"The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake."
—Savielly Tartakower on Chess
Due to popular demand (ok, mainly Greg's demand), the return of the weekly Greenpoint Chess and Go Club problem.
This week's study, by F. Richter, comes from one of my favorite books, Secrets of Spectacular Chess. It was originally published in Suomen Shakki in 1953.
White to win
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Source: Levitt, Jonathan and David Friedgood. Secrets of Spectacular Chess. London: Batsford, 1995
I’ve seen this problem before- - is it from “secrets to spectacular chess?”
Good memory!
A very difficult study to solve, since White starts paradoxically, by moving away from the action. Far more natural would be 1. Kd7+, but it does not win. The position after 4. Qf7! is an example of "domination" and for that the king is needed on b7.
1. Kb7+!! Kh7
2. Qh2+ Kg8
3. Qa2+ Kh7
4. Qf7!
Zugzwang. White wins since the black king and pawn cannot move (legally) and the black queen is captured if it moves anywhere along the eighth rank except g8. After 4. … Qg8, 5. Qh5 would be mate.
Levitt, Jonathan and David Friedgood. Secrets of Spectacular Chess. London: Batsford, 1995 (19–20)
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