I found this diagram in a book and I don't understand it. Black is to move R g6. Then white. Why can't white move Ka5 or Kb5 , to protect its pawn and still win ?
Thanks in advance for your explanations.
if white moves to protect the pawn black takes the pawn with his rook and then if white takes black's rook on a6 black can capture white's rook, the white king is overloaded, it can't protect both the pawn and the rook.
The key idea is that the white king can't leave his rook undefended.
hicetnunc, I would just take the pawn regardless of whether white plays Ka5 or Kb5, have I missed something? Agree Rg5+ also draws
Ahhhhhhh , now I got it ! Thannnnnnnnnnnnksssssss MM78 and hicetnunc.
Hey, of course no you haven't missed anything : I hadn't read your post when I wrote mine and I noticed the Rxa6 idea only when I tried the second variation 2.Ka5
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