I like this! I have had a couple of similar endgames in my time. One where I sacrificed three pawns and one where I sacrificed a bishop to gain an unstoppable passed pawn. In the second case my opponent was left with a knight which could not catch the passer in time, like the example you provide.
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Your provided example is like the one you demonstrated the other day in another forum which shows that the knight is not good at stopping passed pawns which have the option of pushing or capturing, therefore changing the promotion square.
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BryanCFB wrote:
Your provided example is like the one you demonstrated the other day in another forum which shows that the knight is not good as stopping passed pawns which have the option of pushing or capturing, therefore changing the promotion square.
I didn't know that, interesting.
Thx, I'm glad you liked it.
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Wow, that was pretty cool tbh.
I noticed the move starts with 35. Is this from an actual game?
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Christianf859 wrote:
Wow, that was pretty cool tbh.
I noticed the move starts with 35. Is this from an actual game?
yes
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Solmyr1234 wrote:
BryanCFB wrote:
Your provided example is like the one you demonstrated the other day in another forum which shows that the knight is not good as stopping passed pawns which have the option of pushing or capturing, therefore changing the promotion square.
I didn't know that, interesting.
Thx, I'm glad you liked it.
Yes, here after 1. b7 the pawn either pushes forward or captures, promoting either way. If black had a bishop, rook or queen on c8 instead of a knight black wins.
nice endgame puzzle indeed
Instructive I think.