Endgame improvement

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  Soylent Green says:

  July 9, 2009 at 2:35 am

  1.Nc4+ Kc1 2.Ra3 wins the Rook
  if 1…Ka1 2.Ra3+ etc…

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  Anonymous says:

  July 9, 2009 at 2:42 am

  Let me start the ball rolling…

  1.Nc4+ Ka1
  2.Ra3+ Kb1
  3.Nd2+ wins the rook.

  1… Ka2 is similar. 1…Kc2 allows fork.

  1.Nc4+ Kc1
  2.Ra3 (threatening skewer) Kb1
  3.Nd2+ forking K and R

  or 2…Kc2 (Kd1) 3.Ne3+ fork

  1.Nc4+ Kc1
  2.Rc3+ Kd1
  3.Ne3+ Ke2
  4.Nxf1 Kxf1
  5.Rxf3+

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  Anonymous says:

  July 9, 2009 at 3:15 am

  Nc4+ looks good, with a knight fork coming.
  h

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  Anonymous says:

  July 9, 2009 at 3:20 am

  1 Nc4 wins.

  A: 1… Ka1(or Ka2) 2 Ra3 Kb1
  3 Nd2+-
  B: 1… Kc2 2 Ne3 +-
  C: 1… Kc1 2 Ra3 ! and Black can not prevent the loss of his rook:
  1) 2… Rf2 3 Ra1 Kc2 4 Ra2
  2) 2… Rd1 3 Ra1 Kc2 4 Ne3
  3) Any king move and White forks the king and rook- 2…Kc2 or Kd1 and Ne3+; Kb1 runs into Nd2.

  -Justin Daniel

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  Ed Seedhouse says:

  July 9, 2009 at 3:24 am

  Win for white after 1. Nc4+ Kc1 2. Ra3!

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  Anonymous says:

  July 9, 2009 at 4:03 am

  b
  Nc4+ should win by eventually forking black’s K and R. After NxR if Black can play KxN, White plays RxP.