How not to lose

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Avatar of wubowen100

White to play and draw.

This puzzle came from an actual gamebetween Dutra and Echeverry.

White's possition is teetering here. the d-pawn is threatening to promote and white cannot stop it without losing his rook (If Rd1, then Be2! and wins.)But this game ended in a draw. Can you duplicate the moves?

 

Avatar of daxelson

One small quibble.  After the initial back-rank check with the white queen, the black king CANNOT return to the back rank, else white wins. To avoid losing, the black King must shuttle between g7 and h7. The move list (with the initial puzzle) shows the black king going to g8; this is a losing move.

 

Avatar of wubowen100

Oh.ok. Thank yo for the corrections.

Avatar of 64chesssquares

good one!

Avatar of Philip_Lu

nice!

Avatar of Lord-Chaos

nice, and daxelson was  rite i noticed it myself :P i was like "huh"? MOVE THE ROOK.

Avatar of RyanMK

Ok what's up with the puzzle??? At first we play as white, but halfway through it switches and we start playing as black.

Avatar of kaichess

cool!

Avatar of wubowen100

that's weird.Innocent

maybe erik can explain why...

Avatar of Maurissius

nice