White to move. Can White win this? How should White proceed?
4B2k/4K1p1/7p/7P/8/8/8/8 w – – 0 11
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Even if white wins the two black pawns, the bishop is on the wrong color to promote the pawn. Therefore, white has to force the g-pawn to advance:
1. Kf8 Kh7
2. Bb5 (e.g.) Kh8
3. Bd3
and the g-pawn must move, capture with the h-pawn, and white should win.
1. Kf8 forces Kh7
2. Bg6+ forces Kh8
3. Bf5 (e.g.) forces the g-pawn to advance
4. hxg6 (maybe E.P.) forces h5
5. g7#
I fail to see the difficulty -and I’m hardly a champ.
The idea is to keep the black king boxed in, avoid stalemate, and force black to move his g-pawn. Whether or not white can mate before queening is almost irrelevant.
Here goes:
1-Kf7; Kh7
(I’m sure 1- Kf8 works just as well)
2- Bd7; Kh8
3- Bf5; g6 (or g5)
4- hxg6; h5
5- g7#
kf8
1. Kf8 Kh7 2. Bg6+ Kh8 3. Be4 g6(5) 4. hxg6 h5 5. g7 mate
if black gives up the g-pawn on move 1 then white will also promote and mate the black king.
White needs to put Black in zugzwang!
1.Bf7 Kh7
2.Kf8 Kh8
3.Be6 Kh7
4.Bd5 Kh8
5.Be4 g5
6.hxg6 h5
7.g7#
yes, place the kf8 and Bg8 forcing the pawn move and wh wins
han
The solution is probably stalemating the black king so he is forced to do a pawn move. So:
1. Kf8 Kh7
2. Ba4 Kh8
3. Bc2 g5 (forced)
4. hxg6 h5
5. g7#
The plan is to force black to push his g pawn and capture it and then mate with the pawn on g7. One line is:
1. Kf7 Kh7
2. Bd7 Kh8
3. Bf5 g6 or g5
4. hxg6 h5
5. g7 mate
If black pushes his g pawn earlier and the white bishop isn’t in position yet, you just leave the black king trapped on h8 and maneuver the white bishop to set up the mate while black pushes his h pawn, which is too slow.
Hello
White wins this game
1. Kf7 , Kh7
2. B move, g6 or g5
3. hxg6+, Kh8
4. g7+ , Kh7
5. g8=Q#
Greetings from Spain
Yes. He can squeeze black to leave the corner, and then he takes the two pawns and leads his one to Queen.
okay
White should win by
1. Kf8 Kh7
2. Bg6+ Kh8
3. Bd4 (anywhere along the diagonal)
3. g5
4. hxg6 ep h5
5. g7 ++
1. Kf8 Kh7
2. Bg6+ Kh8
3. Bf5 g5(forced)
4. hxg5 h5
5. g7 checkmate
Doesn’t Kf8 just win?
for example
Kf8 Kh7
Bg6+ Kh8
Be4 g5 (g6)
hg h5
g7
Trefor
1. Kf8 Kh7
2. Bg6+ Kh8
3. Bf5 g6 (or g5)
4. hxg6 h5
5. g7#
or:
1. … g6 (g5)
2. hxg6 h5
3. g7+ Kh7
4. g8=Q+ Kh6
5. Qg6#
1.Kf8-Kh7 2.B-f7 Kh8 3.Bg8 g6 4.hxg6 h5 5.B-d5 wining
1 Kf8 Kh7
2 Bg6+ Kh8
3 Bb1 g5
4 hxg6 ep h5
5 g7 #
Since White has the wrong colored Bishop to win with the h Pawn, she must force the g Pawn to advance. There are many ways to do this. The shortest is:
1 Kf8
1 Kf7 also leads to a mate in 5.
1 ….Kh7
1 … g6 (or g5) is no better, as White captures the pawn (i.e. en passant), followed by g7, g8=Q, and Qg6#
2 Bg6+ Kh8
3 Bf5
Or Be4, Bd3, Bc2, Bb1)
3 … g6 or g5
4 hxg6 (en passant) h5
5 g7#
1. Kf8 Kh7 2. Bf7 Kh8 3. Bg8 f6 or f5 4. gxf6 h5 (no way out… no choice for King Black for release) 5. g7# (KO!!! Yeah… checkmate… White won!)
” One game one KO!!! “
– MR KO