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ANNOTATED GAME

Challenge from hetconnection
hetconnection (1736) vs. orangutan (1739)
Annotated by: orangutan (1947)
Chess opening: Sicilian defence (B20)
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52. Kb5
White heads for a6, where he can build a stalemate cage by advancing the a-pawn.

 
52... Kd5 53. a5
Now if ...Rb7 ?, Ka6 Kc6 (Kxc5 loses the rook), d7! and black can only stop the pawn queening by leaving white in stalemate.

 
53... Rh7
Removing the rook from the danger zone, and white resigns. Now if Ka6 Kc6, d7 black takes with the king, e.g. ....Kxd7, Kxa7 Kc6 , Ka6 Rh5! (not Rh8?) and black wins.

 

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