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• White to move and win
[See answer at the bottom]
• Puzzle 48 Solution Hints
You may find that the only way to win this position is to use the zugzwang idea in the pawn endgame. You may also find that this puzzle is an easy one. But you might not solve this puzzle for the first time. If you think that moving the pawn on c4 is the first correct move, it is not… The first White move is not to be made by pawn…
• Puzzle 48 Data
1. Author: Bone, William (1810-1874); England.
2. Year: 1841
• Puzzle Recomendations
The endgame puzzles in this section are beautiful, best and practical to learn chess endgame; some of them are famous. All of them are taken from Chess Endgames software for Windows PC. Each puzzle contains at least 1 winning idea; usually – 2 or 3. Learn the winning ideas of chess endgame to win more games in real!
• How to Find More Puzzles at Chesselo.com
To find more chess puzzles, visit the Main Chess Puzzles Page of chesselo.com. Then find and click a corresponding link on that page. You can find there chess puzzles for beginners, for intermediate and advanced chess players. You can see them as chess puzzle software, online chess puzzles, and chess puzzle PDF ebooks.
# Note: See the Puzzle Answer below #
• The Puzzle Answer
1. Kc4! f5
[After 1. Kc4!, Black has 2 legal moves: 1… f5 and 1… d5]
[If 1… d5+, then 2. Kc5 d4 3. cd# 1-0,]
[or 2… f5 3. g5 d4 4. cd# 1-0]
2. g5 d5+
3. Kc5 d4
[Zugzwang: 3… d4 is the only legal move for Black]
4. cd# 1-0
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