It traded into a pawn endgame where I was up a pawn, with not 1 but 2 passed… how is was this possible to lose?
How could I have won this endgame?
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GPx-34
10 hrs ago
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10 hrs ago
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Truly this does not make sense—unless there are doubled pawns or something, an extra passed pawn (and certainly 2) should be a clear win
Your (biggest) mistake was move 45. Moving the king here does nothing. Your outside most pawn can promote before the king catches it here if you just keep pushing. By moving your king pointlessly you lose that 1 critical move you needed, and the opposing king is close enough to stop it now.
Your king is fine where it is here because the opponents king has no available squares to protect his pawn, so if he pushes you just go right 1 square and take it on the next move if required.
The analysis corroborates this
1 hr ago
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GPx-34 wrote:
Truly this does not make sense—unless there are doubled pawns or something, an extra passed pawn (and certainly 2) should be a clear win
It should’ve been a draw, your two passed pawns can hold the enemy king and tie it down like your king was to the protected passed pawn
Ineffaceable wrote:
GPx-34 wrote:
Truly this does not make sense—unless there are doubled pawns or something, an extra passed pawn (and certainly 2) should be a clear win
It should’ve been a draw, your two passed pawns can hold the enemy king and tie it down like your king was to the protected passed pawn
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