A club of unexpected and interesting findings. Part 1
19.04.2024
We thank Alexander Getmansky and Yuri Khokhlov for the opportunity to share their interesting findings in Russian and international draughts. We will be happy to publish their wonderful historical materials.
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A beautiful endgame from Zinovy Tsirik!
1. h4-g5 f6:h4 2. h6-g7 |
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The author’s idea is here as follows:
2. … h2-g1? 3. f2-e3! That’s the only way! 3. … d4:f2 4. e1:g3 h4:f2 5. g7-h8! e5-f4 6. h8-e5! See the diagram 3. |
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The white queen has entered the e5, and black will not be able to win, for example – 6. … f4-e3 7. e5:c7! g1-h2 8. c7-d8! h2-e5 9. d8-g5! e5-f4 10. g5-f6 =, and white has the main diagonal!
But let’s look at diagram 2 again. |
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Yuri Khokhlov draws attention to the unexpected victim of the piece (see the diagram 2)
2. … h4- g3!! 3. f2:h4 d4-e3 x You can’t put a king because of the loop, it’s impossible to go to the kings because of a blow to the back of the head, and the victim does not save!
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