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White to move. Is this a win, draw or loss for White? How should White continue?
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Am I missing something? It looks bone obvious.
1. b6+ Kxb6
2. h4 and white wins the pawn race.
There is some trickiness here.
1. b6+ Kb8!
2. h4 f4
3. gxf4 a5
4. h5 a4
5. h6 a3
6. h7 a2
7. h1Q a1Q
8. Qxa1 stalemate!
so maybe
3. gxf4 a5
4. f5 a4
5. f6 a3
6. f7 a2
7. f8Q a1Q
8. Kd7#
bxa6 also wins i think. after both players queen, white will have the first check and can either force an exchange or grab the lonely king-side pawn.
1.b6+ Kb8 2.h4 f4 3.gxf4 a5 … 7.h8B! (f-pawn queens).
1.bxa6? b5!
I do know this without g3 and f5.
In this case the end game is much more easier and seems to offer more than one vafriation.
1. b6+! Kb8! is in either case correct.
Without the black f5 pawn and white g3 pawn, the solution is:
1. b6+ Kb8
2. h4 a5
3. h5 a4
4. h6 a3
5. h7 a2
6. h8/Q a1/Q
7. Qg8! Qa2! Stalemate motif.
8. Qe8! Qa4 nothing else.
9. Qe5+ Ka8
10. Qh8 and black cannot prevent a discovered mate.
bxa5 wins. Becaus white queens the h pawn and therfor can take the black q pawn on a1. If black takes a5 with king then whit is up 1 tempo and wins. So with wins this one also
bigdad
bxa6 (not a5) is met by b5, when the black pawn queens.
The solution is already above, 1. b6, and then being careful when both sides queen if Black play 1. … Kb8.
I’d seen the strange fencing of the promoted queens before, but hadn’t seen the position from which it arose.
White can promote to a bishop (7. h8B)and avoid the draw.
1. b6+ Kb8!
2. h4 f4
3. gxf4 a5
Three ways to win:
3. f5 both queens,but White discover checkmate first
7. h1B avoid stalemate, f pawn queens later
7.h1Q a1Q
8.Qe5+ forcing exchange or Qxa1 mate. f pawn queens later