This (Rinck 1931) puzzle is presented by Andreas
White to move. Can White hold this position? No computer please.
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Doesn’t Rxh3 save the game?
Trefor5D
a7 and then Rh3+
1.Rh3+ Rxh3 2.a7 Rxa3 3.e7 Rxa7
4.e8Q+ Kg4 (4.-Kh4 5.Qe1+) 5.Qe4+ Kh5 6.Qh1+ followed by Qg1+ picking up the rook. That should hold it.
1. Rxh3 is forceful. Therefore
I am with Trefor. White wins.
1. a7 is refuted by 1..Rc8+ 2. Kxh7 Rc7+ 3. Kg8 Rxa7 4. Rxh3+ Kg4 and Black with the Bishop and Rook can stop the remaining White Pawns. So 1. a7 leads to a Draw.
That is of course if I saw the position right.
anon 6:54.
I think 2. e7 is better than 2. a7
1. Rxh3+ RxR 2. e7 Re3 3. a7
“I think 2. e7 is better than 2. a7”
1. Rxh3+ RxR 2. e7 Re3 3. a7 Bf3 -+
2. e2 is a blunder. That way black can play Re3 followed by Bf3 and stops both white pawns.
@anand: i don’t think so:
1. e7 Re3
2. a7 Bf3
3. Rxh3+ K wherever
4. Rxf3
and white is better!
Oohps, you meant
1. Rxh3+ … Rxh3
2. e7 … Re3
anyway, in this line
2. a7 … Rxa3
3. e7 allows Re3
and
4. a8=Q is followed by Rxe7
when Black is not winning, but is still alive.
Instead in the line beginning with
1.e7 there is the first line proposed which ends in a straightforward win for White, and the answer
1…. Rc8+
which is replied with
2. Kg7