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Friday, December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas!

(Festivus, too.) The first of the 2009 ChessBase Christmas puzzles is up.

Manuel Rodriguez, 2009
White to play and draw
Hints are here
I think I see the first move, but the idea of ...Qa6 & penetration on the a6-f1 diagonal is bugging me.
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1 comment:

  1. Frederick RhineSaturday, December 26, 2009 at 8:46:00 AM CST

    Yes, it would be trivial (a la the problem in Kmoch's Pawn Power in Chess) if Black's pawn were on a6 instead of a5. I too am puzzled as to how White can meet the Qa6 idea.

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