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Subject: Re: Nice end-game problem : Solution

Author: blass uri

Date: 02:13:12 04/27/99

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On April 26, 1999 at 23:48:50, Igor Syry wrote:


>1 Bf8+ Kh7 2 Rg7+ Kh8 3 Be7!! (i) Qe1 4 Bf6 (ii) Qxe2+! (iii) 5 Kh1!! (iv) Qe6!
>(v) 6 Bd4 (vi) Qc4! 7 Ba1 h4 8 Bf6 Qe6 9 Bd4 Qc4 10 Ba1 h3 11 Bf6 Qe6 12 Bd4 Qc4
>13 Ba1 h2 14 Bf6 Qe6 15 Bd4 Qc4 16 Ba1 (vii)

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>(iii) An attempt at active play. Not so good is 4...Qc1 5 Kh2! Qc2 6 Kh1! Qc4 7
>e4! and Black, in zugzwang, must lose the Queen.

It is better than the original solution because black is in zugzwang only at
move 18 after 7.e4 Qe6 8.Bd4 Qc4 9.Ba1 h4 10.Bf6 Qe6 11.Bd4 Qc4 12.Ba1 h3 13.Bf6
Qe6 14.Bd4 Qc4 15.Ba1 h2
16.Bf6 Qe6 17.Bd4 Qc4 18.Ba1

In the original solution black is in zugzwang at move 16

Uri






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