See what your rating is!
Introduction:
Have you ever wanted to test if you are over rated or underrated? If you have, then this blog is for you. In this blog, I will show you a puzzle to test your level! Think about the puzzle for as much time as you want and I recommend you to not move the pieces so that this blog will become more affective. However, you can move the pieces if you want.
The puzzle:
so that is the puzzle, and lets test your level!
Sorry Rh3+ is the wrong move, because bishop and rook against rook is mostly drawn although there are some position when it is winning. Tip: never check in the endgame if you do not have anything concrete that you get from that check. What black do after Rh3+ is play Kg8 and draw the game. You don’t want to go Kg7 because of Bb2.
According to this test, you are under 1000
Sorry Rc8+ is the wrong move, because bishop and rook against rook is mostly drawn, but there are some position when it is winning. Tip: never check in the endgame if you do not have anything concrete that you get from that check. What black do after Rc8+ is play Kh7 and draw the game. You don’t want to go Kg7 because of Bb2.
Correct! I would say you are over 1000 after finding this move!
Now what if Ra6+?
It is pretty obvious right? Ra3+ if you did not see that, then I would say you are below 1000.
Sorry that is the wrong move. The king can just defend the rook with Kh7, and they are fine.
I would estimate your rating as 1200.
Sorry that is the wrong way! I just go Kg8 and I am fine!
I would say you are about 1300.
correct! I would say you are higher than 1500.
Now what do you play?
if you said Rg7+, then you are correct! If you did not get that I would say you are 1350.
Now what do you do now?
Wrong! I just go Kh7 and I defend my bishop.
I would say you are 1400.
Wrong! The king just moves to g8 and you have nothing!
I would say you are about 1400.
Correct! They have no good move! If they check us, then we can block with the rook with a check!
I would say you are over 1500.
Now lets go back to this position:
What if I play Rf8?
Do I do the same thing with Rh6, but the opposite way? So that means we play Rc7+.
Incorrect! If we do the same thing it works!
I would say you are about 1300-1500
Correct! The same way works!
You probably saw that Rf7 does not work in this position because Rh3+ and Rh8# and same for the other side.
Now let’s go back to this position:
The answer is Rh1+! If they take that is stalemate and if they don’t take, we keep checking!
