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I've made it my mission to post zugzwang problems, as many as I can find, to give players and readers as much practice as needed in solving zugzwang problems. I have found that many players do not truly understand zugzwang and that plenty of practice on these problems will help clarify that understanding.
Puzzle 2514 from the Beauty of Problems composed by Milan Vukcevic in 1999 was the inspiration for my knight in the hole move against Hendrickson (22.Nb6+! in the game below) in the Spice Cup of 2013. I had originally seen the Vukcevich problem many years ago and I was reminded when posting it today. I produced the following game: Jung - Hendrickson, Spice Cup 2013, 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 d4 3.Nce2 e5 4.Ng3 Be6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.Ba4 Nd7 7.Bb3 Nc5 8.Bxe6 Nxe6 9.Nf3 f6 10.0-0 Qd7 11.d3 0-0-0 12.a4 g6 13.Nd2 h5 14.Nc4 Ne7 15.Bd2 h4 16.Ne2 g5 17.Nc1 Nf4 18.Bb4 Neg6 19.Bxf8 Rdxf8 20.Nb3 b6 21.a5 b5 22.Nb6+ axb6 23.axb6 Kb8 24.Ra7 Qxa7 25.bxa7+ Ka8 26.Qa1 Rh7 27.Qa6 Rc7 28.Ra1 Rff7 29.Qb6 Rc8 30.Nc5 g4 31.Ra6 g3 32.fxg3 hxg3 33.hxg3 Nh5 34.Qa5 Rfc7 35.Rb6 Nf8 36.Rb8+ Rxb8 37.Qxc7 1-0 This shows the learning which comes from solving problems and seeing original startling ideas.
Last edited by Hans Jung; Saturday, 3rd May, 2025, 03:06 PM.
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