White to move and draw

I pinched this from a chess.com video so some of you might have seen it before, if so don't spoil it. 😉

White to move and draw...

Originally posted by Marinkatomb
I pinched this from a chess.com video so some of you might have seen it before, if so don't spoil it. 😉

White to move and draw...

[fen]6K1/8/8/8/8/3b4/3P2kp/R7 w - - 0 1[/fen]

Sentence the d2 pawn to death for treason and play 1.Ra2

Originally posted by tim88
don't laugh but is it, rook e1, rook e3, rook e1, if e3 and e1 is continued there's nothing black can do to win, white king blocks pawn from other side with white king h8[fen]7K/8/8/8/8/3b4/3P2kp/4R3 w - - 0 1[/fen][fen]7K/8/8/8/8/3bR3/3P2kp/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]

Originally posted by Mephisto2
Re1? Bf1 0-1

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Originally posted by tim88
ignore all my posts

Originally posted by Marinkatomb
You need to find blacks replies, also you put the white King on h8, it should be on g8. 😉

Basically black is threatening to play ..Bf1 and Queen. How can white stop the pawn?

Don't worry if you post something incorrect, this is really tricky! I certainly didn't solve it! 🙂

I think I've got the basic idea: by putting the bishop at f1, black constricts the movement of his future queen, and if the white rook can attack her from behind (on the h-file), she can't escape because if she goes to g1, rook to the g-file+ wins the queen.

Is that right?

Originally posted by WanderingKing
I think I've got the basic idea: by putting the bishop at f1, black constricts the movement of his future queen, and if the white rook can attack her from behind (on the h-file), she can't escape because if she goes to g1, rook to the g-file+ wins the queen.

Is that right?

I'm not sure. It must be a waiting move. If it's the king, it must be Kh8, because if the king moves towards the central files, it can't defend the rook on the h-file. But maybe a waiting rook move.

Edit: Sorry I ruled out Kg7 incorrectly. So all I can rule out is Kf8 and Kf7.

Originally posted by Marinkatomb
I need the precise line. What is whites first move?

Originally posted by tim88
king h8