Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 06:51:28 03/10/01
[D]8/6p1/8/1pK2P2/p4k2/5P2/3P3P/8 w - - 0 1
Sumbatjan,K 1995
Clean cut pawn ending with 4 vs 3 pawns. But the white ones are
terribly loose. This position shows how tricky these endings
can be. It's white to move for a win.
Test: White wins. Don't know if the programs can make this one
but it sure is possible. Solution further down.
Sune
Sumbatjan,K
1995
1.f6 gxf6 [1...a3 2.f7 a2 3.f8Q+] 2.Kb4 a3 3.Kb3 [3.Kxa3? Kxf3 4.d4 Ke4 5.h4
Kxd4 6.h5 Kc3 7.Ka2 Kc2 8.Ka3 Kc3 9.h6 b4+ 10.Ka2 Kc2] 3...Kxf3 4.d4 [4.h4? Kg4]
4...Ke4 5.h4 Kd3 [5...f5 6.h5 f4 7.h6 f3 8.h7 f2 9.h8Q f1Q 10.Qe5+ Kd3 11.Qxb5+]
6.h5 [6.d5? a2 7.Kxa2 Kc2] 6...a2 7.Kxa2 Kc2 8.h6 b4 9.h7 b3+ 10.Ka3 b2 11.h8Q
b1Q 12.Qh7+ 1-0
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