<br /> <meta name="Titre" content=""></meta><meta name="Mots clés" content=""></meta><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></meta><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"></meta><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"></meta><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"></meta><link href="file://localhost/Users/alain/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><style></style><font size="4"><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#3e6617"><b>1.e7!<br /> </b><br /> 1.Nb3+? Kb1 2.Bd3 Qg3! 3.e7 (Bany Qc3 -+) 3…c4! -+<br /> <b>1…Bd7!<br /> </b><br /> 1…cxd4 2.e8=Q Qd6+ 3.Kb3 Be6+ 4.c4 Qg3+ 5.Ka4 Kb2 6.Qf8 Qb3+ 7.Ka5 d3 <br /> 8.Ba4 Qxc4 9.Qf2+ Kc3 10.Qe1+<span>  </span>Kd4 11.Qh4+ =<br /> <b>2.Bd3 <br /> </b><br /> 2.Bxd7? Qa6+ 3.Ba4 Qd6 4.Nb3+ Kb1 5.Nxc5 Qxc5+ -+<br /> <b>2…Qd6!<br /> </b><br /> <b>3.Nb3+ Kb1<br /> </b><br /> Moves 2 and 3 could be inverted.<br /> <b>4.e8=N!<span>  </span><br /> </b><br /> 4.e8=Q? c4+ -+<br /> <br /> <b>4…Qg3<br /> </b><br /> 4…Qd5 5.Be4! Qe6 (5…Qxe4/Qc4 Nd2+) 6.Nd6(c7)=<br /> <br /> <b>5.Nd6! <br /> </b><br /> 5.Nf6? Bc6 -+ (5…c4 ? 6.Se4 =)<br /> <br /> <b>5… Qxd6<br /> </b><br /> <b>6.c4+! Qxd3<br /> </b><br /> <b>7.stalemate.<br /> </b><br /> <b> <br /> </b><br /> This is a correction of a study by Leonid Kubbel, <i>American Chess Bulletin,</i><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal"> 1916<br /> </span><br />  <br /> <br /> White : Ka3,Bb5,Nc6, c2,e7<br /> <br /> Black : Ka1,Qg6,Bf5,c5<br /> <br /> Draw ? (5+4)<br /> <br />  <br /> <br /> Intended solution:<br /> <br /> <i>1.Na5<br /> </i><br /> <i>A) 1…Qg3+ 2.Nb3+ Kb1 3.e8=Q Bxc2 4.Bd3 Qxd3 5.Qe1+ Bd1 6.Qe4 Bd1 6.Qe4 Qxe4 7.Nd2+ =<br /> </i><br /> <i>B) 1…Bd7 2.Nb3+ Kb1 3.Bd3 Qd6(g3) 4.c4+ Qxd3 5.e8=Q Bxe8 stalemate<br /> </i><br />  <br /> <br /> Cooks : in A) <i>3…Qc3 -+ </i><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal">; in B </span><i>3…Qe3</i><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal"> and </span><i>5…Qxb3+ 6.Kxb3 Bxe8</i><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal">. Also </span><i>1…Qf6(g7) -+.</i><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><br /> </span><br /> <meta name="Titre" content=""></meta><meta name="Mots clés" content=""></meta><br /> </font></font></font><i><br /> </i><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><br /> </span><br /> <br />