Best chess study ever!

[@hamid99991]

Moral of the story: if you can promote a passed pawn, do it as soon as you can, do not advance another pawn!

[@nishithchandrashrivastava7643]

Very nice video with excellent explanation

[@p.jhodeflea789]

Wonderful!! I specially appreciate the Zugzwang after Rg1 or Rh1 , in front of the pawns! Difficult to find.

[@gyurimirk9534]

brilliant, thank you!

[@msjoanofthearc]

Thanks again!

[@soumyavinayak]

wonderful !!!!!!

[@vafkamat]

very good study

[@oldschool1993]

I say the following- K-C3 one black pawn advances K-C2- black pawn queens R-A5 mate

[@gaberobison680]

I did too but black can rescue themselves and move Ka2 again saving himself

[@misterx3188]

Very interesting.

[@donj2222]

Don't let your pawns be separated from your king!

[@Amoeby]

Well, usually 2 connected pawns are unstoppable with a rook if they reach the sixth (third for black) rank and a king of a side with a rook isn't close. The problem for black in this puzzle is not that the king is separated from the pawns but that the king is under mate threats which allows white to bring their king close enough to stop the pawns.

[@donj2222]

@@Amoeby I think one aspect of the mate threat is the black king is alone. The K belongs with his pawns.

[@Amoeby]

@@donj2222 nah, if white's king wasn't near black's king then it would've been fine. For example, if black's king was on e7 then it's winning for black.

[@poec3292]

I didn't see one variation. After black moves King to C1, then white moves King to e3, what happens if black moves King to b1 to attack the rook?

[@johnsavard7583]

Silly me; I thought that all you need to do is rook to d3. You can always capture one pawn, and then always capture the other one in time.

[@kalias66]

Rd3 h2, Rxf3 h1=Q Rd3 f2, Rxh3 f1=Q

[@dharvendrasharma4772]

Amezing

[@davidloewen5528]

What about first move king b4? I thought that could lead to a mate.

[@dariokartal9453]

after 3:07 , Kc3

[@dariokartal9453]

after4:43, Ra2

[@razortongue9000]

Why not move the white king to C2 to threaten checkmate for the second move? Leads to a similar situation.

[@drachefly]

Similar except that the white king is further from the pawns.

[@dariokartal9453]

after 6:15, Kd3

[@KrashBC]

How about Kc3 then Kc2? Black has to run rather than promote. If instead of pawn black plays Kb1, rook plays d1 then next white plays Kc2 etc

[@indigotidebeeblebrox9978]

Rook to D3 and take both his pawns.

[@Chess-strategy]

After Rd3 black plays either g2 or h2. How do you continue then?

[@indigotidebeeblebrox9978]

@@Chess-strategy Your right. I don't know what I was thinking...

[@videofudge]

Im thinking Rh5. If h2, Rh3 and g2 is impossible because after Rxh2 the pawn is pinned h1 is met with Rxh1 and the g pawn falls soon after. If g2 first, Rg5 and the black king must vacate the 2nd Rank and now i see the issue with Rh5. Could be wrong. Gonna revisit this until I crack it

[@Al1471]

Rh5 is correct.

[@Al1471]

Matbe not.

[@nfpnone8248]

Sorry, but the move is rook to d3, there is nothing black can do to defend the pawns or the king.

[@joenelson7252]

Pawn H2. It will queen before rook can get it

[@Гришанов-д9ь]

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