Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes
Date: 12:10:01 12/11/00
Washington de Oliveira - Vera Menchik , Montevideo 1939
[D]rn1k1r2/1Rpb2RQ/p3p3/3pPp2/3P4/1KPB4/5q2/8 w
The goal here is to find the move 1.Bb5!!,that leads to mate.
a)1...axb5 2.Rxb8+ Rxb8 3.Rxd7+
b)1...Bxb5 2.Rgxc7 Bc4+ 3.Rxc4 dxc4 4.Ka3
c)1...Kc8 2.Bxd7+ Kxb7 3.Bc6+
In the game White played 1.Ka3 and lost quickly.
By the way, Washington de Oliveira(1916-1976)was a Brazilian
national master,he helped organize the 1973 Petrópolis interzonal. JAFM
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