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Originally Posted by YouKnowWho
I am playing this for a win as white 100% of time, and taking a draw as black 100% of the time.
Computer evaluation does not matter to me at all in this instance, because in a practical OTB play black can win this maybe 5% of the time, lose 35% or so and draw the rest.
110% agree. Connected passed pawns absolutely destroy rooks nearly every single time.
In a more specific sense, this position is stacked against black as much as possible. White's connected passers are on the opposite side of the board from black's king and also supported by white's king. In addition, black has no passed pawn and it will take a long time to create one. Actually, black will never get the chance because he will be too busy trying to stop the white pawns.
The more I talk about it, the more I think this position might already be completely lost for black. I bet a computer with error-less defense could save it, but like YouKnowWho mentioned, in a practical setting black wins this at most 5% of the time.