Position after 43.Kg3 in the Hou – Kosteniuk game earlier today
Can you find a plan for Black to win this game? Or is it a draw?
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Here the a-pawn is not on a2. Does this mean the position in the game itself around move 53 is drawn in stead of won?
Play the a-pawn to a3,not to a2. Then walk with the king to guard the pawn.
Nope – what is your solution Susan.
1. .. a3
2. .. Ra1
3. .. a2 {Now, black can queen by giving check with rook and then white will have to sacrifice its rook for black queen}
Till then, white king will hide behind the white pawns and the game will continue as follows:
4. .. Black King to threaten White Rook
5. .. Then, Black King to take White e4 pawn
6. .. Then, Black King to shoulder White King to corner or any square where Black Rook can give check and queen.