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20th June 2008, 08:08am
#1
by pompom
PA United States
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20th June 2008, 08:25am
#2
by Phil_from_Blayney
Blayney, NSW Australia
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Too easy :) When you have seen it before :)

Truly one of the better endgame studies.


20th June 2008, 09:12am
#3
by erik
Mountain View, CA United States
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ohhhhh.... that took me a while to understand. VERY clever.

(simply driving away the rook allows Rc1!)


20th June 2008, 09:21am
#4
by SilverPanic
Littleton, Colorado United States
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Why a rook? Why not a queen?
20th June 2008, 09:22am
#5
by Sunshiny
United States
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This is a puzzle that someone had posted recently. A couple people stated that it's called the Saavedra Position.
20th June 2008, 09:23am
#6
by Sunshiny
United States
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SilverPanic wrote: Why a rook? Why not a queen?

 It would be a draw.


20th June 2008, 09:28am
#7
by jr571
New Jersey United States
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Yeah, it's the Saavedra.  If white promotes to a queen, black responds Rc4+!, and white is forced to accept the draw with Qxc4 stalemate.
20th June 2008, 09:30am
#8
by ChessGod
kentucky United States
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SilverPanic wrote: Why a rook? Why not a queen?

This is because if C8=Q then Rc4+ queen must capture the rook on c4 and black would be put into stalemate.  Therefore you must rook the pawn.


29th June 2008, 02:00pm
#9
by hicetnunc
Neuilly-sur-Seine France
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It's a famous study by Saavedra - very beautiful
29th June 2008, 02:32pm
#10
by nimzovich
Angels Camp United States
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 A tie-in to the previous problem.



 

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