B+pp vs B

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After S. Tarrasch. 1.Be2! 1.Kg3! Kg6 2.Bg4! Kf6 3.Kf2! Bd4+ 4.Ke2! idem, see 1...Bc3 below 1...Kg6 1...Bc3 2.Bf1! 2.e5+? Bxe5 2...Bb2 3.Bh3! Bd4 4.Ke2! Bc3 5.Kd3 Bb2 6.Bg4‼ Z
not immédiatly 6.Kc4? Bc1‼
7.e5+ Ke7 7...Kf7? 8.f5 Bh6 9.Kd5! Bg7 10.Kd6 Bf8+ 11.Kd7 followed by Bg4-h5+ and Ke6 8.f5 Bh6 (threatens ...Bg7=) 9.f6+ Kf7 10.Kd5 Bg5 11.Be6+ Kg6 12.f7 Kg7!= 6...Ba1 6...Ke7 7.e5 6...Bc1 7.e5+ 7.Kc4‼
7...Bb2 (bB can't attack f4) 8.Kd5 Bc1 9.e5+ Ke7 10.f5! Bg5 10...Bh6 11.f6+ 11.Be2! Bh4 12.Bc4! Bg5 13.Ke4 Bh4 14.Kf4!+- 1...Ba3 2.e5+ Kg7 3.f5! Be7 4.Ke4+- 2.Bf1! Not 2.e5? Bxe5 3.fxe5 Kf5= 2...Bg7 2...Bc3 3.Bh3! (threatens e5) Kf6 4.Ke3! as above 3.Bd3! Kf6 4.e5+! Kf7 4...Ke6 5.Ke4 Ke7 5...Bh8 6.Bc4+! Ke7 7.Kf5! 6.Kf5! 6.f5? 5.Bc4+! Ke7 6.Kg4 Bh6 7.Bb3‼ Z
Still not 7.f5? Bg7= 7...Bf8 7...Ke8 8.f5 Ke7 9.f6+ 7...Bg7 8.Kg5! Bh8 (The bB, after having run out of space on a1, suffocates on h8) 9.Kg6! Kf8 10.Kh7 Bg7 11.Bc4! Z
8.Kg5! Bg7 9.Kg6! Thus, the bB will have been confined to two opposite corners: south-west and north-east. Kf8 9...Bf8 10.f5 10.Kh7‼ 1–0
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Villeneuve,A-0040.20-1–01979White to play and win
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1.Kg5 1.g5? Kf7 2.Kg3 Bc2!= 1...Be2 1...Kf7 2.Kh6 2.Kf6‼
How is it possible to win with only one pawn with bishops of different colours ? 2.Kf5? Kf7!= 2...Kg8? 3.Kg6 2.Kg6? Bxg4 3.h6 Be2!= 2...Kg8 2...Bxg4 3.h6 Kg8 4.Kg6 idem 3.Kg6‼
3...Bxg4 3...Bd3+ 4.Kh6 4.Kf6? Kh7 5.g5 Be2‼ 6.g6+ Kh6= 4...Bc2 5.g5+- : g6, Kg5 and h6-h7 is inescapable 3...Bd1 4.g5 4.h6? Bc2+ 4.h6 Bf5+ 4...Kf8 5.h7 Bf5+ 6.Kxf5 5.Kxf5 Kh7 6.Kg5 1–0
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Villeneuve,A-0040.20-1–02012White to play and win

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