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Strange endgame study

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....Nf6+

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Originally posted by Red Night
....Nf6+
If only there was such move possible....

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Originally posted by kbaumen
If only there was such move possible....
Whose move, who to win and can we assume board is upside down due to white pawns configuration?

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Originally posted by David113
[fen]5n2/PPPPPP1P/4P3/R1BBp1Nr/4Rp2/Q3q1k1/7n/7K[/fen]

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1. h8=Q Rxh8 2. exf8=Q Rh4 3. Qh8 Rxh8 4. f8=Q Rh4 5. Qh8 Rxh8 6. d8=Q Rh4
7. Qh8 Rxh8 8. c8=Q Rh4 9. Qh8 Rxh8 10. b8=Q Rh4 11. Qh8 Rxh8 12. a8=Q Rh4
13. Qh8 Rxh8 14. Ra7 looks like a promising idea. White intends to play Rh7 and deprive Black of his h-file check for good.

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Originally posted by SwissGambit
1. h8=Q Rxh8 2. exf8=Q Rh4 3. Qh8 Rxh8 4. f8=Q Rh4 5. Qh8 Rxh8 6. d8=Q Rh4
7. Qh8 Rxh8 8. c8=Q Rh4 9. Qh8 Rxh8 10. b8=Q Rh4 11. Qh8 Rxh8 12. a8=Q Rh4
13. Qh8 Rxh8 14. Ra7 looks like a promising idea. White intends to play Rh7 and deprive Black of his h-file check for good.
Doesn't look fast enough, R-a7 still leaves black with discovered mate it looks like to me. Ah, it works because the black rook is at h8 not h4 or 5 so if the knight moves to f6+ the white rook interposes at h7. Nice. That ends blacks attack because the white rook is protected by the knight. One try for black in that case could be N-g4+ but that attack soon peters out and the white king escapes and no more checks and the white steamroller starts up for good.

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Originally posted by SwissGambit
1. h8=Q Rxh8 2. exf8=Q Rh4 3. Qh8 Rxh8 4. f8=Q Rh4 5. Qh8 Rxh8 6. d8=Q Rh4
7. Qh8 Rxh8 8. c8=Q Rh4 9. Qh8 Rxh8 10. b8=Q Rh4 11. Qh8 Rxh8 12. a8=Q Rh4
13. Qh8 Rxh8 14. Ra7 looks like a promising idea. White intends to play Rh7 and deprive Black of his h-file check for good.
Hmm, no comment from david113 yet. David, is this the solution? In a way, I hope it is not. The order of the Q promotions is not forced, and most of them could be Rooks instead of Queens.

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Originally posted by kbaumen
If only there was such move possible....
all of white's pawn are on the 7th rank?

then...Nf3+

If it is white's move then why not RxQ+

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Originally posted by Red Night
all of white's pawn are on the 7th rank?

then...Nf3+

If it is white's move then why not RxQ+
1.RxQ+?? Nf3+ and Black wins.

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Originally posted by SwissGambit
Hmm, no comment from david113 yet. David, is this the solution? In a way, I hope it is not. The order of the Q promotions is not forced, and most of them could be Rooks instead of Queens.
This is not the solution. Black has a stalemate defense.

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Originally posted by SwissGambit
1.RxQ+?? Nf3+ and Black wins.
Oh yeah.

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Can't see much wrong with 1. h8=Q Rxh8 2. exf8=Q Rh4 3. Qg7 Nf3+ 4. Nh3+