Yep
The Process of Decision Making in Chess Volume 2: Practice positions and solutions. Position 10.6
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Jun 30, 2018
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No...I cannot see how white can promote his pawn, while defending black from not promoting their pawn. Drawn game
Ouch!! ... My brain.. a challenge indeed
I think it changes due to the white king being able to reach the pawn on d5 from queening, then he could use the h pawn as a decoy and try to queen his e pawn. So maybe interfering with the queen trying to get to a king and pawn endgame should be a good decision.
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Jun 30, 2018
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Cani77 wrote:
I think it changes due to the white king being able to reach the pawn on d5 from queening, then he could use the h pawn as a decoy and try to queen his e pawn. So maybe interfering with the queen trying to get to a king and pawn endgame should be a good decision.
Have a good day
@Can77 What if black doesn't move his pawns?
cheeseplease escribió:
Cani77 wrote:
I think it changes due to the white king being able to reach the pawn on d5 from queening, then he could use the h pawn as a decoy and try to queen his e pawn. So maybe interfering with the queen trying to get to a king and pawn endgame should be a good decision.
Have a good day
@Can77 What if black doesn't move his pawns?
If black doesn't move his pawns then we could try to queen our pawn, but black pawn is a protected passed pawn so It'd be a draw i think.
Thank you for your comment.
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Blocking with the Queen does not allow black a perpetual check because the Queen checks the black king from g4.
If the black pawn is on d5 the white King can capture it before it queens.
Yeah, I realised xDD
nope the black king can block the pawn and the black pawn is protected enought by the c pawn that it reaches the promotion
atrolhavecome escribió:
nope the black king can block the pawn and the black pawn is protected enought by the c pawn that it reaches the promotion
The black king WILL reach the pawn but afterwards the white king can get the opposition and still be in the promotion square, that'd be a draw.
If black tried to sacrifice the d pawn and get to and endgame with the c pawn, they would get in another drawn position.
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Diagram 10.6- white has a choice, move the king away from the check or interfere with the queen, forcing a transition to king and pawn endgame. Quick calculation shows that black wins the arising pawn race, white will never be able to queen. Therefore, based on the pawn structure we are able to make a decision that keeps the position equal.
Challenge: would the solution change if the b5 pawn was on d5 instead?