White to move. Is this a win or draw for White?
Prokesh, 1941, presented by Andreas
8/8/3PB3/4P3/K4k2/8/8/7r w – – 0 1
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Endgame puzzle
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what about:
1. d7 Rh8
2.Bg8 Rg8:
3. e6 Kf5
4. e7
or
1. d7 Rd1
2.Bd5 Rd5:
3. e6 Kf5
4. e7
in both lines black can give some checks, but in the end one pawn promotes. Did i missed something?
Tobe
Looks good to me, Tobe. White also wins after 1.d7 Ra1+ 2.Ba2.
It is a win for White.
( 1. d7!! Rd1
2. Bd5!! Rd4
3. Kb3 Rxd5
4. e6!! etc. )
1.d7! Rd1
[1…Rh8 2.Bg8! Rxg8 3.e6+-;
1…Ra1+ 2.Ba2 Rxa2+ 3.Kb3 (3.Kb4+-; 3.Kb5+-) 3…Ra8 4.e6+-]
2.Bd5! Rxd5 3.e6+-
Pharaoh
Bg8 and Bd5 is my favorite tye of intermezzo.
Yes, d7 wins, but the easy part for most players are the few moves involved in figuring out how to promote.
The hard part for most players then are the 30+ moves to mate with Queen versus Rook in this position versus Black’s best play.
It doesn’t take too many White mistakes to get to the 50 move draw rule in these types of positions.
It is only easy after you have said checkmate.
Peter / chesstoplay
I agree with Peter!
I’ll go to study Q vs R endgame!