White to move and win. No computer please 🙂
Hint: This is another difficult one
8/7k/1P2b2P/P2nP1PK/3R4/8/pn6/8 w – – 0 0
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My thought process went like this. The obvious
1. g6+ Kh8
2. b7 a1=Q
3. b8=Q Bg8
and it seems that WK is in for lots of checks… probably be a draw. So one possibility that looks neat is to block the 1st rank:
2. Rd1 NxR
3. b7 a1=Q
4. b8=Q Bg8
5. h7
looks winning. There don’t seem to be any stalemate tricks for Black because no easy way to sac the d1N.
John
Nice find, John. 2.Rd1 does win. I cheated and so won’t spoil the plot, but there is some absolute magic following:
1.g6+ Kh8
2.Rd1 Nxd1
3.b7 a1=Q
4.b8=Q+ Bg8
5.h7 Nf6+
My god, I had to cheat to find out the solution,. After 5. – Nf6+ 6. exf6 Qxa5+ 7. Qb5 Qxb5+ 8. Kh6 Bxh7 9. f7 Qg5+ 10. Kxg5 Kg7
11. gxh7 and black in zugzwang
My god, I had to cheat to find out the solution,. After 5. – Nf6+ 6. exf6 Qxa5+ 7. Qb5 Qxb5+ 8. Kh6 Bxh7 9. f7 Qg5+ 10. Kxg5 Kg7
11. gxh7 and black in zugzwang
Hello Susan!
I enjoyed your blog very much!
This study is the famous Leopold Mitrofanov “Rustavely study” mirrored! It’s my favourite study…
7. Qb5!! is a move from another world!
Rubens Kurita – Brazil
As if the solution weren’t breathtaking enough, consider the position after:
1.g6+ Kh8
2.Rd1 Nxd1
3.b7 a1=Q
4.b8=Q+ Bg8
5.h7 Nf6+
6.exf6 Qa5+
7.Qb5 Qxb5+
8.Kh6 Bxh7
9.f7 Qh5+
10.Kxh5
As we’ve seen, White wins from here. But if you remove either the Black bishop or the Black knight, it’s a draw!
Without the bishop, White has no capture on h7, and Black can bring his knight back in time.
Without the knight, Black would have:
10…Bxg6+
11.Kxg6
… stalemate!
Any masochists who aren’t still reeling from this gem may want to take a look at the action if Black declines the rook sacrifice with:
2…Nf4+
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