Galactic fantasy!
In the original, unfortunately, the author added a few moves to bring the white king to h6 and he gave the initiative to black (BTM).
Rightly so, and that's probably why this pointless spoiler (1.Rb6?) was removed from the solution of version. But what remains here is a wonderful classic romantic puzzle.
Logic remains too because all the 5 lines lose for one reason - the white knight makes stalemate impossible. The number of refutations doesn't always mean that the purity of aim suffers. I would keep the logical try 1.Rb6? with the comment that Re5 loses because the white knight makes stalemate impossible.
Galactic fantasy!
In the original, unfortunately, the author added a few moves to bring the white king to h6 and he gave the initiative to black (BTM).
The logical try 1. Rb6? is hidden here (spoiler), but of course it is also important. 🙂
The try 1.Rb6? has 5 refutations:
In order to prove that White's foreplan to remove his knight was pure in aim (logical), all these lines must lose for the same reason.
Rightly so, and that's probably why this pointless spoiler (1.Rb6?) was removed from the solution of version. But what remains here is a wonderful classic romantic puzzle.
Logic remains too because all the 5 lines lose for one reason - the white knight makes stalemate impossible. The number of refutations doesn't always mean that the purity of aim suffers. I would keep the logical try 1.Rb6? with the comment that Re5 loses because the white knight makes stalemate impossible.