Kubbel 1916, presented by Andreas
White to move. Can White hold this position? How should White proceed?
5r2/1K3P2/1p2P3/2k5/8/8/8/8 w – – 0 1
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so white can make a draw:
1.e7 Rxf7
2.Ka6 Rxe7
stalemate
and Kc7 seems to lose:
1.Kc7 Kd5
2.Kd7 b5
3.Ke7 Ra8
4.f8Q Rxf8
5.Kxf8 Kxe6
Looks like Ka6 is white’s only first move.
1.Ka6? loses to both 1…Kc6 and 1…Kd6.
1.Kc7 Kd5
2.Kd7 b5
3.Ke7 Ra8
4.Kf6
ok my mistake
1.Kc7 Kd5
2.Kd7 Ke5
”Bill Brock said…
1.Kc7 Kd5
2.Kd7 b5
3.Ke7 Ra8
4.Kf6”
2…b5 White wins.
Instead,
2…Ke5 (to prevent Ke7-f6) wins for Black
As i understood it we have to find it white can hold the position so 1e7 and white does that. now if he wins thats another question.
claudia munoz
womancandidatemaster.blogspot.com
“Bill Brock said…
1.Kc7 Kd5
2.Kd7 b5
3.Ke7 Ra8
4.Kf6″
2…b5 White wins.
Instead,
2…Ke5 (to prevent Ke7-f6) wins for Black
At first I found Bill’s post confusing, too. Then I worked out (with a little help from 4i4mitko’s followup) that what he was doing was correcting 4i4mitko’s second line (1.Kc7, etc.) in the first post in this thread.
I think all three of you guys are saying the same thing.
To claudia 4th grader :
Exactly, White can hold the position by,
1.e7 Rxf7
2.Ka6 Rxe7 (what else?)
Stalemate