Nº29 Evgeny Kopylov

Win

Evgeny Kopylov (Russia)

1.Kd7!
1.Ra8? Rxb7 2.Bxb7 Kxc4! 3.Rxa4 Kxb5=

1…Rxc4!
1…Kxc4 2.Kxc7 Rxb7+ 3.Kxb7 Kxb4 4.Kxb6 Rg1 5.Bc6+-

2.Bd5
2.Ra8? Rxb7 3.Bxb7 Kxb4 4.Bc6 Rc5=

2…Rxb7! Take any rook! But… 3.Kc8!
3.Bxb7? Kxb4 4.Bc6 Rc5 5.Kxc7 Rxb5 6.Bxb5 Kxb5 7.Ra8 Kb4=
3.Bxc4+? Kxc4 4.Kc6 Rb8 5.Rxa4 Rh8=
With two lines :

A) 3…Kxb4 4.Bxc4 Kxc4 5.Rxa4+ Kxb5 6.Ra8!
Try 6.Ra1? c5 7.Kxb7 c4 8.Rc1 Kc5! 9.Ka6 Kb4 10.Kxb6 c3=

6…c5
6…Kc6 7.Ra6!+-

7.Kxb7 c4 8.Rc8 Kb4 9.Kc6! c3 10.Kd5 +-

B) 3…Kc3 4.Bxc4
4.Kxb7? Rxb4 5.Kc6 Rd4! 6.Ra7 Kb4 7.Rxc7 a3 8.Ra7 Rh4 9.Kxb6 Rh5! 10.Bc6 Kb3 11.Be8 Re5! 12.Bf7+ Kb4=

4…Kxc4 5.Rxa4 Kxb5 6.Ra1!
Try 6.Ra8? c5 7.Kxb7 cxb4! 8.Rc8 b3=

6…c5 7.Kxb7 cxb4 8.Rb1! Kc5 9.Ka6 Kc4 10.Kxb6 b3 11.Ka5 Kc3 12.Ka4 b2 13.Ka3+-

Change solutions and tries (Ra8, Ra1) in two variants. Rook attacks pawn from back and front – training position