Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 12:46:20 02/09/02
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On February 09, 2002 at 15:05:15, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >Hi Alexander > >Below some Zugzwang positions [taken from John Nunn's book 'Tactical Endgames' > >[D] 5k2/1p1b2p1/2p2PPp/3pQ3/3P4/q1P3K1/8/8 w - - 0 3 >Schiflin-Tschernow, UdSS-ch 1960 >1.Kh4 b6 2.Kh5 b5 3.Kh4 h5 6.Kxh5 > The first move is correct and necessary. I think that there are other ways to win after that, e.g.: 1.Kh4! b6 2.Kh5 [also winning is 2.fxg7+ Kg8 3.Qf6 Be8 4.Kh5 ] 2...b5 3.Kh4 [also winning is 3.Qb8+ Be8 4.fxg7+ Kxg7 5.Qxe8 ] [also winning is 3.fxg7+ Kg8 4.Qf6 ] 3...h5 4.Kxh5 [also winning is 4.Qxh5 gxf6 5.Qh8+ Ke7 6.g7 Be6 7.Qf8+ Kd7 8.Qxa3 ] >[D] 8/8/8/8/8/3n4/p1k1K3/B7 b - - 0 7 >Stein-Dorfman,UdSSR 1970 >1...Na4 2.Ke2 Kc1 3.Ke1 Nc5 4.Ke2 Kb1 5.Kd1 Nd3 6.Kd2 Nb2 > There's something wrong with this one, as the moves do not match the diagram. >[D] 5K2/4P1n1/5k2/6p1/6B1/8/8/8 w - - 0 16 >Lukov-Duriga, Poland 1975 >1.Bf5 g4 2.Bxg4 Kg6 3.Bd7 Kh7 4.Kf7 Kh6 5.Bg4 Kh7 6.Be2 Kh6 7.Bd3
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