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White to move. Is this a win, draw, or loss for White?
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2rrk3/8/8/PPPPp1p1/2K1PpPp/5P1P/8/8 w – – 0 50
White to move. Is this a win, draw, or loss for White?
ill Ultraguess white to move and lose!
Draw. Black can give up material to salvage the draw but both sides have to play precisely.
White has to be winning but I don’t have the time to figure it out right now.
loss,pretty simple when you try to play out the few lines
if white advances the c pawn 1st the king can come to c5 then a6 followed by b6 etc..otherwise moving the b or a pawns and attempting to support there advance with the king leaves a rook sac Rxd5 if exd5 black pushes the e pawn to e4 the capture by cxd leaves the f pawn free to queen
Rybka 3 & Aquarium 2010 say draw!
1. b6 Ra8
2. Kb5 Kd7
3. a6 Rdc8
4. b7 Kc7
5. d6+ Kd7
6. bxc8Q+ Kxc8
7. c6 Rb8+
8. Kc5 Ra8
9. Kb6 Rb8+
10. Kc5 Ra8 draw
It’s draw…
White shouldn’t have exchanged bishops at move 15.