Chess Training for Candidate Masters by Alexander Kalinin

Author:Alexander Kalinin
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: New in Chess

White to play. What would you do?

Black is holding his last line of defence, not allowing the white king into b6. Zugzwang comes to White’s aid. The most surprising thing is that the final winning manoeuvre is one I found when analysing my adjourned position against Baikov!

58.♕d7+! ♔f6 59.♕d8+! ♔f7 60.♕d6!

Since 60…♔f6 is impossible due to 61.♕f8#!, Black finds himself in zugzwang and is forced to allow the enemy king into his camp.

60…♕a3 61.♕d7+ ♔f6 62.♕xb7 ♕xe3 63.♕c8 ♔g7 64.♕c7+ ♔f8 65.♕e5 ♕b3+ 66.♔c6 ♕xg3 67.♕f6+ ♔g8 68.♔d7 ♕xf4 69.c6

And Black resigned.

It transpires that, when playing his 23rd move, White saw the final zugzwang in the queen ending at move 60. A record for length of plan!

And now to acquaint you with the source game.

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