Bonifratz@lemm.ee to Chess@lemmy.ml · 1 day agoWhite to move and win (difficult) - Szaja Kozłowski, 1931lemm.eeimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10
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minus-squareBonifratz@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day ago Though I’m not sure it is possible to do a check-mate with just your king, a rook and a bishop. It’s possible to checkmate with K + R only, so that would be a yes. Don’t know where to go from here. There’s your problem: how would you go about winning that position?
minus-squareThe_Hideous_Orgalorglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoBishop takes pawn. March the king up to 6 and use it and the bishop to protect the rook as you force black into the corner.
minus-squareBonifratz@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoThe bishop can’t take the pawn as it’s stuck in the corner. I guess you mean the rook. In any case, assuming Black loses the pawn, how do you force the king away from g8 if Black’s rook stays on the 8th rank?
minus-squareThe_Hideous_Orgalorglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 hours agoNo, I was talking about after the rook trade in the comment above yours, but it seems I may have mixed their two scenarios up in the process.
It’s possible to checkmate with K + R only, so that would be a yes.
There’s your problem: how would you go about winning that position?
Bishop takes pawn. March the king up to 6 and use it and the bishop to protect the rook as you force black into the corner.
The bishop can’t take the pawn as it’s stuck in the corner. I guess you mean the rook.
In any case, assuming Black loses the pawn, how do you force the king away from g8 if Black’s rook stays on the 8th rank?
No, I was talking about after the rook trade in the comment above yours, but it seems I may have mixed their two scenarios up in the process.