23 Jun '13 11:50>1 edit
WHITE TO PLAY
Originally posted by robbie carrobieThere is only one winning move for White- all other moves win for Black.
[fen]1k6/1P6/2P5/P7/5ppp/8/6K1/8 b - - 0 1[/fen]
WHITE TO PLAY
Originally posted by Paul Leggettoh its no use , no matter how i shuffle my king around, one of the outside pawns always makes queen! How hard can it be, its a one in six chance for goodness sake.
There is only one winning move for White- all other moves win for Black.
Here's a hint: Black will lose if he is forced into a position where he has to move his king. White's goal is to maneuver his king in such a way that, when Black inevitably moves his pawns, he can place his king in a position to blockade them so that subsequent pawn moves woul ...[text shortened]... d all positions like this become much easier to solve.
2nd EDIT: We need an endgame blog.
Originally posted by SwissGambityes i eventually got it through a process of elimination, King has five moves, all moves on the second rank fail because black will be able to reach a formation and queen a pawn and we cannot stop him. Kf2 ...h3, Kh2 ...f3 and we end up with a formation that is impossible or us to stop, that leaves three moves, Kf1, Kg1 and Kh1. Kf1 ...h3, Kh1 ...f3 and again we are in an formation that is impossible for us to blockade effectively, the only move therefore, after having eliminated all others must be Kg1!! and now if ....g3 then Kf2 and we blockade successfully or eat pawn, or if ...h3 then Kh2 and we blockade successfully or eat pawn, or if ...g3 then Kg2 and again we are successful.
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[Event "Edited position"]
[Date "2013.06.23"]
[Round "-"]
[White "-"]
[Black "-"]
[Result " "]
[FEN "1k6/1P6/2P5/P7/5ppp/8/6K1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
1. Kg1 { ! - it is extremely important to wait and directly blockade any pawn that may advance. If 1.a6? then 1...g3! and white's K must let a P advance to f3 or h3, which is death. } 1... K establishes a direct blockade, it is all over. } 4...Kc7 5.a7 {1-0}
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Originally posted by robbie carrobieoops double post sowwy!
yes i eventually got it through a process of elimination, King has five moves, all moves on the second rank fail because black will be able to reach a formation and queen a pawn and we cannot stop him. Kf2 ...h3, Kh2 ...f3 and we end up with a formation that is impossible for us to stop, that leaves three moves, Kf1, Kg1 and Kh1. Kf1 ...h3, Kh1 ... ...[text shortened]... dn't it be nice to be able to play through branches of variations in the the annotation window.