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So in the previous blog, we learn OUTSIDE PASSED PAWN Here's the link - https://www.chess.com/blog/Apoorva_rastogi/outside-passed-pawn
NOW TODAY WE GOING TO READ ABOUT STALEMATE HOW STALEMATE SAVES THE LOSING GAMES...
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Stalemate combinations occur in pawn endings much more often than in other endings. This is explained by limited material on the board.
Let's see the first example
Let's see the second example
Stalemate is possible even in the center, as it occurs in the following example.
Black is forced to defend his d7-pawn and white manages to create a stalemate shelter for his king.
1. kb4 kg8
[Or 1..kh7 2. kc5 kh6 3. kd6 kg5 4. kxd7 kxf5 5. kxc6=
1...d6 2. ka5=]
2. kc5 kf7 3. kd6 ke8 4. c5 kd8 5. f6! gxf6 stalemate.
Let's see the third example
Many games have been saved thanks to a stalemate. It seems that after 1. d6 Black is helpless because he will lose the c5-pawn. Nevertheless, he draws thanks to a seemingly minor detail: His pawn is not at a5, but at a6. 1....kf6 2. kxh5 ke6 3. kg5 kxd6 4. kf5 kc6 5. ke5 kb6 6. kd5 ka5! The king has reached a stalemate shelter. 7. kxc5 stalemate.
let's see the third example
Sometimes a saving combination is found only in analysis. The following ending is especially instructive: even a great player has let a draw slip out of his hands.
Chigorin played 1. gxf6? and resigned two moves later, instead of which he could have drawn by 1. kg4 ke4 2. g6! h6
[2...hxg6 does not win either in view of 3. kxf6 f5+ 4. kg5 f4 5. h5 f3
6. h6 gxh6+ 7. kxh6=]
3. kh5, and if 3...kxf5, then stalemate.
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