Philidor position (rook ending)

 
13th November 2008, 09:44pm
#1
by JG27Pyth
NYC United States
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28th April 2009, 05:43pm
#2
by hic2482w
Ottawa Canada
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Is it Ra4?

1st May 2009, 04:08pm
#3
by Ziryab
Spokane, Washington United States
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hic2482w wrote:

Is it Ra4?


No. The rook is where it should be, controlling the third rank. Black can make no progress. White shuffles the king from the e-file to the f-file and back. If Black ever advances the pawn, then White plays Ra8 and the Black king cannot escape endless checks.

1st May 2009, 06:14pm
#4
by JG27Pyth
NYC United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 1493

Yeah, this wasn't meant as a problem, this was meant as a suggestion for the sort of thing the computer trainer would teach/test.

 

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