White to move. Is it possible for White to win?
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White to move. Is it possible for White to win?
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KF3
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top 31 (2700)
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2812 17 1975
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2783 14 1969
3 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2770 27 1990
4 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2759 0 1975
5 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2756 27 1987
6 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2754 37 1982
7 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2753 5 1983
8 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2751 13 1977
9 Leko, Peter g HUN 2751 0 1979
10 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2748 14 1983
11 Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2747 23 1978
12 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2746 37 1969
13 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2745 0 1972
14 Wang, Yue g CHN 2738 38 1987
15 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 0 1968
16 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2730 10 1986
17 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2728 9 1983
18 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2726 25 1976
19 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2726 0 1983
20 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2725 6 1985
21 Ni, Hua g CHN 2724 16 1983
22 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2721 27 1983
23 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2721 19 1990
24 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2720 20 1974
25 Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2716 5 1985
26 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2709 26 1980
27 Bu, Xiangzhi g CHN 2704 18 1985
28 Adams, Michael g ENG 2703 13 1971
29 Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2702 0 1974
30 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2701 10 1987
31 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2700 21 1985
top 20 women
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2693 0 1976
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2612 17 1987
3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2590 29 1994
4 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2549 21 1979
5 Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2541 24 1987
6 Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2533 28 1990
7 Zhao, Xue g CHN 2531 22 1985
8 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2528 37 1963
9 Sebag, Marie g FRA 2527 11 1986
10 Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2522 25 1986
11 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2516 0 1984
12 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2506 11 1961
13 Danielian, Elina m ARM 2503 34 1978
14 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2501 25 1985
15 Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2498 13 1983
16 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan g SCO 2492 23 1968
17 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2491 14 1985
18 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2491 2 1976
19 Hoang Thanh Trang g HUN 2490 11 1980
20 Ruan, Lufei wg CHN 2486 7 1987
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1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2770 27 1990
2 Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2721 19 1990
3 Wang, Hao g CHN 2696 29 1989
4 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2684 10 1990
5 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2649 31 1992
6 Li, Chao b g CHN 2643 46 1989
7 So, Wesley g PHI 2641 29 1993
8 Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2632 56 1990
9 Rodshtein, Maxim g ISR 2627 20 1989
10 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2625 18 1990
11 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2624 35 1990
12 Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2622 29 1989
13 Howell, David W L g ENG 2613 22 1990
14 Khairullin, Ildar g RUS 2606 38 1990
15 Safarli, Eltaj g AZE 2599 47 1992
16 Edouard, Romain m FRA 2594 36 1990
17 Andriasian, Zaven g ARM 2593 39 1989
18 Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2592 22 1993
19 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2591 0 1991
20 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2590 29 1994
top 20 girls
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1 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2590 29 1994
2 Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2533 28 1990
3 Lahno, Kateryna g UKR 2478 11 1989
4 Harika, Dronavalli m IND 2474 18 1991
5 Ju, Wenjun CHN 2454 30 1991
6 Muzychuk, Mariya m UKR 2441 29 1992
7 Tan, Zhongyi CHN 2436 22 1991
8 Tairova, Elena m RUS 2422 0 1991
9 Shen, Yang wg CHN 2420 55 1989
10 Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2411 18 1989
11 Bodnaruk, Anastasia wg RUS 2373 29 1992
12 Kashlinskaya, Alina wm RUS 2344 35 1993
13 Zhang, Xiaowen wm CHN 2340 27 1989
14 Girya, Olga wf RUS 2335 37 1991
15 Severiukhina, Zoja wf RUS 2332 39 1990
16 Gomes, Mary Ann wg IND 2332 11 1989
17 Vojinovic, Jovana wm MNE 2328 20 1992
18 Guramishvili, Sopiko wm GEO 2325 38 1991
19 Paulet, Iozefina wg ROU 2322 30 1989
20 Foisor, Sabina-Francesca wg USA 2311 4 1989
I believe it is possible for white to win the game. While it would not be easy by any means, if the knight and the rook were used with one another white may have a chance to win.
Not sure how to win this though at least white cannot lose. First thought was Kf3 but following e1=N+ I am not sure anymore.
So maybe Rg1 is a better try to win this endgame. Black king moves one row up and white looks good. Not sure it is sufficient though…
I think i found an interesting line:
1.Kf3 Ke1 (otherwise Rg1#)
2.Kxe3 Kd1
3.Nf2+ Kc2 (3. .. Kc1 4.Nd3+ and Rg2)
4.Rg8 b1Q
5.Rc8+ Kb2+
6.Nd3+ Ka3
7.Ra8#
but after
6. .. Ka1 its a draw ?! Or are there some tricks?
Tobe
1 Kf3,Ke1
2 Kxe3,Kd1
3 Kd3,Kc1(or Ke1)
4 Rb1
1 Kf3, Ke1
2 Kxe3, Kd1
3 Kd3, Kc1 (or Ke1)
4 Rg1
Rg1+ ?
@ Bruno:
3.Kd3? b1Q+
rg1 ke2 forced
rb1!