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Avatar of yanatt

i have 2 positions that i'd like to hear your opinions about . are these positions win ,lose or draw ? i won the first one from time and lost the second one ,my end game knowledge is very lacking










Avatar of alexsuper1987

I think that the first endgame is win, also if it's very hard to win.

Usually with only a passed pawn is draw, in the game you can go with the pawn "g" and "e" , so the black has good chance to win.

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I think that the second is draw, the idea for the white is threating e4, so the black king must stay on b5. To understand if this endgame is draw or not, we must count the tempos. The white must force Kc6 of the black and the game is an easy draw.

Avatar of yanatt

thanks for the explanation ,i thought the same ,i had hopes for both games ,first one ended from time but i couldn't force a draw in the second one

by the way ,in the first diagram it's white to move ,i wrote it wrong

Avatar of Mcleveland86

I would like to know exactly what you actually did do in those situations. Im no master and to be honest my endgame is probably the weakest between that, my openings, and middle game. I could be completely wrong but if it was me playing, in the first game i would probably start with kf5 to get me king up in front to help support pawns and attack the bishop, I would try to do so as much as i can by keeping me king on the light squares as to not get in trouble with his bishop. if he were to move his bishop to the black side of the board i would probably move e5 maybe to just help shut out the bishop on that side of the board for at least a couple moves giving you room to move up your pawns however you see fit. as far as the second game, if it were me, I wouldnt worry about moving that king its the only thing stopping that pawn instead if you were to do something like f3 then e4 then its a 2 vs. 1 going up the middle the king is forced to help out giving you the opportunity to take c4 then move your king up to help. Thats just what i would do, maybe someone has a better plan?

Avatar of Mcleveland86

ooooo didnt realize it was white to move in the first game....sorry.