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Endgame Study #709
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[FEN "1K6/6Pp/pP5p/k6p/Pp5P/1P5P/
1P1r4/8 w - - 0 1"]
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M. Czerniak
Swiat Szachowy
1932
White to Play
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Solution to This Week's Endgame
Study
1.b7
[1.g8Q Rd8+ 2.Qxd8; 1.g8R Kxb6]
1...Rg2 2.Kc8 [2.Ka7
Rxg7 3.Ka8 Rxb7 4.Kxb7; 2.Ka8 Rxg7 3.b8Q Ra7+
4.Kxa7] 2...Rxg7 3.b8Q Rg8+
4.Kb7 [4.Kc7 Rc8+ 5.Kxc8]
4...Rxb8+ 5.Kxb8 Kb6 6.Kc8
[6.Ka8 Ka5 7.Kb7; 6.a5+ Kxa5 7.Kc7 Kb5 8.Kd6 a5
9.Kd5 a4 10.bxa4+ Kxa4 11.Kc4 b3 12.Kc3 Ka5
13.Kxb3 Kb5 14.Kc3 Kc5 15.Kd3 Kb4 16.Ke4 Kb3
17.Kf5 Kxb2] 6...Kc6
[6...a5 7.Kb8] 7.Kd8
[7.a5 Kb5 8.Kd7 Kxa5 9.Kc6]
7...Kd6 8.Ke8 [8.a5 Kc5 9.Ke7 Kb5 10.Kd6
Kxa5] 8...Ke6
[8...Ke5 9.Kd7 Kf4 10.Kc6 Kg3 11.Kb6 Kxh3
12.Kxa6 Kxh4 13.Kb6 Kg3 14.a5 h4 15.a6 h3 16.a7
h2 17.a8Q] 9.a5
[9.Kf8 Ke5 10.Kg7 (10.Ke7 Kf4 11.Kd6 Kg3 12.Kc6
Kxh3 13.Kb6 Kxh4 14.Kxa6 Kg3 15.Kb6 h4 16.a5 h3
17.a6 h2 18.a7 h1Q) 10...Ke4 11.Kxh7 Kd3 12.Kxh6
Kc2 13.Kxh5 Kxb3 14.Kg6 Kxb2 15.h5 Ka2 16.h6 b3
17.h7 b2 18.h8Q b1Q+]
9...Kd6 10.Kf7 Kc5 [10...Kd7 11.Kg7]
11.Ke6 [11.Kg7 Kd4]
11...Kb5 12.Kd5 Kxa5 13.Kc4
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