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Weekly Endgame Study (95)

1 November 2008, 10.00 CET | Last modified: 22:52 | 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!

Sydorov, B.
2007

White to play and win

Next week the solution.

Solution last week:

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6 Responses to “Weekly Endgame Study (95)”

  1. MvE on November 2nd, 2008 1:59 pm

    1. Re8+
    a) 1. …, Bxe8 2. e6+, Kg8 3. Nf6+, Kh8 (3. …, Kf8 4. Bb4#) 4. Nxe8+, Kg8 5. Nf6+, Kh8 6. e7 wins, e.g. 6. …, Qh1+ 7. Nh5+ etc.
    b) 1. …, Qxe8 2. e6+, Kg8 3. Nf6+, Kf8 4. Bb4+, Qe7 5. Nxd7+, Ke8 6. Bxe7, Kxe7 7. Nc5 and wins, e.g. 7. …, a5 8. Kg5, a4 9. Kf5 and the knight is free to take care of the a-pawn.

    But I have the feeling I am missing something…

  2. brian on November 3rd, 2008 12:48 pm

    In line b, black can play 7. … Kf6!

    Then the white king needs a too long walk to protect the pawn on e6.

    Don’t know about the solution yet for white. But white has to do something about it.

  3. brian on November 3rd, 2008 1:25 pm

    Something like

    7. … Kf6 8 Kh7 a5 9. Kg8 Ke7 10. Kg7 a4 11. Kg6 a3 12. Kf5 a2 13. Nb3 Ke8

    seems a draw

  4. brian on November 3rd, 2008 2:36 pm

    Hm this ending is winning also winning. 14. Kf6 Kf8 15. e7+ Ke8 16. Na1

  5. MvE on November 3rd, 2008 9:20 pm

    7. …, Kf6! that’s it Brian! Gives the study a nice finishing touch.

  6. Gorak on November 4th, 2008 6:57 pm

    Seems like a draw

    1.re8 bxe8 2.e6+ kg8 3.nf6 #

    But 1. … Qxe8 …. again seems like a draw…

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