Reti 1928, presented by Andreas
White to move and draw.
5K2/k7/4P1p1/8/8/8/4b3/8 w – – 0 1
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Reti 1928, presented by Andreas
White to move and draw.
5K2/k7/4P1p1/8/8/8/4b3/8 w – – 0 1
Looks like:
1. Ke7 g5
2. Kd6 g4
3. e7 Bb5
4. Kc5 Bishop moves
5. Kd4
followed by
6. Ke3
7. Kf2
The White King stops the pawn and can capture the pawn after giving up his own pawn on e8. At first glance, this sure looks like an “automatic” win for black. It’s amazing that white can draw.
Beautiful one. Knowing studies like this I almost immediately tried Ke7 and then after a bit time of calculating had the solution.
Not knowing them I probably would have had no chance to find it…
thats the whole trick with those puzzles. It’s not such a big problem to solve them when you know waht you are looking for. But if I would be confronted with the same position in a game, I would just resign.
Nice solution, devilwolfdog (if that is your real name).
Black’s other option – 2. … Bh5 – works for White, too.
3. Ke5 Kb6
4. e7 g4
5. Kf4 Kc7
6. e8(Q) Bxe8
7. Kxg4
or
4. … Kc7
5. e8(Q) Bxe8
6. Kf5
It only took me about 15 seconds to find 4.Kc5.
But the composer’s name was the “tell”–don’t know if I would have found it in a game.
But the composer’s name was the “tell”
Are your referring to the classic Réti study:
7K/8/k1P5/7p/8/8/8/8 w – – 0 1
White to move and win?