White to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
My apologies for posting the wrong diagram yesterday. You now have the correct one. My thanks to Jim and Mike for giving me an immediate heads up! From a beginner’s chess column in a 1920s British Chess Magazine
Solution:
It’s a draw if White knows how to stalemate himself: 1.h5 gxh5 2.gxh5 Kd8 3.Kf5 Ke7 4.Kg6 Ke6 5.Kxh6 Kf7 6.Kh7 f5 7.h6 f4 8.Kh8 f3 9.h7 1.g5 loses: 1.g5 hxg5+ 2.hxg5 f5
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