Puzzles #2 / What's the best move and why?
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Barsuj
Aug 22, 2025
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#1
Aug 23, 2025
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#2
If anyone is reading my post, then you weren't focused on the board, so it's probably not a spoiler if I share. The move is Kh3 because there is no way of stopping the a7 pawn from promoting into a queen (...Ra2 fails to Bxa2). If Kxf2, then ...Bd4+ wins the a7 pawn.
But what if we capture
Aug 24, 2025
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ADVTIPAPA wrote:
But what if we capture
Bd4+ and then pawn capture. Leads to a lost endgame for white
Aug 24, 2025
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Barsuj wrote:
ADVTIPAPA wrote:
But what if we capture
Bd4+ and then pawn capture. Leads to a lost endgame for white
Actually drawn and not lost, but yeah, it blows the win.
Kh3. If you took the rook, the bishop can fork your pawn and the king, and black will probably be better.
After Kh3, black doesn't really have much to stop your pawn from promoting.