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Grandmaster Alex Baburin posted this endgame by M. Platov in 1925. I just had to post it. Very ingenious!


1.Kb2 g2 [1...Kc4 2.Be4]2.Bd3+ Ka4 [2...Kc6 3.Be4+]3.Be4 g1Q 4.Bc6+ b5 5.Be4 Qf2+ [5...b4 6.Bc6#]6.Bc2+ Qxc2+ 7.Kxc2 b4 8.c4 b3+ [8...Ka3 9.Kb1]9.Kb2 Kb4 10.c5 a4 11.c6 a3+ 12.Ka1 b2+ 13.Ka2 and wins.

 


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