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Subject: Re: 5 difficult positions?

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 09:23:12 02/10/02

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On February 09, 2002 at 19:06:18, Ed Schröder wrote:

>[d]k2N2K1/8/8/8/5R2/3n4/3p4/8 w - - bm Rf7 (Troitzky);
>
>RC4: not found after 5:00 (zugzwang?)


I don't see that the solution involves zugzwang:

1.Rf7 d1Q 2.Nc6 Qg4+ 3.Kf8 Qc8+ 4.Kg7 Qxc6 5.Rf8+ Kb7 6.Rf7+ and Black cannot
avoid perpetual check or loss of the queen, so it's a draw.



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