pugugly001: pugugly001:pugugly001:hardonebattle:pugugly001:hardonebattle:deviantminxy: So here is an

pugugly001: pugugly001: pugugly001: hardonebattle: pugugly001: hardonebattle: deviantminxy: So here is an interesting position I came across the other day. With white to move, who is winning? Love the blog White has a *slight* advantage. Though this is suspiciously close to a deadlock.  Because while the Rook has no leverage, no way to gain an upper hand, thus the pawn and potential conversion (or using to pin a careless king), ….ultimately……the deeper truth of the matter is that black and trade rook for pawn (not logical normally, but I specialize in thinking outside the box)…..at any time they want, and leave this in effect a stalemate. So I’mma gonna say, strictly speaking, White is winning.   But in reality, this situation has a draw/stalemate written all over it.  :) Though……..interestingly enough……….. I do see a concept possible where Black king gets all up in the grill of the White king, and works a brilliant (cuz that’s what it’ll take to pull it off) tandem assault that separates the White king from their pawn. Then in that case……White totally get pawned. Actually, parsing it out, I don’t think there’s a winning strategy for black. Black can’t  actually stop White from getting a queen, and I’m not sure Black can force a trade. I’m out of practice but … pretty sure. It depends on their original board starting position.  If the coordinates are accurate, then yeah, that pawn’s too close to be stopped.  But there is no game I’ve ever seen that allowed a black king to make it all the way to the other side of the board like this.   Both kings crawling their way to opposite sides of the board seems like something is amiss. I guess it could have been escorting a pawn, but then that rook oughta be a Queen.   …..I dunno. Never try and figure out the game that could have led to a given chess problem - down that path lies only madness and despair my friend. I was wrong, I think black can force a stalemate by going to d2 then b2 and keeping the king in perpetual check until you either force the king into row c and force a trade or repeat the same position three times and force stalemate that way. No, white can squirm out of that too. White wins. You’re correct about trying logically ret con a provided chess problem.  It’s my logical mind that has discomfort accepting a chess problem without proper providence.  Always has.  :)And yeah, if the white pawn just has to get to C8, then yeah, it’s all over.With anymore breathing room, the rook could play Pester The King and look for an opening to do some good.  But there’s just no time with this one.  White to move next, there is no other move for them than to obviously push the pawn immediately.  Rook can no longer have any chance of accessing the 8th file to guard it.  One chance to harass the King, but that will be short lived because he will push himself up the board right behind his pawn.  And now rook has no leverage anyplace and the next white move will be to turn that pawn into a queen.When possibilities are narrowed to just a few, fortune favors the aggressive.  Aggressiveness removes variables.  :)And if that white doesn’t push immediately, I think my move as black is the swap rook for pawn and call it a day. -- source link
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