KKt RKR if RB RXPch KR RKtch RR KKt RRch K B RRch KK RRch
8 K Q3, R KKt5 9 P Kt6, R Kt8 and White cannot win because there is no haven in the neighborhood of the Pawns. The only win for White besides those mentioned comes after 2 R Q3 instead of 2 R Kt3 3 K B7 , R - Q2ch 4 K K6, R R2 5 P Kt6 and now7 that the stalemate threat is lifted White wins 5 R Rl 6 K B5, K Kt2 7 R B7ch, K Rl 8 K Kt5, R R4ch 9 R B5 , R Rl 10 K R6, R R3 11 R B8 mate.
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1938 , White K at KKtl, B at QKt2, P's at QR4, QKt3, K5, KB2, KKt3, KR2 Black K at KKtl, B at K2, P's at QR2, QKt5, Q4, KB2, KKt2, KR2. White wins because the Black Q-side Pawns are weak and because he has a Pawn majority on the K-side. The game continued 1 P B4, P B3 2 B Q4, P QR3 3 K B2, K B2 4K K3, PXP 5 BXP, P Kt3 6 K Q4, K K3 7 P Kt4 White is simply ignoring the Black QP and is proceeding as though he had an outside passed Pawn , B Ql 8 P B5ch, PXP 9 PXPch, KXP 10 KXP, K Kt5 11 B Q6, P QR4...
Pch KR KBl KtB KR KtKtch KR KBl PKt KB PR KtK PK KtBl P Ktch KtXP mate
When the Pawns are disconnected they can be checked by the Knight only if they are one, two or three files apart. The outcome then depends on the relative King positions. WTith the Black King anywhere near the Pawns a draw is inevitable with the Black King far away and the White King near the Pawns the Knight cannot hold back the tide. Two examples will suffice here. In No. 107 White to move draws by 1 Kt B3, P Kt7 2 Kt Ktl not 2 K K6, P K7 3 K B5, P Kt8 Q 4 KtXQ, P Kt8 Q , K B2 3 K K6, K B3 4...
BASIC CHESS ENDINGS Kuj
succeed in capturing at least one Pawn to begin with, and then winding up with a R 2P vs. R ending. The process is 1 R R6. Any Pawn sacrifice would be futile a 1 P B5 2 PXP, P R5 3 P R7, R R8 4 P B5, R R7 4 K B2 5 R R8 or 4 K R3 5 R R8ch 5 P B6ch, K B2 or 5 KXP 6 R B8ch, or 5 K R2 6 P B7 6 R R8, RXP 7 R R7ch. b 1 P R5 2 PXP, P B5 3 P R7, K R2 or 3____R R8 4 P R3 4 K Bl, P B6 5 K Kl, K Kt2 6 K Ql, K R2 6 RXP 7 R Kt8 or 7 R Kt8ch 7 K Bl, K Kt2 8 K Ktl, R R3 9 K B2, K R2 10 K Q3, K Kt2 11 K K4, R...
Tin Chess Strategy
4. A Protected Passed Pawn 423 5. Qualitative Pawn Majority 424 c. Better King Position 430 2, One King Is Nearer The Vital Pawns 431 Chapter VII. ROOKS AND MINOR PIECES 441 i. rook and knight vs. rook and knight or bishop 441 ii. rook and bishop vs. rook and bishop or knight 442 b. Positional Advantage 447 hi. rook vs. two minor pieces 450 b. The Player With The Two Pieces Is One Or More Pawns Ahead 454 C. The Player With The Rook Is One Or More Pawns iv. three pieces vs. two rooks 460 v. the...