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the triumphant procession of the white
will r · pawns
7 emam only a dream. If the white bishop is
at g or h8, then Black to move al I
.. Jk6 with the threat of ~6 If h w~ys ~ ays
· ···'' · t e white bisho
::c~/~ :i;~· ~:~~~~r, ~t ~lahck simply ai
a · e ng t moment to
gree a draw, you might think. In the zame
however, further incredible things happened: '
3 g5 l:!.c7 4h5l:!.c85 h6l:!.c6 6f4l:!.f6?? (Dj
,<h 6
.. !6 7 .i.xf6 l:!.xf6 8 gxf6 ltJe2 9 f7 tbct4+ IO
'e'CI "l..le6 =.
lfz.lfz
to r; a;oment of chess blindness White now
o a aw. 7 g6! would have won on the spot.
1 c5+!@xc5
Neither l...@xe6 2 cxb6 1:1.xel 3 b7 l:!.e2+ 4
t: _ne3+ s @c4 l:!.e4+ 6 @cs II.es+ 7 @c6
el - nor l ... @c6 2 cxb6 = is of an hel
2 .i.f2 l:!.bxe6 3 @d2 @d4 4 _t { P·
and d espite · his · huge material g advanta e
!l:~!lcfafnnot whin, ~ince he is unable to relea!e
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Exercises
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(Solutions on page 331)
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What is White's last remaining resource?
Naturally the theme of the 'eternal pi • W
also taken up by study composers. n was
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Help the power of the bishop
to show to its best advantage.
F) A Typical Mistake
To co~clude this chapter, we would like to draw
attention to another typical mistake that very