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      [Next]
  • Although it had to be proven to me,
  • White has a won endgame here.
  •  The idea is that the 3 white
  • pawns on the queenside can stop the 4
  • black pawns on the queenside.
  •  Meanwhile the white king will
  • assist his pawn majority on the
  • kingside until he can create a passed
  • pawn that will win.
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      [Next]
  • Prepares to advance the king.
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      [Next]
  • Black would like to mobilize his
  • queenside pawns.
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      [Next]
  • This is the critical move! By moving
  • the pawn now (and not before) White
  • stops the black pawns and locks out
  • the enemy king.
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      [Next]
  • The king tries to stop the advance of
  • the enemy pawns.
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      [Next]
  • The king advances.
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      [Next]
  • So does the black king.
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      [Next]
  • White wants to play f4 eventually.
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      [Next]
  • Black hopes to use his king and pawn
  • together to stop the White pawn
  • majority.
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      [Next]
  • Drive the king back.
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      [Next]
  • He retreats.
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      [Next]
  • The king goes here to support an f4
  • advance.
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      [Next]
  • Black advances on the queenside.
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      [Next]
  • f4 advances.  It would be a
  • mistake for Black to take because of
  • Kxf4 and then g4 produces a passed
  • pawn on the h file.
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      [Next]
  • It does Black no good to take the
  • pawn on c4 because he would tripple
  • his pawns and have no hope of
  • creating a passed pawn.
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      [Next]
  • It is necessary to get rid of the
  • pawn defending g5.
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      [Next]
  • Recaptures.
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      [Next]
  • Marches over to advance the queenside
  • pawns.
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      [Next]
  • Black bides his time.
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      [Next]
  • Advance!
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      [Next]
  • Black bides his time.  White
  • could win with g5 now, but the pawns
  • on the kingside lock him out so he
  • would have to march his king over to
  • the queenside to win.  (Even if
  • Black plays a5 and a4, White can
  • still penetrate the queenside by
  • playing the king to b2 and then
  • playing c3.)
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      [Next]
  • Captures.  Now White has a passed
  • h4 pawn.  A passed pawn is one
  • that can not be stopped by
  • other pawns.
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      [Next]
  • Recaptures.
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      [Next]
  • Defends.
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      [Next]
  • Running out of moves.
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      [Next]
  • Advance.
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      [Next]
  • For the next few moves White will
  • force the king closer to the back
  • rank.
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      [Next]
  • ...
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  • ...
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      [Next]
  • ...
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      [Next]
  • ...
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      [Next]
  • ...
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      [Next]
  • ...
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      [Next]
  • ...
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      [Next]
  • ...
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      [Next]
  • ...
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      [Next]
  • ...
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      [Next]
  • ...
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      [Next]
  • ...
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      [Next]
  • Now the king goes for the enemy
  • pawns.
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      [Next]
  • Black has to take this pawn.
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      [Next]
  • Got it.
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      [Next]
  • Black has to take this pawn.
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      [Next]
  • Now the White king is in perfect
  • position to assist the pawn to a
  • queen.
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