White to move. How should White proceed?
8/8/8/3Bk1B1/8/2p5/1pr5/R2K4 w – – 0 1
Dolgov 1974, presented by Andreas
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White to move. How should White proceed?
8/8/8/3Bk1B1/8/2p5/1pr5/R2K4 w – – 0 1
Dolgov 1974, presented by Andreas
1.Rb1 then 2.Ba2
Looks like a joke:Ra1-d1 (second part of 0-0-0) KxB KxR and wins. 1. Rb1 doesn’t work: 1… Rc1+ 2 RxR PxR=Q 3. KxQ KxB =
Last comment was nonsense, one should look carefully before posting!
But
1. Bf4+ Kf5 (if Kf4x Ra4+ and Kc2x)
2. Be6+ Kf6
3. Bg5+ Kg6
4. Bf7+ Kg7
5. Bh6+ Kh7
6. Bg8+ Kh8
7. Bg7+ KxB
8. Ra7+ or 8 + K~
9. Kc2x +-
Looks like a joke:Ra1-d1 (second part of 0-0-0) KxB KxR and wins.
1.Ra-d1 is an illegal move
I like the bishop work in benoni’s response. “Take me!” “No!” Reminds me of an attempt to avoid a stalemate position.
I don’t think Anon’s “1. Rb1 then 2. Ba2” makes sense:
1. Rb1 Rh2
2. Ba2 c2 (oops)
Maybe the idea was to lock up the pawns:
1. Rb1 Rh2
2. Bb3
which keeps the pawns at bay, but does nothing to advance White’s position and becomes a draw.
Too busy at the moment to work it out completely, but benoni clearly has the right idea and likely the correct analysis. The key for white is to keep checking with the bishops until the rook can deliver check, thus escaping a1. At that point KxR wins for white.
Yancey
to benoni
I was calculate for 1.Bf6+ because didnt have seen that after
1.Bf4+ Kd4
2.Ra4+ Kc3,
3.Be4 is mate 🙂
Your line is the right 😉
^^sibemol^^