This is often called "crazy pieces". If I'm not mistaken, White wins. I know you said that this may not be the right position, but I figured I'd point it out anyway.
A very neat draw...
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That's nice and all, but it's not a draw. The rook can keep checking, and the king doesn't have to take the rook, but white has a win.
nimzovich wrote:
SirDavid wrote:
This is often called "crazy pieces". If I'm not mistaken, White wins. I know you said that this may not be the right position, but I figured I'd point it out anyway.
Growing up, I learned (from a Larry Evans book?) to call such rampaging pieces "desperadoes".
Yes, desperado is the correct chess term.
Always look for "shelter" from the checks, in this case, I thought white should just use the 7th rank and d pawn or maybe the B rook as shelter... as unknown user showed there's an even faster way.
Hi everyone,
I play Board 3 for my 6-board school team. We have had a very good season so far this year: we have won all 6 of the matches we have played, and only have 4 to go - all against teams we have already defeated.
However, the most recent match we played - on the 11th December - was the closest one so far: this was a 3.5 - 2.5 win for us. With only one game - Board 1 - still playing, our team was leading 3 - 2. However, from giving up the exchange in the opening, our Board 1 player had slipped further, and was now behind by a rook and two pawns in an endgame.
I am telling you all this, because I would like to show you the draw he managed to find from the below position, which I think was extremely neat, and gained a match win for our team.