Talk:Chess/The Endgame/Endings with Multiple Major Pieces

Well, of course winning with K+3R against K is going to be easy...

(Edit: after writing what follows I replaced in the article the "proposed solution" 1 Ra4 with my own. 213.219.142.66 (discuss) 17:42, 6 January 2013 (UTC))

The proposed solution 1 Ra4 is not even optimal: instead of 1... Kg5 the black King can delay its fate by escaping row 5: 1... Kg6

I'd go for 1 Ra5+ ! 1... Kg4 or Kh4 2 Rb3 (fixing the king on row 4) 2... (whatever !) 3 Rc4#

If the king moves to row 6 instead of 4, you play the moves symmetrically: 1 Ra5+ ! 1... Kg6 or Kh6 2 Rb7 (fixing the king on row 6) 2... (whatever !) 3 Rc6#

All in all I don't think the K+3R vs K position deserves a special mention (let alone an article on its own). It allows for an "exceptional" resolution only because it is iself so exceptionally unbalanced (as black, I would have given up a long time before it). 213.219.142.66 (discuss) 17:19, 6 January 2013 (UTC)