Sunday’s chess puzzle

SPRAGGETT ON CHESS

Good morning, Sunday! How good is your endgame technique? Good enough to solve this beauty? Good luck! (A tip: you need a sense of humor here!)  Solution later today.

Leonid Kubbel

SOLUTION:

1. dc Bxa2[1… Kxc6 2. b3 Kb5 3. c4 Kb4 4. Kb2] 2. b4 c4 3. b5[3. Kb2 Bb3 4. b5] 3… Bb3

[3… Kb6 4. Kb2 Bb3 5. Ka3 Bc2 6. Kb4 Bd3 7. c7 Kxc7 8. Kc5] 4. Kb2 Ba4 5. Ka3 Bxb5 6. Kb4 Kxc6[6… Kb6 7. c7; 6… Ba6 7. Kc5] 7. Ka5 Kc5 [½:½]

SPRAGGETT ON CHESS