Author: Uri Blass
Date: 03:12:27 09/17/00
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On September 17, 2000 at 05:09:26, Frederic Friedel wrote: >Here's a unique chess problem -- well, I have never seen anything like it >anywhere else. > >Elkies,N - [=3002.54h5a5], >Christmas puzzle 1994 > >[D]8/1p6/1p6/kPp2P1K/2P5/N1Pp4/q2P4/1N6 w - - 0 1 >(wKh5,Na3,b1,Pb5,c3,c4,d2,f5/bKa5,Qa2,Pb6,b7,c5,d3) > >White to play and draw. > >The solution starts 1.f6 Qb3 2.f7 Qd1+ 3.Kh6!! I wonder if anyone can think of >why this move can be forced and what the point of the problem is. > >I was going to post the problem as a reply to something further below, but then >people would immediately know what it's all about (hint!). I read this position some years ago in a book about the Israeli endgame composers and I know what is the point of the order of moves. Uri
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