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A study, white to play and win.

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Good One
The simplest positions can have nice hidden tactics.
If only "white to play and win" would pop up during real games ...

Edit: I may have spoken too soon!

The solution I thought about was wrong!

This position does what I intended:



1.Rh4!

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Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromfics
Good One
The simplest positions can have nice hidden tactics.
If only "white to play and win" would pop up during real games ...

Edit: I may have spoken too soon!

The solution I thought about was wrong!

This position does what I intended:

[fen]8/8/8/7r/2R5/3k4/8/R2K4[/fen]

[hidden]1.Rh4! [/hidden]
As far as I can tell, the only way to win as white is to assume that you haven't moved a couple of pieces.

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That totally gives it away. Maybe you should edit or hide that.

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Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromfics
Good One
The simplest positions can have nice hidden tactics.
If only "white to play and win" would pop up during real games ...

Edit: I may have spoken too soon!

The solution I thought about was wrong!

This position does what I intended:

[fen]8/8/8/7r/2R5/3k4/8/R2K4[/fen]

[hidden]1.Rh4! [/hidden]
Yep, that move draws in the original position simply because black can cover the rook after white plays payback on the mate threat via rook checks and a skewer at the end. 🙂