White to move and win the game
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JacobAlbertLee
Mar 14, 2023
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#1
This is a draw
Mar 14, 2023
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#3
1. Rc6 b1=Q 2. Ra6+ Kb7 3. Rb6+ Qxb6 4. Nxb6 Kxb6 5. Kg7 and Black can’t stop the h pawn.
Mar 14, 2023
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#5
SoupSailor72 wrote:
But black can play 3. King a8 and stalemate if you take the queen
You're right. Good job spotting that.
White does have a win that I never would have found, but the Nalimov endgame table base shows: 1. Nb6+ Kb8 2. Rc3 b1=Q 3. Nd7+ Ka8 (Ka7 loses in the same number of moves, and Kb7 loses 1 move sooner) 4. Ra3+ Kb7 5. Rb3+ Qxb3 6. Nc5+ and the rest is simple.
Mar 15, 2023
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#6
yeah I had look at the engine to find the win as well... Rc3 looks insane
Apr 2, 2023
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#8
OldPatzerMike wrote:
SoupSailor72 wrote:
But black can play 3. King a8 and stalemate if you take the queen
You're right. Good job spotting that.
White does have a win that I never would have found, but the Nalimov endgame table base shows: 1. Nb6+ Kb8 2. Rc3 b1=Q 3. Nd7+ Ka8 (Ka7 loses in the same number of moves, and Kb7 loses 1 move sooner) 4. Ra3+ Kb7 5. Rb3+ Qxb3 6. Nc5+ and the rest is simple.
You are correct. Thank you for solving this!