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h4, right? 🙂
h4, right? 🙂
h4Kh4 Kf4
1. h4+ Kxh4
(if 1. … Kh6 2. Rh8#.)
2. Kf4! threatening Rh8#.
black can avoid mate but must lose the rook:
2. … Kh3 3. Kxe5
or:
2. … Re4+ 3. Kxe4
or:
2. … Rxf5+ 3. Kxf5 (or 3. gxf5)
or:
2. …g5+ 3. Kxe5
after any third move for black that doesn’t lead to a direct mate, white plays:
4. Ra8 and the game is all but over.
1. h4+!, Kxh4 (1. ….Kh6 2. Rh8#)
2. Kf4 and the threat of Rh8# costs black his rook.
+- because the black Q side pawns are too widely separated and the white R alone can eat them both, after which the win is trivial.
eg, 2 … Re4+
3. Kxe4 b4
4. Ra8 b3
5. Ra3 and wins.
Same idea wins against
2. … Re8
3. Rxe8 etc.
If the black pawn were on b4 instead of b5 this line would lose for white since two connected passed pawns on the 3rd rank win against the rook.
h4 Kxh4
Kf4 and black can only avoid the mate on H8 by Kh3, and so loses the rook.
h4+ looks promosing
h4 followed by Kf4 or Rh8
1. h4+ Kxh4
2. Kf4, attacking the rook and threatening mate.
1. h4+ Kxh4
2. Kf4 Kh3
3. Rh8+ Kg2
4. Kxe5
iḿ sure,
1. h4+ Kxh4 (Kh6, 2. Rh8#)
2. Kf4 with the double threat of Kxe5 and Rh8# must be the right idea.
greets, jan
1. h4+ Kxh4
2. Kf4 winning
1. h4+!
1. … Kxh4
2. Kf4 Kh3
3. Kxe5
or
1. … Kh6
2. Rh8#
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1. h4 Kxh4
2. Kf4 attacking the rook and threatening mate.
-dbeagan
1.h4# then if 1…Kxh4, 2.Kf4 with the threat of Rh8
After 2. Kf4 it’s obviously game over, but black must have something slightly better than 2. … Kh3.
2. … Rxf5+ best attempt to slow down
3. gxf5 best move to speed up
3. … g5+
4. fxg6ep. Kh5
5. Kf5 Kh4 (Kh6 Kf6)
6. Ra8