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British legend Jonathan Penrose performed a majestic king hunt all the way down to a1 in this game from the Zonal Tournament in 1963 at Enschede. It goes for 17 moves! Give it a try at least. Very instructive to play through. Remember he had to figure it all out over the board with the clock ticking away.


1.Rxg7 Kxg7 1...Qxf4 2.Rg4 wins the queen. 2.Qg4+ Kh8 3.Qh4 f5 4.exf6 Rf7 5.Qxh6+ Kg8 6.Qg6+ Kf8 7.Qh6+ Kg8 8.Qg5+ Kf8 9.Bg6 e5 10.Qh6+ Kg8 11.Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.Qg7+ Ke6 13.Qe7+ Kd5 14.Qxe5+ Kc4 15.Rc1+ Kb3 16.Qc3+ Ka2 17.b4 Black Resigned because of the coming Ra1 mate.17.b3 would be one move quicker because of the coming Qd1 spite check, but no matter...

 


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