Funny position I saw on Susan Polgar's Blog.
Black to move. Is this a draw?
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Black to move. Is this a draw?
[d]8/5kp1/5R2/6r1/8/8/2r5/7K b - - 0 1
Funny position I saw on Susan Polgar's Blog.
Funny position I saw on Susan Polgar's Blog.
"Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions."
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Re: Black to move. Is this a draw?
Ahhh...
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "8/5kp1/5R2/6r1/8/8/2r5/7K b - - 0 1"]
1... Kg8 2. Rf8+ Kh7 3. Rh8+ Kg6 4. Rh6+ Kf5 5. Rf6+ Ke5 6. Re6+ Kd4 7.
Re4+ Kc5 8. Ra4 Rg3 9. Rf4 Re3 10. Rf5+ Kd4 11. Rf1 Rd2 12. Rf4+ Re4 13.
Rf1 Ke3 14. Rf7 Rdd4 15. Rxg7 Kf2 16. Rg2+ Kf3 17. Rg4 Re1+ 18. Kh2 Rxg4
19. Kh3 Rh1#
{Black mates} 0-1
I could have never won with black, it seems
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "8/5kp1/5R2/6r1/8/8/2r5/7K b - - 0 1"]
1... Kg8 2. Rf8+ Kh7 3. Rh8+ Kg6 4. Rh6+ Kf5 5. Rf6+ Ke5 6. Re6+ Kd4 7.
Re4+ Kc5 8. Ra4 Rg3 9. Rf4 Re3 10. Rf5+ Kd4 11. Rf1 Rd2 12. Rf4+ Re4 13.
Rf1 Ke3 14. Rf7 Rdd4 15. Rxg7 Kf2 16. Rg2+ Kf3 17. Rg4 Re1+ 18. Kh2 Rxg4
19. Kh3 Rh1#
{Black mates} 0-1
I could have never won with black, it seems