White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
The study is by P. Cathignol, possibly 1981. 1.d5!! [1.a5 bxa5 2.bxa5=; 1.b5 cxb5 2.cxb5 axb5=; 1.c5 dxc5 2.dxc5 bxc5=; 1.e5 fxe5 2.fxe5 b5=; 1.g5 fxg5 2.fxg5 h5=; 1.h5 gxh5 2.gxh5 Ke7=; 1.Ke2 d5 2.exd5 exd5=] 1...exd5 2.exd5 cxd5 [2...c5 3.a5 bxa5 4.b5 axb5 5.cxb5 See main line.] 3.a5 bxa5 4.b5 axb5 5.cxb5 Ke7 6.b6 Kd7 7.b7 Kc7 8.g5 (the Botvinnik study in action) fxg5 [8...hxg5 9.f5 gxf5 10.h5] 9.h5 gxh5 10.f5 a4 11.f6 a3 12.f7 a2 13.b8Q+ Kxb8 14.f8Q+ wins.
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