The Chess Mind

Author: Dennis Monokroussos.
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More Wotawa Fun: Solution Time
Here's the problem, again:


Wotawa 1937, White to move and win:

As noted in the earlier post, White has loads of extra material, but Black's passers are very dangerous. And the other relevant issue is the precarious location of Black's king. At the end of the day, that's what matters; as an old chess friend liked to say, what counts is that we get the guy with the hat on his head. (Of course, the bishop has one too, but never mind!) When you think you've got it figured out, or are tired of trying, click here.

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos on Monday June 1, 2009 at 10:30pm
esti:
Very, very nice.
6.2.2009 1:57am
ozzie (mail):
another great study thanks - i got there after about an hour of moving the pieces around
does anyone know who this Wotawa guy was?
6.2.2009 2:13am
Dennis Monokroussos:
The barest details can be found here. Dvoretsky, through whom I became acquainted with Wotawa's studies, doesn't seem to know much about him either, but presents lots of his work here, here and here.
6.3.2009 1:20am

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