White to move and draw

Spectacular rook sacrifice.

I think that what you have do is is play g6 first after the trade you play the astounding move kg1 with the intention to play kh1 and sacrifice the rook after black delivers the check on the g-file and captures the pawn which will either result in a perpetual or a stalemate otherwise he will be forced otherwise you'll just promote. Nice puzzle.

@BillyBob007 after g6 takes takes d4, not Rc2+

@Fullbasket yeah mate, I meant to say that as you can see by this line "check on the g-file" but yeah I forgot to put in the d4 move, after that you just play kg1 and everything I mentioned above

1.g6!?

a) what about ... hxg6?
b) what about ... d4?
c) something else?

Possible continuations after g6:

1. hxg6 fxg6 2. d4 Kg1 3.Rg4+, (this is inevitable, black eventually has to do this in order to catch that passed pawn) Kh1 4.Rxg6 and then you start checking with the rook(it is going to be perpetual, since if he takes the rook then it is a stalemate)

2. 1. d4, g7(Kg1 also works) 2. Rxf4+ Kg1 3. Rg4+ again this check in inevitable just like Thanos

3. Nothing sensible comes to my mind that could salvage the drawn position though he could play 1.Rb5 after which white plays g7 and black will loose(the rook alone cannot stop both pawns on the sixth rank, as a rule)

All in all that pawn duo should be rewarded for bravery.

I don't know if this was a game or a study but if this was a game(most likely not) and white found the continuation which saves him yields him half a point then I would feel bad for the player who played black as he must have witnessed real horror on the board(a nightmare come true!)

No, no. 1 & 2 are wrong.

it is more than -2.....

Your engine will turn red as a beetroot.



Side line:

1. g6 d4 2. Re5 Rxe5 3. g7 Rxf5+ 4. Kg1 Rg5+ 5. Kh1 Rc5 6. g8=Q+ Kb7 7.
Kg1 a3 8. Qb3 Rc1+ 9. Kf2 c5 10. Ke2 =

PS: I don't think that those "mad rook" approaches mentioned work.

I don't quite understand the engine, usually a player plays a move and the evaluation either decreases or stays the same. But with this puzzle the engine does the complete reverse!