White to move and win.
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White to move and win.
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h7
If h7 then Bg6+. This is still the right way to proceed, but there is still more work to show.
d7! Bxd7
h7 h2
h8Q with check
and white wins
That does not work because of:
1. d7 Bxd7
2. h7 Bf5+
and black catches the h-pawn
I think the idea is:
1.h7, Bg6+;
2.Ke3, Bxh7;
3.Kf3!,Bf5;
4.Bf2, and black can’t hold both pawns.
I think the idea is:
1.h7, Bg6+;
2.Ke3, Bxh7;
3.Kf3!,Bf5;
4.Bf2, and black can’t hold both pawns.
He doesn’t need to hold both pawns. Keep in mind that White’s bishop is the wrong color for his a-pawn. If Black’s king can reach the d-pawn, he can draw.
Bg3! should be the 1st move for White.
How about this:
1.h7 Bg6+ 2.Kc4 Bxh7 3.d7 h2 4.d8=Q h1=Q 5.Qd1+ Kg6 (the king has to go to a white square, otherwise we win the queen with a discovered check) 6.Qb1+ Kf7 7.Qb7+ Qxb7 8.axb7 and the pawn queens.
Or if 1.h7 Bg6+ 2.Kc4 Bxh7 3.Bg8+ then 3…Kc5 4. d7 h2 5.d8=Q h1=Q 6.Qd1+ Kg6 7.Qb1+ Kh5 8.Qf5+ Kh6 9.Bd2+ Kg7 10.Bc3+ Kh6 11.Qf6+ followed by 13.Qh8+ winning the queen.
Sorry – that should be 12.Qh8+
Sorry again – some of the moves are out of order in the 2nd variation, but I think this is probably the correct idea! Have a good weekend everyone! 🙂
1.h7 Bg6+
2.Kc4 Bxh7
3.d7 h2
4.d8Q h1Q
5.Qd1+ Kg6
6.Qb1+ Kf7
7.Qb7+
wins (A nice one)
Bg3! should be the 1st move for White.
1.Bg3 Kxh6; then Black’s king makes a beeline for a8. It doesn’t matter that White wins the Black bishop for his d-pawn. Once again, White’s bishop is the wrong color for his a-pawn to be anything of a threat.
1.h7 Bg6+ (forced, h2 loses to2. h8Q+)
2.Kd4 Bh7 (again forced by 3.h8Q+)
3.Bg3 Bf5 (forced by 4.d7)
4.Ke5 Kg6 = as Black occupies d7 with the Bishop cutting the white king off from any approach to supporting the d pawns advance, and White’s bishop is forever trapped on the h2-b8 diagonal to prevent queening of black’s h-pawn.
Also, for white in the above line is:
3. d7 h2
4. d8Q h1Q
5. Qe8+ Kg4( if 5…..Bg6, 6. Qh8+ wins)
6. Qe6+ Kh5
7. Qf7+ Kg4 (if 7….Kg6, 8.Bd2#)
8. Qg7+ Kf5 (8….Kf3 9. Qb7+ winning the queen)
9. Qe5+ Kg6
And I don’t see a win for White in this line, either (maybe someone else can work it out- I am doing this in my head at the moment, which is hard for me). The a-pawn is always indirectly protected by the threatened skewer.
Any line that exchanges the queens is a draw since white has the wrong bishop for queening his a-pawn.
I love these endgame problems, however.
Yancey Ward
1.h7 Bg6+
2.Kc4!!
1.h7 Bg6+
2.Kc4!! wins!
1.h7 Bf5+ 2. Kc4! Bxh7 3. d7 h2 4.d8Q h1Q 5. Qd1+ Kg6 (in black squares there will be a discovery check) 6. Qb1+ wins the black queen