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The procedure from the diagram in post 45 is 1.Bd7 , Ke3 The black king has to hold off the white king as it slowly goes up the board. (for example if 1...Kf3 2.Kd4, kf4 then 3.h4! and the black king is cutoff from advancing further)
2.h4, Ke4 3.h5, Ke5 4.h6, Kf6 and now the white bishop cuts off the black king with 5.Be8
Now the black king cant go Ke7 because it is too far from the queening pawn, therefore the black king is cutoff and the pawn queens.
Last edited by Hans Jung; Monday, 6th April, 2026, 04:48 PM.
The complete story (that I never knew until now) was that the original position was the end of a game between two amateurs in Scotland in 1875. The final position was agreed drawn although the black king was on h1.
Twenty years later Georges Barbier in his chess column in The Glasgow Weekly Citizen published the final position with the caption: "White to move and win". In his next column he moved the black king from h1 to a1 and now the caption read: "Black to play and draw".
The Spanish priest Fernando Saavedra, who was living in Scotland at the time studied the column and discovered that White had a win and so it was named after him.
The study version is by Emanuel Lasker who added the White first move and that is how the position and resulting moves became so famous.
The complete story (that I never knew until now) was that the original position was the end of a game between two amateurs in Scotland in 1875. The final position was agreed drawn although the black king was on h1.
Twenty years later Georges Barbier in his chess column in The Glasgow Weekly Citizen published the final position with the caption: "White to move and win". In his next column he moved the black king from h1 to a1 and now the caption read: "Black to play and draw".
The Spanish priest Fernando Saavedra, who was living in Scotland at the time studied the column and discovered that White had a win and so it was named after him.
The study version is by Emanuel Lasker who added the White first move and that is how the position and resulting moves became so famous.
Alas, I forget the name of the Dutch author who issued very small editions of a truly specialist chess nature sometimes only 25 copies in the early 2000s. They were professionally produced. I was lucky enough to be on his selling list. One of his books was on the Saavedra position, a complete history. I don't mean a booklet. I mean a normal size book. There was substantial information available.
I recall this now because I owned a copy of the 1st edition and the 2nd edition. He rarely produced 2nd editions. Eventually about 17 years ago I sold the 2nd edition for $800US on eBay and then the 1st edition privately for $1,000US.
His editions/books had almost become a collector's cult.
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Now the black king cant go Ke7 because it is too far from the queening pawn, therefore the black king is cutoff and the pawn queens.
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