Chess study 21 – Siegbert Tarrasch study in Chess Studies Chess Training on July 26, 2017 January 29, 2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Chess study 21 Siegbert Tarrasch study This is a study from the masterful Dvoretsky’s book: Studies for practical players White to play and win [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.07.26"] [Round "?"] [White "Study #21"] [Black "?"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/6Pb/7P/8/8/8/1K5P/4k3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "15"] 1. Kc3 {[pgndiagram] The first move is quite obvious. White heads for f7} Kf2 { Black in response goes to h5} 2. Kd4 Kf3 3. Ke5 Kg4 4. Kf6 Kh5 {[pgndiagram] The critical position has arisen. White can't continue with his planned king advance as Black would take on h6 and draw. White has to be more crafty than that} 5. g8=Q $1 {[pgndiagram] The only move to win} (5. Kf7 Kxh6 6. g8=Q Bxg8+ 7. Kxg8 {[pgndiagram] Leads to a draw}) 5... Bxg8 6. Kg7 Kg5 {But now it seems that White still doesn't have anything. But the position is actually a mutual zugzwang} 7. h3 $1 {[pgndiagram] The right way} (7. h4+ Kh5 {And White has to move his king, after which h6 falls and it is a draw} (7... Kxh4 {Obviously not } 8. Kxg8)) 7... Kh5 8. h4 {[pgndiagram] And Black is in zugzwang. A nice finish} 1-0your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts Chess studies Previous Post← Chess tactics 70 Chess tactics 70 Next PostChess tactics 71 → Chess tactics 71 You May Also Like Chess Studies Chess Training Chess study 35 – Alexey Troitzky View Post Chess Studies Chess Training Chess study 8 – Bukhuti Gurgenidze study View Post Chess Studies Chess Training Chess study 26 – Leonid Kubbel study View Post