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Garry's passed h-pawn is just one square away from becoming a queen. What can be done? There is only one sensible option: the knight must move over to cover the queening square.

The only other continuation worth considering would be to counter-attack with the king: 44...Kc2, but this loses immediately to 45 h8 (Q) Kxd1 46 Qxd4+, and the new queen storms into town to clean up the opposition. In other words there is only one playable move for the World here: 44...Ng6, to stop Garry's pawn.

When the knight moves over, a path is created (via e4 and f5) for the white king to advance up the board, with the aim of dislodging the knight from its position. The World cannot prevent this; instead it must concentrate on forcing through its own passed pawns on the other side of the board. The race is in full swing!

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Danny

Ng6 to Kasparov's h7

We must stop the White pawn from advancing. The only move for The World is Ng6.

Ng6 to Kasparov's h7

The World is forced to play 44...Ne7-g6 in order to stop the "h" pawn from queening. Next, The World's monarch will move to c2 and transform the "b" pawn. White's plan is to drive away the Black knight from g6 and then queen one of his pawns; The World's plan is to set up to a queen endgame where White is unable to transform his second pawn because of the perpetual check threat.

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Ng6 to Kasparov's h7

I recommend the World plays the move 44...Ng6 (Knight on e7 to g6). Our move is FORCED - to prevent White from immediately promoting his h-pawn to a Queen.

Today, I am leaving for Armenia to compete in the World Women's Junior (U-20) Championship. If possible, I will try to relay my recommendations by Internet or dictate them by phone to my friends at SmartChess Online (depending on my schedule) who will keep apprised on the moves in the game. Due to my tournament commitments, I will be unable to spend any time on the World Team Strategy Bulletin Board for about three weeks.