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Cute chess position White to Play

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Posted 2010-May-22, 10:39

lower case = black
UPPER CASE = WHITE

A B C D E F G H
8 r - N - - - k r
7 R - - - - - - p
6 - - - - - - p B
5 - - - - p - - -
4 - - - - - - - -
3 - - - - - b - -
2 P P - - - P - P
1 - - - - K - - -


Kupferstich - Adreassen (1953)

Apologies re: formatting. Cute finale from an actual game. Not difficult, but counterintuitive.
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C. It's the nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms.

IV: ace 333: pot should be game, idk

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Posted 2010-May-22, 13:58

Format: maybe FEN better?

My take:
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Posted 2010-May-22, 19:52

Your first two moves are correct (and of course, your continuation would suffice); the somewhat faster (and much prettier) continuation is: (hidden)
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IV: ace 333: pot should be game, idk

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Posted 2010-May-23, 09:10

That was an exciting game. Just replayed it at chessgames.com.
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