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E7: Stolz-Pilnik, Saltsjöbaden 1952

 
 

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Posted by Christopher    United States   on 09/29/2012 at 07:26 PM   
 
  1. Another position where the first move is tricky with the second move a surprise.  If Christopher had not talked about the perpetual check it would have been easier I think.  I spent a lot of time examining Queen moves and continuations and did not find a mate. I gave up on the problem and looked again the next day without solving it.  I turned it over to Rykba---now I feel like an idiot.

    Posted by Wes    United States   10/01/2012  at  05:55 AM  

  2. That wasn’t Christopher talking Wes, that was how the problem is presented in the book. Direct quote. I suspect Pilnik was short of time when he accepted the draw.

    Posted by Christopher    United States   10/01/2012  at  05:45 PM  

  3. I would use the Queen to hound the King. The black rook has to cover h8 to prevent the white queen advancing into the corner to threaten the black king unless the white king is kept constantly in check.

    1)....., Qg4 check
    2) Kf2, Qf4 check
    3) Ke1, Qe4 check if Kf2 or f1, Rf4 mates
    4) Kd1, Qd5 check
    5) Ke1, Re4 check
    6) Kf2, Qf5 check
    7) Kg3, Qg4 check
    8) Kf2, Qe2 check, if Kh2, Qh4 mates
    9) Kg3, Rg4 check
    10) Kh3, Rxg5 check,
    11) Kh2 or h4, Qh5 mates

    if
    10) Kh2, you’re back at the beginning!

    Posted by Al_in_Ottawa    Canada   10/01/2012  at  08:35 PM  

  4. Al, as soon as you do

    2) ... Qf4 check

    as White I will eat your queen with my pawn at g5:
    3) pxf4

    Posted by Drew458    United States   10/02/2012  at  07:22 AM  

  5. Drew, White’s pawns can’t move backwards. Nor can they capture backwards. So 3. pxf4 is not possible.

    Just another hint, which I’m sure Wes already knows via Rybka. Black has mate-in-3, forced.

    And Wes, don’t feel like an idiot. If these weren’t difficult, they wouldn’t be problems.

    Posted by Christopher    United States   10/02/2012  at  01:14 PM  

  6. I am so clearly not Grandmaster material. Mate in three? I cannot see it.

    Posted by Al_in_Ottawa    Canada   10/02/2012  at  03:58 PM  

  7. OK.
    ...R-h3+
    K-f4...Q-e6

    Posted by Samoore    United States   10/02/2012  at  07:49 PM  

  8. Oh, crap, I just gave away the Queen.
    Stupid.

    Posted by Samoore    United States   10/02/2012  at  07:51 PM  

  9. I will help out:

    1. R-h3+ Q-f4 ---- Now it is mate in 2!

    Posted by Wes    United States   10/02/2012  at  07:59 PM  

  10. Wes, I hope you meant 1… Kf4. I fail to see how Qf4 would help.

    Posted by Christopher    United States   10/02/2012  at  08:31 PM  

  11. K-f4 it is.  Even after this forced move the next move for black and the white response do not seem “natural”.

    Posted by Wes    United States   10/03/2012  at  10:26 AM  

  12. Time to move on to the next problem. Black had a forced mate-in-3:

    1. … Rh3+
    2. Kf4 Rf3+
    3. Qxf3 Qe5#

    Mate. Again, I think Pilnik was short of time. He surely would have found a mate-in-3.

    Posted by Christopher    United States   10/03/2012  at  10:57 AM  

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