Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 12:23:37 05/04/02
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On May 03, 2002 at 20:16:58, Jeremiah Penery 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 > >This position was also included in the "Brains of the Earth" challenge posed by >GM Nunn, and posted here by (I believe) Frederick Friedel. Here are all the >positions contained in that test: > >6k1/6p1/8/4K1P1/8/7P/8/8 w - - bm Kf4; >k7/4p3/4p3/8/8/3P1P2/5P2/K7 w - - bm Kb2; >8/4p3/2kp4/4p3/6K1/5P2/3P4/8 w - - bm Kg5; >k7/8/1p6/p1p5/2P4K/8/PP6/8 w - - bm a4; >8/8/p7/8/1P6/7p/P4k1P/3K4 w - - bm a3; >8/5p1p/8/6k1/8/6P1/5PP1/7K w - - bm Kh2; > >The 6th one is by far the hardest. The winning sequence is 1. Kh2 f6 2. Kh1!! >A full analysis can be found at >http://members.aol.com/MuellerLamprecht/LoesungenBrainsoftheEarthengl.html Great stuff; thanks!
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