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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