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The Process of Decision Making in Chess Volume 2: Practice positions and solutions. Position 10.1

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Spochman
May 25, 2018
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Solve for black:

Diagram 10.1- black has a choice of exchanging rooks, keeping the tension while allowing the exchange, or moving the rook away. Performing an observation of pawn structure features, black notices that his opponent is very close to creating a passed pawn on the kingside. Also, observation shows that the quality of the knight is much better than that of the bishop. Therefore, exchanging rooks strongly favors white, practically winning the game, since after the rooks exchange nothing can successfully stop the kingside pawns. As a result, black decides to avoid the exchange.
Challenge: how should black avoid the exchange of rooks? Suggest a solution and provide your assessment of the arising position based on the chances of each side to make further progress.
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atrolhavecome
May 25, 2018
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#2

Rh8 seems obvious because we attack the weak h5 pawn 

 

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atrolhavecome
May 25, 2018
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#3

so Rh8 Kh4 Be8 even if Be8 makes us lose the f5 pawn we can gain it back with Bxh5 we traded a f pawn for the h pawn. this would generaly be weaker but because of the strong discovered attack white have we gain a tempo because he needs to move his king out of the discovery. then we can play Bd1 and the c2 pawn or f pawn falls either after Ne1 Re8 or Nb4 h5

 

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KingOnAString
May 25, 2018
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glenni3377 wrote:

so Rh8 Kh4 Be8 even if Be8 makes us lose the f5 pawn we can gain it back with Bxh5 we traded a f pawn for the h pawn. this would generaly be weaker but because of the strong discovered attack white have we gain a tempo because he needs to move his king out of the discovery. then we can play Bd1 and the c2 pawn or f pawn falls either after Ne1 Re8 or Nb4 h5

 

I'm with Glenni on this one, Attack the h pawn, lose the f pawn and put black's bishop to d1. White cannot defend their chain of pawns against the bishop at d1

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windyjohan
May 25, 2018
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#5

....     Rh8

Kh4  g6

Will be my choice.

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KingOnAString
May 25, 2018
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#6

@windyjohan

White could play h6 windy, and have a passed pawn so close to promotion file. Could pose a threat in the end game

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FearItself
May 25, 2018
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#7

B to E6 to keep the center pressure

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britishtable
May 25, 2018
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#8

Rh8

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RoxyFisher
May 26, 2018
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#9

EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!