How does white checkmate?
Sort:
Sorry, I am new to the site and don't know how to edit the title. It should have read "How does black checkmate?" Not white.
The answer is black can win, but the sequence is complicated. I can't remember how it goes, but you basically restrict the rooks moves and force the king to a corner, then fork the rook after a series of checks with the queen after the rook is forced to move away from the king.
Well, that was incredibly messy and painful. It'll look something similar to this, I believe:
i think a draw is more likely.
Thanks guys for the insight. I am white in this example and offered my opponent a draw after about 40 moves with the current setup. He still declined and insisted he was positive he could win even if I didn't make any blunders. He wants to continue the match until he wins or finds out he can't win. This was our eighth match, with me leading 6-1. LOL, as you can see he really wanted the win and not a draw.
Additionally, I appreciated the attempt with the macro diagram, but it contained several blunders essentially handing the match over to black.
rok300 wrote:
Thanks guys for the insight. I am white in this example and offered my opponent a draw after about 40 moves with the current setup. He still declined and insisted he was positive he could win even if I didn't make any blunders. He wants to continue the match until he wins or finds out he can't win. This was our eighth match, with me leading 6-1. LOL, as you can see he really wanted the win and not a draw.
Additionally, I appreciated the attempt with the macro diagram, but it contained several blunders essentially handing the match over to black.
Ahh, I made a few blunders? I'm pretty sure both sides played somewhat solidly in my diagram. Could you point out where white could have played better? I'll see if I can't clear up why I moved the way I did XD
The key strategy for white to play for the draw is to keep the king and rook close and out of pins, skewers, or forks. Your move relocating the rook to the back rank would be a blunder. Nor is white allowing itself to be pinned in the corner. White can still maintain the center on most all of black's checks.
chances are that you would wait for the king to get behind the rook and check the king and get the rook, it is difficult to do, but remember that after you get the rook he has 50 moves.
Black can win this kind of position... you need to keep a knight-move distance from his king with your queen and then force the king move or the rook move away from the king... now you only need to fork them and get the rook...
rok300 wrote: The key strategy for white to play for the draw is to keep the king and rook close and out of pins, skewers, or forks. Your move relocating the rook to the back rank would be a blunder. Nor is white allowing itself to be pinned in the corner. White can still maintain the center on most all of black's checks.
I realize that, but relocating to the back rank is white's only move in the situation I presented. If white moves anywhere else, he's one to two moves from losing his rook no matter what. The back-rank move actually prolongs death for an extra turn...
Barring any blunders, how does a King and Queen checkmate a King and Rook in this situation? Here's the board with white to move:
White is only playing for the draw, but I am curious as to whether or not black can win this game outright. Thanks for the help!