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Subject: Re: Test position ==> Study by A. Kazantsev 2nd prize Shakhmaty v SSSR 1950

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 08:49:50 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


It takes Rebel quite some time and the score is far from convincing.

Ed

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00:05:39 22.00  1.34   1.Bg7 Bxd3 2.Kb2 Kb7 3.Kc3 Bf5 4.Kd4
                       Kc6 5.Ke5 Kd7 6.Kf6 Ke8 7.h6  (286)

00:09:28 23.00  1.40   1.Bg7 Bxd3 2.Kb2 Kb7 3.Kc3 Bf5 4.Kd4
                       Kc6 5.Ke5 Kd7 6.Kf6 Ke8 7.h6  (481)

00:20:00 24.00  1.41   1.Bg7 Bxd3 2.Kb2 Kb7 3.Kc3 Bf5 4.Kd4
                       Kc6 5.Ke5 Kd7 6.Kf6 Kc6 7.Bf8 Kd5  (849)

00:48:56 24.09  1.41   1.Bh8
01:06:53 24.09  1.69   1.Bh8 Bxd3 2.Kb2 Bh7 3.Kc3 e5 4.Bxe5
                       Kb7 5.Kd4 Kc6 6.Ke3 Kd5  (2936)

01:48:13 25.00  1.68   1.Bh8 Bxd3 2.Kb2 Bh7 3.Kc3 e5 4.Bxe5
                       Kb7 5.h6  (4581)



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