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Problem I. Groningen 1946: 23. ... Qxg3+ 24. Kxg3 Ne4+ and 25. ... Nxd2. Problem II. Moscow 1944: 34. Rg5! e.g. 34. ... Rxg5 35. Bxf6+; 34. ... Rf3 35. Kg2 or 34. ... Rdd5 35. Ra8+. Problem III. Salt- sjöbaden 1952: 41. Rxg8+ Kxg8 42. Qd5! and 43. e7(+) wins, e.g. 42. ... Kf8 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. e7. Problem IV. Saltsjöbaden 1952: Without the g- pawn this is a draw. But 48. Ke6 Re2+ 49. Kf5 and 50. Kg6! wins, e.g. 49. ... g4 50. Kg6! Rf2 51. f7+ Kf8 52. Rb8+ Ke7 53. Re8+. Problem V. Zurich 1953: Kotov’s most famous game lasted several more moves after 33. ... Nd7? 34. Rg5!. But Black can win immediately with 33. ... Ng4! threatening ... Rf8+ (34. Kxg4 Rg8+ 35. Kf5 Rf6 mate). Problem VI. Salt- sjöbaden 1952: 24. Bf6! blocks the f-pawn and threatens Qg5 and Qxg7 mate, e.g. 24. ... Kh8 25. Qg5 Rg8 26. h4 Rde8 27. h5 Re5 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Qf6! and 30. h6. Or 24. ... Ne6 25. f4 Rfe8 (25. ... Nc5 26. Qe2 threatens Qg4 mate, or 25. ... h6 26. f5 Ng5 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Qxg5+ and 29. Rf4) 26. f5 Rd7 and now 27. Rf4! threatens 28. Rg4+ Kf8 29. Qh6+. The appropriate finish would be 27. ... h6 28. Rg4+ Kh7 29. Qxh6+! Kxh6 30. Rh4 mate.
Problem I. Pin: Black wins the bishop with 1. ... Re6. Problem II. Discovery/fork: Black wins the queen with 1. ... fxg2+ 2. Kd2 Re2+. Problem III. Mating net: Black mates by 1. ... Qf2+ 2. Kh1 Qf1+ 3. Rxf1 Rxf1 mate. Problem IV. Double threat: With 1. ... Bd3 Black wins a piece. Prob- lem V. Mating net: Black triumphs with 1. ... Rh1+ 2. Kxh1 d1=Q+ 3. Kh2 Qh5 mate. Prob- lem VI. Mating net: Black ends it all by 1. ... Re8+ 2. Kf1 Qh3+ 3. Kg1 Re1 mate.
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Problem I. 1. Kc2! h3 2. Bb1! Kf5 3. Kd3 Ke5 (White also wins after 3. ... Kf4 4. Kd4 c5+ 5. Kd5) 4. Ke3 Kd5 5. Kf3, Black resigned. It is simple, but tricky. Problem II. 1. Nf3 gxh5! (Worse are 1. ... Qh3+ 2. Ke7 Qxf3 3. Bxf3 gxh5 4. Bxh5 Kh2 5. Rxg1 Kxg1 6. Bf3 and 1. ... bxc6 2. Nxh2 Kxh2 3. hxg6 Bd4 4. b4 g1=Q 5. Rxg1 Kxg1 6. Kd6.) 2. Kd5!! (Less effective is 2. Bxb7? Qh3+ 3. Kf6 Qxf3+! 4. Bxf3 h4 5. Kg5 h3 6. Kg4 h2 7. Bd1 Bf2! [Black loses after 7. ... Bc5? 8. Kh3 g1=N+ 9. Kg3.] 8. Kf4 [Black is OK after 8. Kh3 g1=N+.] 8. ... Bg3+! 9. Kg4 Bf2 10. Kf5 Bb6 11. Ke4 Kg1 or 2. Be4? Qh3+ 3. Kf6 Qxf3+ 4. Bxf3 Kh2 5. Bxg2 Kxg2 6. Kg5 Be3+ 7. Kxh5 Kf3 8. Kg6 Ke4 9. Rd1 Bd4 10. b3 Kd5 11. Rc1 b5 12. Kf7 Kd6! 13. Ke8 Bf6.) 2. ... bxc6+ 3. Ke4!! c5 (3. ... h4 4. b4!) 4. Kd5!! c4 5. Kc6 h4 6. Kb7 h3 7. Ka8! c3 8. bxc3 Qb8+ 9. Rxb8 h2 10. Rh8 wins. This is hard even for the computer to discover the basic idea to play for stalemate.
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