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White to move. Can White win this? How should White proceed?
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k2K3Q/1p6/1P6/8/5q2/P7/8/8 w – – 0 13
White to move. Can White win this? How should White proceed?
Yes, white can win, and I don’t even need my chessboard for once:
1. Kd7 Qb8
2. Qc3!
White cannot win by taking at b8: [2.Qb8 Kb8 3.a4 Ka8 4.a5 Kb8 5.Kd8 6.Ka8 a6 7.Kb8!=]. The threat here is Qa5+ followed by Qa7 and Qa8. Continuing:
2. …..Qe5 (only way to guard a5)
3. Qc8 Qb8
4. Qc5 Qe5
5. Qf8!
Of course, Qxe5 is stalemate. Continuing:
5. …..Qb8
6. Qb4
And now white has double mating lines that start with Qa4 or Qa5, and black’s queen can’t prevent them both. So, black has to play his last trick:
6. …..Qc8
7. Ke7!
If white captures at c8, it is stalemate, and Kd6 allows the skewer Qf8+ with a draw. Now black is out of checks, ways to force stalemate, and has no way to prevent both Qa4 and Qa5.
Kd7 and Qc3 looks about right…keep on checking and gradually moving the queen close to the a file.
1. Kd7+ Qb8 2. Qc3 (with Qa5-Qa7 leading to checkmate) works.
From Michael,
Kd7#
Without the queens on the board, White can’t dislodge the Black king, forcing a draw and guiding these moves: 1. Kd7+ Qb8 2. Qc3 (aiming for the a-file) Qe5 3. Qc8+ Qb8 4. Qc5 Qe5 5. Qf8+ Qb8 6. Qb4 Qc8+ 7. Ke7 (now Black can’t prevent the White queen’s infiltration on the a-file) Qc6 8. Qa5+ Kb8 9. Qa7+ Kc8 10. Qa8#.
kd7+ and qc3…
Black draws. Once the Q’s are off the board, all White can do is advance the a pawn, but Black only takes it when his K is on b8. Black can always get the opposition.
If 1. Ke7+ Qb8 2. Qc3 Qe5! (or Qd4 Qf4!)
Corner#
How about 1. Kd7++, Qb8 2. Qc3 and black cannot prevent the Qa5 move without losing the queen and also the game
Hi Susan Polgar,
Well,nice puzzle.
If both players are strong,then game ends in Stalemate/Draw/Repeated move draw[ Variations exist ]
A chance is there to attract the Black piece,to place wrong foot.I will give examples supporting my view.
Example One [ stalemate ]
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1.Kd7+ Qb8
2.Q*Qb8+ K*Qb8
3.Kd6 Ka8
4.a4 Kb8
5.a5 Ka8
6.a6 Kb8
7.a*b K*b7
8.Kc5 Kb8
9.Kc6 Ka8
10.b7 Kb8
11.Kb6 Stalemate.
Example Two
=========== [ Stalemate another way ]
1.d7+ Qb8
2.Q*Qb8 K*Qb8
3.Kd6 Ka8
4.Kc5 Kb8
5.a4 Ka8
6.a5 Kb8
7.Kb5 Ka8
8.a6 Kb8
9.a*b K*b7
10.Ka5 Kb8
11.Ka6 Ka8
12.b7+ Kb8
13.Kb6 { Stalemate another way ]
Example Three
===========[ When both the players are good & tough ]
1.Qc3 Qf8+
2.Kd7 [Black goes for continues check,here White may comment a mistake while evading from check by positioning itself before its queen,so that may lead to Black’s win if the White king unable exchange queen / if it exchanges the queen then game leads to stale mate ]
Example Four
===========[ White wins the game due to Black’s mistake ]
1.Qc3 Qb8 [ Mistake by Black]
2.Kd7 Qa7
3.b*Qa7 K*a7
4.Qc7 Ka8
5.a4 Ka7
6.a5 Ka6
7.Kc8 Ka7
8.Q*b7++ Mate
By
Venky [ India – Chennai ]
Oh yeah, maneuver the WQ to b4 of course. I think I saw that but missed that Black has no more checks after Ke7.
Gotta love Venky’s silly posts.
Dear Srivastava,
1Ke7+ Qb8
2Qd4 Qe5+
3Qxe5 stalemate.
jqb rightly used 2… Qe5+
against 2Qc3 but it is valid against 2Qd4 also.
Yes jqb,One has to love Venky’s silly and funny posts. I suspect he is a fashion designer.You know why? He always skirts the issue.
Hi Susan Polgar,
Lol – Guys – You know what – I take all your comments as compliments – Do you know why ?
Well,its true that I skirt the (puzzle)issue,so that attention to unknown (Areas)positions are brought to light – lol .
Just to make,all chess lovers to discovery the possibilities by themselves for the given puzzle in absolute visibility.
So skirting the puzzle with silliness,is fact a way to make everybody use their mind without much complexity in bright visibility – : lol :Cool.
By
Venky [ India – Chennai ]
Dear Dear Venky,
You are always a quiet person without responding to any body else and we like your so called “silly” postings without which it would be a drab affair.I just wanted you to respond and I succeeded in it.My earlier attempts had failed. It was just a link between “fashion designer” and “skirt”ing the issue which made me to write the comment.