In this ending from the last round of the National Open, my opponent had two options--and chose the wrong one.
Strangely, several months later I reached virtually the same position against my computer! (the only difference being that its king was on a7 instead of b6)--and it also chose 1... b2 instead of 1... Rxf7 2 Kxf7 Kb6 followed by 3... b2. I guess it's the sort of thing where you see that you can pick off the rook--and you stop looking any farther ahead (or taking a real look at the resulting position).
Draw?
I hate to break your bubbles but a Q vs. a pawn on the the 7th is a draw when the pawn is a bishop or rook pawn...
to Chesser, after 7...Qg6 then 8.Kh8!! when Qxf7 is stalemate, the king simply goes back and forth between g8 and h8, but the play is dead on for a King Queen or Knight pawn.
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