A chess classic

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  devilwolfdog says:

  May 18, 2008 at 1:34 pm

  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.

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  Jochen says:

  May 18, 2008 at 1:40 pm

  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…

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  Anonymous says:

  May 18, 2008 at 2:13 pm

  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.

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  jcheyne says:

  May 18, 2008 at 3:50 pm

  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

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  Anonymous says:

  May 18, 2008 at 5:11 pm

  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.

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  Anonymous says:

  May 19, 2008 at 11:28 am

  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?