#1 White to move. Is this a win or draw for White?
8/8/1p3k2/p1p5/P1P2K2/8/1P6/8 w – – 0 1
#2 White to move. Is this a win or draw for White?
8/8/1p3k2/p1p5/2P2K2/P7/1P6/8 w – – 0 1
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Must know endgames
Win win
#1
1. Ke4 Ke6
2. b3 Kd6
3. Kf5 Kc7
4. Ke5 Kc8
5. Kd6 Kb7
6. Kd7 Ka7
7. Kc7 Ka6
8. Kc6 Ka7
9. Kb5 Kb6 with a draw, it appears to me
Yancey said:
1. Ke4 Ke6
2. b3 Kd6
3. Kf5 Kc7
4. Ke5 Kc8
5. Kd6 Kb7
6. Kd7 Ka7
7. Kc7 Ka6
8. Kc6 Ka7
9. Kb5 Kb6 with a draw
I think instead after
7. Kc7 Ka6
8 Kb8 puts black in zugzwang
a4 wins
I think you are correct. It never occurred to me to force the black king through b5. Am drinking just a little too much for endgame analysis.
draw, draw, with vertical and diagonal opposition
“Am drinking just a little too much for endgame analysis.”
Yancy! You must share with the rest of the class! Da!?
draw in first, win for white in second diagram with second tempo… with 1.a4 to start.
You push blacks king in the corner, I.E. K-a7/K-a6. When the king is on a7
you push your pawn to A4 he goes Ka6 only move, your king goes to g8. And hes forced to move b5? and black is lost. And thanks Susan for this wonderful lesson.
In both games, if White plays e4, Black must play e6 to protect the pawn positions. If Black plays any other move besides e6, White should play d5 and black is screwed.
As long as White doesn’t back off the 4 rank, White can do no worse than a draw.
The statement is that these are “must know endgames”. Us pawn types would love to hear from the mental prowess of the benevolent poster.