Black to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
Solution:
The “long way” is: 1...Kf8 2.Nd3 Kf7 3.Ne5+ Kf8 4.Nd7+ Kf7 5.Ne5+ Kf8 6.Ng6+ Kf7 drawn But what about the other move? 1...Kf7 2.Nd3 Kf8 3.Ne5 Ke7 4.Kg8 and Black loses. You might be short on time at the end of the game, so what’s the quick way? GM Alburt notes that you should look on the square color the knight and king are on. When it’s Black to move, the Black king should move to the square color the knight is on in order to draw. Quick! Easy!
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