Author: Heiner Marxen
Date: 08:09:02 03/29/01
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On March 29, 2001 at 10:22:34, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: >On March 29, 2001 at 09:11:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On March 29, 2001 at 08:50:14, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: >> >>> An interesting miniature by a Russian composer(sorry,I can't remember >>> his name) I came across the other day: >>> [D]2N5/8/8/8/7p/8/7B/4K2k w >>> The _only_ winning move is 1.Bb8!! [mate in 34] >> >> >>Here is the rest of the PV with ! moves being the only best move >>in the position: >> >>1. Bb8! Kg2! 2. Ne7! Kf3! 3. Nf5 Ke4 4. Nxh4! Kd3 5. Nf3 Kc2 6. Bc7 >>Kb3 7. Ne5 Ka3 8. Nd7 Kb3 9. Kf2 Ka4 10. Nb8 Kb3 11. Kf3 Kc4! 12. >>Ke4 Kc5! 13. Bd8! Kd6! 14. Bb6! Ke6! 15. Bc7! Kf6! 16. Nd7+ Kg5! >>17. Nc5! Kg4 18. Ne6! Kh3! 19. Kf3! Kh4 20. Bd6 Kh3 21. Ng5+! Kh4 >>22. Kf4! Kh5 23. Kf5! Kh4! 24. Bb8 Kh5 25. Bg3! Kh6 26. Ne6! Kh5! >>27. Ng7+ Kh6 28. Kf6! Kh7 29. Nf5 Kg8 30. Bd6! Kh7! 31. Kf7! Kh8 >>32. Kg6! Kg8 33. Nh6+! Kh8 34. Be5# > > One could ask, why the b8 square? This variant shows why: > 1. Bb8 h3 2. Kf2 h2 3. Kg3 Kg1 4. Ba7+ Kh1 5. Nb6 Aah, beautiful! Yes, I did ask myself that question. After reading your explanation, I seem to remember this "trick" to get the distant knight involved, but I do not remember where I have seen that. Heiner
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