happinessisawarmgun
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"Chess" by Edward Lasker If anyone has this book could you please look at section 50 and explain it to me. It is based on king/rook endings and under promoting a pawn to a rook instead of a queen . I cannot see the logic .
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brunetti
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I have not the book but know K+R endings; if you may post the position/s I try to help you.
Alex
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happinessisawarmgun
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"end-game study" by S.Saavedra . black king on h1,black rook on e5 ,white king on g6 , white pawn on f7. Black plays ...Re6 + .
2 Kg5 , Re5 +
3 Kg4 , Re4 +
4 Kg3 , Re1
5 Kf2 , Re5
6 Pf8 (R) !!?
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parrvert
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Are you sure it's not 5...Re4? Because then 6.f8=Q Rf4+ 7.Qxf4 stalemate.
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happinessisawarmgun
happinessisawarmgun
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Lasker says white threatens Rh8 mate but why can white not do this with the queen ?
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zdrak
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Because if the pawn is promoted to a queen black forces a draw by stalemate - see parrvert's post above. By promoting "only" to a rook white still gets the same mating threat, without allowing the stalemate option.
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happinessisawarmgun
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Sorry if I sound stupid but why does white not have the same mating threat with Qh8 ?
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