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White to move. How do you assess the position. How should White proceed?
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White is better.
1. f5+ seems to win. gxf5 2. gxf5 (or black can play Kd6 directly but that won’t change anything), Kd6 (Kxf5 3. c7 +-) 3. Rxb4! that’s the clew.
Rxb4 4. Bc5+! +- (Kxc5 5. c7)
The obviou 3. Bc5+?! is worse after Bxc5 4. Rxb1, Kxd6.
Have I overseen anything?
Greetings
Jochen
How about just 1 Bc5, which seems to win material.
Mark
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White: Pawn f4 to f5
Black: pawn g6 to f5
White: pawn g4 to f5
Black: king e6 to d6
White: rook b5 to b6
and I don’t know how to finish. I am not that good at chess.
@mark:
1 Bb5 loses material after 1 … Be1+
1.f5+ looks strongest to me. Exchange pawns if necessary but keep king under check till it has to move. If the king moves to d6, Bc5+ wins material. If king goes to f5/d5/f7, the c-pawn queens
I think Jochen got it right in the first comment. Once the black king goes to d6, then
Rxb4 Rxb4
Bc5+
wins for white. Black Can not stop the pawn from queening. White would have a queen and two pawns against a rook and three pawns which should be an easy win, especially with the extremely white squares for black.
It appears to me that playing Bc5+ before playing Rxb4 would be a difficult win for white with a Rook and two pawns against a bishop and four pawns.
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Agree with Jochen.
jochen: 1. Bc5?? Be1+ -+
my immediate idea was 1. Rd5? Kd5 2. c7 (+-) but 2. … Be1 3. Kf3 (3. Kg2 Rb2 4. Kf1 Rc2 -+) Rb2! 4. c8Q e4#!!
f5 wins indeed
Colombianito dice:
f5+ gxf5
gxf5+ Kd6
Rxb4 Rxb4
Bc5+ Kxc5
c7 …
c8=Q