Rook v Pawns

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erniepear

Jan 17, 2010

Never seen a stranger endgame then this one I as Black was involved in recently in an online casual game. I thought I had a draw at best when my opponent resigned. I thought this very premature and told him so. Who was right?

NB It is black to move not white as the caption states.

bencez

Jan 17, 2010

White wins that.

dsmeaton

Jan 17, 2010

if i were black, i would be confident ... i think white's resignation is reasonable in the context that there's probably not much he can do to prevent black from promoting.

that's a mental play through, and i could be wrong (as is often the case!)>