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Chess endgame analysis

Posted on October 17, 2011 By Liquid Egg Product 3 Comments on Chess endgame analysis
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I was the king of chess in high school, losing only one game against schoolmates. This made me look like a complete baller. One of my friends knew another awesome player from a different school.

You must understand that “awesome” was a relative term; I was probably a low to mid class C at this point. Nonetheless, my friend wanted to see “The Clash of the Titans” and we finally got the opportunity one weekend.

My pride did not have a fun day. Despite having White, I never had any serious winning chances. We got down to roughly this position:

Unfortunately, we had to stop at this point. I argued that I had enough to draw the endgame, while my opponent thought he clearly had enough for a win. We never resolved this and it would have been nice to finish it off.

After over a decade, I still think Black can’t win. But endgames can be weird.

What do you think? And give Black the first move.

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3 thoughts on “Chess endgame analysis”

  1. Q says:
    October 18, 2011 at 7:08 am

    Sure. Knight takes the Pawn. It’s over for Donnie XD

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  2. Derek Slater says:
    October 18, 2011 at 3:51 pm

    Is this a trick question? This position is suspiciously study-like.

    Lessee, 1…Kf8 2.Rh8+ is suboptimal.

    The 4th-rank rook prevents any king moves; if the rooks leaves that rank, white can advance his king and then his h-pawn.

    The Nd5 prevents 2.g6 b/c of forks on f6 or f4.

    To undertake an active plan, black would have to move one of those pieces — which then allows white to move either king or g-pawn forward, starting to create his own threats.

    I think it’s a draw.

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  3. Donnie says:
    October 18, 2011 at 5:55 pm

    Dang it, the position is wrong. Will have to repost.

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