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Subject: Solution

Author: Martin

Date: 05:39:12 02/22/00

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On February 22, 2000 at 07:41:11, Martin wrote:

>This is a quite famous one (I think). But if you don't know the solution, the
>computer won't be a great help...
>
>[D]3k1B2/1p6/8/rp1p4/1R1P4/1P5P/2K5/8 w - - 0 1
>
>White to move and win.
>
>Hint: Black's threat is Kd7-c6.

(A. Wotawa, Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1942)

The computers don't even understand that Kd7-c6 is a threat.

1 Rxb5! Rxb5  2 Bc5 b6  3 Bb4! Rxb4  4 Kc3 Rb5  5 b4 Ke7  6 Kb3 Kf6  7 Ka4 Rxb4+
 8 Kxb4 Kf5  9 h4! and wins. (2...Kd7  3 b4 b6  4 Bf8 Ke8  5 Ka4)

There is a similar study by Selesniev:

[D]4k3/1p6/1r1p4/1p1P1B1P/1P6/2K5/8/8 w - - 0 1

1 Bd3 Kf7  2 Bxb5! Rxb5  3 Kc4 Rb6  4 b5 etc.

Martin



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