K+P+P vs. K

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blagy

Endgames where one side has a king and two pawns against a lone king are almost always wins--if you play the pawns correctly. This is the technique.

 

This works even if your pawns are two files apart.
Krish30
Zug wrote:

Wow!  Thanks for the technique lesson.

 


 i agreeFrown

mattattack99

Are you serious???? Are you saying that to win you need to play correctly???? I am so shocked... Please share more of your wisdom!Undecided

Krish30

just get your king in front of your pawns just the same if you had one pawn but much easier
blagy

I'm sorry guys! There'll be more!

mattattack99

I think I speak for Chess.com when I say, "Please, No more! I'm begging You!"

LiquidEggProduct

I heard it's also a win if you play the King correctly.

blagy
Krish30 wrote:

 

just get your king in front of your pawns just the same if you had one pawn but much easier

My technique is what to do if your king was far away!

blagy
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Redvii

You guys be nice! Cry

It's certainty useful to someone and gets extra points for not being posted in the GCD board.

PsychoMath
mattattack99 wrote:

I think I speak for Chess.com when I say, "Please, No more! I'm begging You!"


I second that motion.

dev13

I liked the technique but I don't know why people hate it

feyterman

i learnt something, im 2200 rated here on chess.com, with a Tactics trainers rating of 2544

WanderingWinder

Moving the king over essentially always works as well, no matter how far away it is (unless of course, your opponent has the chance to take a pawn to move into K+P v K which is very very very rare). These kinds of endgames have LOTS of ways to win.

You should also note that the pawns cannot support each other with exactly two files between them.

The trickiest K+2 v K situations are those in which a) the pawns are doubled (some cases here it's even a draw!) or the situations where the weaker side has some stalemating tricks in and around the corner.

Spiffe
blagy wrote:

Endgames where one side has a king and two pawns against a lone king are almost always wins--if you play the pawns correctly. This is the technique.


This was the COMPLETE original post, which is why some of the early responders were ridiculing it.  It has since been edited to add much more value.

Redvii
Spiffe wrote:
blagy wrote:

Endgames where one side has a king and two pawns against a lone king are almost always wins--if you play the pawns correctly. This is the technique.


This was the COMPLETE original post, which is why some of the early responders were ridiculing it.  It has since been edited to add much more value.


Ah! - everything makes much more sense now.

mattattack99
Redvii wrote:
Spiffe wrote:
blagy wrote:

Endgames where one side has a king and two pawns against a lone king are almost always wins--if you play the pawns correctly. This is the technique.


This was the COMPLETE original post, which is why some of the early responders were ridiculing it.  It has since been edited to add much more value.


Ah! - everything makes much more sense now.


See? I'm not Crazy.