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rooperi
rooperi
Nov 16, 2009
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#1

Found this study, by Frantisef Josef Prokop, Third Prize Moscow international tournament, 1925. White to play and draw. It's pretty neat, but I dont understand why white does not just promote to Queen on move 1?
Crazychessplaya
Crazychessplaya
Nov 16, 2009
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#2

White gets blown away after 1...Qe3 2.Kd5 Qd3 3.Kc5 Be3 5.Kb4 BxN

SavageLotus
SavageLotus
Nov 16, 2009
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#3

Maybe it was because it would have handed the tempo to black(allowing him to begin to check/fork whit's king and black didn't want to allow that) Maybe it was just a blunder? I don't know.

nutcrusher
nutcrusher
Nov 19, 2009
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#4

The reason is simple, White would have to lose the Knight and the end game also!

nuts.

NinjaBear
NinjaBear Closed: Inactive
Nov 22, 2009
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#5

f8=Q, loses the knight. After black trades the white bishop with any other piece then checkmate is inevitable. B+N (or B+B checkmate if white takes pawn with bishop). I believe some responses above already address this.