White to Play
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
The elementary principle hidden within this position is that a king, bishop and a- or h-pawn cannot force the pawn through to getting a queen if the bishop is the opposite color square in movement than the actual queening square. White sees that here and saves the game 1.Rd8+ Rc8 2.Rxc8+ Kxc8 3.Ba6 bxa6 and the White king goes to a1 where it can’t be chased off for the pawn to queen.
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