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Subject: A couple of pawn endgames

Author: Simon Finn

Date: 08:37:02 10/13/01



Here's a couple of test-positions I composed today.
Let me know if they're wrong!

[D]2k5/p6p/2PK4/8/7p/7P/P7/8 w - - bm c7;

The winning plan is to exhaust Black's pawn moves,
capture the Black a-pawn (on a3), then head for
the king-side and promote the h-pawn.

White's a-pawn must stay on a2 - if it moves,
the Black king gets back to f8 in time to stop
the h-pawn queening.


[D]8/p7/2k4p/7p/1KP4p/P6P/8/8 b - - bm Kd7;

The h-pawns are just to avoid over-reliance on databases.

The natural 1...Kb6 loses after 2. a4 Kc6 3. a5

Simon



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