Weekly Endgame Study (92)
11 October 2008, 10.00 CET | Last modified: 22:53 | By Yochanan Afek | Filed under: Weekly endgame study | Tags:
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!
Kivi, V.
1938

White to play and win
Next week the solution.
Solution last week:












Not 1. Bb5+?, Kxb5 2. Nd6+, Kb4 3. Nxe4, c2 4. Nf2, c1N =
1. Ne7+, Kb7!
1. …, Kd7 2. Bb5+! and 3. Ba4 +-
after different moves the night catches the pawn.
2. Ba6+, Ka8!
3. Nc6!, c2
4. Bb7+!, Kxb7
5. Na5+, Kb6
6. Nb3 +-
Black may try 6….Kb5 since now
7.Nd4+? Kc4 8.Nxc2 Kd3 draws.
Hi Yochanan,
How are you?
Usually I don not go for thous studies but this time I took the challnage. I liked
the line with 1.Ne7+ Kb7 2.Ba6+ Ka8 3.Nc6 c2 4.Bb7+ Kb7 5.Na5+ and Nb3.
Maybe one day I will start to like thous studies who knows…..
Take care
Yosi