice the queen, and S×d3 becomes true. Bad news, however: 2.Sge4+ enforces 2. – Ke6, so we may suspect that again 1. – b×c6! is a strong defence, and it is!
Hold on! This is a moment when it is perspicuous to give way to despair! But keep on: 1. – b×c6 has a weakness that is even much more hidden than its strength that seems to save Black. Almost impossible to discover it, so how does a composer find it? The move guards the flight d5 of the white king! This is preposterous! This square does not have to be guarded because it always has been (and will be) guarded by the black king. Now look at the solution and see the composer’s imagination! The black king can be driven far away, and after its Journey to the Moon (through which White reimplemented the originally planned L×b2, and splendidly sacrificed the queen), S×e6 mates without support of the king! Look at the white pieces’ activities in the position after 5.Se6+: Each of them is active and necessary. Such are the dreams of what makes a good selfmate: Strong and hidden play and counterplay of both sides, outstanding exploration of all pieces, resources, full usage of the white material. The dream came true! 

(Preisrichter Hans Gruber)