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This is an endgame that Grandmaster Lev Alburt showed a group of us decades ago. He needed to give us a few hints. You’re on your own here!


This was a correspondence game, Berger-Bauer. Black did resign earlier, but here’s the whole solution: 1.c4 bxc3 2.Ke3 Kg5 3.a4 c2 [3...Kf6 4.b4 Ke6 5.bxa5 Kd6 6.a6 Kc6 7.a7 Kb7 8.a8Q+ Kxa8 9.Kd3 Ka7 10.Kxc3 Ka6 11.Kb4 Kb6 12.a5+ Ka7 13.Kb5 Kb7 14.a6+ Ka7 15.Ka5 Ka8 16.Kb6 Kb8 17.a7+ Ka8 18.Ka6 h5 19.g5 (19.gxh5 Stalemate) ] 4.Kd2 Kxg4 5.b4 axb4 6.a5 h5 7.a6 h4 8.a7 h3 9.a8Q h2 [9...Kg3 10.Qg8+ Kh2 11.Kxc2 b3+ 12.Kd2 b2 13.Qb8+ Kg2 14.Ke3 h2 15.Qa8+ Kg1 16.Qg8+ Kf1 17.Qd5 Now Black gets mated if he queens either pawn! 17...Kg1 18.Qg5+ Kf1 19.Qg3 h1N Defending against Qf2 mate. 20.Qh2 b1Q 21.Qxh1#] 10.Qg2+ and it’s over

 


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