Geometry of the Board

In the position below,it seems like white has completely lost the game.But white can save the position.White to move and draw.

@TheMuscularSTEVE

P.S. This is the famous Reti's endgame study from 1921. You can find more about it on wikipedia

Yes the answer given by Riten is correct.

U may also learn more by buying any chess book of endgames.This is a common position.

Reti's famous study always inspires people when they first see it. It's such an instructive work of art.

It also sometimes inspires people to state flatly that a draw is impossible, without thinking too much.

Isn't that Reti's endgame position?

Yes

You have the book Build up your chess 2?

No . Why???

That puzzle's quite famous.

Its true

Is it written by Yusupov? I have the first book.

Yes I too knew that

I have Build up your chess 2. Yes it is of Yusupov :)

You have boost your chess or build?

Réti composed one of the most famous chess studies, shown in this diagram. It was published in Ostrauer Morgenzeitung 4 December 1921. It seems impossible for the white king to catch the advanced black pawn, while the white pawn can be easily stopped by the black king. The idea of the solution is to move the king to advance on both pawns at the same time using specific properties of the chess geometry.

I too have build up your chess part 1

Build.

Read my other forums too-

Mating Motifs- Boden's Mate , Arabian Mate , Anastasia's Mate .

Endgame- Simple Endgame Position   .

My Games-  My win against a titled player(CM) .

Openings- Gambits , Gambits-Game 1  .