King + Pawn vs King
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[Event "EndGames"] [Site "www.masterchessopenings.com"] [Date "2015.01.04"] [Round "0"] [White "King + Pawn"] [Black "King"] [FEN "2k5/8/8/8/8/8/2P5/2K5 w - - 0 1"] 1.Kd2 (1.Kb2 { also wins }) (1.c4 { leads to draw! } Kc7 2.Kc2 Kd6 3.Kc3 Kc5 4.Kd3 Kc6 5.Kd4 Kd6 6.c5+ Kc6 7.Kc4 Kc7 8.Kd5 Kd7 9.c6+ Kc7 10.Kc5 Kc8 11.Kd6 Kd8 12.c7+ Kc8 13.Kc6 { Stalemate and draw! }) (1.c3 { leads to draw! } Kc7 2.Kc2 Kd6 3.Kd3 Kd5 4.c4+ Kc5 5.Kc3 Kc6 6.Kd4 Kd6 7.c5+ Kc6 8.Kc4 Kc7 9.Kd5 Kd7 10.c6+ Kc7 11.Kc5 Kc8 12.Kd6 Kd8 13.c7+ Kc8 14.Kc6 { Stalemate and draw! } (14.Kd5 Kxc7 { Draw due to insufficient material! })) 1...Kc7 { Even from here any pawn move leads to draw! } 2.Kd3 (2.c4 { Leads to draw! } Kd6 3.Kd3 Kc5 4.Kc3 Kc6 5.Kd4 Kd6 6.c5+ Kc6 7.Kc4 Kc7 8.Kd5 Kd7 9.c6+ Kc7 10.Kc5 Kc8 11.Kd6 Kd8 12.c7+ { draw to follow! }) (2.c3 { Leads to draw! } Kd6 3.c4 Ke6 4.Kc3 Kd6 5.Kd4 Kc6 6.c5 Kc7 7.Kd5 Kd7 8.c6+ Kc7 9.Kc5 Kc8 10.Kd6 Kd8 11.c7+ { draw to follow! }) 2...Kd6 { Even from here any pawn move leads to draw! } 3.Kd4 { direct opposition with a single square in between forcing the opponent's King to give way. Opposition can be gained from a distance with odd number of squares between the Kings. } Kc6 4.Kc4 Kd6 { must give way } 5.Kb5 { entering inside } Kc7 6.Kc5 { opposition again } Kd7 7.c3 (7.c4 { leads to draw! } Kc7 8.Kd5 Kd7 9.c5 Kc7 10.c6 Kc8 11.Kd6 Kd8 12.c7+ Kc8 13.Kc6 { Stalemate and draw! Other King moves could not have supported the pawn and losing the pawn will result in draw due to insufficient material. }) 7...Kc7 8.c4 { Moving the pawn in two instalments! Why? } (8.Kd4 { leads to draw! } Kd6 9.Kc4 Kc6 { Now it is the Black king to win opposition } 10.Kd4 Kd6 11.c4 Kc6 12.c5 Kc7 13.Kd5 Kd7 14.c6+ Kc7 15.Kc5 Kc8 16.Kd6 Kd8 17.c7+ { draw to follow }) 8...Kd7 9.Kb6 { gaining entry to control promoting square. } Kc8 10.Kc6 Kd8 11.Kd6 Kc8 { controlling the promoting square. } 12.c5 (12.Kc5 { leads to draw! } Kc7 { gaining opposition! } 13.Kd5 Kd7 14.c5 Kc7 15.c6 Kc8 16.Kd6 Kd8 17.c7+ Kc8 { draw next move either due to stalemate or insufficient material. } 18.Kc6 { draw! } (18.Ke7 Kxc7 { draw! })) (12.Kc5 { leads to draw! } Kc7 { winning opposition } 13.Kd5 Kd7 14.c5 Kc7 15.c6 Kc8 16.Kd6 Kd8 17.c7+ { drawing soon! }) 12...Kd8 13.c6 Kc8 14.c7 { Now the Black King must get out of there! } Kb7 15.Kd7 { Controlling the promoting square! } Kb6 16.c8=Q { And wins! } *
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Players
WhiteKing + Pawn
BlackKing
Game
Moves16
Opening
Result
DateJanuary 04, 2015
Tags
Tournament
TournamentEndGames
Locationwww.masterchessopenings.com
Round0