Question: stalemate with king vs king pawn
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Am I correct in thinking that a king vs king & pawn endgame is unwinnable if my pawn is on the H file and my opponent is in front of my king?
Jun 15, 2020
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That is correct. It is a draw if the lone king can get to the corner square.
Jun 15, 2020
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jialeming wrote:
Am I correct in thinking that a king vs king & pawn endgame is unwinnable if my pawn is on the H file and my opponent is in front of my king?
It's drawn if the opponent's King is in front of the pawn and also if they can trap your King in front of your pawn. If "my opponent is in front of my king", then it depends what you mean by that (not sure if you had a typo there).
Thanks guys. @Sred, I didn’t know that, so no typo :). I’m sure I knew once upon a time, but started playing again recently after almost 10 years out of the game. Thanks for the help!
Jun 15, 2020
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@jialeming, If you want to win that, you have to be able to prevent the opponent's King from getting in front of the pawn (they can just stay on the h file forever) and also you must prevent them from reaching the critical square f8 (if they get there, they will either get to the h file or the will be able to trap your King on the h file where it stands in the way of the Pawn).
White wins:
Draw:
vs king pawn?
Jun 16, 2020
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With any non-rook pawn - including the king pawn - whether the pawn promotes depends on the relative position of the Kings - see, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5HBtQ7KHNo
IpswichMatt 写道:
With any non-rook pawn - including the king pawn - whether the pawn promotes depends on the relative position of the Kings - see, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5HBtQ7KHNo
that is very true