24 February 2007 10:00 AM CET | Last modified: 10:16 | By Yochanan Afek | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Weekly endgame study
Every Saturday an endgame study is published at Chessvibes, selected by Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published.
A. Herbstmann
3rd-4th Prize, 1935
White to play and draw
Next week the solution.
Solution last week:
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| Rank | Name | Rating | Change | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Topalov | 2796,0 | +5 | 8 |
| 02 | Anand | 2790,8 | +7,8 | 11 |
| 03 | Ivanchuk | 2778,6 | -7,4 | 19 |
| 04 | Carlsen | 2775,7 | -10,3 | 17 |
| 05 | Morozevich | 2771,5 | -15,5 | 20 |
| 06 | Kramnik | 2759,5 | -12,5 | 20 |
| 07 | Leko | 2757,8 | +10,8 | 10 |
| 08 | Radjabov | 2753,1 | +1,1 | 14 |
| 09 | Wang Yue | 2750,6 | +14,6 | 23 |
| 10 | Aronian | 2750,4 | -6,6 | 16 |
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, I confused them. And don’t tell me you were just joking, I’m not that stupid…) OK, lets say that you would live in a country where all...
Hurrah! I solved one!!
After …Rc8, the black king is in a prison cell.
1.c8=N+ maybe? (no queen because of R1c2+ and there is no perpetual)
if 1…RxN then 2.Ra3-b3 perpetual check
the knight cannot be captured and so the endgame is drawn (I think!)
@george it’s no perpetual if i walk with my king to c4?
if the king walks to c4, Rd3 is the move.
I hope George will try to re-solve the puzzle reading comment 4, but without reading comment 5. Otherwise the best part just got spoilt for him.