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  • #9
  • 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
  • direction.
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  • Rule 4 is ...
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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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  • Kb7.
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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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  • Rule 3 again.
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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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  • White advances the king again.
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  • Black has no choice.
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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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  • This is the only choice.
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  • Now the pawn queens...
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  • And the king runs away.
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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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