White to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
Time for a little concrete thinking. We won’t tell you what the result should be. Just know it’s white’s move. What would you do?
If you knew what was best for you, and why, you would have chosen 1.b4 axb3 statlemate and draw! because if you tried 1.Ka2, you would have lost after 1… Kd3 2.Ka3 Ke2 3.Kxa4 Kxf3 4.b4 Ke4 5.b5 f3 6.b6 f2 7.b7 f1Q 8.b8Q Qa1+ 9.Kb5 Qb1+ 10.Kc6 Qxb8
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