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White to play and win.

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Ra7+ Kb8, Ra6?

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Originally posted by Tiwaking
Ra7+ Kb8, Ra6?
and then what after KxN or Kb7 or b1=Q?

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1. Nb6+ Kb8 2. Rc3! b1=Q 3. Nd7+ Ka8 4. Ra3+ Kb7 5. Rb3+ Qxb3 6. Nc5+


Very nice puzzle. It took a fair amount of playing around on a real board to get that.

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yep. The Ra7+ Kb8 Ra6 attempt fails on b1=Q Rb6+ Ka8! (RxQ? stalemate)

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A good one, there are 3 good looking tries
First try is a stalemate.



2nd try nearly works but Black can play 2...Kb8



And this just fails.



So solution is as posted by meadows

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You guys are terrible. Simply Pawn to a8=Q wins.

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Originally posted by Maxacre42
You guys are terrible. Simply Pawn to a8=Q wins.
except the square you are looking at is h1, not a1.

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Originally posted by zebano
except the square you are looking at is h1, not a1.
You'd think that having Donald duck as an avatar you would have a sense of humour :-)

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Originally posted by peacedog
You'd think that having Donald duck as an avatar you would have a sense of humour :-)
thats actually woody woodpecker if im not mistaken 😉

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Originally posted by Mephisto2
yep. The Ra7+ Kb8 Ra6 attempt fails on b1=Q Rb6+ Ka8! (RxQ? stalemate)
If this happened to me I would first cry foul, then cry tears

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Originally posted by Tiwaking
If this happened to me I would first cry foul, then cry tears
but it would have given you a lesson you would never forget 🙂