Magnificent Puzzles (8)
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on Sat, 01/31/2009 at 11:45am.
There are many places where you can find simple tactical puzzles (for example Chess.com's Tactics Trainer or Daily Puzzle) or more complicated puzzles with highly unlikely positions, where the key move is a totally unexpected move. There are only few places however where you'll find puzzles which are complicated but yet simple. Puzzles with few pieces on the board, but with a very elegant solution. In the Magnificent Puzzles I'll try to entertain you with such puzzles.
Below is the 8th puzzle in the series. Black's pawn is going to promote soon, so white has to act quickly. The puzzle was composed by G. Zachodyakin in 1980, and it's white to play and draw. Good luck!
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