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Riddle: Karpov-Hort 1979 - Solution
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Deep rook endgame riddleIn June 1979, two months after the super event in Montreal, a small double round-robin tournament for four players was held in the small Dutch town of Waddinxveen near Gouda.
He wrote:As we know, the World Champion was able to wrestle down his opponent from this position after 27...Re8 in 30 moves.
:Srdan Cvetkovic: Chess Informant 27 (Sahovski Informator, 1979)Jan Timman: "The Art of Chess Analysis" (Everyman Chess, 1997 org.
If then the black g-pawn moves, White has the favourable pawn exchange h5xg6.
By 45...Rc8 Black can force the white rook back to a5.
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