Saavedra position

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Avatar of ka49s

This is pretty well-known but it's good to know how to play it. White to play and win.


Avatar of ferlop
thanks
Avatar of makiaveli
I prefer hiding the king behind a pawn, but result is same
Avatar of Zen
Very instructive, thanks.
Avatar of Syaf24
makiaveli wrote: I prefer hiding the king behind a pawn, but result is same

 i agree with him


Avatar of Syaf24

but it's a nice game

 


Avatar of sangyk

It is not so easy to think of promoting to Rook, not Queen.

I think its purpose is to avoid stalemate.

Avatar of Syaf24
sangyk wrote:

It is not so easy to think of promoting to Rook, not Queen.

I think its purpose is to avoid stalemate.


yaeh  i diidnt see that!!

Avatar of macgiolla
very good, much more interesting than chaperoning the pawn. thanks
Avatar of lkjqwerrrreeedd
chaporoning the pawn only achieves a draw simply because black can trade his rook for your pawn. the reason this position is so famous is because it demonstrates how to win when the obvious conclusion would be a draw but there was a hidden nuance in stopping black from trading rook for pawn so you can safely promote and win.
Avatar of RNKingKiller

Whoa..epic..simple & genius!!

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