Wednesday 13 May 2020

Fundamentals (part 19)

William J Jenkins (?) - Spanton (147)
Middlesex League Division 1 1991
Black to play and win
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45...b4??
Winning is 45...Kxc5 (and 45...Kc6 for that matter), but the text loses. I guess I must somehow have decided the white king was 'forced' to go to g5.
46.cxb4 Kc6 47.Ke3 Kd5 48.Kd2 Ke5 49.Kc3 Kd5 ½–½
Of course White is winning, eg 50.c6 Kxc6 51.Kxc4 Kd6 52.b5 etc.

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