diagram 1 |
Here you have to be very carefull, the minutest slip means a draw here.
First we have to redefine the goals of both sides.
The goal for white is pretty obvious:
The pawn must promote and the white king must keep the road to promotion clear.
White needs at least 7 moves for that.
Black must conquer the pawn. The most logical place is to intercept the pawn is at g8, which is allready under attack by the rook. This means that the rook is already standing well, this means that the black king must head for h7 or f7. h7 can be reached in 8 moves while f7 can be reached in 5 moves.
The following moves the main goals continue to be the same for both sides, but tactically every position needs a redefinition of the method to go further. White can make the road of black towards blacks goals longer, but he needs to invest tempi himself in order to do so. As long as the extra tempi on both sides don't tip the balance, black continues to be fine. In diagram 1 both 1. ... Kd3 and 1. ... Kc3 (surprisingly!) brings black closer to his goal.
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Black to move. 6. ... Rf8+ squeezes the white king from the f-line so that the black king can approach the white pawn.
White to move. It's over. 7.Kg7 allows to squeeze the white king further by Ke7 while after 7.Kg5 the black king simply approaches the pawn. Both moves increase the amount of tempi white needs to reach his goal while the amount of black's tempi diminishes.
You see that play becomes critical when both sides need about the same amount of tempi to reach their goals. When that amount is far off balance, play is simple and straightforward.
You are doing it wrong, I think that it is rather simpler than that. You just have to centralise king to f3, than rook to e4, pawn to f4 and advance on the kingside. White does not have any real counter play. It is really easy. In a nutshell,kill the pawn, don't draw, but win.
ReplyDeletez.
Great post, easy way to think about these kinds of positions.
ReplyDeleteMe being stupid, I would like to know the answer: how to win?
ReplyDeleteFor instance:
1.Kg7 Ke7
2.Kh7 Kf6
3.g7 Rg7
4.Kh8 Rxg7
white is stalemated.
Me being stupid, I would like to know the answer: how to win?
ReplyDeleteFor instance:
1.Kg7 Ke7
2.Kh7 Kf6
3.g7 Rg7
4.Kh8 Rxg7
white is stalemated.
Me being stupid, I would like to know the answer: how to win?
ReplyDeleteFor instance:
1.Kg7 Ke7
2.Kh7 Kf6
3.g7 Rg7
4.Kh8 Rxg7
white is stalemated.
Me being stupid, I would like to know the answer: how to win?
ReplyDeleteFor instance:
1.Kg7 Ke7
2.Kh7 Kf6
3.g7 Rg7
4.Kh8 Rxg7
white is stalemated.
Me being stupid, I would like to know the answer: how to win?
ReplyDeleteFor instance:
1.Kg7 Ke7
2.Kh7 Kf6
3.g7 Rg7
4.Kh8 Rxg7
white is stalemated.
1.Kg7 Ke7
ReplyDelete2.Kh7 Ra8
3.g7 Kf7
4.Kh6 Rg8
5.Kh7 Rxh7+
or
1.Kg7 Ke7
2.Kh7 Ra8
3.Kg7 Ra1
4.Kh7 Rg1
5.g7 Kf7
(6.Kh8 Rh1#)