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White to move - Evaluate.

8 comments:

  1. we can play out this endgame today otb as white/black if anyone is interested.

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  2. Sure,since have no time to look now.
    Marijan

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  3. Looks like Black is winning here, in my opinion.
    those b and c pawns are too dangerous for white's liking

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  4. Congrats Alanna on Sardinia.

    Your evaluation may be right, but I have been trying to win this position (as black) for sometime now and not been able to :)

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  5. Thanks Harish!

    I think if you break through with the b and c pawns and distract white with the h pawn, you should win, no?
    what would your first move for white be?

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  6. The move for white that is giving me the most trouble is Re5 (giving up the f4 with check). my line went 1.Re5 Rxf4+ 2.Ke2, and now what, black's c5 hangs and 2...Rc4 Kd3 and black's rook becomes very passive and the threat of whites rook getting behind the b pawn is there and I cant seem to make progress.

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  7. no rc4, why not just push b4.....rxc5 bxc3 rc3 h5
    looks like it could work

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  8. Alanna I think the endgame rook vs rook and h pawn you are proposing is drawn. The king is too near. White will force the black king to the h file behind the pawn and will remain on the g file not letting him out. To remove this black rook has to remove the cutoff and at this time white king will creep to the f file after which it will be a draw.

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