Author: Joshua Lee
Date: 00:03:03 03/21/01
........ p...q.kp .p..Pnp. Position from Botvinnik-Capablanca (Rotterdam 1938). ...pQ... White won by playing 1. b2a3! d7xa3, 2. g3h5! g6xh5, 3. e5g5+ g8f8, ..pP.... 4. g5xf6+ f8g8, 5. e6e7 a6c1+, 6. g1f2 c1c2+, 7. f2g3 c2d3+, .nP...N. 8. g3h4 d3e4+, 9. h4xh5 e4e2+, 10. h5h4 e2e4+, 11. g2g4 e4e1+, .B....PP 12. h4h5 black resigns. ......K. r..q.rk. pp..ppbp White's best is 1. d4d5! g7xa1, 2. d1xa1 ....b.p. and white gets 2Bs, attack on black sqs near black's K, tempos, and n....... a pawn majority in the center; he attacks, may sac the exchange ...PP... [instead of d5xe6] for more tempos and get away with it, as done in ...BBP.. EMG1 p 40 (Bronstein-Boleslavsky 1950; white won.) P...N.PP R..Q.RK. ........ White moves and wins optimally in 27 by 1. Rh4. ........ (Clarke 2 [Advances in Computer Chess 2] p 74.) Main line is: ........ 1. Rh4 Ne5, 2. Re4 Nf7, 3. Rb4+ Ka2, 4. Kc2 Ka3, 5. Kc3 Nd6, ........ 6. Rb6 Ne4+, 7. Kd3 Nf2, 8. Kc4 Nd1, 9. Rb3+ Ka4, 10. Rf3 Nb2+, ......n. 11. Kc3 Ka3, 12. Rg3 Na4+, 13. Kc4 Ka2, 14. Kb4 Nb2, 15. Rg4 Nd3+, ........ 16. Kc3 Nc5, 17. Rc4 Ne6, 18. Ra4+ Kb1, 19. Ra5 Ng7, 20. Re5 Ka2, ........ 21. Kd4 Kb3, 22. Kd5 Kc3, 23. Kc6 Kd4, 24. Kd6 Kd3, 25. Ke7 Kd4, .k.K...R 26. Rg5 etc. k....... White plays and wins (E. Lasker 1901; I give only K move "to" sqs) ........ by 1. b2 a7, 2. b3 b7, 3. c3 c7, 4. d3 ...p.... 4.. d7, 5. c4 or 4.. b6, 5. e3 p..P.p.. and if 2..a6, 3. c2. P..P.P.. K....... Once white K gets to key squares b5 or g5, he wins, but the direct ........ approach 1. b3 b7, 2. c4 c6, 3. d3 c7, 4. e3 d7, 5. f3 e7, 6. g3 f6, ........ 7. h4 g6 doesn't work. .....r.k White to move and win: ...b..p. 1. h2h3 Qg4xh3, 2. Qf2xf3 Rf8xf3, 3. Rc5c8+ Bd7xc8, 4. Re5e8+ Rf3f8 p......p 5. Re8xf8mate. .pRpR... .P.P..q. P....pP. .....QnP .B....K. ..r..b.r pN.k.p.n White to move and win: ..pP.p.. 1. Qc4xf7+ Ng5xf7, 2. e5e6+ Qf5xe6, 3. Nb7c5+ Kd7d8, ....Pqnp 4. Nc5xe6+ Kd8d7, 5. Ne6c5+ Kd7d8, 6. Nc5b7+ Kd8d7, ..Q..... 7. Bg2h3+ f6f5, 8. Bh3xf5mate. ..P...P. PP....BP ..KRR... rn...rk. White to move and mate in 8 (Lasker-Thomas London 1912, 147 Fine WGCG) .b..q.pp 1. Qh5xh7+! Kg8xh7, 2. Ne4xBf6++ Kh7h6 (Kh7h8? Ne5g6mate), .p..pb.. 3. Ne5g4+ Kh6g5, 4. Ph2h4+ Kg5f4, 5. Pg2g3+ Kf4f3, ....N..Q 6. Bd3e2+ Kf2g7, 7. Rh1h2+ Kg7g8, 8. Ke1d2mate! ...PN... (Edward Lasker ANNOUNCED this mate to the astounded G. Thomas ...B.... after move 10 of their game!) PPP..PPP R...K..R ...r.b.k ppq..Bpp White to move and mate in 4 (Reti-Bogoljubow New York 1924) ..p..... 1. Bf7e8! ..P..Q.. ..Bf8xPc5+, 2. Qf5xBc5 Rd8xBe8, 3. Rf1f8+ Re8xRf8, 4. Qc5xRf8mate ........ ..Bf8e7, 2. Qf5f8+ Be7xQf8, 3. Rf1xBf8mate .P....P. ..Rd8xBe8, 2. Qf5xBf8+ Re8xQf8, 3. Rf1xRf8mate P......P .....RK. rnb.kb.r (Reti-Tartakower Vienna 1910) White moves and mates in 3. pp...ppp 1. Qd3d8+! Ke8xd8, 2. Bd2g5++ Kd8c7, 3. Bg5d8mate! ..p..... or 2.. Kd8e8, 3. Rd1d8mate. ....q... ....n... ...Q.... PPPB.PPP ..KR.BNR r.b....Q ppp..kpp (Reti-Euwe Match Amsterdam 1922) Black to move and win ...b.... 1.. Bc8h3!!, 2. Qh8xRa8 Bd6c5+, 3. Kg1h1 Bh3xg2+, ........ (3. Kg1f1? Qh4f2mate) 4. Kh1xBg2 Qh4g4+ and now if ....RP.q 5. Kg2h1 Qf3mate ........ 5. Kg2f1 Qf3+, 6. Ke1 Qf2mate PPP...PP so white resigned. ...R..K. ...r..k. (Bernstein-Capablanca St Petersburg 1914) p....ppp Black moves and wins .q...... 1.. Nd5xNc3, 2. Rc2xNc3 Rc5xRc3, 3. Rc1xRc3 Qb6b2! ..rn.... and now white loses at least a rook. ........ ..N.P... P.R.QPPP ..R...K. r.b..rk. ppp...pp (Vidmar-Rubinstein Berlin 1918; Fine WGCG 105.) ...p.... Black wins with 1.. Rf8xBf4!, 2. e3xf4 Bc8f5, 3. Qc2b2 Ra8e8, q....... 4. Ke2f3 Ne4d2+, 5. Kf3g3 Nd2e4+, 6. Kg3h4 (if 6.Kg3f3 h7h5 wins) ..PPnB.. 6.. Re8e6, 7. Bf1e2 Re6h6+, 8. Be2h5 Rh6xBh5+!, ....P... 9. Kh4xh5 Bf5g6++, 10. any Qa5h5mate P.Q.KPPP ..R..B.R r..qr.k. pb.nb.pp (Alekhine saw this in a Blindfold simul in 1916.) .p..pn.. White wins at least a pawn by 1. Ne5f7! Kg8xf7?, ..p.Np.. 2. Qe2xe6+! Kf7f6 (2.. Kf7xQe6? Nf3g5mate) ..PP.B.. 3. Pg2g4 Bb7e4?, 4. Nf3h4mate ...B.N.. but if 3. Bb7xNf3 Bd3xf5+ mates in short order. PP..QPPP R....RK. ........ Black moves and wins (Yates-Alekhine Kecspkemet 1927) p....... 1.. Kg6h5! .pQ..nk. 2. Qc6xNf6 h2h1=Nmate! .....p.. 2. Qc6h1 Nf6e4+, 3. Qh1xe4 f5xe4 and black has N+R+Q+K v K. .....Pp. P.P...K. ...r...p ........ r....r.k Alekhine-Yates London 1922 ..R..Rp. 1. Rf7xPg7 Rf8xNf6, 2. Kf4e5! b...pN.p and black's R is trapped in the middle of the board! If ...p.p.P either R to f8 then mate in 2. p..P.K.. Pp..PPP. .P...... ........ r.b..r.k Bronstein-Kotov (Moscow City Championship 1946) .q.nbppp 1. Bg5h6! forces mate pp..p... ....Q.B. ...N.... ..N...R. PPP..PPP ...R..K. r.....k. Stoltz-Bronstein (Saltsjobaden 1948) p....ppp 1..Qh5e2! wins a piece, e.g. 2. Nd2f1 Bh3xf1! ..p...n. .pp....q ....PP.. ..P.N.Pb PPQN...P ...R..K. r.b..k.r .p..bppp p.B..q.. 1. Qd2d8+! Be7xQd8, 2. Re1e8mate ........ (Nimzovitch-Alapin Riga 1913) ........ ........ PPPQ.P.P ..KRR... .....k.r pprbbp.p 1. Pf2f4! forces Pe5e4 and white wins at least a pawn and/or gets a ....p... massive attacking position. Open files on the enemy king. .q..p... (Pillsbury-Lasker Cambridge Springs 1904. Fine WGCG 76.) ..N..... ...QP... P...BPPP ...R.RK. .....r.k Botvinnik-Grigoriev (Match) Leningrad/Moscow 1927 p.n.q..p 1. Re1xPe5! d6xe5, 2. d5d6 Qe7d8, 3. e6xNc7! Qd8xRd2, .p.p.n.Q 4. Qh6xRf8+ Nf6g1, 5. b7b8=Q and black resigns. ...PpB.. .....p.. .P....P. P..R.P.P ....R.K. ......rk pp.bb..p 1. Rg4h5 Ne3g1 (forced), 2. Be7g5 threatening Ng5f4 so white resigns. ..p.p... (Steiner-Botvinnik Groningen 1946.) ...pP..q .PP...r. P...NP.. ...Q.PBP ....R.RK .....rk. Marshall-Levitsky Breslau 1912 pp....pp 1.. Qc3g3!!!! white resigns. ....p... ..R...Q. ...n.... ..q....r P.P..PPP .....RK. r.bqr.k. (Marshall-Burn Ostend 1907; Fine WGCG 95) pppnppbp 1. Rh1xNh5! g6xh5, 2. Bd3xh7+! Kg8xh7+, 3. Nf3g5+ Kh7g6, ...p..p. 4. Nd2f3 e7e5, 5. Nf3h4+ Kg3f3, 6. Ng5h7+ Kf5e7, .......n 7. Nh4f5+ Ke7e6, 8. Nf5xBg7+ Ke6e7, 9. Ng7f5+ Ke7e6, ...P.B.. 10. Pd4d5+ Ke6xNf5, 11. Qd1xPh5+ Ke5e4, 12. 0-0-0 black resigns ...BPN.. Busted. PPPN.PP. R..QK..R ..kr...r pp...ppp Black wins by 1..Qd6xRd1+, 2. Nc3xQd1 Rd8xNd1+; now if ..nqb... 3. Ke1xRd1 then Ng4xPf2+ wins Q+R+N to Q+R so black a piece up. ........ But if 3. Ke1e2 then 3..Nc6d4+ forces 4. Ke2xRd1 anyway. ....Q.n. ..N..... PPP..PPP ...RKBNR rn..kb.r Morphy v Duke of Brunswick & Count Isouard at Paris Opera. p...qppp White has a big advantage in developement and wins by opening lines ..p..n.. via the sacrifice 1. Nc3xPb5! c6xb5, 2. Bc4xb5+ Nb8d7, .p..p.B. 3. 0-0-0 Ra8d8, [Black is now pathetic - all of his pieces but his Q ..B.P... are tied up, while white has yet to develop his KR!] .QN..... 4. Rd1xNd7! Rd8xRd7, 5. Rh1d1 Qe7e6, [Now white could win by Bg5xNf6, PPP..PPP threatening several mates. But instead he played the less obvious] R...K..R 6. Bb5xRd7+! Nf6xd7, 7. Qb3b8+! Nd7xQb8, 8. Rd1d8 mate. r....rk. (Edw. Lasker-Alekhin Scheveningen 1913) ppp.qpp. Edw. Lasker: Modern Chess Strategy (MCS) p 67. ..n..n.p White should play 1.Qd2c2 to maintain his K4 in the center. If instead ...pp... 1.e4xd5? then Nf6xd5, followed by ..f7f5 and black gets center control ....P... and files for a Kside attack and black gets nothing. 1. e4xd5 gives .PPPBN.. up white control of d5 and f5 for no compensation so is strategically .P.Q.PPP bad. R...K..R ......rk pp.n.p.p Mate in 2 by 1.Qh6xh7+ kh8xQh7, 2. Rf4h4mate. ..p.qPpQ ...p.... ...P.R.. ........ PPP...PP .....NK. r.b..rk. pp...pp. Mate in 7 by 1. Qd1h5 Rf8d8, 2. Qh5xPf7+ Kg8h8, 3. Qf7h5+ Kh8g8, .qn.p... 4. Qh5h7+ Kg8f8, 5. Qh7h8+ Kf8e7, 6. Qh8xPg7+ Ke7e8, 7. Qg7f7mate ..ppP.N. ...P.... MCS p. 41. ..P..... PP...PPP R..Q.RK. r..q.rk. ppp.nppp White wins (although no immediate forced mate with correct play by .....b.. black) with 1. Rh1xPh7. Black's only response is ..pg7g6. ...pN... MCS p. 42. ...P.... ......P. PPPBQPP. ..KR...R ..r...k. ppq..ppp ..nb.B.. White wins by 1. Re4g4 threatening a few mating and devastating ........ lines. ....R... MCS p. 43. ..N....Q PP...PPP ......K. r.bq.r.k ppp.Np.p White wins by 1. Re5h5! Pg6xRh5, 2. Qh6f6mate. ...p..pQ other , 2. Qh6xh7 mate. .n..R... ........ MCS p. 44. ........ PPPP.PPP R.B...K. r....rk. ppp..ppp ...p.B.. White looks mated, but actually he wins by 1. Nd5e7+! Kg8h8, ..bNp... 2. Bf6xPg7+, Kh8xBg8, 3. Qd2g5+ Kg7h8, 4. Qg5f6mate. ..BnP... MCS p. 44. ...P.bPq PPPQ.P.P R....RK. ..krr... ppp..pQp Black wins by 1..Re8xBe4!, 2. Re1xRe4 Qb5d3+, 3. Kb1a1 Nd4c2+, ...b.... 4. Ka1b1 Nc2a3++, 5. Kb1a1 Qd3b1+!, 6. Rc1xQb1 Na3c2mate. .q...... MCS p.44. ...nB... ..B....P PP...PPP .KR.R... .......k pppR..rp White wins by 1.Rh1xPh7+ Rg7xRh7, 2. Rd7xh7mate. .b...Np. MCS p.45. .....p.. ...r.... .....PP. PPP...P. ..K....R qn.kr..r .pRbb... pP.....p white wins by 1. Qg4xBd7mate Nb8xQd7, 2. Nd4e6mate. P..pP.pP MCS p. 45; Niemzovich-Hakansson Kristianbad 1922. ...N.pQ. ...B.... ...B.PP. R.....K. ..r...k. R....... White draws by 1. Ng5e4! (threatening 2.Ne4xPc3, drawing) Pc3c2, ........ 2. Ne4f6+! Kg8f8, 3. Nf6h7+! Kf8e8, 4. Nh7f6+, etc., with ......N. perpetual check. The black K must stay in e8,f8,and g8 or be .....P.. mated by Rd7 or Rh7. ..p..... MCS p. 45. ...b..K. ........ r.....k. p...bppp White wins by 1. Ne4xNf6+ Bd7xNf6, 2. Qd1f3 threatening QxR, .....n.. or Q-f5 threatening mate or QxB. ..p..... ....N... qP.B.... P....PPP ...QR.K. r...rnk. White wins by 1. Bg5f6! Qb5xQh5, 2. Rg3xg7+ and wins everything pb...pp. in sight including getting the Q back, for a won ending with 3 ...pp..p pawns up. (Torre-Em. Lasker Moscow 1925) MCS p.51. .q....BQ .P.P.... ....N.R. P....PPP ....R.K. white_to_move g5+ (wins. Gosling, ICCAJ 15,1 p.19, correction of study by Platov&Platov which was #295 L+S) ........ ........ N..p.b.k P....... ....p.P. ........ ....K... ........ white_to_move a4 (Korolkov correction, ICCAJ 15,2 p105; EnChEnd vol 2 #621) ....k... ....P... ........ ........ ........ .....K.. Pr...... ....R... white_to_move Na5 (wins. Gosling, ICCAJ 15,1 p.21, #283 L+S) ........ P.K.k... ........ ........ ..N..... .....b.. ........ ........ white_to_move g6 (draws, Bergen, ICCAJ 8,4 p.217) ........ .....p.. ........ ......Pk .....P.. ........ ........ .......K white_to_move Kb1 (wins, Bergen, ICCAJ 8,4 p.217) ........ ........ .....k.. ........ p....... ........ .PK..... ........ white_to_move Qe8+ (only win, J.R. Padilla, ICCAJ 15,4 p247.) ......k. ..P...b. ...p...p .Q.Pp..q ...r.p.. P....... .....Pp. .RR...K. white_to_move Rd2d8 Kasparov-Ribli 1989. ICCA J. 16,2 (June 1993) p72. .....rk. .....ppp p.Q.p... .R...... q....... ....b.P. P..RPP.P ......K. white_to_move Be3 botvinnik-boleslavsky 1941. ICCA J. 16,2 (June 1993) p73. r.bqk..r pp..nppp .bn..... .B.p.... ........ .N...N.. PPP..PPP R.BQ.RK. black_to_move ...g5!! kotov-botvinnik 1955. ICCA J. 16,2 (June 1993) p74. ........ ........ ....b.p. ..Bp...p .....P.P .pK.Pk.. ........ ........ black_to_move Bxh2? (Spassky-Fischer game 1 Wch 1972. Bxh2 according to the current opinion [supported by a lot of analysis by, for example, Speelman], is that this move preserves the game-theoretic value "draw". Indeed Reshevsky thought it was the only move Fischer had to create "winning chances". However, as a practical matter even finding the draw for white was very difficult and hence Bxh2 was a mistake in practical play since the losing chances it created outweighed the winning chances. Fischer lost despite being able to analyse overnight with a second.) .....k.. pp....pp ...bpp.. .P...... ........ P..KP... .....PPP ..B..... ..r..rk. Evans-Pilnick Marshall Chess Club Champ 1947-8. Fine WGCG p282. p...bb.p Bxg6!!! The game contd 1... PxP; 2. Bxh7disch Kh8; 3. Qh6 Qa1+; ..n.Q.p. 4. Kc2 b1=Q+; 5. RxQ Nb4+; 6. Kd1 black resigns. q..pP... Also possible was 1... BxQ; 2. Bxh7disch, Kh8; 3. Rh1! RxP!; ...P.P.. 4. Bd3disch Bh4; 5. NxB Bb4; 6. Ng6+ Kg7; 7. NxR p.NB.NR. "with a winning attack." .P....P. .K.R.... r.bq.rk. pp..ppbp Kramer-Nadjorf NY 1948-9. Fine WGCG p251. n....np. Black plays... e5!!! a "brilliant refutation" ........ of white's opening. "After a series of forced moves, ..QpP... white is faced by an overwhelming attack." ..N..N.. PP..BPPP R.BR..K. ..r.r.k. .p.q.ppp Adams-Torre New Orleans 1925, Fine WGCG p285. White plays ...p.b.. Qg4!! and then a sequence of amazing moves forces mate or p..P.... winning the black Q. Resigns in 5. ...Q.... .....N.. PP..RPPP ....R.K. r.b..rk. Nadjorf's "Polish Immortal" game Glucksberg-Nadjorf Warsaw 1935 pp.n..pp (Fine WGCG p248-249.) Black to play 15... e5!!! winning. ..p.p... The remainder of the game was incredible, ending 22... Ph7h5 mate! ...p.pN. ..PP.Pn. ...BPKP. PP.....q R.BQ.RN. .....k.. ........ ........ White wins in 27 ply by 1. Kc2! All other moves draw. ........ Well known example from Averbakh+Maizelis: Pawn Endings, Batsford, ........ is one of the few in which KPvK is difficult to play correctly. ..P..... ........ ...K.... ........ ........ White draws by 1. Nb4!, everything else loses. K......p As reported in Chess Life late 1992 or early 1993, ........ GM Leonid Shamkovich has made a lifetime hobby of posing this one to ........ chessplayers and says the only ones who ever solved it ....k... were R. Fischer and G. Kasparov. It is very deep, but it N....... ought to be solvable by a computer with trans tables. ........ r.bqkb.r ppp..ppp Black to move. 1...Nxd4?? loses by force to the "Fried Liver Attack" ..n..n.. Nxf7!!, analysis is in Y.Estrin: The two knights defense, 1971. ...Pp.N. Probably the best move is 1...Na5. But also playable are ..B..... 1...Nd4 (Fritz), 1...b5 (Ulvestad). ........ PPPP.PPP RNBQK..R rnbqk..r pp...ppp ..pb.n.. Position 1 from "Examples for analysis" in Botvinnik: "Computers, ...P.... chess, and long range planning" [BCCLP] (Springer 1970) pp 53-59. ..B..p.. Note: Botvinnik does not give *answers* in these positions. ..N..Q.. 60 pstns (1-20=opening, 21-40=middlegame, 41-60=endgame) are given; PPPP..PP most are even and hard-fighting and require long range planning. R.B.K.NR BCCLP 1 rnbq.k.r p....ppp ..p..n.. BCCLP 2 b....... ..B..p.. .....N.. PPPPQ.PP RNB.K..R r.bqkrn. ppp..ppp ..np.... BCCLP 3 b...p... ..BPP... ..P..N.. P....PPP RNBQK..R r.bq.rk. ..p.bpp. p.np.n.p BCCLP 4 .p..p... ....P... .BP..N.P PP.P.PP. RNBQR.K. r.bq.rk. ....bppp p.p..... BCCLP 5 .p.nR... ........ .BP..... PP.P.PPP RNBQ..K. r...kb.r pp.q.ppp .np.pnb. BCCLP 6 ........ ...P.P.. .B....N. PPP.N.PP R.BQ.RK. r.bqk..r pp.p.pbp ......p. BCCLP 7 ....p... ..PnP... ..N.B... PP...PPP R..QKB.R rnbqkr.. pppnppbp ...p..p. BCCLP 8 ....P... ...P.P.P ..N..N.. PPP...P. R.BQKB.R rn.k..r. ppqbn... ....p... BCCLP 9 ...pPp.Q ...p.... P.P..... ..P..PPP R.BK.BNR rn.qk.nr pp..bppp ..p..... BCCLP 10 ...p.b.. ...P.BP. ..N.P... PP...P.P R..QKBNR r..qkb.r pp...ppp ..n.pn.. .B.p.b.. BCCLP 11 ...P.B.. ..N.PN.. PP...PPP R..QK..R r.bqkb.r ...n.ppp p...pn.. .ppP.... BCCLP 12 ....P... ..NB.N.. PP...PPP R.BQK..R rnbqr.k. pppp.ppp .....n.. ....p... BCCLP 13 .bP.P... ..NP..P. PP...PBP R.BQK.NR rnbqk..r ppp..pbp ....p.p. ...P..N. BCCLP 14 Q..P.... ..N..... PP..PPPP R...KB.R rnbqk..r pppp...p ....p.pQ .....p.. BCCLP 15 ..PPn... P.P.P... .....PPP R.B.KBNR rnbqkr.. pp...ppp ....pn.. ..p..... BCCLP 16 ..BP.... P.P.P... .B...PPP R..QK.NR r.bq.rk. pp.n.pbp ..pp.np. ....p... BCCLP 17 ..PPP... ..N.BNP. PP...PBP R..Q.RK. rnbq.rk. p.p.ppbp .p.p.np. ........ BCCLP 18 ..PPP... ..N.BP.. PP....PP R..QKBNR rnbq.rk. ppp.b.pp ....pn.. ...p.p.. BCCLP 19 ..PP.... .....NP. PP.NPPBP R.BQ.RK. rn.q.rk. pbppbppp .p..p... ........ BCCLP 20 ..PPn... ..N..NP. PP..PPBP R.BQ.RK. r....rk. pp.b..pp ..p.p.q. ...p.... BCCLP 21 .bPPpB.P .PN..PP. P.Q.P... ...R.K.R ..r.k..r B..b.p.. .......p ....P.p. BCCLP 22 ...P..R. ..p.K... P.Nn..PP ..R..... ..rq.rk. pb..nppp .p..pn.. ....N... BCCLP 23 ...P.... .BN..P.. PP..Q.PP ..RR..K. ......k. p...b.pp ....p... ....Pp.. BCCLP 24 Pp.r.P.P .P.b..P. ..p..RB. ...R..K. r..r..k. pp...pbp .....np. q.PP.... BCCLP 25 .....P.. ..N.Bp.. P.PQ..PP ..RR..K. r..r..k. pqp.bppp .pn.pn.. ........ BCCLP 26 ..NP.B.. ..N.P.P. PPQ..P.P R....RK. ...r.nk. rbq.bppp pp..pn.. ....N... BCCLP 27 ..PP.P.. ...B.... PB..Q.PP R..N.RK. ....r.k. pp.rq.pp ..p.p... ....Ppb. BCCLP 28 P.PP.... .PNR.QP. ......KP ...R.... r...r.k. pp...pp. ..np.q.p ..p.p... BCCLP 29 ..PPQ... ..P.PB.. P....PPP R...R.K. .n...rk. ....qppp pp...... ...p.... BCCLP 30 ...P.... .....N.. PPQ..PPP ..R...K. ..k..... .pq...pp p.b.p... ...p.... BCCLP 31 ...PprP. ..P....P ..PQ.P.. R...R.K. r..r..k. ...qbppp p...bn.. .p..B... BCCLP 32 ...p.... ...Q...P PPB..PP. ..R.RNK. r.....r. ..k..p.. .p..q.pp ...pPn.P BCCLP 33 ..pP.R.. B.P..R.. .QPK.P.. ........ ...r..k. ...r.pp. .p..b..p p.qpQ... BCCLP 34 ...R.... .P..PB.P P....PP. ...R..K. r..q.rk. ..pb...p p.nbpp.. .p.p.... BCCLP 35 n..P.... .NPB.NB. PP...PPP .R.QR.K. .k.r...r pp..qpp. ..pbbn.p ...pN... BCCLP 36 ...P.P.. ..NBP... PPQ...PP ..KRR... ..kr.b.r pb.n.p.. .qp.pP.. ......B. BCCLP 37 PppPN... ........ .P..BPPP R..Q.RK. r.b.k.r. pp..np.Q ........ ..qpp..B BCCLP 38 ........ P.P..... ..PB.PPP R...K..R ..r....k ppr...pp ....pn.. .b.p.p.. BCCLP 39 ...P.P.. P.N.P... .P...PBP ..R..RK. r.qn.rk. pp..p..p ...p..p. ..pP.p.. BCCLP 40 (Misprint: Kg1 not Kg8 for white K in BCCLP) ..P..... .PR.P.P. P..N.P.P ...Q.RK. .......K White to play and draw: (Study by Reti) ........ 1. Kh8g7 h5h4, 2. Kg7f6 h4h3, 3. Kf6e6 h3h2, 4. c6c7 Ka6b7, k.P..... 5. Ke6d7 h7h8=Q, 6. c7c8=Q+ with perpetual check. .......p ........ BCCLP 41 ........ ........ ........ ........ pk...... p....... BCCLP 42 ...p..K. P..P.... ........ ........ ........ ...k.... .p...... p....ppp BCCLP 43 ...P.... .P...... ....K..P .P....P. ........ ........ .....pk. ......p. BCCLP 44 ........ ..K..PP. ........ ........ ........ ........ .....k.. .p..p.p. BCCLP 45 .P..p... ...pP..P ...K..P. ....P... ........ ........ ....q... ......P. BCCLP 46 k.....K. ...Q.... ........ ........ ........ ........ ......pk .p...... BCCLP 47 ........ PP...p.p .....P.. ....KP.q ...Q.... ........ .....p.. .p...kp. BCCLP 48 .P.q...p ...P.K.. .......P .Q....P. ........ ....n... ......pp .pk..p.. .p.p.... BCCLP 49 p..P.... P..KP... NP...PPP ........ ........ ........ ........ ...N...p BCCLP 50 P.....p. .....n.p .P..kP.. .......K ........ ........ ....b.p. ..Bp...p BCCLP 51 .....P.P .pK.Pk.. ........ ........ ........ .p.b.... ...P.... ..PkPp.p BCCLP 52 p....K.P ........ ........ ..B..... ...n.... .....kB. ........ ..p...pp BCCLP 53 .pP.Pp.. .P.K.P.P ........ ........ ........ ...B.... .....kp. .......p BCCLP 54 .......P ......K. ......P. .......r .......k ....R... .......P ........ BCCLP 55 ...rP.p. ...p.... ...K.P.. ........ ........ r...k.p. .......p ...RPK.P BCCLP 56 ......P. ........ ........ ........ ..r..... ........ ....k.p. ......Pp BCCLP 57 ..p.PK.P ..R..... ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ p.....p. BCCLP 58 Pr..k... ......K. ........ .....R.. ..b..k.. .......p .....P.. P...N.R. BCCLP 59 ......P. r....... ...K.... ........ .......K ........ ....p... ..p..kPP BCCLP 60 ........ ....P... ..b..... ....n... Thankyou
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