White to move. Play this position out against your friends or computer. Can you win as White?
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White to move. Play this position out against your friends or computer. Can you win as White?
Hard to win this position.
1.RxR PxR
2.Qf6
very difficult to beat a computer from this position. In fact, after several tries and help from the computer itself, I’m beginning to doubt if Rybka can be beat from here.
Interesting position nonetheless. Thanks for the puzzle.
Susan,
This one is very difficult. Can you give us a solution? Please.
Looks hopeless to me. White might be able to draw, but I don’t see any way to win.
1. Rf1xf5 g6xf5
2. c4-c5
Threatening c6.
Can black have a good move after
this ?
Obviously Rxf5 gxf5 but then perhaps Qd5+, and it’s still very complex but there are some interesting ideas going on….Be6 is unplayable since after Rxh7 white can play Rg7+ saving the rook, winning easily. So …Qc7 is a try, but it seems that the c5 push is stronger in this line, so black’s best is maybe …Ne6…but I havent found anything that looks like a clear win for white 🙂
BillyJack
Re1! followed by h3, to avoid mate at the back rank…hard to find 2 quiet moves!
1. Re1 Rf7
And black can defend rank 7 well here.
3r1nk1/R2b3q/3P2p1/5r1p/2PQ4/2B5/6PP/5R1K w – – 0 1
i tried my best against my fritz cat o’seven tailed friend, but the best i could get was a draw ?!?
[Event “?”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “????.??.??”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Vohaul”]
[Black “Fritz 7”]
[Result “0-1”]
[Annotator “Vohaul”]
[SetUp “1”]
[FEN “3r1nk1/R2b3q/3P2p1/5r1p/2PQ4/2B5/6PP/5R1K w – – 0 1”] [PlyCount “34”] [SourceDate “2003.12.26”]
1. Re1 (1. Rxf5 gxf5 2. Qf4 (2. Qf6 Re8 ( 2… Rc8 3. Qg5+ (3. Qd4 h4) 3… Kf7 4. Qe7+ Kg8 5. Qf6 Rxc4 6. Ra8 Rc8 7. Ra3 Qg6 8. Qh8+ Kf7 9. Bb2 f4 $19) 3. Qg5+ Kf7 4. Qd2 Kg6 5. c5 Rc8 6. Qd4 Qf7 7. Rc7 Rxc7 8. dxc7 Ne6 9. Qd6 Bc8 10. Qb6 Qxc7 $19) (2. c5 Rc8 3. Ra3 Ne6 4. Qf6 f4 5. h3 Rf8 6. Qe5 Qf5 7. Ra7 Qxe5 8. Bxe5 Bc6 $19) (2. Ba5 Rb8 3. h4 Qf7 4. Qf4 Rc8 5. Bd8 Rxc4 6. Qg5+ Qg7 7. Qxh5 Rc1+ 8. Kh2 Qe5+ 9. Kh3 Rh1#) (2. Rc7 Qh6 3. Qh4 (3. h3 Ne6 4. Qf6 Qxf6 5. Bxf6 Nxc7) 3… Qc1+ 4. Be1 Re8) 2… Rb8 (2… Rb8 3. h3 Rb3 4. Ba1 Qg6 5. Kh2 Ne6 6. Qe5 Bc6 7. Qh8#) (2… Ne6 3. Qg3+ Kf7 (3… Kf8 4. Qe5 Re8 5. Rxd7 Qxd7 6. Qh8+ Kf7 7. Qh7+) 4.
Ba5) 3. h3 Rb3 4. Ba1 (4. Qe5 Qh6 5. Kh2 h4 (5… Rxc3 6. Qxc3 Qxd6+ 7. Qg3+
Qxg3+ 8. Kxg3 Bc6 $11) 6. Qd5+ Be6 7. Qd4 Bd7 8. Rxd7 Nxd7 9. Qd5+ Kf8
Qxg3+ 10.
Qxf5+ Ke8 11. Qe4+ Kf7 12. Qf5+ (12. Qe7+ $2 Kg8 13. Qe8+ Nf8 14. d7
Qxf5+ Qf4+ $19)
12… Kg8 13. Qd5+ $11) 4… Qg6 5. Kh2 h4 6. Be5 Rg3 7. Qf2 Rg5 8. Bf4 (8. c5 Bc6 9. Rg7+ Qxg7 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qb2+ (11. Qd4+ Kf7 12. Kg1 Rxg2+ 13. Kf1 Nd7 14. Qc4+ Kf6 15. Qxh4+ Ke5 16. Qh8+ Kf4 17. Qd4+ Kg3 18. Qe3+ Kh2 19. Qf4+ Kxh3 20. Qxf5+ $11) 11… Kf7 12. Qb6 Rxg2+ 13. Kh1 Bd5 14. Qc7+ Kg8 15. Qd8 Be4 16. Qe8 Bf3 17. Qd8 Rg7+ 18. Kh2 Bb7 $13) 8… Rh5 9. c5 Rh7 10. Rxd7 Rxd7 11. c6 ( 11. Qd2 Qe6 12. c6 Rd8 13. c7 (13. Kh1 Ra8 14. Kh2 Rc8 15. d7 Nxd7 16. cxd7 Rd8 17. Bc7 Rxd7 18. Qg5+ Rg7 19. Qd8+ Kf7 20. Qxh4 Qg6 21. Qc4+ Qe6 22. Qh4 Qe4 23. Qf2) 13… Rc8) 11… Rxd6 12. c7 Rc6 13. Qa2+ Qe6 $19) 1… Ne6 (1… Rf7 2. h3 h4 (2… Ne6 3. Rxd7 Nxd4 4. Rxd8+ Rf8 5. Rxf8+ Kxf8 6. Bxd4 $18) (2… Qg7 3. Qxg7+ Rxg7 4. Bxg7 Kxg7 5. c5 $18) (2… Rc8 3. Rc7 h4 4. c5 Rxc7 5. dxc7 Bc8 6. Qd5 $1 (6. Re8 Rf1+ 7. Kh2 Qxc7+) (6. Qd8 Rxc7 7. Re8 Qf7 8. Rxf8+ Qxf8 9. Qxc7 Bxh3 10. Kg1 (10. Kh2 Be6 11. c6 g5 12. Be5) 10… Bf5 11. Qe5 Kf7 12. c6 Qe7 13. Qg7+ Ke8 14. Qg8+ Qf8 15. Qd5 Qe7 16. Be5) 6… Qh6 7. Bd2 Qg7 8. Re8 Bf5 9. Kh2 $18) (2… Qh6 3. c5 Rc8 4. Re7 (4. Rc7 Ne6 5. Rxc8+ Bxc8 6. Qd3 Nxc5 (6… Qg5 7. c6 $1 $18) 7. Qc4 Qf8 8. Qxc5 Rf1+ 9. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 10. Kh2
Qf4+ 11. Kh1 Qf1+ 12. Qg1 Qxg1+ 13. Kxg1 Kf7 14. Kf2 Ke6 15. Bb4 g5 16.
Qf4+ Ke3 h4
17. Kf3 Bb7+ 18. Kg4 Bxg2 $11) 4… Ne6 (4… Rxe7 5. dxe7 Ne6 6. Qxd7 $18) 5. Rxe6 Bxe6 6. Rxf7 Bxf7 7. d7 Ra8 8. c6 $18) 3. c5 Rc8 4. Rc7 g5 5. Rxc8 Bxc8 6. c6 Be6 7. Re5 $18) 2. Qe4 (2. Qe3 Rdf8 (2… Re8 3. Kg1 h4 4. h3 g5 5. Qd3 Rf7 6. Qd5 Qg6 $11) 3. h3 Rf1+ 4. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 5. Kh2 Rf5 $11) (2. Qh4 g5 $19) 2… Re8 (2… g5 3. h4 Rf1+ 4. Kh2 Qxe4 5. Rxe4 gxh4 6. Re5 Rc1 7. Ba5 $16) (2… Rf4 3. Qe5 Rdf8 4. h3 Rf1+ (4… Re8 5. Rxd7 Qxd7 6. Qh8+ Kf7 7. Qh7+) 5. Rxf1
Rxf1+ 6. Kh2 Rf5 7. Ra8+ Nf8) (2… Rf7 3. Rxd7 Rfxd7 4. Qxe6+ Qf7 5.
Rxf1+ c5) (2…
Qf7 3. h3 Rf1+ 4. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 5. Kh2 Qf4+ 6. Qxf4 Nxf4 7. Ba5) 3. Kg1 (3. h3 Qf7 4. Kh2 Kh7 (4… Kf8 5. Rea1 (5. Re3 Rf2 (5… Rd8 6. Ba5 Rb8 7. Rxd7 Qxd7 8. Qxe6 Qxe6 9. Rxe6 Rxa5) 6. Rg3 Rf5 $11) 5… Rc8 (5… Rc5) 6. Qe3 (6. Ra8 Qe8 7. Qe3 Ng5 8. Rxc8 Bxc8 9. Bg7+ Kf7 10. Ra7+ Bd7 11. Qc3 Rf1 $17) 6… g5 (6… Ng5 $2 7. Qd4 $18) 7. Bb4 Kg8 8. Rxd7 Qxd7 9. Ra7 Nc7 10. dxc7 Rxc7 11. Ra8+ Rc8 12. Qe7 Qxe7 13. Rxc8+ Kf7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7) 5. c5 (5. h4 Rf4 6. Qe5) 5… Rxc5 (5… Nxc5 6. Qxe8 Bxe8 7. Rxe8 g5 (7… Qxa7 8. Rh8#) 8. Ree7 $18) 6. Rf1 Rf5 7. Rxf5 gxf5 8. Rxd7 (8. Qe5 Nf8 9. Qh8+ Kg6 $19) 8… Qxd7 9. Qxf5+ Kh6 10. Bd2+ (10. Qf6+ Kh7 11. Qf5+ Kh6 12. g4 Qxd6+ 13. Be5 Qd2+) 10… Kg7 $11) 3… Qf7 4. h3 Kh7 (4… Rf4) 5. Kh2 Ng7 6. Qb7 (6. Bxg7 Rxe4 7. Rxe4 Kxg7 8. Re7 Qxe7 9. dxe7 Be8 $19) 6… Rf2 7. Rg1 (7. Rxe8 Qf4+ 8. Kh1 Rf1#) (7. Qxd7
Qf4+ 8. Kh1 Rxe1+ 9. Bxe1 Rf1#) 7… Rd8 8. Be5 (8. Bxg7 Qxg7 9. Qc7)
Qf4+ 8… Qxc4
9. Qc7 Qg8 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qc3+ Kh7 12. Re1 Qd5 13. Re7+ Rf7 14. Qf6 Rxe7 15.
Qxe7+ Kh6 16. Rxd7 Rxd7 17. Qxd7 Qe5+ $11 0-1
for all of you who like to see and follow my suffering, i’ve posted the breakdown of the sharpness of my chess skills right above in raw *.pgn file format.
greetings, Vohaul
PS: i’m out of any clue how to win this for white, if black plays at fritz 7 (about 2600 ELO) level…