White To play - What Result?

Win.
1.h4 kc7 2.h5 Kb6! 3.h6 ka5 4.h7 a6 5.h8N!! b6 6.Ng6 fg 7.f7 g5 8.f8Q+ -

Originally posted by ilywrin
Win.
1.h4 kc7 2.h5 Kb6! 3.h6 ka5 4.h7 a6 5.h8N!! b6 6.Ng6 fg 7.f7 g5 8.f8Q+ -

Good attempt, but Black can play 5. Kb6

then 6.Nxf7 surely wins, for 6...Ka5 is met by 7.Nd8 + -

Originally posted by ilywrin
then 6.Nxf7 surely wins, for 6...Ka5 is met by 7.Nd8 + -

Quite right, which is why Black doesn't play that!
But instead plays 6...Kc7, giving the position below:

Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDER
Quite right, which is why Black doesn't play that!
But instead plays 6...Kc7, giving the position below:

[fen]8/1pk2N2/p4P2/1p6/1p6/1P6/8/1K6 w[/fen]

Ah, very well then (I should have seen that 🙁 )
7.Ng5! Kd7 8.f7 Ke7 9.Ne6! Kxf7 10.Nd8+ Ke7 11.Nxb7 and wins for 11...Ke6 (d7) is met by 12.Nc5+ and 13.Nxa6 🙄. Hopefully, I've got it this time.

Originally posted by ilywrin
Ah, very well then (I should have seen that 🙁 )
7.Ng5! Kd7 8.f7 Ke7 9.Ne6! Kxf7 10.Nd8+ Ke7 11.Nxb7 and wins for 11...Ke6 (d7) is met by 12.Nc5+ and 13.Nxa6 🙄. Hopefully, I've got it this time.

But what is
10.........Kf6
11.Nxb7 Ke5
met by?

.

Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDER
But what is
10.........Kf6
11.Nxb7 Ke5
met by?

.

This is why I hate endgame studies...you never know when you're done.

I give up 🙁.

How about

1.h4 Kc7 2.h5 Kb6 3.h6 Ka5 4.h7 a6 5.h8N Kb6 6.Nxf7 Kc6 7.Nxd8+ Kd7 8.Nxb7 Ke8 (Ke6 9.Nc5+ wins faster) 9.Nc5 a5 10.Nb7 a4 11.Nd6+ Kf8 12.Nxb5 a3 13.Nxa3 bxa3 14.Ka2 Kf7 15.Kxa3 Kxf6 16. Kb4 +/- the white pawn cannot be stopped.

Originally posted by ilywrin
Ah, very well then (I should have seen that 🙁 )
7.Ng5! Kd7 8.f7 Ke7 9.Ne6! Kxf7 10.Nd8+ Ke7 11.Nxb7 and wins for 11...Ke6 (d7) is met by 12.Nc5+ and 13.Nxa6 🙄. Hopefully, I've got it this time.

7.Ng5!? (I would prefer 7.Ne5) Kd7 f7 Ke7, and then NOT 9.Ne6?, because then you won't have a win anymore: 9. ...Kxf7 10. Nd8+ Kf6 11. Nxb7 Ke5 12. Kc2 Kd5 13. Kd3 Kc6 14. Nd8+ Kd5 15. Nb7 Kc6 etc

but: 9.Kc2! a5 10. Kb1 Kf8 11. Kb2 a4 12. Kb1 a3 13. Ne6+! Kxf7 14. Nc5 Ke7 15. Ka2 Kd6 16. Nd3! Kd5 17. Nxb4+ Kc5 18. Kxa3 Kb6 19. Nd5+ etc

Originally posted by Mephisto2
How about

1.h4 Kc7 2.h5 Kb6 3.h6 Ka5 4.h7 a6 5.h8N Kb6 6.Nxf7 Kc6

Black plays 6....Kc7

Originally posted by schakuhr

but: 9.Kc2! a5 10. Kb1 Kf8 11. Kb2 a4

White is not forced to play 11.....a4
He can just shuffle his king between e7 and c8.