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Classic win for White. White wants to swing the king around the far side of the pawns and use the extra pawn to gain opposition. Lots of excursions, but here is a sample.
1. Kb3 Kb7
2. Kc3 Kc7
3. Kd4 Kd6
4. b5 Kc7
5. Ke5
Now, with the opposition and the ownership of c6, White maneuvers against b6 for an easy win. (We all know the following sequence, right?)
5. … Kd7
6. Kd5 Kc7
7. Ke6 Kbc8
8. Kd6 Kb7
9. Kd7 Ka8
10. Kc6 Kb8
11. Kxb6
Now, whichever way the Black king steps (a8 or c8), White goes the other way (c7 or a7) to escort the pawn.
Win for whites…
Easy draw.
White wins, but he has to circle his king back around to the d-file, then push the b-pawn when Black takes the opposition.
easy win for whites!
It seems like a win for white.
White transfers the king to d4.
Black keeps the opposition with Kd6 (after ..b5 c5 white wins simply in any position).
Then white plays b5 and on Kc7 – Ke5! (or on Ke6-c5)
after Kd7 Kd5 Kc7 Ke6 white wins.
It’s a win for white but by no means easy. I doubt a GM could win this against tablebases! It features a seemingly pointless pawn sacrifice down the line.
No way I could ever solve that.
White wins after taking the king to d4 and pushing b5 in order to mess with Black’s tempos and square control.