thanks for posting this position; it is a very instructive one.
I will just add that the author was Richard Reti, a famous chess player and composer from Slovakia 🙂
Originally posted by splinter111 thanks for posting this position; it is a very instructive one.
I will just add that the author was Richard Reti, a famous chess player and composer from Slovakia 🙂
I dont know how to do this with a interactive board (pgn) but here is the solution. If anybody knows how too feel free to post it. Or just put it on a actual chess board and work it out at home (I am sure most of us got one near by.)
1. Kg7... h4
2.Kf6... h3
3.Ke6... h2
4. c7...Kb7
5. Kd7...and the game is drawn
Or,
1.Kg7...Kb6
2.Kf6...h4
3.Ke5...h3
4.Kd6...h2
5. c7...again with a draw
Originally posted by PhySiQ In typical puzzle notation, black always goes "down" as you say, and white going "up".
You are always sat behind the white pieces.
Originally posted by PhySiQ A good simple little puzzle.
[hidden]drawn. at first glance white seems like he should lose... how to make up the space? The key square is f6.[/hidden]