Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 11:37:07 03/15/01
[D]1R6/p3k1p1/7p/2b1pP2/P1r3P1/B7/7P/7K w - - 0 1 Pitschak-Foerder, Breslau 1930 In this position white chose the timid but comfortable continuation 1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ and in the end the result was a draw. In chess, time is money and white could cash in by gaining a vital tempo. Maybe Herrn Pitschak was a victim of too much linear thinking in the possible upcoming pawn ending?! Anyway, here goes! 1.Rc8! Kd6 2.Rxc5! Rxc5 3.h4! (now the time has come for the farmer boy to move) 3.-Kc6 (he must try to free himself) 4.Bxc5 Kxc5 5.g5 (I think white saw this position in his calculations but was fooled by his own eyes.) 5.-hxg5 6.f6!! (yes!!) 6.-gxf6 7.h5! wins. Test: White to move and win by the above line. Sune
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