Author: Jouni Uski
Date: 02:16:47 12/04/01
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On December 04, 2001 at 05:13:06, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: > A. Kazantsev 2nd prize Shakhmaty v SSSR 1950 > [D]k7/8/4p3/7P/8/3P4/1Bb4P/K7 w > Source:British Chess Magazine,June 1987,page 272 > "To win,the white king must reach g7 before his opposite number > blocks his path,but the natural 1.Ba3? fails to 1...Bxd3 2.Kb2 Be4 > 3.Kc3 e5! building an impenetrable barrier.White wins by the surprising > 1.Bh8!! Kb7(1...e5 2.Kb2 Bxd3 3.Kc3 Be4 4.Bxe5 is followed by 5.Kd4, > gaining a vital tempo,while 3...Bb1 fails to 4.Kc4 Kb7 5.Kd5 e4 6.Bd4 etc) > 2.Kb2 Bxd3 3.Kc3 Bf5 4.Kd4 Kc6 5.Ke5 Kd7 6.Kf6 Ke8 7.Kg7.White has > reached his goal and Black's counterplay is now squashed after 7...e5 > 8.h6 e4 9.h7 e3 10.Kh6 e2 11.Bc3 winning." Paul Lamford This position is in CSS Studien test. If I remember right at least one program solved it. Maybe Gandalf? Jouni
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