Chessproblem


This is the game Aljechin-Yates, Hamburg 1910.
How to use the idea of opposition in this game? White to move.



   k
    R
 p r p
p    P
P K P
 P

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Solution:

1. Re5!! Rxe5 2. fxe5 Ke7!! Ke6?? Kd4!
3. Kd3!! 3. Kd4?? Ke6!, and white must move.
3. ......., Kd7! 4. e4 f4 5. Ke2 Ke6 6. Kf2!!
Black is forced to take the white pawn.
6. ......., Kxe5 7. Kf3! and white wins.


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