Black to move. How should Black proceed?
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Black to move. How should Black proceed?
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I think
1. …Ke7
2. Rxe5 Rxf4
3. Rxe6 kxe6
4. exf4 Kf5
And black should have no problem winning this endgame.
Of course, after Ke7, Q cannot take the knight on e5 cause of the back rank mate.
If black could find a haven for the king, the white queen might have to immolate herself to prevent Rf1#. There are two immediate king moves in this position, but with both, white can still check. Let’s look at both:
1. …..Ke7
2. Qg5 Kd6 and white is toast due to the double threat of mate and losing the rook. At move 2, I think white does better with
2. Re5 Rf4
3. ef4 Qe5
4. fe5 Ke6 but black will still have a decisive position in this endgame with pawn majorities on both wings. I really don’t see any other options for white after the first move of black’s that can hold. The only other major lines are at black’s first move:
1. …..Kg7
2. Qe5 Qe5 (forced, I think)
3. Re5 b6
4. Re6 and, though black is up a pawn and has the better pawn structure, bringing home the win will be a slog- much more difficult that king+pawn endgame that arises after 1. ….Ke7. In this line, above, I think 2.Qe5 is the best move for white as 2.Re5 looks a bit dodgy to me:
2. Re5 Rf4
3. Re6 Rh4
4. Re7 Kf6
5. Rb7 g5 and the passed pawns on the king side are going to be a problem for white.
The only other alternative at move 1 for black was
1. …..Qf5
2. Re5 Qf4
3. ef4 b6 (protecting a5) and black has a clear edge here, but, again, it is going to be a slog winning the rook/pawn endgame. All in all, 1. ….Ke7 leads to the easiest win.
Ke7?
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Almajida
…Ke7 looks like the only move to save the knight. If …Kg7, then QxN with check; if the queen intercedes with Qf5, then RxN wins the piece, as if QxQ then the pawn recaptures, protecting the rook. But with …Ke7, black threatens a back rank mate, since the queen covers the a2 escape square, so white can’t snatch the knight with QxN without getting mated, and instead is forced to gain a tempo by checking with Qg5+ and then do something to avoid the back-rank mate threat, and black stands better.
The white king is threatened by a back rank mate. Moving the black king will pin the white queen against the checkmate square of f1.
How about 1…Ke7 2.Qg5+…Kd6 ?
there’s only 3 legal moves in this position. i think we should play
1. … Ke7 to keep the f-file clear and prevent the knight from being taken with check.
2. Rxe5 Rxf4
3. exf4 Qxe5
4. fxe5 Ke6 and i assume this endgame must be won with two extra pawns and the active king position. if
2. Qxe5 Rf1#. if
2. Qg5+ Kd7, then white can’t take the knight due to the back rank mate threat. greets, jan
2. Kd7
1. … Kf6-g7
Black exchanges all of the pieces and wins.
… Ke7
And not 1 … Kg7, 2 Qxe5+
2 Rxe5
White must do something about the threat of Rf1#
3 … Rxf4
4 Rxe6+ Kxe6
5 exf4 Kf5
And Black wins easily.
1….Ke7 forcing black to exchange pieces since moving the queen off the f file allows mate
2. Rxe5, Rxf4
3 Rxe6+, Kxe6
4 exf4
now the white f pawn will fall and black has an easy endgame
Kg7 seams obviuis to me.
– please do’nt ask my why?