Author: Peter Kasinski
Date: 15:02:53 02/28/04
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On February 28, 2004 at 17:56:04, Uri Blass wrote: >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 You are correct. This was not the only way to win, and it seems not even the fastest. However, I thought that to use Alekhine's own words as an answer to the posted question was a rare pleasure. :-) PK
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