White to Play and Win
Pete Tamburro
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Published in Chess Puzzles
All you need today is a little 4x4 portion of the chessboard and a little imagination. A composition by M.G. Kliatzkin.
Solution:
1.c7 Kxc7 [No better are 1...Nc8 2.Kb7 (Not 2.Rxa8 Kxc7 3.Rxc8+ Kxc8 4.Kxa7 Kc7 5.Ka6 (5.a6 Kc8 6.Kb6 Kb8 7.a7+ Ka8 also draws.) 5...Kc6 with a draw.) 2...Kd7 3.Rxa8 Nd6+ 4.Kb8 a6 5.Rxa6; 1...Nd7 2.Rxa8 Kxc7 (2...Nc5+ 3.Kb5 Kxc7 4.Kxc5) 3.Rxa7+ Kc6 4.Rxd7 Kxd7 5.Kb7] 2.axb6+ [ White only draws with: 2.Rxa8 Nxa8 3.Kxa7 Kc6 4.Kxa8 Kb5] 2...Kxb8 3.b7 Kc7 4.bxa8=Q and mates shortly.
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