37...a3 is better. Advance the passed pawn.
Ideas to win this game with three !! that ended in a draw
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Jan 30, 2024
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Thank you!
I missed the Idea to clear the a-file with a check once the pawn reached a2 and thought I had to move the rook eventually anyway. It feels so obvious now. I will definitely remember this idea now.
With perfect play it may be a draw anyway, I guess, (maybe end in bishop + h pawn or a pawn + bishop + queen against queen) but there chances would be better.
@3
37...a3 38 gxh5 a2 39 hxg6 Rg1+ 40 Kxg1 a1=Q+ should win.
This is a game I played (as black) otb recently against a strong opponent. (It is reconstructed from memory, and I feel that one or two moves are off, but it gets the basic game.) We agreed in a draw.
I feel like it was, the best game I've ever played, but wonder, how I could have won it. Maybe you have some Ideas. I could not resist Rxe5, but I did not know any good Ideas to win otherwise either.
Maybe you have any advice on how to win R+B against Q or 2R+2B against Q, R and N.
Luckily, I looked at the line up to around move 14 a few days before that I had to spend some time to remember but got right and I remembered, that there may be some tactic with Nc2 fork.