donkarton.. u need to work on ur pawn endings - it's a draw dude!

if the king is behind the pawn and the pawn isn't a rook-pawn and is on the 7th rank checking the king then the game will always end in a draw.

No, 7...Kf8 loses the opposition.  The idea of the opposition is to keep the enemy king behind its pawn, from reaching the 6th and 7th rank.  7.Kf5 is met by 7...Kf7.

its the point that you play the pawn when your king is diagonal from the point where pawn is going and the enemys king is in front of you pawn

try 14. Ke5

For Donkarton and others: After Black's 53rd move in Radjabov v Aronian we reach this position, which is a theoretical draw.  Black has the opposition and as long as he doesn't make an elementary mistake, White cannot win.  Follow the moves for an example of how the game might continue.

This position leads to stalemate: 56.Kf3...then 56...Kg6, 57.Ke4 Kf6 58.f5 Kg7 59.Ke5 Kf7 60.f6 Kf8 61.Ke6 Ke8 61.f7+ Kf8 62.Kf6.  that is not entirly correct

 

i was thinking of this 

Radjabov, Teimour (2751) vs. Aronian, Levon (2763)

can someone explain it? in my eyes a clear win for white

Xiangzhi Bu made errors here which are common for beginners (he is rated 2708).  5...b7-b5 started it all.  Weakening pawn moves like that one is against Opening Principles, 5...g6 (followed by 6...Bg7) would have been stronger, preparing to safeguard the king 7...O-O, transposing to the Slav Defense.  5...b5 also created that weak backward c6-pawn.  Next, 6...Bg4 allowed White to centralize the knight to e5, targeting the weak c6, f7 and g4 squares.  Ivanchuk's 9.Bxb5+ bishop sac ripped open the c-file with the Queen and Knight crosshairing c7 for a deadly fork.  With knight on e5 and the black king still in the middle, hmmm, right, by move 9 this game is indeed resignable especially when you're playing against Vassily Ivanchuk.

In the Radjabov-Aronian match 56.Kf3 doesn't win at all (by correct play of course).  Since the pawn was ahead of its king, White has lost the 'Opposition' making it impossible to promote the pawn to Queen.  This position leads to stalemate: 56.Kf3...then 56...Kg6, 57.Ke4 Kf6 58.f5 Kg7 59.Ke5 Kf7 60.f6 Kf8 61.Ke6 Ke8 61.f7+ Kf8 62.Kf6.

Both grandmasters knew that this position would lead to stalemate.  56.Kd4 was a wishing move (if Black blunders to lose the Opposition by not capturing the pawn).

56. Kf3 eventually wins?
lol

The last game was kinda silly because white was winning. Maybe some guy pushed :))

cheparinov lost on time

The french is kicking all kinds of butt in sofia

Radjabov vs. Aronian... why would white draw with a king and pawn in the middle of the board against just a black king ?

Why in the Radjabov, Teimour (2751) vs. Aronian, Levon (2763) game....

 56. Kd4???

 Doesn't 56. Kf3 win it?

in the final position of cheparinov-topalov, black has Rd2 which threatens Re8 or Rxb2, and white is in a much more apparent danger. White didn't have any real winning chances, just drawing chances, and not good ones at that. (from my evaluation of that position)

32...Qh4? Bu must have been really depressed. but i don't think Cheparinov should have resigned. plenty of play in the final postion.