Chess Lesson #6

Bowmann

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15 Oct 05

Bowmann

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15 Oct 05

How should White, to play, proceed?

CrawlIce

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15 Oct 05

Even in my current state of mind, I think I can get this:

1. QxN, QxQ
2. g8/N+, K moves
3. NxQ with a won game

Maxwell Smart

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15 Oct 05

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Originally posted by Bowmann
[fen]8/3q1Ppk/4n1pp/8/2Q5/5PP1/5PK1/8[/fen]

How should White, to play, proceed?

1. QxN ...QxQ
2. f8N+ ...K moves
3. NxQ with a pretty easy win.

cantspell

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15 Oct 05

q takes knight - q takes q

promote pawn to a knight check with k and q fork -

Maxwell Smart

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15 Oct 05

Originally posted by CrawlIce
Even in my current state of mind, I think I can get this:

1. QxN, QxQ
2. g8/N+, K moves
3. NxQ with a won game

You were seconds faster than me, but the pawn is on the f-file, not the g file 😀

Bowmann

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15 Oct 05

Why shouldn't White promote the Pawn to a Queen?

Maxwell Smart

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15 Oct 05

Because promoting to a Queen gives a draw at best (as far as I can see). The knights fork leaves white a full piece ahead with an easily winning endgame, and the idea is to win, unless I'm missing something.

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15 Oct 05

Originally posted by Bowmann
[fen]8/3q1Ppk/4n1pp/8/2Q5/5PP1/5PK1/8[/fen]

How should White, to play, proceed?

Another good one.

D

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16 Oct 05

Originally posted by BLReid
You were seconds faster than me, but the pawn is on the f-file, not the g file 😀

Is it obvious that I grew up with descriptive notation? ;-)

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16 Oct 05

Originally posted by BLReid
Because promoting to a Queen gives a draw at best (as far as I can see). The knights fork leaves white a full piece ahead with an easily winning endgame, and the idea is to win, unless I'm missing something.

No, you're not.

1. QxKt QxQ. [If 1...Q-Q1; 2. Q-K8 and the Pawn may be shepherded home.] 2. P-B8=Kt ch. followed by 3. KtxQ. White wins a Knight.

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16 Oct 05

Originally posted by CrawlIce
Is it obvious that I grew up with descriptive notation? ;-)

So did I 😉

(See above.)

lucifershammer

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16 Oct 05

Originally posted by CrawlIce
Even in my current state of mind, I think I can get this:

1. QxN, QxQ
2. g8/N+, K moves
3. NxQ with a won game

It's not clear to me that White will win, even if a full piece up.

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16 Oct 05

Originally posted by lucifershammer
It's not clear to me that White will win, even if a full piece up.

He now has a better chance of doing so.

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17 Oct 05

Originally posted by lucifershammer
It's not clear to me that White will win, even if a full piece up.

The win should be easy enough for White. It is like a K+P endgame. White gains the opposition at will, thanks to waiting moves by the Knight. Slowly but surely, the black pawns must fall.