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EDIT: Title should've obviously read, "or" not "a", typo...

Is this a draw or is a mate possible? Black trying to promote, White to move:

End game study

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Draw. White can't chase away the king.

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Ok, thanks!

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Thats about as drawn as it gets.  But an engine will show it as white is winning.

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BesOr8 wrote:

black is forced to move the pawn

Black is moving down the board.

The pawn is 1 square away from queening.

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Preggo_Basashi wrote:
BesOr8 wrote:

black is forced to move the pawn

Black is moving down the board.

The pawn is 1 square away from queening.

just realized it myself. thx tho

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OP didn't put notation.  For all we know the pawn could be on a7.

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Weird. How did @BesOr8 post disappear without that person getting banned?

Maybe it's a returning user who was insta-muted after their first post? But that seems weird.

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Thanks for all the answers. Pardon if that was basic.
This screenshot shows a preceding scenario. Wondering if white could've avoided a draw at that point,
W. to move:

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wanmokewan wrote:

OP didn't put notation.  For all we know the pawn could be on a7.

 Yeah sorry, pawn's on H2

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Preggo_Basashi wrote:

Weird. How did @BesOr8 post disappear without that person getting banned?

Maybe it's a returning user who was insta-muted after their first post? But that seems weird.

no sir, i simply realized the situation myself and wanted to delete it before someone responds. but obviously your were faster than me wink.png

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HorstSergio wrote:

Thanks for all the answers. Pardon if that was basic.
This screenshot shows a preceding scenario. Wondering if white could've avoided a draw at that point,
W. to move:

 

I'd probably play Kc6, and of course start pushing the pawns. You can, for example trade your a pawn to win the d pawn, but by that time black's h pawn should be an equal rival to white's c pawn, so looks like a draw.

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BesOr8 wrote:
Preggo_Basashi wrote:

Weird. How did @BesOr8 post disappear without that person getting banned?

Maybe it's a returning user who was insta-muted after their first post? But that seems weird.

no sir, i simply realized the situation myself and wanted to delete it before someone responds. but obviously your were faster than me

Oh, that's a new feature, cool, I just tried it out.

In the past we weren't able to delete our own comments like that.

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For example

 

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(Didn't see Bacon's post until after making mine)

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Preggo_Basashi wrote:

(Didn't see Bacon's post until after making mine)

Its still a draw anyway (I think)

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IMBacon wrote:
Preggo_Basashi wrote:

(Didn't see Bacon's post until after making mine)

Its still a draw anyway (I think)

I think so.

I randomly clicked on Hikaru's games (I never look at people's games on chess.com, this might be the first time)

And saw him win this equal endgame.

I was impressed he went after the king side pawns to give himself winning chances. He could have taken the a pawn and it'd probably have been a draw.

 

 

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king on diagonal move back towards the pawn etc.easywin.

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