Lasker with a mate twist

Lasker with a mate twist

Postby Siegfried Hornecker » 13 June 2010, 6:52 pm

Everyone knows the famous Lasker study from Deutsches Wochenschach 1890.

Emanuel Lasker
Deutsches Wochenschach 1890
White to move and win
1.Kb7 Rb2+ 2.Ka7 Rc2 3.Rh5+ Ka4 4.Kb7 Rb2+ 5.Ka6 Rc2 6.Rh4+ Ka3 7.Kb6 Rb2+ 8.Ka5 Rc2 9.Rh3+ Ka2 10.Rxh2 and wins


But not many know the following nice version.

Dr. George Teodoru
Revista de Romana de Sah 1963
White to move and win
1.Kf7 Rf3+ 2.Ke6 Re3+ 3.Kd7 Rd3+ 4.Kc7 Re3 5.Rh5+ Kb4 6.Kd7 Rd3+ 7.Kc6 Re3 8.Rh4+ Ka5! 9.Kd6 Rd3+ 10.Kc5! Re3 11.Rxh3 (or 11.Rh8) Rxe7 12.Ra3 mate
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