Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 10:10:56 05/03/02
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On May 03, 2002 at 13:05:29, Roy Eassa wrote: >On May 03, 2002 at 12:50:07, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: > >> Pawn ending === N.Grigoriev,1938 [test position] >> [D]k7/8/1p6/p1p5/2P4K/8/PP6/8 w >> Solution ==> 1. a4 Kb7 2. Kh5!! when White approaches using >> corresponding squares which are as follows: >> c6, c8 = g5 ; c7 = g6 ; d7 = f6 ; d8 = f5. >> Source ==> "British Chess Magazine", October 1986, page 471 > > >Some analysis, using Fritz: > >1.a4! Kb7 2.Kh5!! Kc6 3.Kg5! > > [3.Kg6? Kc7 4.Kf6 Kd7 5.Kf7 Kd6 6.Ke8 Ke5 7.Kd7 Kd4 =] > >3...Kc7 > > [3...Kd6 4.Kf5! > (4.Kf6? Kd7 5.Ke5 Ke7 =) > 4...Kd7 5.Kf6! > (5.Ke5? Ke7 =) > 5...Kd6 6.b3 +-] > >4.Kg6! > > [4.Kf6? Kd7 =] > >4...Kc6 5.b3! > > [5.Kf5? Kd6 6.Kf6 Kd7 7.Kf7 Kd6 =] > >5...Kc7 6.Kg7! Kc6 7.Kf8 Kd6 > > [7...Kd7 8.Kf7 Kd6 9.Ke8 +-] > >8.Ke8 Ke5 9.Kd7 Kd4 10.Kc6 Kc3 11.Kxb6 Kb4 12.Kc6 Kxb3 13.Kb5! and wins BTW, it takes Fritz 6 about 24 seconds to see the win (winning score for White) on my 1.2 GHz Athlon. This is a very nice composition!
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