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[Site " http://www.chess.com/analysis-board-editor?diagram_id=2651808 "] [Date "1986"] [White "Jan Timman"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/8/5k2/5b2/8/r7/2B1P3/4K2R w K - 0 1"] 1.O-O { In studies the players are always allowed to castle, unless it can be proven in the starting position that either the king or the rook has already moved. } 1...Rg3+ 2.Kh2 Rg5 3.e4 { After castling kingside, White now plays the most popular starting move. Black cannot save the bishop, but he does have a long series of checks. } 3...Rh5+ 4.Kg3 Rg5+ 5.Kh4 { The white king has to advance to escape the checks. } 5...Rg4+ 6.Kh5 Rg5+ 7.Kh6 Rg6+ 8.Kh7 Rg7+ 9.Kh8 { The white king has reached the corner, but the enemy checks are far from being exhausted. } 9...Rh7+ 10.Kg8 Rg7+ 11.Kf8 Rf7+ 12.Ke8 Re7+ 13.Kd8 Rd7+ 14.Kc8 { And the following move White captures the bishop. The white king had to march along the edges of the board in order to escape the rook checks. } 1-0
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[Event " http://www.chess.com/analysis-board-editor?diagram_id=2651846 "] [Date "1933"] [Site ""] [White "Mark Liburkin"][Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/8/6k1/4b3/4n2P/8/2K3N1/1B6 w - - 0 1"] { First of all White pins the black knight in order to capture it next. } 1.Kd1 Kf5 2.Ke2 { Because his bishop is in his way, Black cannot unpin his knight. However, he has a resource in store. } 2...Bf6 3.Kf3 Bxh4 { Black appears to save himself, since after 4. Nxh4+ Kg5 the white knight is also under attack. But now White changes tack. } 4.Bxe4+ Kg5 5.Bd5! Kh5 6.Bf7+ Kg5 7.Be8 { And the black bishop is lost. }
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[Site " http://www.chess.com/analysis-board-editor?diagram_id=2652372 "] [White ""][Result "1-0"][FEN "8/1P6/5rN1/8/7p/7k/3pB3/6K1 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nf4+!! ( 1.b8=Q d1=Q+ 2.Bxd1 Rf1+ 3.Kxf1 { Stalemate } ) 1...Rxf4 2.b8=R! { Queening stalemates as before, black has no answer to Rb3 } 2...Kg3 3.Rb3+ Rf3 4.Rxf3+ Kg4
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[Date "1988"] [White "Jan Timman"] [Site " http://www.chess.com/analysis-board-editor?diagram_id=2653174 "] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [FEN "8/p7/5p2/2k2P2/8/2K5/P7/8 w - - 0 1"] { It is clear that the f-pawn is doomed. If Black goes and collects this pawn, the white king will have to go for the enemy a-pawn. And in order to advance his own a-pawn far enough, he has to push it first. } 1.a4 a5 { But now there is a new problem: White must lose his a-pawn. } 2.Kd3 { Only thus. After 2. Kb3 Kd4 White will be pushed back. } 2...Kb4 3.Kd4 Kxa4 { The critical moment. If White continues with the unsuspecting 4. Kd5 he will lose: 4... Kb5 5. Ke6 a4 6. Kxf6 a3 7. Ke7 a2 8. f6 a1Q 9. f7 Qg7 10. Ke8 Kc6 11. f8Q Qd7 mate. That is why, before he approaches the f-pawn, White must first force the enemy king to a worse square. } 4.Kc4!! { This is the moment of mutual zugzwang. If it were his move, White would lose. } 4...Ka3 5.Kd5 { The rest plays itself. The white f-pawn will reach f7 and the black king is too far away. } 1/2-1/2
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[Date "1968"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "3n4/6n1/2P2p2/2p5/7b/2PP2k1/3N4/3BK3 w - - 0 1"] [White "Emilian Dobrescu"][Result "1-0"][Site "'L'Italia Scacchistica'"] { Black cannot prevent the promotion of the white c-pawn, but he gets counter play because the white king has few squares at its disposal. } 1.c7 Nde6 2.c8=Q Kg2+ { The start of a long series of checks. } 3.Ke2 Nf4+ 4.Ke3 Nd5+ 5.Ke4 { The king has to move up further. } 5...Nxc3+ 6.Kf4 { The king moves to the kingside, in order to conquer the black bishop, which deprives it of the square e1. } 6...Nd5+ 7.Kg4 Ne3+ 8.Kxh4 Nef5+ 9.Kg4 { And now, back again. } 9...Ne3+ 10.Kf4 Nd5+ 11.Ke4 Nc3+ { How can White escape the checks now? } 12.Ke3 { Down again. } 12...Nd5+ 13.Ke2 Nf4+ 14.Ke1! { The theme becomes apparent. White forces Black to take the d-pawn. } 14...Nxd3+ 15.Ke2 Nf4+ 16.Ke3 { And wins. White now gets the square d3 for the king. }
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[White ""] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "2R1qnN1/8/2P5/3B1p1k/4pP2/4p1P1/8/5K2 b - -"] 1...Qxc8 2.Bf7+ Kg4 { 2. ...Ng6 3. Bxg6+ Kg4 (3. ...Kxg6 4. Ne7+) 4. Bxf5 Kxf5 (4. ...Qxf5 5. Nh6+) 5. Ne7+ } 3.Kg2 { Threat: 4. Nh6# } 3...Qxc6 4.Bc4!! { Threat: 5. Be2# } 4...Kh5 { 4. ...Qxc4 5. Nf6# } 5.Be2+ Kg6 6.Ne7+ Kf7 7.Nxc6 1-0
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