Win or Draw ?

if win, who's win ?

The famous endgame study by Reti:

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/more-puzzles/the-reti-endgame-study

 

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/more-puzzles/reti-endgame-puzzle-1921

 

(post #3): http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/why-the-endgame-is-important

 

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/endgames/the-reti-positionand-the-anti-reti

 

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/endgames/endgame-lessons---king-and-pawn-endgames-continued--the-square-of-the-pawn

Nice position!

 

First thoughts: Black wins because White cannot catch the Black pawn.

 

Second thoughts: It's a draw:

 

In summary, position drawn.

I would think 2...Kb6 wins for Black as Black does not need to push the pawn here, not until white king reaches the 5th row

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2. ... Kb6 3. Ke5 h3 4. Kd6 h2 5. c7 h1=Q 6. c8=Q draw.

OR

2. ... Kb6 3. Ke5 Kxc6 4. Kf4 and white catches the black pawn for a draw.

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 If 3...h2 instead of moving king black wins in my opinion .

Loomis wrote: 2. ... Kb6 3. Ke5 h3 4. Kd6 h2 5. c7 h1=Q 6. c8=Q draw. OR 2. ... Kb6 3. Ke5 Kxc6 4. Kf4 and white catches the black pawn for a draw. Wow, you're right! I would never think that at first but Black has no chance to win...

I checked that position with Nalimov . With right play of white , black has no chance at winning that . Funny endgame .

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3. ... h2 4. c7 Kb7 5. Kd7 and they both promote.

I wonder, did I not give enough links to solutions in my first post, or did I give too many?

too many, but it's always good to see this study.

draw, amazingly