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Pete Tamburro on

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Here’s the second installment of endgame problems this week. Be careful!


Solution:

If you tried 1.gxh6, you lost! 1.gxh6 Kb1 2.h7 a2 3.h8=Q a1=Q+ and the Black queen takes your new queen. If you tried 1.Kb3 a2 2.Kc2 hxg5 3.Kc1 b5 4.a6 b4 5.a7 b3 6.a8Q b2+ 7.Kd2 b1Q 8.Qc6 Qb2+ 9.Kd1 [9.Ke3 Kb1 and Black wins] 9...Kb1 10.Qe4+ and draws.

The only winning line was with 1.Kc2 as White wins after 1… hxg5 [1...h5 2.gxh5 gxh5 3.g6 h4 4.g7 h3 5.g8Q h2 6.Qb3 h1Q 7.Qxa3#] 2.Kb3 [2.Kc1 a2 3.Kc2 b5 4.a6 b4 5.a7 b3+ 6.Kxb3 Kb1 7.a8Q a1N+ 8.Kc3 Nc2 9.Qh1+ Ka2 10.Qc1 Ne3 11.Qb2#] 2...a2 [2...Kb1 3.Kxa3] 3.Kc2 b5 4.a6 b4 5.a7 b3+ 6.Kxb3 Kb1 7.a8Q a1Q 8.Qh1#

 

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