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This is our last chess summer school puzzle. A total of 12 king and pawn endings, 12 rook and pawn endings and 12 attacks on the king's castled position--36 lessons over 12 weeks. I hope you learned something and even had fun. Today's game, between Katakymov and Ilivicki, 1959, is different in that the black pawn is again at f6, but the king is about to castle rather than actually castled.


  1.Bf7+ Kxf7 Black had actually resigned after the bishop check. He would only lose a knight moving the king, but then White would be a piece up with an easy win. 1...Kf8 2.Bxg6 Qb5 3.Bd4 2.e6+ Sometimes, it's just a simple tactic. If you concentrated too much on attacking the king, you might have missed the queen win on the other side of the board. Always look at the whole board! 2...Bxe6 3.Qxa5 1–0

 


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