CHESS PUZZLE NO. 30
Today's puzzle involves a very sneaky end game combination. The goal is to get black's king to move in such a way that does not pose a stale mate. It is white to move and win. Please leave a comment if you think you have the winning combination. Thank you! :)
I am not a chess player so I am sorry if I am being silly, but can the king move to 8B and knock down that tower?
Actually it is white to move so at the moment black cannot do that. Nice try though!
I think what I would do is move the rook from b8 to c8, I assume black would then take the white pawn with his knight, I'm kind of lost after that though. I think I would probably move the rook to c6 but I have no idea what black would do after that.
Am I close?
You are close with what piece to move! Try something more forceful
If I was being more forceful I'd probably take black's pawn with the rook, which would then be taken by black's king, and after that I'm not sure.
Would you ever consider doing a series of beginners tutorials? Because I think there might be a lot of people like me who would like to learn more about chess.
Ra8+!, after Kxa8 white can force zugzwang with Kc8 and he recaptures the knight on next move. This moves into a King pawn endgame winning for white since black cannot prevent b-pawn queening.
You are close, Ra8 and Kxa8 is correct but keep going!