Unlock your Genius – November 2008 (Problems)

by giorgio, Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 13:50 (5999 days ago) @ dlwyatt

Just to prolong the discussion a little I wonder if an assessment of the position without deeper calculation could have reached the same conclusion.
At the start although B has a passed pawn it is not difficult to see that the
BKing is in trouble ,if the WKing could become more active , a very important factor in the ending , the attack against the BKing could become unstoppable.The forced variation that comes from Bf5 also makes that point more evident. Since the main factor in judging a chess position is the safety of the King ,that includes the ending,focusing on that idea could have been maybe enough to visualize a plan to achieve it. Of course keeping an eye on the passed black pawn.