
Re: Endgame Study - White to play and win
i knew this, white has mate in 21, i saw this in one of my chess endgame books i got from public library.
Too bad i don't have the book with me now, but the author's comment was (from my memory): White toys Black with forceful moves, even forcing him to queen the pawns.
Spoiler: don't read if you are still trying, here is the actual solution.
If snrao thinks i should not post this here, i will delete this as soon as i see he says that.
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think one more time before you look at the soluion. it has to do with zugzwang.
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white does all the forcing moves, get the king to b1 and somehow get your king to d1
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don't let the king out, force black to drain all the moving possibilities and somehow checkmate him.
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think carefully before you read this... last chance
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...1.Be3+ Kb1 2.Bh6 b5 3.Ke7 b4 4.Kf6 b5 5.Kg5 Kc1 6.Kg4+ Kb1 7.Kf4 Kc1 8.Kf3+ Kb1 9.Ke3 Kc1 10.Ke2+ Kb1 11.Bd2 h5 12.Kd1 h4 13.Bxb4 h3 14.Bd5 h2 15.Kd2 h1=Q 16.Bxh1 Ka2 17.Bd5+ Kb1 18.Ba3!!!(only move to win) b4 19.Bb3! (forcing black to take the bishop on a3) bxa3 20.Bg8(or anywhere on the diagnal a2 21.Bh7#(or corresponding checkmate square)
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