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easy endgame position, or is it?

easy endgame position, or is it?

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Who is winning? White to move

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black

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Originally posted by onyx2006
black
you sure about that? Care to give a sample line?

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LOL, no, not too sure but hey... it's a 50% chance 😉

Ok, after a another look I think it's a draw if black can keep the white king out. otherwise.... Kd3, Kc5, Ke4, win's for white.

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Originally posted by onyx2006
LOL, no, not too sure but hey... it's a 50% chance 😉
it's an easy counting game...i have faith in you

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Originally posted by Restless Soul
[fen]8/8/p6p/P2k3P/8/8/2K5/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]

Who is winning? White to move
Worked out that getting the opposition (1. Kd3) will allow black to get the pawn on a5 too easily.

I think 1. b3.

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Ok, after a another look I think it's a draw if black can keep the white king out. otherwise.... Kd3, Kc5, Ke4, win's for white.

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white

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Originally posted by lausey
Worked out that getting the opposition (1. Kd3) will allow black to get the pawn on a5 too easily.

I think 1. b3.
1.Kb3 loses to Kc5, since 2.Ka4 Kc4 3.Ka3 Kb5 and white is doing that great anymore

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Originally posted by onyx2006
Ok, after a another look I think it's a draw if black can keep the white king out. otherwise.... Kd3, Kc5, Ke4, win's for white.
black can't keep white out, but who will win the race?

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my beginners analysis- 1. Kb3 making the black K make the long run and white wins because it's promoting pawn is closer after kings take pawns. Interesting because the black king is better centralized and so looks winning at first glance.

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Kd3 wins for white. The key to this position is not blacks king but the placement of whites pawns, while blacks pawns are still on the 6th rank, white are on the 5th, closer to being promoted. After 1.Kd3 Kc3, white queens with the h pawn 1st

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Originally posted by Restless Soul
Kd3 wins for white. The key to this position is not blacks king but the placement of whites pawns, while blacks pawns are still on the 6th rank, white are on the 5th, closer to being promoted. After 1.Kd3 Kc3, white queens with the h pawn 1st
must get me one of those crystal balls. 🙂

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Originally posted by Restless Soul
black can't keep white out, but who will win the race?
I think white wins. 1.Kd3, and black has to decide which wing to attack, if he decides kingside with 1...Ke5, white goes queenside and black can't stop him because after 2...Kd6 white just takes opposition again and pushes black king back.

if black chooses to attack queenside with 1...Kc5, white just goes the other way, liberates his h-pawn 1 tempo later than black his a pawn, but as white pawns are 2 tempos farther advanced, black would queen right after white, but can't because white queen has the promotion square.

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Originally posted by Restless Soul
Kd3 wins for white. The key to this position is not blacks king but the placement of whites pawns, while blacks pawns are still on the 6th rank, white are on the 5th, closer to being promoted. After 1.Kd3 Kc3, white queens with the h pawn 1st
hey, this is correspondence site and you gave us less than an hour before you posted the solution. 🙂