Corresponding squares. Is it hard?

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Tantale

So is this a winning position?



Tantale

Corresponding squares :

Tantale

So



Tantale
White to play and draw
 
 



Tantale

White to play and win



Tantale
Question about as study of Walter Bähr

White to move and win


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[Event "Mainfränkische Zeitung"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1934.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bahr=W"]
[Black "(+0000.54f1f7)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5k2/2p1p3/2P1Pp1p/7P/6P1/6P1/5K2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. Ke1 Ke7 2. Kf2 Kf8 3. Ke2 Ke7 4. Kf3 Kf7 5. Ke3 Kg6 6. Kf4 Kh6 1-0


Black to move here are the corresponding squares :



But how do you find them White to move?

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Tantale

Does anyone has an opionion about these two books :

- "The Final Countdown" of Herman Claudius Van Riemsdijk et Willem Diederik Hajenius

- "The Tactics of End-Games" of Ban, Jeno; Broché?

Thanks

Tantale

White to play and win

Escapest_Pawn

Thank you for this forum.  I am too ignorant on corresponding squares to contribute, but I found some reviews that might help.

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/bruce116.pdf

2nd paragraph under "answers" and

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/tacend.txt

and please keep this stuff coming.  It drives me nuts, but it is excellent training.

LikeTheLake

Hi Tantale.  Your first exercise is on the book Endgame Manual by M. Dvoretsky.  You will find it explained in the first two pages in the first chapter.

Tantale

The complete solution here (last item) http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Kloch/base.htm

Tantale
 
Tantale

Funny



Tantale

A last nice example :

 



You can find about 60 examples of corresponding squares here :

http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Kloch/base.htm

Tantale

Another beautiful example: