Djaja 1972: Solution Time
In this post, I presented the following position, taken from a ChessBase article:
D. Djaja 1972; White to move and draw
The story was that this position had stumped many strong GMs, both back around the time of its composition and more recently, at the Mainz festival a few weeks ago - and this despite at least some of them spending half an hour on it.
I had intended to leave the solution to the ChessBase people, but as they haven't gotten around to it in a couple of weeks, I'll go ahead and supply the answer. Click below.
D. Djaja 1972; White to move and draw
The story was that this position had stumped many strong GMs, both back around the time of its composition and more recently, at the Mainz festival a few weeks ago - and this despite at least some of them spending half an hour on it.
I had intended to leave the solution to the ChessBase people, but as they haven't gotten around to it in a couple of weeks, I'll go ahead and supply the answer. Click below.
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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos on
Thursday August 13, 2009 at 7:11pm
I saw the original posting in Chessbase and solved the problem a few minutes later. As stalemate is out of the question one eventually arrives at the perpetual check idea.
Anyway, the composition is VERY enjoyable, now I'm looking forward to peeking at Donner's book!!