Monday, 18 May 2020

Fundamentals (part 24)

Spanton (164) - R Lane (153)
Southern Counties Chess Union U175 1993
White to play and win
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29.c3!
29.dxe5!? is also promising, but the text caused immediate resignation. The point is White will get two passed pawns far enough apart to make it impossible for the black king to cope with both of them, eg 29...Ke6 30.h5, or 29...f4+ 30.Ke2 exd4 31.cxd4 when 31...Kxd4 loses to 32.h5, or 29...fxg4 30.fxg4 e4 31.h5, or 29...b5 30.gxf5 gxf5 31.h5.

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