tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13118012.post2376893534740008220..comments2023-11-03T04:57:40.606-05:00Comments on Susan Polgar Global Chess Daily News and Information: A classic chess tacticChess Daily Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08623733406361333715noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13118012.post-40552055225518134672014-08-07T16:46:11.630-05:002014-08-07T16:46:11.630-05:00Kg6 and white winsKg6 and white winsDanielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13118012.post-70378832296577243982014-08-07T13:32:07.662-05:002014-08-07T13:32:07.662-05:00Kg6Kg6Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13118012.post-16621752647202252402014-08-07T11:52:37.723-05:002014-08-07T11:52:37.723-05:00White wins. Kg6, Ra2, Be2!White wins. Kg6, Ra2, Be2!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13118012.post-9017727583080436882014-08-07T11:52:20.177-05:002014-08-07T11:52:20.177-05:00White wins. Kg6, Ra2, Be2!White wins. Kg6, Ra2, Be2!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13118012.post-49101445049436065912014-08-07T11:51:44.515-05:002014-08-07T11:51:44.515-05:00I remember this puzzle, and I seem to have gotten ...I remember this puzzle, and I seem to have gotten it hilariously wrong the last time, too. For some reason, I thought the following line was key:<br /><br />1. Kg6! Rg4<br />2. f7 Ke7<br />3. Kg7??<br /><br />Yikes! White wins with the pretty obvious 3.a7 here:<br /><br />3. a7! Ra4 (Rf7 4.a8Q)<br />4. Kg7!<br /><br />And now white must queen a pawn. Probably best at this point is to just concede the queen at f8 and try to reconnect the king to the pawns by playing an immediate Ke6:<br /><br />4. ......Ke6 (Ra7 5.f8Q+-)<br />5. f8Q! Ra7<br />6. Kg6<br /><br />And with the black king cut off at the moment from the pawns, it looks winning for white from here. Black cannot save the g-pawn by pushing it since Qf5+ wins the pawn, I can't even be sure he doesn't lose rook by playing g4. I think white wins this.Yancey Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427042729449397357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13118012.post-39209298038281724532014-08-07T09:06:26.597-05:002014-08-07T09:06:26.597-05:001. Ke6! wins.1. Ke6! wins.Saldy Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447539972070252478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13118012.post-72807505269220812162014-08-07T07:55:36.696-05:002014-08-07T07:55:36.696-05:001.Kg6 Rxg4
(1... Ra2 2.Be2 Rxe2 3.f7 Ke7 4.a7 Ra2 ...<b>1.Kg6 Rxg4</b><br />(1... Ra2 2.Be2 Rxe2 3.f7 Ke7 4.a7 Ra2 5.Kg7 transposes.)<br />(1... Ke8 2.Kg7 also wins)<b><br />2.f7 Ke7<br />3.a7 Ra4<br />4.Kg7 Rxa7<br />5.f8=Q+ Ke6+ <br />6.Kg6 Kd5 7.Kxg5</b>PROF.S.G.BHATnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13118012.post-88280044958086715742014-08-07T07:03:47.845-05:002014-08-07T07:03:47.845-05:00A bit tricky! White has 2 passed pawns 2 squares a...A bit tricky! White has 2 passed pawns 2 squares away from queening; Black has 2 passed pawns 3 and 4 squares from queening. White just needs to queen and the queen will easily stop the black passed pawns and rook.The position is a win for white! <br />1.Kg6! Now Black Rook can no longer handle 2 passed pawns.<br />>A-1...Rxg4.2.f7!.<br />>>A1-2...Ra4.3.f8=Q+<br />>>A2-2...Ke7.3.a7!.Ra4.4.Kg7!.Rxa7.5.f8=Q+.Ke6+.6.Kg6!<br />>>A3-2...Rf4.3.a7!.Rxf7.4.a8=Q+.Ke7.5.Qa7+.Kd6.6.Qxf7<br />>B-1...Ke8.2.Kg7!.Rf2.3.a7! and queens<br />>C-1...Rf2.2.a7!<br />>>C1-2....Rxf6+.3.Kxf6. and 4.a8=Q+<br />>>C2-2....Ke8.3.a8=Q+<br />>>C3-2...Kc7.3.Bf5! and f8 queens!<br />>>C4-2... Ra2.3,f7!.<br />>>>C41-3...Rxa7.4.f8=Q+<br />>>>C42-3...Ke7.4.Kg7!.and 5.f8=Q+<br />>>>C43-3...Ra6+.4.Be6!.Rxe6+.5.Kxg5 and queens at a8 or f8!<br />>>C5-2....any pawn move.3.a8=Q+<br />>D-1...Ra2.the toughest.2.Be2!<br />>>D1-2...Rxe2.3.f7!<br />>>>D11-3...Ra2.4.f8=Q+<br />>>>D12-3...Ke7.4.a7!.Ra2.5.Kg7!.Rxa7.6.f8=Q+.Ke6+.7.Kg6!<br />>>>D13-3...Rf2.3.a7!.Rxf7.4.a8=Q+.Ke7.5.Qa7+.Kd6.6.Qxf7<br />>>D2-2...Kc7.3.f7! and 4.f8=Q<br />>>D3-2...Ke8.3.Kg7! followed by 4.f7+ and 5.f8=Q<br />>>D4-2....pawn move.3.f7!.Ke7.4.Kg7! and queens at f8.<br />Having worked it out, it seems simple to advance f pawn when BR is not on f file and advance a pawn when BR is on f file! of course care is to be taken that BR is not allowed to capture a pawn with check or pin an otherwise queening pawn. <br /><br />HarryAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07182174307341067081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13118012.post-47023651026624542452014-08-07T01:23:27.437-05:002014-08-07T01:23:27.437-05:00At first glance starting with Kg6-Kg7 looks like a...At first glance starting with Kg6-Kg7 looks like a win, whilst the black Rook & King bother eachother stopping both pawns.<br />I stick with a win for white.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13118012.post-7092520999808246962014-08-06T19:59:28.724-05:002014-08-06T19:59:28.724-05:00Draw.Draw.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747392588893798630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13118012.post-56125357979863318082014-08-06T19:58:57.206-05:002014-08-06T19:58:57.206-05:00Draw.Draw.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747392588893798630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13118012.post-7495072933889792502014-08-06T19:58:23.605-05:002014-08-06T19:58:23.605-05:00Draw. 1.a7 or Bf3 draws cause black Rook is able t...Draw. 1.a7 or Bf3 draws cause black Rook is able to take both white Pawns.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747392588893798630noreply@blogger.com