Rinck 1912 by Andreas
White to move. How do you assess this position? Which side is better? How would you continue as White?
8/3pP2B/1n2r3/8/6k1/8/R4PK1/8 w – – 0 1
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White can preserve the pawn with 1. Re2, since 1. …Rxe2; 2. Be4 Rxe4 3. f3+ wins the rook.
Black can try 2. … Kf4 3. e8=Q Rxe4, but now, with 4. Qb8+, White should do no worse than a win in a K&Q vs. K&R endgame.
Susan, could you please have your IT guy find out why your page loads so slowly with Firefox? My connection is 11 MB and it still takes a couple of minutes.
Anyway, endgame studies are easy.
1. Re2!! R:e2
2. Be4!! R:e4
3. f3+ and wins
Of course any deviation by black and the pawn promotes on e8 with a decisive advantage.
1.Re2!!!.Rxe2.2.Be4!!!.Rxe4.3.f3+!!!.Kf4/f5.4.fxe4.Kxe4. 5.e8=Q+ and white wins easily with Q vs N+P!
If1…..Rxe7.2.Rxe7 and white wins easily being R up!
If1….any Nc8/d5.2.Rxe6.Nxe7.3.Nxe7 and white wins easily being a R+B up!
if 1….other moves.2.e8=Q wins easily for white!
If 2…other moves.3.e8=Q wins easily for white!
Harry
Re2
Re2,Rxe2
Be4,Bxe4
f3+ … queens and wins
I had a difficult Sunday.Being Sunday and no work started with the problem early.Spent a lot of time but to no avail. Then I tried writing down some statements.
(1) It is difficult to support white P. Ra8 and N will take it. Re2 and R will take it.B cannot support it.
(2) f3+ is attractive especially if R could be lured to e4.
(3)Be4 to tempt black R will be ignored as R will find more more meat in P than B.
(4)In view of (3) B will be attractive for black R if the R is below e4.
(5)1.Re2 will support the P and can lure black R to e2.
I wove these threads to get some cloth.
1.Re2 Rxe2
2.Be4 Nd5
(Obviously 2… Rxe4 3.f3+)
3.e8=Q
I am too tired and leave the rest to Rinck.
One of those things at least I would never find – that’s why I’m not any F/I/G-Master!
Te2 – Txe2 – Le4, and then you see it!
I got this one pretty quick, but mostly because I have seen this theme before (maybe even this exact puzzle, though I couldn’t find in my notes). I almost instantly thought of Re2 to divert the black rook under e4 followed by the deadly blocking maneuver of Be4. I don’t see defense, though I had to think a few seconds about the case where black refuses the bishop:
1. Re2! Re2 (what else possible?)
2. Be4! Kf4 (Re4 3.f3 forks to win)
3. e8Q Re4
And black has managed to retain a knight and rook vs the queen, but this is only temporary…..
4. Qb8! and the knight is toast. With the pawn, white’s win is pretty easy- much easier than Q vs R.