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how to overcome pawn blockade!!!

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jatin2
jatin2
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Nov 3, 2015
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Myself arena international master have studied th

e following position. So, my dear friends just try to solve it and I hope it is easy to solve it.

notmtwain
notmtwain
Nov 3, 2015
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#2
If you start with a game diagram, people can copy the fen so that they can work on it:
 
 
I won't post the solution. That was a nice example.
notmtwain
notmtwain
Nov 3, 2015
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HenriM wrote:This is a draw because white can't infiltrate and help promote the pawn 
 

Wrong. There is a way to infiltrate.

Shakaali
Shakaali
Nov 4, 2015
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#4

Really nice! Looks impossible at first but there is a way.

n9531l
n9531l
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Nov 5, 2015
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#5

I found a mate in 51. Did anyone do it quicker?

notmtwain
notmtwain
Nov 6, 2015
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n9531l wrote:

I found a mate in 51. Did anyone do it quicker?

That sounds like what I found but I didn't keep the count.

rayalu
rayalu
Nov 6, 2015
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rayalu
rayalu
Nov 6, 2015
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notmtwain wrote:
n9531l wrote:

I found a mate in 51. Did anyone do it quicker?

That sounds like what I found but I didn't keep the count.

pavelp2009
pavelp2009
Nov 6, 2015
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n9531l
n9531l
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Nov 6, 2015
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#10

rayalu mated sooner with help from Black. But we should assume Black will try to hold out as long as possible and never move the a-pawn.

Manoli1969
Manoli1969
Jan 17, 2022
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#11

You just have to travel through 1st rank and kill one go back and come back by this time black will be forced to make f pawn move. You come back and take it and then promote the nearest pawn. It is simple because black king is trapped

Manoli1969
Manoli1969
Jan 17, 2022
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#12

Make it simple you move your king to take a 5 black pawn and then come back and take f3 black pawn go towards the white king and force the f4 black pawn to move to f3 . Come back and take f 3 then your way to promote is easier from their 

AussieMatey
AussieMatey
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Jan 17, 2022
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#13

Solved in 20 seconds. Basically, White's King captures the a5 pawn, then goes back and takes the f3 pawn. White's plan then is to move his King to a6 and stalemate Black's King on b8. If at anytime while he is doing this, or after he has done it, that Black plays ...f3, then White will move his King all the way back and capture Black's f3 pawn. Then it's easy - White will soon play f4 and create a passed e pawn  - of course he still has the passed b pawn that he's had from the start. Note - during all this process, if the Black King doesn't stay on a7 or b8, then White will Queen the b pawn and mate almost straightaway on b5.