White to move. Can White hold this position?
8/2ppr3/2P5/3P4/4p1R1/8/1k6/3K4 w – – 0 1
Pogosiants, 1964
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White to move. Can White hold this position?
8/2ppr3/2P5/3P4/4p1R1/8/1k6/3K4 w – – 0 1
Pogosiants, 1964
White loses if he plays 1 cxd7 Rxd7 2 Rxe4 Rxd5+ 3 Ke2, because the black c-pawn will decide the matter.
However, with R+d-pawn vs. R, white draws. So after for example:
1 d6! cxd6
2 c7 Re8
3 Rxe4 Rc8
4 Rd4 Rxc7
5 Rxd6
white draws.
1. d6 cxd6
2. Rxe4 Rxe4
3. cxd7
1-0
or if
2. … Rh7
3. c7 Rh8
4. Rb4+ K/any
5. Rb8
All right, let’s see if white can win this. 🙂
1 d6 cxd6
2 Rxe4! Rxe4
3 cxd7 and d8=Q can not be prevented.
1 d6 cxd6
2 Rxe4 Rh7
3 c7 Rh8
4 Rb4+ Kc3
5 Rb8 and the c-pawn promotes.
Another possibility for black is:
1 d6 Re8
2 cxd7? Rd8
3 dxc7 Rxd7+
4 Ke2 Rxc7
5 Rxe4 is only a draw, but:
1 d6 Re8
2 Rxe4! Rxe4
3 dxc7 Re8
4 cxd7 and a pawn promotes.
Or:
1 d6 Re8
2 Rxe4 Rc8
3 Rb4+ Kc3
4 Rb8! Rxb8
5 dxc7 Rc8
5 cxd7 and a pawn promtes again.
So white wins after all. Missed the Rb4+ variations the first time around. Hope I got it right this time. 🙂
Fascinating how many possibilities and motifs there are in chess, even with only a few pieces left on the board!
1.d6! cxd6 2.Rxe4!! Rh7 3.c7 Rh8
4.Rb4+ Kc3 5.Rb8 +-
1 d6 cd
2 re4!..
if 2… re4 then 3 c:d and white queens… 3… rd4+ 4 ke2 re4+ kf3 finis
so 2.. rh7
3 c7 rh8
4 rb4+ k moves
5 rb8 wins.
1 d6! cxd6 2. Rxe4 1-0
1.Rxe4!
d6 cx6
Re4 Rh2
c7 Rh1
Rb4 Kany
Rb8 toast
d6 yes, but then follow with R:e4, c7, Rb4+ and Rb8
1. d6!!! the best move…whatever reply of Black… surely wins for White.
…if c7xd6 2. Rxe4..win!
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1. d6 cxd6 2. Rxe4 Rxe4 3. cxd7 wins?
And if 2. Rh7, then 3. c7 Rh8 4. Rc4 Rc8 and the king’s march up the d-line wins.
And what about
“1. d6 .. cxd6 2. Rxe4”?
If Black plays
2 .. Rxe4
White has
3. cxd7;
and on
2 .. Rf7
3. c7 .. Rf8 (checks will end soon in any case)
4. Rb4+ followed by Rb8 and promotion.
^_^
1. d6 cxd6
2. Rxe4 Rxe4
3. cxd7
1-0
1. d6! cxd6
2. Rxe4! Rxd4??
3. cxd7 and white wins
1. d6! cxd6
2. Rxe4! Rh7
3. Rb4+ Kc3
4. c7 Rh8
5. Rb8 and white wins
if 1.d6?? then Re6!
so 1.Rg2+! Kb3 for instance 2.d6!
cxd6 forced 3.c7! Re8 4.Rc2 Rc8 5.Rc1 and the far advanced pawn allows White to get the draw easily he’ll get the e4 pawn and will place in front of the pawns or if Black plays d5 then he will take these two pawns while Black takes the c7 pawn and White will retain the opposition since for the moment Black King is cut and has no other plan.
Sorry I’m mistaken there’s in answer to Re6 Rg2 and Rd2! so d6 is perfectly ok! and even wins ^^
so sorry !