Author: Uri Blass
Date: 14:56:04 02/28/04
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On February 28, 2004 at 17:42:32, Peter Kasinski wrote: >On February 28, 2004 at 17:07:51, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>What is the longest combination of Alekhine ( how many moves)? Or should I ask >>which was he most complicated Combo? >> >>Jorge > >In his book "Think like a Grandmaster" Kotov quotes Alekhine's annotation to his >game vs. Treibal in Pistyan 1922: > >"Black forces a winning king and pawn ending by means of the longest combination >I have ever played." The variation given starts at move 33 for Black and ends >on move 51. > >5rk1/6pp/5P2/1q4P1/1bp2Q1P/7K/1P1p4/2B2R2 b - - 0 33 > >Kotov gives it as an example of a forced combination with one variation. > >PK Does black need a pawn endgame in order to win? It seems to me that black wins the white bishop at c1 and with a piece advantage winning should not be a problem. Uri
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