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Date: 19 Mar 2007 13:16:48
From: Tox
Subject: King-Pawn vs King
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White King on e6
White Pawn on f6
Black King on e8
White to move.
This is a drawn game, no?
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Date: 19 Mar 2007 21:27:48
From: CeeBee
Subject: Re: King-Pawn vs King
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"Tox" <[email protected] > wrote in rec.games.chess.analysis:
> White King on e6
> White Pawn on f6
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> Black King on e8
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> White to move.
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> This is a drawn game, no?
Yes.
Remember that the white king has to be in front of the white pawn,
constantly taking the opposition to force the black king out of the way.
As soon as the black king can take the opposition because the white pawn
is too far advanced it's always possible to hide behind the pawn and draw
by stalemate.
If the pawn is on either the a or h-file in principle black is always
always able to draw, unless of course he's out of reach (see square rule)
or he's really playing dumb.
As a sidenote, it is really important to master these basic endgames. I
often read messages from people who are talking about move 26...Nf6 being
refuted in the dingdongvariation of the clipperdyclap subvariation of the
spanish in the afterhand, while at the same time they have no idea how to
_end_ a game with a simple extra pawn. It stresses how important mastering
endgames is before mastering an extensive opening repertoire.
Good luck.
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CeeBee
*** entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem ***
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Date: 19 Mar 2007 21:36:10
From: CeeBee
Subject: Re: King-Pawn vs King
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CeeBee <[email protected] > wrote in rec.games.chess.analysis:
> Remember that the white king has to be in front of the white pawn,
> constantly taking the opposition to force the black king out of the
> way. As soon as the black king can take the opposition because the
> white pawn is too far advanced it's always possible to hide behind the
> pawn and draw by stalemate.
I forgot one important addition: the king must also be in front of the
pawn because he has to secure the promotion square of the pawn, like:
(White Ke1, pawn e2, Black Ke8 white to move)
1.Kd2 Kd7 2.Kd3 Kd6 3.Kd4 taking opposition Ke6 4.Ke4 Kd6 5.Kf5 pushing
black back and coming closer to e8 Ke7 6.Ke5 Kf7 7.Kd6 again Ke8 8.e4 Kd8
9.e5 Ke8 10.Ke6 and the black king is forced away so Kd8 and 11.Kf7 again
and e8 is secure, the pawn can walk through.
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CeeBee
*** entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem ***
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