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Weekly Endgame Study (67)

19 April 2008 10:00 AM | Last modified: 21:27

Every Saturday an endgame study is published at ChessVibes, selected by IM Yochanan Afek: player, trainer, endgame study composer and writer. A week later the solution is published. Good luck with the instructional occupation of solving a study!

I. Bilek
1971

White to play and win

Next week the solution.


Solution last week:

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4 Responses to “Weekly Endgame Study (67)”

  1. Piet on 19 April 2008 3:14 PM

    Something like this ?!

    1. Rg8 Rc3 2. Rg4+ Ka3 3.Kh5 Rc8 4. Rg8 Rc2 5. Rc3+ Ka2 6. Kh4 Rc8 7. Rg8 Rc1 8. Ra2+ Ka1 9. Kh3 Rc8 10. Rg8 Rc1 11. Kh2 Rc2+ 12 Kh1 Rc1+ 13 Rg1

  2. Moshe on 22 April 2008 8:32 AM

    why not 1.Rc7? if 1…Rd8 (rxc7 h8=Q and white can escape checks by marching towards the rook) 2.Kg7 seems to win

  3. Moshe on 22 April 2008 8:33 AM

    it is 2:30 am over here and this is just my first glance at this position, so i may be wrong…

  4. Piet on 22 April 2008 9:52 AM

    Black can work with Rh8 and Rxh7

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