White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
A composition by Kasparian. Just the main variations are given: 1.Raa7 f3+ 2.Kf2 Rg6 [2...Rh6 3.b7 Rh2+ 4.Kg3!! Rg2+ 5.Kh3 f2 6.b8Q f1Q 7.Qb3+ Rf7 8.Qxf7+ Qxf7 9.Rxf7] 3.b7 Rg2+ 4.Kf1 f2 [4...Rb2 5.Ra8! f2 6.Rxf8+ Kxf8 7.Rd8+ Ke7 8.b8=Q] 5.Rf7! Rb8 6.Ra8 Kxf7 7.Rxb8 Rg1+ 8.Kxf2 Rb1 9.Rh8 and if the rook takes the pawn, it's lost after the x-ray check on h7.A neat trick to remember for rook and pawn endgames. I've used it several times.
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