White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
This study proves you can have eight passed pawns and still not win. 1.h5 gxh5 2.c5 Here’s the eight passed pawns line--2.g6 fxg6 3.e6 dxe6 4.c5 dxc5 5.a6 (Not 5.b6?? axb6 6.a6 b5+!) 5...bxa6 6.b6 axb6 Stalemate 2...dxc5 3.g6 fxg6 4.e6 d5 5.a6 bxa6 6.b6 axb6 Stalemate.
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