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Chess Summer School Day 6. Being alert is one of the key ingredients to being a good chess player. This position tests your alertness skills. Yes, it is composed (don’t know by who), because the likelihood of the black king being where it is seems remote. Since Black is threatening to win, how do you as White escape to draw it?


1.Kg3 (the only move) h5 2.e4(another only move) Kg1 3.e5(and the final only move) dxe5 (Black has no choice or White wins) Stalemate! ½–½ If you didn’t see it, then you have to increase your sense of possibilities even in desperate positions.

 


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