White to move. Can you win this or is this a draw?
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White to move. Can you win this or is this a draw?
have not worked this out. but I am thinking Ra7 to pin the black pawn and rook. then follow up with pawn push check king in front of pawn. push the other pawn for protection and then the rook down with check and queen the pawn.
Have no chess board so have no idea if this works. from here black has a rook and pawn ready to queen so who knows.
I think it is a win after
1. e6
and the pawn can’t be taken ( …ed? Ra8+ Kf7 Ra7+ Kg6 (or Kg8) RxR and then pawn queens) and mate is also threatened
1.e6!
1.Kd5?! is a good try (the Black King is close to getting mated), but 1…exd6 2.Kxd6 Rd7+ (or 2…Rb7) is sufficient.
e6 ed
ra8 kf7
ra7 kg6
rxr pxp is check
hi Tim,
1.e6 exd6 2.Ra8+ Kf7 is illegal.
like i said e6 wins!
I found Ra7 too, but e6 seems better/easy win.
Kd5 seems the best to me.
1. Kd5 Kc8
2. Kc6 Kb8
3. Rb1+! Ka7
4. Kc7
If
1. … exd6
2. Ra7+
If
1. … h3
2. Ra8+ Kd7
3. e6#
1.Kd5? exd6 2.Kxd6 (2.Ra8+ Kf7 3.Ra7+ Kg6 4.Rxh7 Kxh7 5.exd6 h3 draw) h3 3.Ra8+ (3.e6 Kf8) Kf7 draw
1.Ra7!? h3 2.d7+ Kd8 3.e6 Rh4 4.Kf3 also wins
1.e6! exd6 (1…h3 2.d7 wins) 2.Ra8 Ke7 (only move, as d7 and f7 are controlle by the white e6 pawn) 3.Ra7 Kde6 4.Rxh7 wins
Stephane
Stephane, you are right (on my board I place the black king in d8, so my previous analysis is wrong).
1. e6 (or even Ra8+) are the winning movements.
FEN:
4k3/4p2r/3P4/4P3/3K3p/8/8/R7 w – – 0 1
1 e6 wins the Rook but loses the Pawns. I wonder if there are any lines where a Pawn can queen, preferably after a Rook exchange…
e6 do thst u vsn force the win.
> 1.e6! exd6 (1…h3 2.d7 wins)
1.e6! exd6 (1…h3 2.Ra8 mates) 🙂