White to move

[Fife]

[Speaker to Animals]

Draw.

[Penner]

Are you trying to start a MHF chess club?

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

King to C-3

Unless black's last move was the b-7 pawn, in which case en passant capture.

[Alexander PhiAlipson]

King to C-3

Unless black's last move was the g6 pawn, in which case en passant capture.

FIFY.
No, PxP (hxg) is a loss for white, as is the far more obvious PxR (bxa); black cannot win unless white should fall for some bait. Black can try to set traps involving a sacrifice or several, but white cannot win against a competent player--however, as long as its pawns don't move, white's pawn wall is impenetrable.
White's move doesn't matter as long as white moves the king fifty times--between Washington and Florida, let's say--achieving a draw.

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

King to C-3

Unless black's last move was the g6 pawn, in which case en passant capture.

FIFY.
No, PxP (hxg) is a loss for white, as is the far more obvious PxR (bxa); black cannot win unless white should fall for some bait. Black can try to set traps involving a sacrifice or several, but white cannot win against a competent player--however, as long as its pawns don't move, the wall is impenetrable.
White's move doesn't matter as long as white moves the king fifty times--between Washington and Florida, let's say--achieving a draw.

I thought you could only en passant off a two space move?

Either way, it is a draw or a loss for white if black doesn't screw up, moving the king is just to give black a chance to blow it, or to force the draw.

[Alexander PhiAlipson]

King to C-3

Unless black's last move was the g6 pawn, in which case en passant capture.

FIFY.
No, PxP (hxg) is a loss for white, as is the far more obvious PxR (bxa); black cannot win unless white should fall for some bait. Black can try to set traps involving a sacrifice or several, but white cannot win against a competent player--however, as long as its pawns don't move, the wall is impenetrable.
White's move doesn't matter as long as white moves the king fifty times--between Washington and Florida, let's say--achieving a draw.

I thought you could only en passant off a two space move?

Either way, it is a draw or a loss for white if black doesn't screw up, moving the king is just to give black a chance to blow it, or to force the draw.

That's right--I meant f5; (gxf, PxP)--it would still be a losing move. The only move for white is to move the king--it doesn't matter where.

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

FIFY.
No, PxP (hxg) is a loss for white, as is the far more obvious PxR (bxa); black cannot win unless white should fall for some bait. Black can try to set traps involving a sacrifice or several, but white cannot win against a competent player--however, as long as its pawns don't move, the wall is impenetrable.
White's move doesn't matter as long as white moves the king fifty times--between Washington and Florida, let's say--achieving a draw.

I thought you could only en passant off a two space move?

Either way, it is a draw or a loss for white if black doesn't screw up, moving the king is just to give black a chance to blow it, or to force the draw.

That's right--I meant f5; (gxf, PxP)--it would still be a losing move. The only move for white is to move the king--it doesn't matter where.

Except F-5 couldn't possibly be black's last move since the bishop is behind the pawn.

On reflection, the only real hope is probably to capture D-5, then sacrifice D-4 (assuming black pulls back the rook to block) to make space for the white king to get behind the line... still a long shot.

[Alexander PhiAlipson]

Except F-5 couldn't possibly be black's last move since the bishop is behind the pawn.

On reflection, the only real hope is probably to capture D-5, then sacrifice D-4 (assuming black pulls back the rook to block) to make space for the white king to get behind the line... still a long shot.

Right again, but still no joy.
We have to make some well-founded assumptions:
1) If there were an en passant opportunity for white, it would have been announced along with "White to Move;"
2) Black couldn't possibly be up by 13 points (two rooks and a bishop) and yet be an utter fool;
3) Black's last move must've been a5, trying to entice the capture to bring down White's pawn structure.
Black's only hope of winning is to get White to move something other than its king. There's no long shot for white.
If cxd (en passant); a7.
White's king cannot help and now Black has an open file.

[Martin Hash]

Did someone say "pawn takes rook" and I missed it?