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Stalemates

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coopershawk 15-Jan-11, 21:14	Stalemates Sometimes you have to go for a draw, and be glad to get it. The first one is simple, but in the game as played, Antsigin - Zhuravlev (1952), white missed his chance and resigned. White to move. Presumably, white resigned because he was thinking: 1. Kxf3 Kg1 And then black's h pawn walks in to be promoted. Better for white is 1.Kf2 which is an immediate stalemate. Simple, but I like it. I found this position in Van Perlo's book

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coopershawk
15-Jan-11, 21:14

Stalemates

Sometimes you have to go for a draw, and be glad to get it. The first one is simple, but in the game as played,
Antsigin - Zhuravlev (1952), white missed his chance and resigned.
White to move.

Presumably, white resigned because he was thinking:
1. Kxf3 Kg1
And then black's h pawn walks in to be promoted.
Better for white is
1.Kf2
which is an immediate stalemate.
Simple, but I like it.
I found this position in Van Perlo's book

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