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~~Dutch Defense~~

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06 Oct 07

~~Dutch Defense~~

Stealer of Souls

Waiting for You

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06 Oct 07

ilywrin

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11 Oct 07

A nice stalemate study. Do you know who is the author?

~~Dutch Defense~~

Stealer of Souls

Waiting for You

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13 Oct 07

Originally posted by ilywrin
A nice stalemate study. Do you know who is the author?

nope

tournymangr

not quite sure.help!

Joined: 23 Nov 06
Moves: 2032

13 Oct 07

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would you not just take the f pawn an move it to attack the knight?

inthegreenroom

End Game

Los Angeles

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15 Oct 07

Originally posted by tournymangr
would you not just take the f pawn an move it to attack the knight?

I agree with you...I mean, that's all I see too.

orangutan

ook

hirsute rooster

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15 Oct 07

Originally posted by Dutch Defense
[fen]2k5/2P4K/1P3p2/6p1/6n1/8/5P2/8 w KQkq - 0 1[/fen]

1. Kg6 Nxf2
2. Kxf6 g4
3. Ke7 g3
4. b7+ KxB7
5. Kd7 g2
6. c8=Q+.

The black King is stuck, and the black pawn is too far from promotion - I don't see a win for black here.

orangutan

ook

hirsute rooster

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15 Oct 07

on second thoughts - b7+ is wrong.
Leaving white screwed.

I'm going back to my beer.
Cheers.

~~rubberjaw30~~

Tony, kiss mine!

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17 Oct 07

white draws by marching king to d6, then b6 then Kd7, then promotion, both black and white come out with queens with fastest play from black
1. Kg6 Nxf2
2. Kxf6 g4
3. Ke6 g3
4. Kd6 g2
5. b7+ Kxb7
6. Kd7 g1=Q
7. c8=Q with a book draw K+Q+N vs. K+Q

ilywrin

Joined: 30 Oct 04
Moves: 7813

18 Oct 07

Originally posted by rubberjaw30
white draws by marching king to d6, then b6 then Kd7, then promotion, both black and white come out with queens with fastest play from black
1. Kg6 Nxf2
2. Kxf6 g4
3. Ke6 g3
4. Kd6 g2
5. b7+ Kxb7
6. Kd7 g1=Q
7. c8=Q with a book draw K+Q+N vs. K+Q

Alas this will not work:
1.Kg6? Nxf2 2.Kxf6 g4 3.Ke6 g3 4.Kd6 Nd3! 5. b7+ Kxb7 6.Kd7 Nc5+ 7.Kd8 Ne6+ and Black wins.

Fat Lady

Joined: 21 Feb 06
Moves: 6830

19 Oct 07

Originally posted by ilywrin
A nice stalemate study. Do you know who is the author?

It's from "1234 Modern Endgame Studies" by Harold Lommer.

You can find it online here:
http://www.users.on.net/~farnik/wikicgi/wiki.pl?ModernEndGame
(this one is number 99)

This link gives the first move for White, but the full solution is well worth working out for yourself. As ilywrin stated, it involves a stalemate.