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CatoTheElder

Here is a recent position reached in one of my games, in the game I ended up winning, but I want to take a closer look at the position. It seems the inital thing white should do is use his king to block the passed pawn, but can black promote his pawn advantage against the rook?



Masakari

upside down boards get me every time!

 

should be a draw, from what i can tell. black's forward pawn is froze by the rook. the white kings comes over to free it up, but the rook has a hard time accessing the black king. the rook chases the king around after some pawns get shuffled, and black could force a 3 move repetition. if that doesn't happen, everything will eventually get cancelled out until you have insufficient mating material (the two kings and the bishop).

 

if you won this game with black, then white had to have blundered. 


Abarai

Black should lose he can not push his pawn 0-1


Masakari
Harry07 wrote:

Black should lose he can not push his pawn 0-1


 

that just means black doesn't win (which apparently they did). where is the line for a possible white mate? they are committed to stopping that pawn, which negates their material advantage.


Marshal_Dillon
As soon as that pawn steps off a black square, it's gone. Black controls the queening square, but the pawn has to become vulnerable to get to it. All white needs to do is negate the bishop is keep to the light squares whenever possible and don't get caught in any pins. 
CatoTheElder
"if you won this game with black, then white had to have blundered. "

Indeed.
CatoTheElder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am envisioning placing the king there, allowing the rook to take on the pawns.