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As the school year is ending, we often do a summer school of basic yet often challenging lessons on endgames as we have found that endgames are the weakest part of most chess players’ learning. Today’s position is from an actual game from over a hundred years ago. Beware the stalemate threat. White should win this.


1.Kf1!! The only move to win a5 2.Kf2 axb4 3.a5 b3 4.a6 b2 5.a7 b1Q 6.a8Q+ Qe4 7.Qa1+ 7.Qxe4+ fxe4 8.f5 e3+ 9.Kf1 e2+ 10.Kxe2 Kg2 11.f6 h1Q 12.f7 Qh5+ and Black wins 7…Qe1 8.Qxe1 mate

 


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