endgame

1. Kc5 Ke7 and white isn't making much progress. It looks like black will hold the blockade of the d-pawn and maintain control of his 7th rank.

Black's play isn't very accurate. 2...Rb7 also appears to hold the draw.

Unless this is a game continuation, I'm not sure your analysis is sound, but at the end of your given variation, white isn't "probably winning" he's dead won, black's king is too far offside and white will sweep up the kingside pawns and make his own queen.

yes this is a continuation from a game I played. Thanks for your comment, 2..Rb7 indeed seems to hold the draw, at least I can't see any continuation for white from that point on. Quite interesting...

The actual game was a live game, and black indeed made some mistakes in the end. Black still won though, because I timed out after that last move, but it indeed would have been a clear win.

Ah, fair enough. endgames are pretty tough when you can't just sit back and analyze and time pressure doesn't help either. It's still cool that you had a plan and went with it, and it's black's fault for not putting in the effort to find better defensive moves(Rf8 is simply terrible).

Saving the position

Here's an instructive puzzle of a game played by Loyd in 1859!

on the 4 th, why not Qh7 mate instead of Rg1+ that delay the mate

yes that's correct, well seen!

Not the most accurate puzzzles, but not a bad collection either.

thanks, if you see any mistakes please let me know

Here's another one

#15 Rd1?

#17 Rc6 is better after Rxf7. Nd6? and Rh7+ loses white a piece for a rook (i think).

which puzzle do you mean? I'm a bit confused

#15 means post 15.