Originally posted by crazyblue
This position is actually from a real game. I will tell the names of both players, when it is solved.
It's whites turn, but he realized the Black king is too powerful. So he resigned. However he can get draw on a very thin path. The use of a standard procedure which has to be adjusted to the requirements of position, makes this one of my favorite puzzles. 🙂
[fen]8/8/8/p1p5/2P2K2/8/PkP5/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
Are you sure this puzzle is legit? It seems white draws easily after Ke4 Kxc2, so resigning probably wasn't the right choice yet. But after ...Kxa2.................
Edit - Never mind, I was just looking at it here, but once you set up the board it seems the win is quite elementary. Of course, I was wrong once...
[FEN "8/8/8/p1p5/2P2K2/8/PkP5/8 w - - 0 1"]
1.Ke4 Kxa2 2.Kd5 Kb2 3.Kxc5 a4 4.Kd6 a3 5.c5 a2 6.c6 a1=Q 7.c7
And an elementary draw.
Edit- Drawing in such positions involves a stalemate defense as such:
[FEN "8/2PK4/8/8/8/8/8/1kq5 b - - 0 1"]
1...Qd2+ 2.Ke7 Qc3 3.Kd7 Qd4+ 4.Ke7 Qc5+ 5.Kd7 Qd5+ 6.Ke7 Qc6 7.Kd8 Qd6+ 8.Kc8 Kc2 9.Kb8 Qb6+ 10.Ka8
Here taking the pawn gives stalemate, and black cannot make further progress. However, in the original position, white gets an extra pawn. If black refrains from taking it, the above position isn't stalemate, hence black might win. Have to think about it...