30 May '05 18:48>
Originally posted by Mephisto2Indeed, that's what I was looking at. It seemed like black could still force the pawn through by moving to e4 or e3 briefly, but after looking at it I can tell white can still force the draw. Thanks for your help Mephisto2.
That is a theoretical draw (after 4.Kxg4 or even Kh4 or Kf4). The black king cannot get in front of his pawn. Black can push the pawn, supported by his king, but the only thing white has to make sure of is that it has to be black's move (i.e. white has the opposition) in the following position:
[fen]8/8/8/8/8/5kp1/8/5K2 b - - 0 13[/fen]
black canno ...[text shortened]... sily e.g.Kg1 g3 and white has only Kh2 allowing black's king to move to f2 and promote the pawn