Diagram It looks hopeless for white... like so many of Reti's compositions, how can the white king catch the advanced black g-pawn?
1.e7
Bb5
Required to prevent e8(Q)
2.Kc5
And here's the key. White attacks the Bb5, gaining the time needed to catch the g-pawn
2...Be8
[2...g3
3.Kxb5
g2
4.e8Q+
]
3.Kd4
g3
4.Ke3
Bc6
5.e8Q+
Bxe8
6.Kf3=
White has succeeded in catching black's passed pawn. *