There is always hope


The position below is from the Edinburgh Congress which I attended in April of 1996. It was reached in one of the middle graded tournaments (I forget which one) and it's whites' move. Look closely, what would you do in this position.


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|[ ][=][ ][=][ ][=][ ][=]|
|[=][ ][=][ ][=][ ][=][R]|
|[ ][=][ ][=][k][=][p][=]|
|[N][ ][=][ ][N][p][=][ ]|
|[P][=][ ][=][ ][=][ ][=]|
|[=][ ][=][ ][=][ ][P][ ]|
|[r][=][ ][r][ ][=][ ][P]|
|[=][ ][=][ ][=][ ][K][ ]|
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Re7 RxRe7 ?

missing the Ra1 mate !!

There is always hope.



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