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Can you fend off disaster and get a draw out of this?
1.Kc8 Kc6 2.Kb8 Kb5 3.Kb7 Kxa5 4.Kc6 h5 5.Kd5 h4 6.Ke4 h3 7.Kf3 h2 8.Kg2 draw.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
Speaking of solutions, I had a note from one of you asking about solutions. I usually let you all find and post them! Interactive, right? Active participation? Accompaniment?
However, I tried to respond to the gentleman’s query by email about half a dozen times and every time the email was kicked back as undeliverable. It’s the strangest thing I’ve seen: in the sending, somehow an extra 0 was added to the address. So, jcav****, sorry I could not respond via email. If you have a different email, try writing from that.
Priestly chess players, drop me a line. HERE
Christmas music from FSSP seminarians! A nice stocking stuffer.
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In Toronto, Fabiano Caruana and Nodirbek Abdusattorov will be in the semifinals of the Champions Chess Tour Finals after the ‘survival stage’. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Hikaru Nakamura were knocked out of the competition. My guy Wesley So won the round robin! Now its So v. Abdusattorov and Carlsen v. Caruana to determine who will be in the title match.
Magnus, get a hair cut! Buy a comb!
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Razor as well.
Nothing like a good haircut and shave.
Well, I thought that moving white’s pawn first would open enough space for the white king to reach black’s pawn, but it doesn’t. I’m stumped.
Solution to the puzzle here? I think we had this one a few weeks ago, and I couldn’t figure it out then either.
For the sake of active participation, I will give you my best effort:
1. a6 Kc6
2. a7 Kb7
3. Ke7 h5
4. Kf6 h4 . . .
Both players want to push their own pawns and catch the other player’s pawns, but I can’t find a scenario where white can catch black’s h pawn after it moves to h5 on the first push. White may have the initiative, but black’s strategy is pretty clear: if white pushes the pawn, move the king, and if white chases the pawn, push.