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.
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.
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.
Strange endgame study
17 Dec '07 18:24
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