Damien's Competition
Damien invites the UCU community to come up with the win or prove the draw, the solution to be provided at the end of the Williamson Shield on the 25th January.
The position below was reached in the game between Damien Lavery (White) and Calum Leitch (Black) in the final round of the 2003 Ulster Championship at Fortwilliam Golf Club, Belfast.
Play continued 41...h4 42.Bxh4 Kxd6 43.Bd8 Bg4 44.Kf2 Kc6 45.Ba5 Be6 46.Bd8 Bxc4 47.bxc4 b3 48.Bf6 Kb6 49.Bc3 Ka6 50.Kg3 and the game was agreed drawn.
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After much studying Damien reached the conclusion that the position in the diagram is a win for Black. Damien says it is a very interesting study, not solvable by computer, and (for those who were there at the time) is definitely not the win as suggested by the 10000 Elo group of players who studied this position at the end of the game. Damien now invites the UCU community to come up with the win or prove the draw, the solution to be provided at the end of the Williamson Shield on the 25th January 2004.
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