Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 15:40:40 02/28/01
[D]8/2k4p/p1p1bp2/8/1P2PP2/4K3/7P/5B2 w - - 0 1 This is a position used by chesstrainers in Georgia (former USSR]. Got it from the horse's mouth during a combined vacation/chesstraining stay in Tbilisi a few years ago. It's from the game Eliskases-Capablanca, Semmering 1937. We have a bishop ending (same colors) with 4 pawns each. White is on the move and to conserve winning chances, he must avoid early simplification and - if possible - keep the pawns on both wings. Thus 1.Bxa6 Kb6 followed by 2.-c5 constitutes a wrong approach whereas 1.Kd4 is the right one. 1.Kd4 Kb6 [otherwise 2.Kc5] 2.Bc4 Bg4 [the pawn ending is lost] 3.e5 fxe5+ 4.fxe5 h6 5.h4 Bh5 6.e6 Be8 and black had many problems to overcome. White ultimately won the game. Test: 1. Kd4! should be chosen by your program. 1.Bxa6? draws. Sune
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