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      Is this a draw?

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      13 Comments

      1. Joseph Ryan Reply
        January 7, 2007 at 3:45 am

        . . . rc8+ Ke7 .Bc5+ Kf6 .RH8 (and black drops the knight?)

      2. Anonymous Reply
        January 7, 2007 at 3:55 am

        rc8+ Ke7 Bc5+ Kf6 Rh8 Kg6 h5 and black loses the knight.

      3. Anonymous Reply
        January 7, 2007 at 4:29 am

        At first glance this should not be equality. The black knight is in a terrible spot. Even if it makes its one move that does not lose it, it still is still terribly constricted. White must be better.

      4. Anil Kumar Reply
        January 7, 2007 at 4:45 am

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      5. tim Reply
        January 7, 2007 at 5:33 am

        rc8 ke7
        bc5 kf6
        rh8 rc7
        rh7 rc8
        h5 seems forced, then maybe g6
        and i worry for the rook

      6. Anonymous Reply
        January 7, 2007 at 6:17 am

        I think the best move would be

        1) Rc8+ Ke7
        2) e5

        Perhaps threatening Bc5+

      7. Anonymous Reply
        January 7, 2007 at 8:49 am

        I prefer : 1.Rc8+ Ke7 2.Rh8 Nf6 (2…Nf8 3.Bc5+)3.e5 and if knight moves then Bc5+ wins the rook.

      8. Anonymous Reply
        January 7, 2007 at 9:58 am

        “rc8 ke7
        bc5 kf6
        rh8 rc7
        rh7 rc8
        h5 seems forced,”
        This looks like good variation for white, since 5…g6 6.Be3 looking to h6 is winning…

      9. Anonymous Reply
        January 7, 2007 at 12:05 pm

        1. Rc8+ Ke7 2. Rh8 Nf6 3. Bc5+ wins the rook. Or 1. Rc8+ Ke7 2. Rh8 Kf6 3. Rxh7 Rd8 (trapping the rook) 4. Bxh6 gxh6 5. Rxh6+ and White has won two pawns.

      10. Anonymous Reply
        January 7, 2007 at 12:13 pm

        1. Rc8+ Ke7 2. Rh8 Kf6 3. e5+ Kg6 4. h5+ Kxh5 5. Rxh7 Kg6 6. Rh8 and White has won the knight and escapes from the trap.

      11. Anonymous Reply
        January 7, 2007 at 4:31 pm

        5k2/1p1r1ppn/4p2p/8/1P2P2P/4BP2/6P1/2R3K1 w – – 0 1

      12. tim Reply
        January 7, 2007 at 5:38 pm

        once the rook takes on h7, back the black rook up and the white rook is a prisoner forever. black may not be able to win it, but it will never escape.

      13. Arne Vogel Reply
        January 8, 2007 at 10:32 pm

        I’m by no means a professional and still I spotted this (knight capture starting with Rc8+) almost immediately. Must be an easy puzzle.

        “once the rook takes on h7, back the black rook up and the white rook is a prisoner forever.”

        I don’t think so! If black plays Kxh5 after h5+, black cannot block the 8th and protect the g7 pawn at the same time. If black played Kf6 instead, e5+ will force the black king to leave the 6th entirely.

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