From: David J Bush <twixt <at> CSTONE <dot> NET>
Date: 19 may 2003
Subject: Re: "Habu's Words"

|       White (Reijer Grimbergen)  N N L P P
|
|     9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1
|   +---------------------------+
| a |wL bS  *  *  *  *  *  * wL | a
| b | * bS  *  * wG  *  *  *  * | b
| c | * wP bN wP  * wP  * wP  * | c
| d |wP  *  * wK  *  *  *  * wP | d
| e | * bG bB  *  *  *  *  *  * | e
| f |bP bP wP bP  * bP bP bP bP | f
| g | *  *  * bB bG  * bS bK  * | g
| h | *  *  *  *  *  * bG  *  * | h
| i |bL  *w+R  *  *  *  *  *w+R | i
|   +---------------------------+
|     9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1
|
|       Black (Matt Casters)       S N P P
|
|   Diagram 9. After 53.B'7e
|
| There white resigned (1-0). I see next variant (comment in book):
| 53. ... K-5e 54.S'4e +R7i-2i 55.S-2h with win for black.
|
| I think that white must to win there. See next:
| 55. ... +R1ix2h 56.Gx2h S'3h 57.K-3g +Rx2h 58.K-4h (if 58.Kx2h
| than 58. ... G'2g 59.K-1i L'1h mat) +R-3i 59.K-5h (59.K-3g G'2g mat)
| +R-4i 60.K-6h G'7g tsume

| I don't have the book, but White does have a tsume after 54.S'4e?
| However, perhaps Black could play 54.G-5f which gives his king the
| escape square of 5g. For example 54.G-5f K-4d 55.N'4e ...

| After 55.N'4e white win so:
| 55. ... +R7i-2i 56.S-2h +R1ix2h 57.Gx2h S'3h 58.K-3g +Rx2h 59.K-4h
| S-3i= (double check)
| 60.K-5i G'6h 61.K-4i S-4h=(or S-4h+ or +R-4h as you want)
| if 60.K-5g (or 60.K-4g) +R-4h tsume too
|
| Black must attack with permanent checks, but white king escape to
| 5e-4d-3c-3b-4a. Black not have enough pieces in a hand.

Okay, then how about 53. ... K-5e 54.G-5f K-4d 55.G-4e K-3c 56.B-3a+
and now if 56. ... +R7i-2i 57.S-2h +R1ix2h 58.Gx2h S'3h 59.K-3g +Rx2h
60.K-4h S-3i= 61.K-5g how does white mate?

David