White to move. How should White proceed?
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White to move. How should White proceed?
This one is hard!
i think d6 wins. rooks takes draws the pin, other moves let the rook-pawn queen.
1 d6 and the h-pawn promotes.
errrm … 1.d6+ Kxd6 2.h7 or 1.- Rxd6 2.Bc5 wins, no?
My bet is on Bc5+ preparing for d6.
1. d6+
1. Kxd6
2. h7
1. Rxd6
2. Bc5
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Rainer
1. d6+!
1. .. Kxd6 2. h7 Ra8 3. h8=Q Rxh8+ 4. Bxh8 +/-
1. .. Rxd6 2. Bc5 b6 3. Bxd6+ Kxd6 4. h7 +/-
1. .. Rxd6 2. Kf6 Kg6 3. Rxd6 +/-
P. Anandh
surely something with d6+ followed by Rook takes (King takes allows h7) and Bc5..
1. h7 Ra8
2. h8+Q Rxh8
3. Bxh8
and White’s up a Rook for a pawn
1. d6!+
If 1…. Rxd6
then 2. Bc5 follows and you can’t stop the H rook pawn from queening
Other moves like 1…Kf7 also lose , simply because of the pawn march to queening.
Much obliged
1.d6 wins. If black takes with the rook Bc5, if (s)he takes with the King, the h-pawn queens.
1.d6+
1..K-any 2.h-pawn queens
1..Rxd6 2.Bc5
d6+ will do it
1. d6+! Rxd6
2. Bc5 and the rook is lost.
or
1. d6+ Kxd6
2. a7 and the rook is also lost.
d6
1. d6+ followed by 2. h6
White wants to queen the h-pawn. An immediate 1.h7 fails to 1…Rh6+ and the pawn drops. So, that line has to be blocked. First 1. d6+! If …Kxd6 then h7 and Black has to give up the rook to stop the pawn, and if …Rxd6 then Bc5 pins the rook and wins as well.
1.d6+ Kxd6 2. h7 Ra8 3. h8=Q Rxh8 4.Bxh8 Bc6 5.Bg2 +-
1. d6+ that’s it
alex
ah – come on – 1.d6+ is not that hard to find
🙂
Obviously, the move to play is d6, blocking the path to the h line for the rook and giving check. If black takes with the king or moves the king, then h7, black losing the rook on h8 or if black takes with the rook, pinning the rook with Bc5… quiet simple, really…
Regards from Slovenia!
d6+
If 1 …, Kxd6 then
2. h7 queens the pawn forcing the Rook to go to a8 and give itslef up.
If 1 …, Rxd6 then
2. Bc5 pins the Rook and then h pawn queens.
Either way, White wins.
ok, ok moderator function is on again – forget my silly comment on “d6+ – hard to find – etc.” – i’m quite sure, there are at least 10 comments in the moderators line – i promise: i won’t post anything to puzzles, as long as this silly hurdle makes comments on real CHESS PROBLEMS nearly impossible – sorry (i recommend to stop bloging puzzles, till this “amazing USCF election campaign” has come to an hopefully HAPPY end.)
Well, d6+ looks like the first move to consider, as it blocks the black rook. Rxd6 loses to the immediate pin Bc5; whereas Kxd6 (or K anywhere else) allows h7, and black must retreat the rook with Ra8 and then sack the rook for the queening h-pawn, leaving white up a bishop for a pawn, with a won endgame.
1. d6+! looks good. On 1. … Rxd6 we have 2. Bc5, while after other black moves we can simply Queen the h-pawn.
Nice one – give the right check to block the rooks line.
1. d6+!
I do not see a defense for black.
If that is correct I really like this one. 🙂
Jochen
I like Pd6+. If the king takes then the H pawn can make a break for it and if the rook takes then the bishop can pin the rook to the king and win material.
d6 allows the h pawn to advance
d5-d6
White wants to push the h6 pawn but on an immediate 1. h7 it falls to 1…Rh6+. Nor can White immediately protect the pawn except by 1. Bg7, which accomplishes nothing. The trick is blocking the Black Rook’s rank with 1. d6+. If Black takes the pawn with the Rook 1…Rxd6 he loses it to 2. Bc5. If he takes with the King 1…Kxd6 he’s obstructed his own piece and the pawn can now advance and Black will have to give up the Rook for it. And if he moves the King away to avoid the check the Rook is still blocked.
h7
h7 of course!
h7
Bc5 + somehow blocking cutting off the black rook?
h7 of course
The sacrifice 1. d6 blocks the rook from the h-file. If 1. … Rxd6, then 2. Bc5 snags the rook for the h-pawn. If 1. … Kxd6, then White promotes the h-pawn, forcing Black to surrender the rook. Either way, White is able to promote and gain the exchange. The resulting endgame of Black’s extra pawn to White’s extra piece should be enough for White, once the White king gets into it.
jcheyne
1. d6
If rook takes
2. Lc5
If king takes the h-pawn promotes
2. h7 and 3.h8
1.d5-d6 (1..Td6: 2.Lc5) K… 2.h6-h7 and 3.h7-h8D with winning the rook and subsequently the game.
d6+ and black have to give his rook to prevent the white promotion
d6+ end black has to give the rook to prevent promotion
d6 and white should win 🙂
d6 and white should win.
Tantayo
I think white must play d6+, if Rxd6 then Bc5 wins and if Kxd6 then h7 should draw.
White wants to promote the h-pawn but if he advances Black can give a check and pick up the pawn. That’s why I would play 1. d6+, blocking the way for Black to give check on h6. If Black plays 1. … Rxd6, he loses his rook by 2. Bc5. If he plays 1. … Kxd6, White can easily promote his h-pawn. Black will have to sacrifice his rook (2. h7 Ra8 3. h8Q Rxh8 4.Bxh8) for the pawn and White will be winning.
Raf
Quite classical idea I guess. 1. d6+ and either 1. … Kxd6 (or K anywhere else) 2. h7 or 1. … Rxd6 2. Bc5 in both cases with easy win for white.
1.d6
Looks like you have to block the rook from forking the king and the h pawn. So,
1. d6 looks very strong. If Kxd6, then h7!
If Rxd6 then Bc5, pinning the rook to the king. The h pawn will promote.
Of course, I expect someone to tell me why this is wrong…
To me, d6+ looks to be the way, blocking the rook from the h-file. If rook takes pawn, the pin wins the exchange and the h pawns queens.
1. d6, Kd6.
2. h7…
1. d6, Rd6.
2. Bc5…
1.d6+ looks hard to meet…
1. d6+ interference
1. d6+
then if
1… Kxd6
2. h7 wins
1… Rxd6
2. Bc5 pins the rook
and then promote the h pawn
The h-pawn must be promoted but 1.h7 Rh6+ does not work. So: 1.d6+ and if the rook captures it will be pinned by the bishop, and if the king takes the rook can no longer go to h6. Or is there some further fine point I’m missing?
Classic interference theme. Since 1. h7 would lose to 1. … Rh6+ and 2. … Rxh7, try
1. d6+ Kxd6
Or 1. … Kf7 2. h7 Ra8 3. h8+Q Rxh8 4. Bxh8, and White has an extra pawn over the main continuation.
Or 1. … Rxd6 2. Bc5 Kf7 3. Bxd6 Kg6 4. Bf8, ditto.
2. h7 Ra8
3. h8+Q Rxh8
4. Bxh8
with an extra Bishop.
i’ve tried Bc5 many times, but it failed..
i think the move : 1. d6+ Kd6 (1.. Rd6 2. Bc5) 2. h7 Ra8 3. Qh8 (or Kg1)
Unless I am missing something, it doesn´t seem hard at all.
1. h7 doesn´t work because of Rh6+ so
1.d6 + Kxd6 (1…Rxd6, 2. Bc5)
2. h7 Ra8
3. h8=Q
with a won position
(FM Gabriel Curi – Uruguay)
just d6+ if rxd6 then Bc5 pinning the rook and if Kxd6 then h7 and white has to give the rook via a8.
d6+
d6
1. d6+
d5 +