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I'm no master, but I have been in these sorts of positions before. You have a very slight advantage, but in such a position it will be a VERY slow win. I would consider something like Be1. Black has no moves that can create an attack, If he could get his rook to e7 he could trade off material and a draw would be more concrete. However, since he cannot he will have to make waiting moves. So:

1. Be1 ... any move
2. Bg3 ... any move

Now White can threaten to take the pawn on d6. This exchange sacrifice would open up the threat on the e file. I think maybe White can get a winning endgame from that, but it's not clear. It will be very long.
Im very tired but it seems black can defend that with queen d7 rook a6 and he can always move the king forth and back on f7 f8, so I dont know it does not seem possible to break that defence, the other sacrifice bishopxg5 looks unsound too, not enough, he has to take with h6 I think,
so You get a passed pawn there, thats all I see
but It can be stopped with the rook that its on f8, I think
I dont know what the engine says about this position and I am not master as well and I am tired but this kind of positions are dry, they are stuck positions, they really dont have energy inside, so unless I am missing something its just a draw.
A yes, I missed Ra6. That is solid defense. And yes, the other sacrifice gives nothing really. Aery pointed out sacrificing on d4 as well, which seems the most solid plan, but it's still likely nothing.
I`m not master, but i think that white has more advantage, than +1,4.
white attacked.

if there were no any rooks and queens (only bishops and pawns), you would have a big advantage, because your bishop could attack opponent`s pawns.
Hi everyone,
i do not see any way to win that game for white, in my opinin this is a complete draw (for exemple, if black endlessly play rook b7 then rook a7). Everything is close and this is neither good for rooks neither for bishops (a knight may have unlocked the situation).
Computer does not understand these kind of overlocked positions. When a position is that closed, their evaluation is very often wrong. Your avantage is rather 0 than 1.5.
The question become, could have you won this is you had played something else. This answer is : "dawn this is hard to say". 35.axb is the best way not to draw, but are you still winning after that?You have a big pressure on the e line but he have the a line. Who's winning? The worst is, as i said, that we can't really trust computers in such positions, so who know?
White should not play 37. h5 anyway unless there is a clear and forced win there (with d6 and f6 well covered it's not likely). White should prefer the regrouping with Bg3 and Re1-h1 first. After gxh4 Black gets another weakness on h6 which improves White's chances.
Yes, it is pretty clear that 37. h5 kills any hopes of anything because it simply kills any play. After this move, black could play 37... Re8! and if white tries to intensify the pressure with something like 38. Qf3 (intending an Alekhine's gun on the e-file), black could play 38... Qa8! 39. Qe2 Qa7! 40. Bg3 Rd7!, followed with Qc7, which looks to me like a complete fortress.

However, I'm not so sure that white can get somewhere in any case. First, as black, I'm never going to take that pawn unless I have some concrete reason to do so, as white's bishop can then attack something.

Second, I'm not sure that Nerwal's suggestion of playing Bg3 leads to something: White will not achieve anything with a battery (ex. Qh2), as black will happily play Rd7 and cover everything, so I'd rather try something like Qf3, getting out of the way for a potential Re1-h1 manoeuver as suggested, and also overprotecting d5, just in case, but even then, I can't imagine that white can get something on the h file, as black's queen, rook and king can easily get there if white moves his rooks.
I played it in 2 games against Stockfish.
Me as white against Stockfish level 3 : 1-0
Me as black against Stockfish level 6 : 1-0

In that 2nd game Stockfish won in brilliant style. I'm speechless!

http://en.lichess.org/OAVkW34ty7BN

Note 48.Be5!!

I am not sure where I went wrong, but black's position is far from ideal to defend, esp. with Re6 vs. Re8.

that is astonishing but its above human play,
u really need to think outside the box to make a move like that,
yes maybe the rook e6 e8 needs another type of defence like putting like putting rook on d8 instead of b6 but I dont know,
It may end up on zugwang
let me try to play against stockfish and see what comes

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