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Complex Endgame Zugzwang

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This is a position I reached in a rapid (16+0) game on playchess (I was white):



Black to move.

Zugzwang!

Here is the full game with my annotation:

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What if black just plays h5?

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Originally posted by prosoccer
What if black just plays h5?
My king is a very agile dancer, able to outlast all of blacks pawns, as you see in the game.

AKA, Kf2-Kg1-Kf2 until black runs out of pawn moves.

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Originally posted by prosoccer
What if black just plays h5?
here is just one line white can play:

1...h5 2.b4 b5 3.Kf2 h4 4.Ke3 a5 5.bxa5 b4 6.Kd4 Ba6 7.Ra7 Be2 8.a6 +-

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Great stuff! 25. f4 must have felt pretty darn good to play. How long before that did you see it coming?

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Originally posted by Meadows
Great stuff! 25. f4 must have felt pretty darn good to play. How long before that did you see it coming?
I saw that his position was completely crippled after Nb5, but I couldn't see (or force!) Zugzwang. Even with White's improvements, though, I still have an amazing(ly won) position.

It felt GREAT!

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