Capablanca, José Raúl, 1888-1942 · New York : Harcourt, Brace and company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 20
ch longer to mate.If now the King moves back to Q i, R— R 8 matesat once. 6...K-Kti; 7R-QB7,K-Ri; 8K-B6,K—Kti; 9K—Kt6, K—Ri; loR —BSmate. It has taken exactly ten moves to mate from theoriginal position. On move 5 Black could have playedK—K I, and, according to principle, White wouldhave continued… … Since the Black King is in the centre of the board,the best way to proceed is to advance your own Kingthus: I K—K 2, K—Q 4; 2 K—K 3. As theRook has not yet come into play, it is better toadvance the King straight into the centre of the board,not in front, but to one side of the other King.…
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