Endgame Tactic

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17th September 2009, 02:39pm
#1
by bondiggity
United States
Member Since: Jun 2008
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Black to play and win:

 

17th September 2009, 02:45pm
#2
by Boring304
Israel
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 677

1.g5+!.. the first moves are useless, as black can always play there after white tries to wast tempi, and black can always play last in this formation

17th September 2009, 02:51pm
#3
by pskogli
Drammen Norway
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 441

Why doesn't 1. g5! work? (sorry I saw the first answer at this moment) Black should win easy, g5! ..hxg Kg6! and white cant stop black from taking back the pawn and win the game. (black has the last waiting move)

17th September 2009, 06:07pm
#4
by bondiggity
United States
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 1532

Well white has a tactic that wins him the game, and that is by playing a3, then b4 instead of continuing to wait with a4. This was another way for black to win the game by simply playing 2. b5. The reason this is winning is because white's king is on the h6-c1 diagonal. I'll update the puzzle with these variations

 

I just thought the win presented was pretty :D 

17th September 2009, 08:09pm
#5
by kco
Perth Australia
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 6919

nice puzzle bondiggity well done.

 

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