Endgame study

white to move



Can white resolve the problem of black's passed a-pawn?

From an 1885 study by J. Fernandez.

E4 E5 onwards to E8. For every black King move, the white king moves towards the A file black pawn to stop it. If no black King moves occur, the white pawn on the E file gets there first, and has the King in check, but in any case ends up with more material.
Baron Turner of ChessBaron UK

Nice. Self-burial.

Originally posted by Mephisto2
Nice. Self-burial.

Originally posted by Wulebgr
Is that your solution, or a comment on the other poster?

Originally posted by Mephisto2
My solution. The other poster's doesn't work: the e-pawn and the king cannot move simultaneously. White's peace (after e4 -> e8 and capture) is on h4.

Originally posted by Wulebgr
yep. the study is a work of beauty.

Originally posted by RahimK
I love that one. I bet ya, he planned it all, because if black has one tempo more it would be checkmate!

Kg3, Kh4, g3 shutting the door to white's house.

Originally posted by Wulebgr
1.Kg3 fails

white must create a threat that forces black to eliminate the e-pawn first.