Black to move and draw

[storm fern]

Rc7

[twin barn]

keep going

[hoary heron]

||Rc7|| is such a ridiculous move, the fact that i saw it means im overdosing from puzzles

but is there another brilliancy for white to defend

does white just play ||Qa8|| then ||Rc8 =||? is it that simple?

[twin barn]

Come on it’s not that hard is it

U already found Rc7 just have a look at blacks king and u’ll find the next move

[hoary heron]

oh, just ||b5||

then ||Qxb5||?

[twin barn]

Congrats

You completed the black to play and lose puzzle

Qxb5 Bf8+ Kh5 Qf3+

[hoary heron]

Well at least ||b5|| is correct

Then ||Qf2|| with the same idea

[twin barn]

||Qf2?||

That’s not legal

Look for checks captures and threats

[hoary heron]

I meant ||Qe2||

[twin barn]

that's an alternate solution

but it's a lot more complicated

coz after Qe2, Rxh7+, u have to play Kxh7 and accept heaps of checks

whereas instead of Qe2 u can just play Qd1+

and after Rxd1 take their queen

Qh3 also works

but Qd1+ is just most straightforward

[hoary heron]

Does Qe2 force a perpetual or what? Or is black gonna be down a pawn but still drawing

[twin barn]

Qe2 forces white to perpy black

or else just mate

coz ur threatening ten billion different mates

Qf1, Qe1, Qd1, Qg2, Qf3 followed by Qg2 or Qf1

[hoary heron]

Well, that makes Qe2 a great move in my books lol. I assume otherwise the endgame slightly favors white?

[twin barn]

it's 0.00 but visually I like black better

[hoary heron]

What does Leela say

[twin barn]

idk check