Hildebrand 1955, presented by Andreas
White to move. How should White proceed?
Kb6/4p3/2k1B3/P7/8/8/8/8 w – – 0 3
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”how do we post our solutions?”
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1. Bd5+ Kc7
2.Bb7 should be enough for a win.
1. Bd5+ Kc7
2.Bb7 should be enough for a win.
1.Bd5+? Kb5!
1.Bd5+? Kb5!
Incredible, I can’t believe I missed that.
Well, that leaves:
1.Bd7+ Kc7
2.Bb5!? e5 (2…Kc8 3.Ba6+ Kc7 4.Bb7 wins)
3.Ba6 e4
4.Bb5 e3
5.Ba6 and that should be enough for a win.
Am I missing something completely obvious this time?
”Well, that leaves:
1.Bd7+ Kc7
2.Bb5!? e5 (2…Kc8 3.Ba6+ Kc7 4.Bb7 wins)
3.Ba6 e4
4.Bb5 e3
5.Ba6 and that should be enough for a win.”
Yes henryk, i think you miss this :
4.Bb5 Kc8 draws.
1.Bd7+ Kc7
2.Bb5!? e5 (2…Kc8 3.Ba6+ Kc7 4.Bb7 wins)
After
3.Ba6 e4
4.Bb7! is the right move.
4…e3
5.Ba6 wins.
1.Bd7+ Kc7
2.Bb5 e5
3.Ba6 e4
4.Bb5 Kc8
… does not draw:
5.Ba6+ Kc7
6.Bb7 e3
7.Ba6 e2
8.Bxe2 Kc8
9.Ba6+ Kc7
10.Bb7
…wins for White.
I’m thinking:
1. Bc4 Kc7
Then the bishop moves back and forth along the a6 diagonal until the pawn queens and white’s bishop takes it. Then it’s Zugzwang for black and the king must move away from the bishop, which is taken by white’s king. Then white queens his pawn and wins.
Brad H.
Actually… hmm. It’s more tricky than I thought. Oh well, back the the drawing board.
Brad H.
The key is to keep Black’s bishop blocked in. If it gets free, White’s in trouble.
1. Bd7+ Kc7
(Defending the bishop, but also blocking it in.)
2. Bb5 Kc8
(A pawn move here leads to a transposition of what follows.)
3. Ba6+
(Again forcing Black to block the bishop.)
3. … Kc7
4. Bb7
(Now the pawn must move into eventual capture.)
4. … e5
(4. … e6 is a quicker end.)
5. Ba6 e4
6. Bb7 e3
7. Ba6 e2
8. Bxe2 Kc8
9. Ba6+ Kc7
10. Bb7
Finally, the king is pried away from the bishop. White wins.
After letting it sit on my screen, I now see that Anonymous @ 2:55 found it. Good work.