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LoekBergman

And what about 41. ... Rd2? That is more or less equivalent with Rb2, but has the advantage that the rook is supported by the king and a pawn. That forces the win of the pawn on the a-rank or the exchange of the rooks. Unless off course white decides to back his a-pawn from the a-rank.

But then can black start playing his center pawns.

 



Courtney-P

Scott,

This woodpusher sees a possibility to really complicate whites game, maybe winning.  41. ..Rxf2 sticks out in my mind..as a good opportunity to take more control.

 

The plan and ideas I see here are.

1. Your e pawn is now a passed pawn with support of a connected pawn, whites is just a rook pawn

2. If there were no rooks on the board... Your king and kingside pawns shall promote the e-pawn.

3. The white king for now is fenced in by the rook by two files

4. Extra pawns on the kingside, bonus

5. If white takes your a pawn toss your rook back to the a file and now white is the proud owner of a peice of wood that looks like a rook, now purely a defensive peice.

6. Two conencted pawns on the sixth rank cannot be stopped by a rook, king or both. 

I think that move gets black going in the winning direction.

 

My .02