Rook vs 5 pawns?

Originally posted by Ragnorak
Is this in response to my post?

What opposition? It's your standard mate with Rook and King.

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Originally posted by pootstick
i don't think it is standard ... black needs the white king on rank with his king, and with the move. white can avoid this. please post the line you see that wins in 4.

Originally posted by Ragnorak
The white king is stuck on the a file.

The black king can just move down the c file to c2, and then deliver mate via Ra6.

Any pawn moves don't help as they are too slow...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkmate#King_and_rook

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Originally posted by pootstick
lol i'm aware of K and R mates.

ok, here is what i see happening with that line:

1. ... Kc4
2. some pawn move Kc3
3. Ka2 Kc2
4. Ka3 ...

now what?

Originally posted by Ragnorak
Ah, you're very right. Apologies.

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Originally posted by pootstick
no worries.. black might still win from there, but i reckon would take a bloody long time.. better to go pawn-hunting with his rook. 🙂

Try this:



Black to move. Who wins?

Originally posted by Dutch Defense
Try this:

[fen]7r/1k6/8/2PP3P/1P2PPP1/8/8/K7 w - - 0 1[/fen]

Black to move. Who wins?

Originally posted by sonhouse
I would say black because he has the check in hand and may get the mate in before white can queen. There still is that problem of forcing the king to a mating position however, when the opposite side has pawns to move. When you look at the rook check, the king goes to b2 and that stops any incursion of the rook at least till the black king can back things up. Sticky wickett.
Setting the pieces up, I don't see how black stops the pawns.

Originally posted by Dutch Defense
Try this:

[fen]7r/1k6/8/2PP3P/1P2PPP1/8/8/K7 w - - 0 1[/fen]

Black to move. Who wins?

No way. It is very easy to win with 3 pawns against a rook, I've done it in real life. In such arrangement Black has no chances unless White just starts doing stupid things like not moving the pawns at all🙂