White to move. Is this a win, loss or draw for White?
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White to move. Is this a win, loss or draw for White?
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IMHO, a dead draw.
Kg4.
1-0 Kg4
1.Kg4!
… seizing the opposition, wins easily. White wins both enemy pawns. If Black tries to capture White’s d-pawn while White is going after Black’s a-pawn, White plants his king on b7 and his a-pawn has clear sailing.
Anonymous #1 needs to read Silman’s Endgame Course…
oops, I meant martin…
obviously this is a white victory !!
With 1.Kg4 ( taking opposition) Kf6 2.Kf4 (and now black cannot avoid the lose of the d5 pawn)
Yeah, yeah. I saw it the second after I clicked “publish” – that was before I went to the WC or had a my coffee yet this morning.
With 1.Kg4 ( taking opposition) Kf6 2.Kf4 (and now black cannot avoid the lose of the d5 pawn)
All true, as far as it goes. The a-pawns are crucial to the outcome, though — without them, the position is drawn.
Why are the puzzles so easy. We want some hard ones!
Thanks for this puzzle.
It’s a win because the a-pawns are at the midline, and the dpawn is 3 squares behind the c8-h3 diagonal- according to Bahr’s rule. You’d be surprised how many masters even don’t know Bahr’s rule. It is a way to instantaneously determine whether a position with a passed pawn on one side and opposing rook pawns on the other is a win or draw.
1. Kg4 Kf6
2. Kf4 Ke6
3. Kg5 Ke7
4. Kf5 Kd6
5. Kf6 Kd7
6. Ke5 Kc6
7. Ke6 Kc7
8. Kxd5
Now almost any move wins for white…
Gegga
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