Originally posted by tvochess [fen] 8/8/pP1P3K/k2r4/Pp6/1P6/1P2R3/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
Is this what you meant?
HO! Good on you mate! That is the very one! Now I'm certain somewhere in one of my lifers magazines I saw a rook and bishop problem of similar value to this. Its indeed the one that reminds me most of the problem we see at the beginning of this article. I'll keep looking for it tonight. I'll find it! This one here though is very much alike the one I'm looking for. I do however remember very well that this baby stressed me much more. Thanks tvochess for getting this right. Very handy those diagrams!
A fair try indeed Mr. Gambit. I did find the proper puzzle earlier this morning. So perhaps I should lend a hand with this one. Spoiler alert - if you happen to still be working on this then you will not want to continue on with this article. Remember to go for that sneaky stalemate my friends!
1 Re5! Rxe5 2 d7 ... and to this point your exactly correct. Whats missed is that black has the chance for a stalemate. 2 ...Re6+ 3 Kg5! (This is very important later) Rxb6... Now with the rook on b6 if white makes the ho hum d8/Q then its actually d8/Q= !!! So what must white do? I'm glad your wondering! Black dominates the rook with 4 d8/N!! (mutual zugzwang do note!) and thanks to the quiet 3 Kg5 the rook has NO safe square! Rb8(d6) 5 Nc6(b7) and wins.
Originally posted by PhySiQ A fair try indeed Mr. Gambit. I did find the proper puzzle earlier this morning. So perhaps I should lend a hand with this one. Spoiler alert - if you happen to still be working on this then you will not want to continue on with this article. Remember to go for that sneaky stalemate my friends!
1 Re5! Rxe5 2 d7 ... and to this point your exactly corr !) and thanks to the quiet 3 Kg5 the rook has NO safe square! Rb8(d6) 5 Nc6(b7) and wins.
Originally posted by SwissGambit One other line for the R desperado:
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[Event "Edited position"]
[Site "VINCENT"]
[Date "2011.10.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "-"]
[Black "-"]
[Result "*"]
[FEN "8/8/pP1P3K/k2r4/Pp6/1P6/1P2R3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
1. Re5 Rxe5 2. d7 Rd5 3. b7 Rxd7 4. b8=Q Rh7+ 5. Kg5 Rh5+ 6. Kg4 Rh4+ 7.Kg3 Rh3+ 8. Kg2 {and wQ will eat the Rook if it checks on h2/g3}
[/pgn]
Your certainly right Mr. Gambit! That is also winning for white. You have discussed two important concepts here. I have yet another line that illustrates both. 1. Re5 Rxe5 2. d7 Rd5 3. b7 Rxd7 4. b8=Q... Black is clearly lost without playing the checking moves. Therefore Rd6+ 5. Kg5 Rg6+ 6. Kf5 Rf6+ 7. Ke4...and here white follows Rf4(Re6) Qxf4(Qe5!).
OK then. Now that the former puzzle is solved and out of the way.. I would like to share another with you. This puzzle I think will capture your attention Mr. Gambit! I will list the game in Algebraic Notation with hopes that someone can help me with one of your diagrams? White to move and win!
White: Ka7, Rd6, e6
Black: Kc8, Rf6, Bb2
Originally posted by PhySiQ OK then. Now that the former puzzle is solved and out of the way.. I would like to share another with you. This puzzle I think will capture your attention Mr. Gambit! I will list the game in Algebraic Notation with hopes that someone can help me with one of your diagrams? White to move and win!
White: Ka7, Rd6, e6
Black: Kc8, Rf6, Bb2
No no... I'm sorry that is certainly my mistake Mr. Gambit... 1. e7 Bd4 should be blacks move.... I apologize I'm not sure what got into me there. Retyped your proposal by accident. Must have been off in la la land.
Originally posted by PhySiQ No no... I'm sorry that is certainly my mistake Mr. Gambit... 1. e7 Bd4 should be blacks move.... I apologize I'm not sure what got into me there. Retyped your proposal by accident. Must have been off in la la land.
Originally posted by PhySiQ Flawless! You have got it Mr. Gambit. Great job! I always have trouble looking for the stalemates in endgames.
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How can white tackle 1. e7 Rf7?
- Moving the king out of the 7th rank results in Rxe7 and black is better.
- The pawn can't be moved.
- 2. Rd7 Kxd7 and 2. Re6 Ba2/Bf6 seem to remove the white pawn as well
- another rook move will lead to Rxe7
Endgame propblem
13 Oct '11 10:00
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