White to move. How should White proceed?
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White to move. How should White proceed?
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1a4 Olimat
1 a4. On the best defense 1..d5+, W.
continues by 2 Nxd5 Na3+ 3 Kc3 cd 4 Kb2
Olimat
Agree with Olimat. 1. a4! wins.
I like the variation 1. a4 dxc5 2. axb5 cxb4 3. Kc5 cxb5 4. Kd6 Kb8 5. d5!
Not 5. Ke7? Kc7 6. d5 Kb6 7. d6 a6 8. d7 Ka5 9. d8Q+ b6, marching to a self-made stalemate.
On umesh variation:
On 1. a4 dxc5 2. axb5 cxb4 3. Kc5 cxb5 4. Kd6 Kb8 5. d5!
one need to continue by
5 ..b6 6 Ke7 Kb7
7 d6 Ka6 8 d7 Ka5 9 d=N!! Ka6
10 Kd7 Ka5 11 Kc7 Ka6 12 Kb8 Ka5
13 Kb7 a6 14 Nc6x
Olimat
On Umesh line,
1. a4 dxc5 2. axb5 cxb4 3. Kc5 cxb5 4. Kd6 Kb8 5. d5!
one continues with an under-promotion
5..b6 6 Ke7 Kb7 7 d6 Ka6 8 d7 Ka5
9 d=N!! wins.
[ eg 9.. Ka6 10 Kd7 Ka5 11 Kc7 Ka6
12 Kc8 Ka5 13 Kb7 a6 14Nc6x ]
Olimat
Wow! I didn’t see that. Amazing!
Thanks, Olimat!