White to move. Is this a win or draw for White?
8/3k4/q7/8/8/8/7R/4KR2 w – – 0 1
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White to move. Is this a win or draw for White?
8/3k4/q7/8/8/8/7R/4KR2 w – – 0 1
Obvious win, Took me about 30 seconds. Play Rh7 followed by another rook check.
I never would have thought White could win this in an OTB situation, unless someone gave me a clue that the win is there to be had!
1. Rf7+ Ke8
2. Ra7 and Black must lose his/her queen or be mated.
1.Rf7+ Ke8 2.Ra7! Qf6 3.Rh8+ winning
1.Rf7+ Ke8 2. Ra7!! over and out
My thought is that it is a draw for white.
1. Rh7+
if Kc6/d6/e6 Rh6+ wins the Q.
if Kc8/d8 Rf8#
if Ke8
Rh8+/Rh7+ etc., bouncing back and forth as black can’t ever play K to the sixth.
I belive in:
1. Rf7+ Ke8
2. Ra7 Qf6
3. Rh8+ Q:h8
4. Ra8+ +-
By Stulzer
Simple but nice. 1. Rf7+ Ke8 2. Ra7 and white wins.
this is easy. rf7+ re8 ra7! qxr rh8+ kf7 rh7+ k~ rxq 1-0, and if after rf7+ re8 ra7! black plays qe6+ re2 1-0 or qf6 rh8+ qxr ra8+ k~ rxq 1-0. have a nice day!
Rf7 Ke8 Ra7
its a win or draw? if black plays the king right and take one of the towers then i think is a draw. if black plays the king wrong he gona be matt?
shady@live.se
its a win or draw? if black plays the king right and take one of the towers then i think is a draw. if black plays the king wrong he gona be matt?
shady@live.se
its a win or draw? if black plays the king right and take one of the towers then i think is a draw. if black plays the king wrong he gona be matt?
shady@live.se
1.Rf7+ Ke8
2. Ra7 Qe6+
3. Re2 winning
or 2…Qxa7
3.Rh8+ Kd7
4. Rh7+ Kc6
5.Rxa7 winning
Draw. No forced mate. So once White runs out of checks, he would have to use his rooks to cut off Black’s king, whereupon Black would have nothing better than perpetual check also.
how about rf7+ and followed by ra7. if q takes r then r+ and + wins the queen. the other alternative is the queen to keep on checking, but ti think the checks may end.
Rf7+ Ke8 Ra7 should win
1.Rf7+ 2.Ra7 and white is winning the queen with the other rook.
White wins
Rf7+ Ke8
Ra7 forces mate or the loss of the Queen
White wins
Rf7+ Ke8
Ra7 forces mate or the loss of the Black Queen
White wins:
1. Rh7+ Ke8 (forced)
2. Ra7!
Win!
1.Rf7+ Ke8
1.Ra7!! And Black loses his Queen.
Nice!
Win.
1. Rf7+ .. Ke8 otherwhise immediate mate or skewer
2. Ra7 and now skewer in two moves! 🙂
white wins by
1.Rf7 Ke8 2. Ra7 Qf6 3.Ra8 Ke7 4.Rh7 and then queen falls
What a gem!!!
1.Rf7+ Ke8 2.Ra7!! Qxa7(2…Qe7+
3.Re2) 3.Rh8+ Kf7 4.Rh7+ 1-0
1.Rf7! should win
Ke8 only move
2.Ra7!
a)Qe6 3. Re2!
bQxa7 3. Rh8+
Hello,
I think withe wins..
1. Rf7+ , Ke8
2. Ra7!! Queen can’t capture the root because then Rh8+ and Rh7+ winning.
A possible black move
2. …. , Qf6 in order to avoid Rh8++
3. Rh8+ , Qxh8
4. Ra8+ winning the Queen and the game…
Other black move
2. …. , Qe6+
3. Re2 winning the Queen.
Other
2. …. , Qd6
3. Rh8+ , Qf8
4. Rxf8 winning.
Greetings from Spain
White wins:
1. Rf7+ Ke8
2. Ra7!!
winning the black queen or mate.
hey gr8 move by Rf7+ Ke8,Ra7 and a clear win for white
hey its win by Rf7+ then Ra7!!
Very pretty! Looks like white wins with
1. Rf7+ Kg8
2. Ra7 threatens mate and black has no reasonable check (Qg6+ 3.Rg2). Covering the mate on h8 with Qf6 loses the queen after Rh8+ followed by Ra8+.
And after
2… Qa7
3. Rh8+ with 4. Rh7+ wins the queen.
Here’s a related problem. Put Black’s Queen on c8 and King on f7. Put White’s Rooks on h1 and g2, and King on g1. The stipulation is:
White is moving and wins.
To put it another way, White can give checkmate in sixteen-and-one-half moves. How?