White to move. How should White proceed? No computer line please.
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1.d6 almost without thinking about it. The point is to cut off black’s rook from h6. If black takes with the king, then white pushes h6, and if black takes with the rook, then Bc5 pins the rook and wins the game.
White can win with 1. d6+! B two choices:
A. 1…R:d6 2 Bc5 and black’s K must run to stop the h-pawn, so White wins the R.
B. 1…K:d6 2. h7 Ra8 3. h8Q R:h8 4. B:h8.
Although B is stronger – it wins both the h and d pawns for the R, both variations are lost for Black.
1. d6 blocks h6 from Black’s rook (1. … Kxd6 2. h7 Ra8 3. h8(Q) Rxh8 4. Bxh8; 1. … Rxd6 2. Bc5), which allows White to get Black’s rook for no more than 2 pawns.
1. d6+!
If A
1……Rxd6
2. Bc5
If B
1……Kxd6
2. h7
d6+
d6 chk n so on if king cross thn h7 if rook takes thn bc5 pin
d6 win
la jugada es d6 y se gana.
1d6+ Kxd6 (1…Rxd6 Ac5) 2. h7
1. d6+
1. … ♜xd6
2. ♗c5, followed by
3. ♗xd6
1. … ♚xd6 or ♚d7 or ♚d8 or ♚e8 or ♚e6 or ♚f7 or ♚f8
2. h7, followed by h8=♕.
1. d5-d6+
Now if Black captures with the King on d6, the path of the Black rook to the White pawn on h6 is obstructed, and it can queen safely.
If Black captures on d6 with the rook, then 2. Bc5 pins the rook.
–br
1. d6+!! Kxd6
(If Rxd6, Bc5 1-0)
2. h7 Ra8
3. h8=Q Rxh8
4. Bxh8 1-0
1. d6+
If 1. .. Kxd6 2. h7 Ra8 3. h8=Q Rxh8+ 4. Bxh8
If 1. .. Rxd6 2. Bc5 Kf7 3. Bxd6 Kg6 4. Bf4
1. d6+
if
1. .. Kxd6
2. h7 Ra8
3. h8Q Rxh8+
4. Bxh8 1-0
if
1. .. Rxd6
2. Bc5 1-0
If the idea is to stop black from checking at h6 while capturing white’s queening candidate, then perhaps:
1. d5-d6+ ……
if:
1. …… Rxd6
2. B-c5 -pins and wins the R
if:
1. …… Kxd6
2. h6-h7 R-a8 -white wins the rook
3. h7-h8(Q) Rxh8
4. Bxh8
And if the pawn isn’t capture, white just marches the h-pawn down to queen