A hard greek gift

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2nd September 2009, 06:29am

by Boring304
Israel

Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 684

an interesting greek gift secrifice.. the hard move is actually move 17 (of the game, about move 5 in the puzzle)

the game is Colle- O'Hanlon Nice 1930

in the game black played the Kg6 and lost quickly.. in first analayze it came up that black could draw by playing Kg8.. after further analayze they found the 17th move, which gives white the win in all variations

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2nd September 2009, 07:08am

by yourbetteroffasian
United States

Member Since: Mar 2009
Member Points: 31

I dont think b3 was nesscerary.

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2nd September 2009, 07:17am

by RedRag
England United Kingdom

Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 29

Excellent - I only found the lovely b3 after trying nearly every other move! :-) I wonder whether Colle saw it - and if so when

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2nd September 2009, 07:20am

by RedRag
England United Kingdom

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2nd September 2009, 07:34am

by JG27Pyth
NYC United States

Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 1467

b3 is wonderful... found it, but only because I saw yourbetteroffasian's kibitz. yes b3 is necessary... b3 gives White mating attacks using the White's Bishop access to the a3-f8 diagonal -- Black can't defend both the a3-f8 diagonal, and g7.

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2nd September 2009, 08:06am