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I found an odd resource to save this game - Rb2xb3!

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Edit:never mind

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if axb3 then Ra6?

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Very nice indeed.

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Originally posted by mcreynolds
if axb3 then Ra6?
Yip.
And Rxb3 runs into e5.

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I don’t have a board in front of me and sketched it out on a scrap of paper so I may be missing something but…

1.Rbxb3 axb3 2. Ra6 Ke7 3.Rxd6 Kd8
1.Rbxb3 Rxb3 2.e5+ Ke6 3.exd6 Rb4+ protects the a-Pawn

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Nice

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Originally posted by masscat
I don’t have a board in front of me and sketched it out on a scrap of paper so I may be missing something but…

1.Rbxb3 axb3 2. Ra6 Ke7 3.Rxd6 Kd8
1.Rbxb3 Rxb3 2.e5+ Ke6 3.exd6 Rb4+ protects the a-Pawn
Those look right, but I think both are draws?

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oops

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Originally posted by Redmike
Those look right, but I think both are draws?
Beats me. Ask me when I get a few hundred more rating points.😀