@@gehrmansparrow3563 Yes, after Ra2+ the king can move to the b-file, but then Black continues the rook checks with Rb2+. White can't make progress. He must either allow a stalemate or submit to a perpetual check.
What if instead of zig zagging down the king goes on a green tile by just going on b8 and then zig zags down the green tiles in order to avoid the final check when it reaches the bottom.
Excellent question. In that case, the king will land on a3 instead of b3. Black will simply play Ra2+ instead of Ra3+. White will have 3 options: 1) Take the rook (stalemate) 2) Go to b3 - then we are back to Ra3+ skewering the king and queen and when king takes it's stalemate 3) back up to b4 and black continues with the checks until repetition or one of the other scenarios
Hmmm...I'm sorry but I don't understand this comment. There is no Rh6+. Did you mean Ra6+ or Rb6+? If so, the white king simply takes the rook and black is lost, as the black king simply moves to b2 and will be checkmated shortly after. If this was meant to be a funny or sarcastic post with your archaic use of the word "quicklier", then bro, I LOVE your sense of humor, ha! Good luck with your chess!
@@jesan733exactly. A rare form to end a game for strong players, but it does happen for time to time especially with weaker players not being careful with queen moves in the endgame. That’s why when I just started with chess, I would often times underpromote to rook and mate with to rooks instead of rook and queen.
