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Chess Summer School Day 9. A very practical position with a valuable lesson. There is a right way and there are two wrong ways to win this. It’s the wrong ways that can turn a win into a draw.


A chess version of an end run threat! 1.Kg4 [Two wrong ways: 1.f6? Kg8 2.Kh6 (2.Kg4 Kf8 3.Kf3 Ke8 4.Ke3 Kd7 5.Kd4 Kc6 6.Kc4 Kb6=) 2...Kh8; 1.fxe6? fxe6 2.Kg5 Kg7] 1...Kg8 [1...Kg7 2.Kg5]2.Kf3 Kg7 3.fxe6 fxe6 4.Ke3 Kg6 [4...Kf7 5.Kd4 Ke8 6.Kc5 Ke7 7.Kc6 Ke8 8.Kd6 Kf7 9.Kd7] 5.Kd4 Kg5 6.Kc5 Kf4 7.Kd6 Kxe4 8.Kxe6 and wins.

 


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