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Intriguing pawn ending

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6th November 2009, 08:33am
#1
by NM OmarCayenne
United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 12607

This comes from another recent post (and thanks to DJHeilke for providing the proper winning procedure).

If Black can get his king to e5 (and play ... g5) it will be too blocked off to win.  There is a solution though:

 

6th November 2009, 08:37am
#2
by Loomis
Durham, NC United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 4945

This is a great puzzle. (only minor quibble, is there anything wrong with 4. Ke2?)

6th November 2009, 08:39am
#3
by NM OmarCayenne
United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 12607

Sure, that works too (glad you liked it!).

6th November 2009, 09:01am
#4
by JG27Pyth
NYC United States
Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 2720

I went with e5 first, I think that move order works too...  but I didn't really understand the forcing nature of g5.  The g4 tempo gainer isn't so hard to find once you get there -- but I've been studying King v King opposition lately so I'm sort of primed for it.  Good endgame study! 

6th November 2009, 09:24am
#5
by kunduk
kolkata India
Member Since: Feb 2009
Member Points: 964

good.. but i've seen this type of puzzle before..

 

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