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52. Kb5 |
White heads for a6, where he can build a stalemate cage by advancing the a-pawn. | |||||
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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. | |||||
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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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