White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
By Dr. Neustadl: 1.b4!! [1.d4?? b4 2.Kf6 c5 (Also 2...c6=; 2...Kd7=) 3.dxc5+ Kxc5 4.Ke5 Kc6 5.Kd4 Kd6=] 1...c5 [1...d4 2.Ke4 Ke6 3.Kxd4 Kd6 4.c3 Kc6 5.Ke5 Kd7 6.Kd5 c6+ 7.Kc5 Kc7 8.c4 bxc4 (8...Kb7 9.cxb5 cxb5 10.Kxb5) 9.dxc4 Kb7 10.Kd6 Kb6 11.c5+ Kb7 (11...Kb5 12.Kc7) 12.Kd7]2.d4!! cxb4 [2...cxd4 3.Kf6 Kd7 4.Ke5 Kc6 5.Kxd4 Kd6 6.c3 Kc6 7.Ke5] 3.Kf6 Kd7 4.Ke5 Kc6 5.Ke6 Kc7 6.Kxd5 Kb6 7.Kd6 Kb7 8.Kc5 and wins. An excellent lesson in using the opposition with a pawn sacrifice. If you didn’t play through the variations, especially after move one, please do it! Good lessons there, too!
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