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3point14159too
 
How would I win this position as black, or is it drawn?

 

Moonwarrior_1

Looks like a win for black

3point14159too

I lost the game sadge sad.png

as black

3point14159too

oh yeah it's black to move

Moonwarrior_1

Rd7 then promote a pawn on the right side

ninjaswat

First of all there is a forum for this... Secondly to win as black you need to advance in the queenside and try Re2 to pick off your opponent's a2 and b3 pawns. Might be defendable but very hard for white with best play from black.

ninjaswat
Moonwarrior_1 wrote:

Rd7 then promote a pawn on the right side

Rd2? Pick off the pawns and blAck is fasterrr I think

DasBurner

ya rd7 to cover the infiltration then create a passed pawn on the queenside with the pawn majority

3point14159too

sure, it was a while back so there's probably a lot of blunders

 

3point14159too

so I shouldn't have tried to be "active" like I did in the game

LazyDog24

I would play it safe with rook d7 like moon said. I wouldn't risk losing a pawn race if there is a safer, winning alternative.

 

DasBurner

I think rd7 would have been better instead of just a race to promote after trading everything because white has a decent pawns on the kingside as well

3point14159too

ah, okay thx

Thunder7

I think this should be posted in the endgame study mega thread right

DasBurner

i pinned it already

DasBurner

fair enough, i wasn't really sure of it's functionality anyway

DasBurner

winning for black