Daily Chess Improvement: Special Endgame Improvement!
SusanPolgar
Black to move! Is this a win, draw, or loss for black? How should black proceed?
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No. 1-3
CraigB
If Black just sacs his R for the pawn immediately, White can drive the Black K in front of the pawn prematurely with proper timing. If 1...Ke5! Black gains a critical tempo and White can no longer get his K back to force the Black K in front of the pawn in time.
nickmad
White definitely wins.
Yancey_Ward
Editor
A tricky problem. I am going to leave this one alone for a while to see what others come up with. There are two obvious choices for drawing this, but only one is successful in getting the draw, but it isn't necessarily easy to spot why one of the moves loses and how white goes about getting that win.
