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  • #6
  • At position #6 it was stated that if
  • White has to move here then he must
  • retreat.  But where should he go
  • to?
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  • Note that moving just straight back
  • like this loses the game.  Now
  • Black can play ...
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  • Ke5 gaining the opposition and
  • forcing White to move left or right.
  •  Black will advance his king to
  • the other side and win like the
  • following ...
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  • ... position which is a win for
  • Black.
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  • #6
  • So at position #6 where should
  • White move to?
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  • Moving to c3 or e3 first ...
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  • ... will allow ...
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  • ... the king to regain the opposition
  • and force Black to retreat.  Note
  • that White chose to take 2 moves to
  • get his king to the d3 square instead
  • of just doing it in 1 move.  In
  • effect he was trying to lose his turn
  • to move so that he can force the
  • Black king to retreat.  This
  • process moving from d4 to c3 and then
  • to d3 is called
  • triangulation because
  • the king has formed a triangle by
  • moving through 3 squares.
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  • With Black to move he will have to do
  • the same thing if he wants to hold a
  • draw.
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  • The king advances.   There isn't
  • time to try to penetrate by way of
  • the h-file.
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  • Now Black has done the same
  • triangulation to force the White king
  • back.  Neither side can make any
  • progress so the game is a draw
  • (tie).
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