Black to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
1...Kb8! 2.Kb5 [2.Kc5 Kc7 3.b5 Kb7 4.b6 Kb8! 5.Kc6 Kc8 6.b7+ Kb8 7.Kb6]2...Kb7 3.Kc5 Kc7 4.b5 Kb7 5.b6 Kb8! 6.Kc6 Kc8 7.b7+ Kb8 8.Kb6 Black always has to be able to step up, one square apart from the White king, to make it White’s move. Otherwise, White gets to force the Black king to move aside and lose. Fischer found the move, of course.
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