Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 16:35:02 11/23/00
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On November 23, 2000 at 18:02:15, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 23, 2000 at 05:45:03, Andreas Stabel wrote: > >>On November 23, 2000 at 05:25:43, Shanti wrote: >> >>>Hi >>> >>>Just to complete the picture the b pawn will be catch by the black king (b6 kd7 >>>b7 kc7) but then white uses the king side to force a queen. Black is one move >>>short since after b8=Q Kxb8 white will queen with a check. >>> >>>Shanti >> >>I don't understand this. >>After the moves 1. d5 exd5 2. exd5 cxd5 3. a5 bxa5 4. b5 axb5 5. cxb5 Ke7 >>6. b6 Kd7 7. b7 Kc7 8. b8=Q+ Kxb8 you get the following position: >>[D]1k6/8/3p1ppp/p2p4/5PPP/8/8/5K2 w - - 0 9 >> >>It is not possible to force a queen on the king side here or ... ??? >> >>Regards >>Andreas Stabel > > >white plays g6. If you play hxg6 then white plays f6. If you play fxg6 then >white plays h6. This is called "the sneaker" in chess ending books. White >loses a pawn, but queens first. Of course, you mean 9.g5 rather then 9.g6, but unfortunately 9.g5 fxg5 10.h5 gxh5 11.f5 Kc8 and the Black King is in the square of the pawn. White must hold off on Queening the b-pawn until he ready to queen a pawn on the K-side, otherwise the Black King is free to return to the K-side and foil White's plan. This is dealt with in more detail by someone else in another part of this thread.
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