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Solutions PAGE 17 / CHESS TO ENJOY
Problem I. Houston, 1964: 20. Ng5! Nxg5 (20. ... Bxg5 21. Qg7 mate) 21. Rg3 and there’s no defense to 22. Rxg5+ (22. … Bxg5 23. Qg7 mate). Problem II. Detroit, 1964: 60. Nf6+ Kh8 61. Kf8! sets up a mate with the bishop. Black resigned after 61. ... Be6 62. Nd5 in view of 63. Bg5 and 64. Bf6 mate, for example. Problem III. Houston, 1964: After 23. Rf3! the main threat is 24. Bb6+ Kc8 25. Rc3, e.g. 23. ... Qd7 24. Bb6+ Kc8 25. Rc3+ Kb8 26. Bc7+ Kc8 27. Nb6 mate or 26. ... Ka7 27. Qf2+. Also, 23. ... Bd7 24. Rc3 Be8 25. Bf6+ gxf6 26. Qxf6+. Problem IV. San Francisco, 1964: After 12. ... Nf6! Black threat- ens 12. ... Qxg2 mate and 12. ... Bd5, trapping the queen. Problem V. Davis, 1964: Better
than 23. Re1+ Ne5! 24. Rxe5+ Kf6 25. Qxd7 Kxe5 is 23. f6+! Nxf6 (or 23. ... Ke8 24. Re1+) 24. Re1+ 24. … Ne4 25. Rxe4+ Kf6 26. Qxd7. Problem VI. Chicago, 1964: Black won with 37. ... Bf5 with the idea of 38. … Be4 but faster was 37. ... Bg4! 38. Bc1 Bxf3+. Some sources gives Black’s name as “Diebert.”
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Problem I. Pin: The thrust 1. ... c5 wins a piece. Problem II. Remove Guard: The advance 1. ... a3 deflects the bishop and wins a piece. Problem III. Driving Off: A simple win is 1. ... Rf6+ 2. Kg2 Rf2+. Prob- lem IV. Unpin: The immediate 1. ... Qxc3 wins (if 2. Nxc3, then 2. ... Rxe1+). Problem V. Zwischenschach: Black comes out ahead after 1. ... Rxf1+, followed by 2. ... Rxe3. Problem VI. Simplification: With 1. ... Rxg2+ 2. Qxg2+ Qxg2+ 3. Kxg2 a5, White is unable to stop the pawn from queening.
PAGE 49 / THE PRACTICAL ENDGAME: ROOK ENDINGS
Problem I. 43. ... Rg2! Black has no time to waste—he must seize the moment. 44. Rg7 44. Rb6+ only accelerates White’s fate after 44. ... Ke5 45. Rg6 Rxg3+!. 44. ... Ke5! The key. 45. Rg6 Rxg3+!, White resigned. After 46. Rxg3 f4+ 47. Kf2 fxg3+ 48. Kxg3 Kd4 White loses by a single tempo. Problem II. In the game, my opponent played the osten- sibly forced 50. fxg4+, which allowed the elegant drawing resource 50. ... Kg5 51. Kg2 Rb2+ 52. Kh3 Rxb6!!, and 53. Rxb6 is stale- mate. Instead, White wins with a spectacular sequence: 50. Kh4!! A very hard move to see. 50. ... gxf3 51. g4+ Ke5 51. ... Kf4 loses even faster: 52. Rf6+ Ke4 53. g5. 52. g5 Rb4+ 53. Kg3 Ke4 54. Rf6 Rb2 55. Rf4+ Ke5 56. Rxf3 Rxb6 57. Kg4 with a theoretical win. A very challenging problem!
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