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Either side to move and win  -  Find the Solution

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The Turk Today's position is one of those used by the famous Automaton, The Turk.  Challengers from the audience were invited to choose one of several positions, of which this was one, and choose which side they wished to play.  This particular position is won for whichever side moves first.  For more about The Turk, read our review of  The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine, by Tom Standage.

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An example of play, with White to play first: 1.c5 Kb5 2.Kh2 g4 3.Kg2 h3+ 4.Kg3 f4+ 5.Kh2 f3 6.Kg3 Ka6 7.c6 Ka7 8.b5 Kb8 9.b6 f2 10.Kxf2 h2 11.Kg2 g3 12.a6 Kc8 13.a7 etc.

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