Black to move. How should black proceed? Please do not post a 1-2 move answer. Work it out.
This was a game which took place in round 5 of 2020 British Women’s Championship.
Endgame Improvement
Black to move. How should black proceed? Please do not post a 1-2 move answer. Work it out.
This was a game which took place in round 5 of 2020 British Women’s Championship.
1 fxg4 hxg4 2. g6. White has to worry about stopping the f pawn and preventing BK from getting to b2, which is too much for the lone WK
1 .. fxg4 2. hxg4 g6 3. f5 gxf5 4. gxf5 h5 wins
1 .. fxg4 2. hxg4 g6 3. g5 h5 4. f5 gxf5 5. g6 Ke6 6. g7 Kf7 7. g8Q Kxg8 8. Kf4 h4 9. Kf3 h3 10. Kg3 Kg7
11. Kxh3 Kf6 wins
The idea is to lock all white’s pawns so his King will need to move away from his pawns. At which point you move in and eat them and create pass pawns. Your pass pawns will be faster than
any white creates. If white decides to defend
with his King, you create multiple pass pawn that support each other and use your King to attack the other side of the board. You can’t defend two side of the boards at once.
1. … g6
2. g5 h5
3. h4 Kc5
4. Kd2 Kd4
5. Kc2 Ke4
6. Kc3 Kxf4
7. Kb4 Kg4
8. Kxb5 f4
9. a4 f3
10.a5 f2
11. a6 f1=Q
12. a7 Qh1