White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
Only one move starts on the winning road: 1.Ka5 [ If you tried 1.b6 Bxc6! (1...cxb6 2.Kxb6) 2.bxc7+ Kxc7 3.Ka7 Bxb7 Stalemate!) 1...Ka7 2.b6+ cxb6+ 3.Kb5 Kb8 [3...Bxc6+ 4.Kxc6 Kb8 5.Kxd6 (5.Kxb6=) 5...b5 6.Kc5 Kc7 7.Kxb5 Kxb7 8.Kc5 Kc7 9.Kxd5 Kd7 10.Ke5 Kc6 11.Kxe4 Kd6 12.Kxe3] 4.Kxb6 Bxc6 5.Kxc6 Ka7 6.Kc7 with an easy win
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