Weekly Endgame Study (72)
24 May 2008 10:00 AM CET | Last modified: 16:17 | By Yochanan Afek | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Weekly endgame study
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!
Kalandadze, V.
1993
White to play and draw
Next week the solution.
Solution last week:
Beautiful move, that 5. Bg7 in nr. 71!!
Nr. 72: 1. Rd8+, Ke7 2. Rd7+. Ke6 3. Rd6+, Ke5 4. Rd5+, Ke4 5. Rd4+, Kxd4 6. o-o-o+, Kc3 7. Rd3+, Kc4 8. Kxb2, h1Q 9. Kxa2 (or 9. Rc3+), Qc1 otherwise White has the usual fortress 10. Rc3+! Due to this stalemate trick Black cannot make progress. Draw.
Great lesson after 5. Bg7 the king is force into a fork.
Oops but the solution is already given which i didnt realize. (MvE)