diagram 1 Antsigin - N. Zhuravliov USSR 1952
White to move.
White resigned here in drawn position!
diagram 2 Berger - Mason Breslau 1889
White to move
White played here 1. Ke4?? and lost the drawn position
diagram 3 I. Rogers - E. Levi Canberra 1996
Black to move.
Black played here 1. ... b5?? and lost the drawn game.
In diagram one, you just make sure to keep the black king boxed in and you can't lose
ReplyDelete1. Kf2 2.Kh1 Kf1 If he pushes the pawn you take it, otherwise just keep the opposition and don't let the Black King grab g1.
Is there something I am missing? This looks too simple. How could a GM possibly foul this up? What am I missing?
Funky, you are missing the fact that Stalin told White to give black the full point.
ReplyDeleteFunky, apparently he only considered Kxf3.
ReplyDeleteBDK, LOL
ReplyDeleteThose first two are pretty easy, but the third takes awhile to calculate. I figured Black had to immediately threaten to run to the corner and that forced White to take appropriate measures. It's a little more work to realize that in that move White takes his King out of the Black pawn's "square".
ReplyDeleteNice examples.
King, you are right. Black must step in the square of the the white pawn. Both 1.Kd7 or 1.Kd6 will do the job.
ReplyDelete1.Kd8 is forbidden, because in that case white queens with check in the remaining pawn race.