Originally posted by AudreyxSophieThanks AudreyxSophie!
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Kb1 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.g4 b5 15.b3 b4 16.bxc4 bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qc7 18.h4 h5 19.g5 Rb8+ 20.Ka1 Ne8 21.Rb1 Rc8 22.Rb2 d5 23.exd5 Qxc4 24.Qxc ...[text shortened]... 36.Kb2 Nf5 37.c3 Nxh4 38.Rxe7 Kg8 39.Re8+ Kh7 40.Kb3 [/pgn]
Does this do it[/b]
Originally posted by ParShooterA good idea, except... play through it I urge you.
Rxd4, cxd
Nxf3 and we get two pawns for the exchange. Then we sprint the h pawn to glory.
Give it some thought. We're playing PawnRiot, not PawnTranquility.
I don't think you'll find answers.
40. Kb3 Rxd4? 41. cxd4 Nxf3 42. d5 Nd4+ 43. Kc4 Nf5
44. Kc5 h4 45. d6 Nxd6 46. Kxd6 h3 47. Re3 h2 48. Rh3+
From here you have problems
And now, the game is over.
-GIN
I think Nowakowski's analyis of Rxd4 is pretty convincing. The main problem is that the white king can support the d pawn advance (and win the knight). The black h pawn gets no such assistance from it's king. That kind of limits it to Ra6 or Ra5.
I prefer Ra5. It eyes the g5 pawn and also creates the possibility of Nf5 without even having to take doubled g pawns.
Just my opinion.
My vote is for Ra5, but I will give this until tomorrow.
This is a really interesting endgame, by the way.
Food for thought, or grist to the analysis mill - start of some variations:
40...Ra5 41. f4 Ng2 (also consider 41...Nf5) 42. Re4 h4
or 40...Ra5 41.f4 Nf5 42.Nxf5 Rxf5 43.Re4 Rb5+ 44. Ka4 (or 44.Kc4 a6) 44...a6
another variation:
40...Ra5 41.Nc6 Rxg5 (or 41...Ra6) 42. Nxa7 Rf5 and we will soon be ahead a pawn, at first glance...