Black to move. How can Black save this game?
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Rh8
Pony
black plays rh8 and ke8 – if white king takes rook its forever prisoned
1…Rh8 2.Kg7 Ke8 3.Kxh8 Kf8 draw
..Rg8
1. … Rh8!
2. Kg7 Ke8!
3. Kxh8 Kf8 and White is in Zugzwang -> Black wins
something like
1..rg8
2 kg7 rh8
3 kh8 kf8
4 g6 fg
5 kh7 g5!
1.-Rh8! 2.Kg7 Ke8 3.Kh8: Kf8 and now actually white saves the game ,:). He has to surrender his remaining kingside pawns, but then ends up being stalemated.
“..Rg8”
1. -, Rg8 2. hxg8Q
???
“1..rg8
2 kg7 rh8
3 kh8 kf8
4 g6 fg
5 kh7 g5!”
1.-, Rg8??
2. Kg7 is impossible
3. -, Kf8 is impossible
5. Kh7 is impossible
???
Some posts I do not understand.
1. -, Rh8 2. -, Ke8 is probably meant. This seems to give a drawn end game (white gets stalemated before black can queen a pawn).
As 1. -, e5 seems to be too slow and everything else simply loses (after Kg7 followed by h8Q Rxh8 Kxh8 black cannot defend f7) I cannot see anything better than the draw ‘given’ by the first two posters.
Good find even if I cannot follow those posts…
1… Rh8!
We see what is happening after 2. Kg7, 3. Kxh8.
Let’s see another option:
2. g6 fxg6 3. Kg7 Ke8 4. f5! gxf5 5. f7+ Ke7 6. Kxh8 Kxf7 and stalemate.
Beautiful!