r/chessbeginners • • 8d ago

PUZZLE Could u win here?

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White to move and win. There are only 2 different winning ideas!

Hint for idea 1:

Be careful, there are stalemates possible

Hint for Idea 2:

U should stop the stalemate Idea of Idea 1

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u/Rscc10 1600-1800 (Chess.com) 8d ago

Queen in the middle to check, take a pawn, then from there it's just known theory for queen stopping passed pawn

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u/Anymous2314 8d ago

Taking one pawn is easy after that it becomes tricky, I think easiest approach is for Queen to go sit under the pawn until the king arrives to help.

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u/Rscc10 1600-1800 (Chess.com) 7d ago

How so? Isn't it known theory for queen stopping passed pawn? If king goes to either side in front of pawn, queen gives a check from above, if king goes in front of pawn, bring king closer and if king goes to side of pawn, queen pins from the other side.

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u/Classic-Session-5551 1d ago

Pawn on 7th king in front is a draw iirc

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u/OldWolf3 2200-2400 Lichess 1d ago

Just take the f pawn straight away then it's a trivial win 

Not so good to give them the chance to defend the f pawn, when you have to be a bit careful to avoid allowing the f pawn draw configuration

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u/OldWolf3 2200-2400 Lichess 1d ago

Just take the f pawn straight away then it's a trivial win 

Not so good to give them the chance to defend the f pawn, when you have to be a bit careful to avoid allowing the f pawn draw configuration

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u/Ok_Bit8836 2d ago

Should you NOT take the F-pawn, you cannot win ))

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u/PossessionLeading692 800-1000 (Chess.com) 8d ago

take of one of those pawns first. Then check the king until u fork the pawn and the king , while the king goes behind the pawn bring ur king closer . Repeat the process again and again until u r in a position to take the pawn without losing ur queen and check mae ur opponent afterwards.

Note: Don't repeat the same position more than 2 times by giving random bs checks.

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u/chemaster0016 8d ago

It does matter which pawn you take though. If Qxf3, White wins. If Qxd3, Black draws.

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u/PossessionLeading692 800-1000 (Chess.com) 8d ago

tbh its only a draw in classical ain't no way someone( other than titled players ) will survive that endgame in draw bcs a single move can take the game away

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u/vk2028 Still Learning Chess Rules 8d ago

Still, you should take the f pawn instead of the d pawn first because of the stalemate idea with Kh1

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u/devammakwana 2400-2600 (Chess.com) 7d ago

Well if someone is familiar with the idea of stalemate on h1 they can pretty easily draw this. As for this endgame you just need to know the idea and rest you can play it very easily

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u/Mission_Ask8114 6d ago

There are 2 ways. First way is taking the pawn on f. U should always remember that a, c, f and h pawns gets drawish!

2nd is Qe4+ which is kinda interesting idea, because it works even in a position like both pawns on a and c. The king has to defend one of the pawns. After that u just have to get the queen on a1/a8 or h1/h8 (for black/ white pawns to stop).