update: finished a game on move 78 against black so that's an improvement. though again black pushed the pawn to h4 which gives me the opportunity to attack both f5 and h4 with my rook winning one of the pawns.
Computer says it's winning but is it actually a draw?
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Dec 29, 2020
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First of all, don't take the computers evaluations as completely correct. In close endgames often that pawn advantage you have will boil down to a theoretical draw. See nepo vs radjabov today, nepo was down a pawn in an endgame but ultimately found a way to make it impossible for radjabov to win.
Dec 29, 2020
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Sorry, posted too quick there. However it would seem to me that black cannot defend the f6 pawn as its on a dark square and can't be pushed (or black loses the f5 pawn) black can't just plant his king where he wants, you can always check him or play a waiting move if he thinks he can sit on g5, ultimately it looks like to me you win the f6 pawn, then sac the rook for the bishop and the f5 pawn. You've got two connected passed pawns and that's an easy win. (h4 might price useful, it stops the black King coming behind the pawns to protect the bishop and pawn by controlling the g5 square)
Playing white I seem to be having a clear advantage. Though finishing it seems not so clear to me. So i tried playing it against the 3200 bot. I won two times, though both only after move 100. And only because black at some point pushes its pawn forward. This gives the needed break.
If the black king doesn't go to the left side of the board and doesn't push pawns forward, isn't it actually a draw? I can't seem to be able to play black myself against the bot to check this assumption.
Anyone knows how i should break this game down and what (if there is) objective i should pursue as white.
ps: please don't comment on the rest of the game since I am not that high rated and thus it is filled with mistakes.