simplify and promote

difficulty:easy

Very nice.  I certainly didn't get this one on the first try!

Nice Puzzle!!!

But is it also this easy after 1.Qc1 exf4?

4...Kxc5?? is a blunder

4...exf4 is just a draw.

i thought if i kill those rooks somehow then i could promote the pawn easily one variation can be as follows

clearly, in any condition white has a win(avoiding horrible blunders!)

An excellent challenge and lesson in simplification! I am new to chess.com and I will have to learn how to create such puzzles/challenges as I enjoy creating and solving them.

No, because of Diet_Coke's comment. In your line (with Qc1 Rxc5 Qxc5), black has a draw.

see the move list also

Diet_Coke's line:

Nice.

better idea: when rooks takes pawn then you check king with knight move and push pawn after removing your queen from the line of fire.and anyways why does black take the pawn?

hi Robert,if you are talking about the game which scarblac posted then the reason is simple ,if black doesn't take the pawn then white will and then white will easily promote it to queen even if black kills the knight (see the game posted above by me)

Awesome

nice

If you follow the line you indicated, and black plays correctly, this is a draw.

the line i indicated?

no avneet, admit it, its a draw by playing Qc1 Rxc5!
there may be another variation for white to win, but not Qc1.