05 July 2018

Assess the Pawn Ending

Black to move

Black exchanged rooks and went on to win. Was the rook exchange technically correct?
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  1. Todd BryantThursday, 05 July, 2018

    The rook exchange should set off warning alarms because it leads to a pawn ending where White's king is more active, and Black has two weak backward pawns.

    1...Rxe2+ 2.Kxe2 Kf7 3.Ke3 Kg6 4.Kd4 Kg5 5.Kc5 Kh4 6.Kd6 Kxh3 7.Kxe6 Kxg4 8.Kd7 h5 9.e6 and Black is too slow.

    or 3...Ke7 4.Kd4 Kd7 5.Kc5 and the queenside falls.

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  2. chesserThursday, 05 July, 2018

    No, it is not correct.White plays c3 than if black plays b3 white is faster with king, and he will win Queenside

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