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This happens in pawn endings and has something to do with the opposition but I am having trouble with it can someone explain it to me better.

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Does anyone even know what "Sister Squares" are? no sarcastic remarks alowed or aloud.

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There have been several threads on this (but I can't find them right now). Here is one link that should give an idea:

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mueller38.pdf

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Originally posted by tomtom232
no sarcastic remarks alowed or aloud.
damnit.

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In the diagram below, the squares c5 and e6 are corresponding squares. In this case they are "mined squares". Neither king wishes to move to its respective mined square, for then the enemy king will move to the corresponding square and the first will face execution.



source: Mark Dvoretsky, Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual, p. 18.

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Originally posted by Wulebgr
In the diagram below, the squares c5 and e6 are corresponding squares. In this case they are "mined squares". Neither king wishes to move to its respective mined square, for then the enemy king will move to the corresponding square and the first will face execution.

[fen]8/8/1k1p4/3P1K2/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]

source: Mark Dvoretsky, Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual, p. 18.
I guess I wasn't specific enough. I know what sister squares are its just in a complicated endgame I can't find all the sister squares. In fact I lost an OTB endgame that I could have drawn had I been able to find all the sister squares.