No.1313 
Armin Geister & Daniel Papack (Germany)

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No.1313 Armin Geister &
Daniel Papack

Germany

original – 07.08.2018
In memoriam Grigorij Golin

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white Kc6 Rb2d4 Bd1 Pd3 black Kh6 Qd8 Rb4a5 Bg7 Sa4e4 Pb3c3c4f2g5g6

hs#2            2 solutions          (5+13)
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Seetharaman
Seetharaman
August 7, 2018 23:12

Beautiful strategy and motivation for the first two moves. I like it very much

Geoff Foster
Geoff Foster
August 8, 2018 01:46

In the first solution the immediate 1.Rxc4-h1(+bPc7)+? fails for two reasons: (1) Black could play 1…cxb2-b7(+wRa1)!, which doesn’t check the wK because c7 is occupied; (2) Black could play 1…Sxb2-b8(+wRa1)+!, after which 2.dxe4-e2(+bSg8) removes the check to the wK. Therefore play must begin with 1.Be2 (preventing 3.dxe4) and 1…Rb7 (preventing 2…cxb2).

In the second solution the immediate 1.Rxe4-h1(+bSg8)+? fails for two reasons: (1) Black could play 1…Sxb2-b8(+wRa1)!, which doesn’t check the wK because g8 is occupied; (2) Black could play 1…cxb2-b7(+wRa1)+!, after which 2.dxc4-c2(+bPc7) removes the check to the wK. Therefore play must begin with 1.Bc2 (preventing 3.dxc4) and 1…Rb8 (preventing 2…Sxb2).

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