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- Getting a pawn down to the 7th rank
- while still retaining the opposition
- is not as easy as it might seem. To
- do this White has to follow 4 rules.
- 1. Move king in front of the pawn.
- 2. Get the opposition and keep it.
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- 3. When the two kings have opposition
- in front of the pawn ...
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- ... and the enemy kings moves left or
- right, ...
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- ... then advance in the opposite
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- Wait as long as possible to advance
- the pawn. This is helpful but
- not always necessary.
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- If White were to somehow lose the
- opposition, then Black could force a
- draw. A good way for White to blow
- this would be to play b3? giving
- Black the opportunity to play Kb6
- with the opposition and a draw.
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- If the king were not in front of his
- own pawn it would be a draw.
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- As a side note: Ka5 is not good
- because now the White king is in a
- perfect position to assist the pawn
- down for a queen. He merely has
- to play b4+ and then use his king to
- escort the pawn.
- ...
- So instead Black will play ...
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- White has opposition again. This
- is much like position #5 because
- White uses the opposition to allow
- his king to slowly advance.
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- Again the king must give ground.
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- Black has been pushed all the way
- back.
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- Rule 2 again. Get and keep
- opposition.
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- Again the king moves out of the way.
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- The king is far enough advanced that
- he can start moving the pawn up.
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- Surprisingly Black has opposition
- here. But by ...
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- ... moving the pawn again White uses
- up a "tempo" and regains the
- opposition.
- Pawns are often kept back to
- act as reserve tempos in case one
- side needs to waste a move to regain
- the opposition by forcing the other
- side to move.
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- Again the king gives ground.
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- Advance the pawn with check.
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- The king retreats into the corner
- hoping that White will err with Kc8
- producing stalemate.
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- The White king is in a perfect
- position to assist the pawn down.
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- But the powerful queen isn't going to
- let him get far. White delivers
- mate. This is such a common
- endgame that I strongly suggest
- setting it up on a real board and
- practicing it until you know it
- well.
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