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If this is a Bishop opposite color endgame, I am Marilin Monrow.
How about
Rf5+ – g5
Kh3 with g4 mate coming, seems to me black can’t avoid it
1. Rf5+ g5 {Fritz 13: 1)} 2. Kh3 ({Fritz 12: 2)} 2. Rd5 b1=Q 3. Bxb1 Rxb1 4. Rxd4 c2 5. Rc4 c1=Q 6. Rxc1 Rxc1 7. h3 Rd1 8. Kh2 g4 9. Kg2 Rd2 10. hxg4+ Kxg4 11. Kg1 h5 {-6.27/18}) ({Fritz 12: 3)} 2. g4+ Kh4 3. Rd5 b1=Q 4. Bxb1 Rxb1 5.
Rxd4 c2 6. Rc4 c1=Q 7. Rxc1 Rxc1 8. f3 Rc2+ 9. Kg1 Kh3 10. Kf1 Rxh2 11. Kg1 Kg3 12. Kf1 {-9.08/18}) ({Fritz 12: 4)} 2. Rf7 b1=Q 3. Bxb1 Rxb1 4. g4+ Kxg4 5. h3+ Kh5 6. Rc7 Rb2 7. Kf3 Rxf2+ 8. Ke4 Rd2 9. Rc4 c2 10. Rxc2 Rxc2 11. Kxd4 Kh4 12.
Ke4 Kxh3 {-9.99/18}) ({Fritz 11: 5)} 2. Rf3 b1=Q 3. Bxb1 Rxb1 4. Rf7 c2 5. Rc7 c1=Q 6. Rxc1 Rxc1 7. Kf3 g4+ 8. Ke4 Bxf2 9. Kd3 Rh1 10. Ke4 Rxh2 11. Kf4 Bd4 {-13.04/18}) 2… b1=Q 3. g4# {#2/1} *
White can force mate 1 Rf5+ g5 (if Kg4 then f3/h3 mate) 2 Kh3 and black can’t stop g4 mate next move.
White wins, starting with the rook check 1.Rf5+. Now if 1… Kg4 2.h3# or else 1…g5 2.Kh3 and mate to follow with 3.g4 next move. Too sad for black’s passed pawns…
Beelze
1. Rf5+ g5
(If 1. … Kg4 , then either h3++ or f3++)
2. Kh3! and there’s no way for Black to prevent 3. g4++)
Rf5+
black must play …g5 to avoid mate. if 1 … Kg4 2 h3(or f3)#. so:
1 … g5
2 Kh3 any move
black can’t stop mate by 3 g4. black may want to save face by queening — just so the final position looks better
Hi, Marilin!
Well, if Susan said it was a mate in 3 then it would be more obvious, right?
Why not just go for an attack?
1. Rf5+ g5 (Kg4?? 2. h3#)
2. Kh3 and, unless I am missing something blindingly obvious, g4# is unstoppable.
white wins with Rf5+ Kg4 h3+mate
Sorry, but how are brown and grey opposite colors?
Marilin
white wins with Rf5+ Kg4 f3+mate
It is a famous characteristic of an bishop oppositely color endgame to have either of the bishops play at least once.
They both already played many times, novice!
Rf5+ g5
Kh3 (any move by black)
g3+++
1Rf5+ g5 2. Kh3 Any Black Move 4.g4#
I think whites can have a drawn
Well, is up to Black whether to enter in the endgame or not. Actually if Black doesn’t play g5 it’s a “simple” mate pattern.
i think marilin has confused bishops of opposite color with ‘bishops with opposition’.
clearly, neither of the bishops in the problem has the opposition. that’s impossible. only bishops of the same color can have the opposition. bishops of the opposite color get along quite well as they never face each other on the same diagonal, even in the endgame.
ms. monrow, i hope that clears things up
1. Rf5 g5
2. Kh3 Black/any
3. g4#
if 1. … Kg4, 2. f3#
1.Rf5+ g5 2.Kh3! forces mate
1. Rf5+ g5 2. Kh3 any 3. g4#
kh3 is the key move after some checks…..and before checkmate