Solution!
Atlast, chessbase gave the solution for the puzzle I posted under “Chocolate,Coffee and Chess” post. Here it is:
“There are two surprising things about the solution to this puzzle. Firstly, although the position is symmetrical, the play leading up to it is anything but. Secondly, the ‘obvious’ sequence of moves leads to Black lacking a tempo move at the end of the sequence. Therefore Black has to make his tempo move earlier (see Black’s 6th move in the solution). Anyhow, by now you probably want to see the solution, so here it is: 1 a4 c6 2 a5 Qb6 3 axb6 axb6 4 Ra3 Rxa3 5 h4 Rb3 6 cxb3 h6 7 Qc2 h5 8 Qxc6 Nxc6 9 Nc3.”
I can’t believe that the h4-h5 moves were achieved in two steps and their main purpose was to initially pass the tempo from white to black and then from black to white. A very clever deception and counter-intuitive ofcourse, but yet possible to work out.
* Tempo – Normally referred to a single move. Suppose there are 3 places A,B and C , all inter-connected. You have to move from A to C and you do it in the following way: Move from A to B and then from B to C. Another person moves directly from A to C. Now this other person has gained one tempo over you.
(The definition is not strictly correct but yet the basic idea is the same.)
